Polio movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant polio movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, emotional and sincere films and TV shows about / with polio, family relations, friendship, father son relationship, death, disability, biopic, hospital, wheelchair and love plots mostly in Drama, Biography and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, Australia and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as polio: Homefront (1991), The Affair (1973), Paperback Romance (1994), The Other Side of the Mountain (1975), Hammers Over the Anvil (1993), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll (2010), Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977), Frida, naturaleza viva (1983), End of the Spear (2005).
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Homefront is an American television drama series created and produced by Lynn Marie Latham and Bernard Lechowick in association with Warner Bros. Television for ABC. The show was set in the fictional city of River Run, Ohio in 1945, 1946, and 1947. ...
Style:
soap opera, realistic, serious, sentimental, clever
Plot:
world war two, interfaith relationship, veteran, soldier, revolutionary war, prejudice, radio, family relations, funeral, coach, interracial relations, small town ...
Time:
post world war two, 1940s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
A crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, touching, sentimental
Audience:
date night
Plot:
polio, disability, terminal illness, songwriter, love, lawyer, family relations, couples, couple relations, life is a bitch, love and romance, young lovers ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Sophie, a writer of racy romance novels, is working on one of her stories in the library, when Eddie overhears her. Sophie, embarrassed by her paralyzed leg from childhood polio, spurns his advances, but when Sophie breaks her leg, she has the ...
Style:
sex comedy, independent film, slapstick, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
erotica, broken leg, library, polio, writers, couples, paralysis, disorder, disability, down on your luck, heist, cons and scams ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A female skiing champion is paralyzed in a tragic skiing accident. Her girlfriend is taken out of competition when she contracts polio.
Style:
independent film, realistic, serious, uplifting, emotional ...
Plot:
quadriplegic, disability, skiing, physical disability, love, winter olympics, polio, accident, illness, psychopath, grief, paralysis ...
Time:
70s, 1950s, year 1975, 50s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Set in the summer of 1910 in Australia the film follows the story of 14 year old Alan Marshall (Alexander Outhread) as he stumbles out of childhood towards the exciting yet forbidding world of adulthood. For Alan, despite the effects of polio, ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, serious, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
true love, horse, making love, youth, forbidden love, passion, skinny dipping, desire, sex scene, male female relationship, love triangle, infidelity ...
Time:
year 1993, 1900s, 20th century
Place:
australia, south australia
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The story of the love affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Stuckley, centered around the weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of the United Kingdom visited upstate New York.
Style:
political, factual, witty, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
president, royalty, cousin cousin relationship, king of england, queen, u.s. president, disability, hot dog, polio, biopic, king, storytelling ...
Time:
1930s, year 1939, year 2012, 20th century
Place:
usa, north america, new york state, new york, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, cult classic, teen ...
Plot:
disability, biopic, rock and roll, human spirit, desire for fame, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, couples, musician's life, hopes, rising to stardom ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 60s, 50s, 20th century ...
Place:
england, ireland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
A dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively violent sexual encounters.
Style:
sexy, disturbing, compassionate, melancholic, harsh ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
teacher, nudity, sex, adultery, woman on top, sex in car, loneliness, one night stand, depression, sexual promiscuity, looking for love, sexual relations ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1977, year 1975, year 1976
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
This film is a chronicle of painter Frida Kahlo, and her encounter with the personalities of her time. Despite being confied to a wheelchair as a result of polio, operations and amputations, she faces and traces some of the most colorful and ...
Style:
emotional, melancholic, visual, period drama
Plot:
biopic, painter, art, artist, female artist, cultural icon, polio, defiant, miscarriage, female empowerment, creative process, autobiography ...
Time:
20th century, year 1983
Place:
mexico
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Genre: Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
"End of the Spear" is the story of Mincayani, a Waodani tribesman from the jungles of Ecuador. When five young missionaries, among them Jim Elliot and Nate Saint, are speared to death by the Waodani in 1956, a series of events unfold to ...
Style:
inspirational, christian film, tense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
redemption, christian, christianity, culture clash, murder, life philosophy, battles, family relations, coming of age, courage, introspection, self discovery ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 50s
Place:
ecuador, new jersey
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Switzerland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed.
Style:
sad, touching, inspirational, compassionate, factual ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
disability, illness, supportive spouse, paralysis, marriage, husband wife relationship, love, hospital, quadriplegic, biopic, adaptation, human spirit ...
Time:
year 2017, 50s, year 1971, year 1981, year 1965 ...
Place:
africa, england, germany, spain, kenya
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A naive male prostitute and his sickly friend struggle to survive on the streets of New York City.
Style:
controversial, realistic, cult classic, depressing, sexual ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
friendship, fish out of water, dream, loneliness, friendship between men, marijuana, flashback, sex, sexuality, homosexuality, homelessness, prostitute ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 60s, year 1969, 50s ...
Place:
texas, new york, usa, manhattan new york city, florida ...
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style:
disturbing, harsh, bleak, brutal, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, true crime, torture, captivity, murder, threat, dysfunctional family, children, court, courtroom drama, domestic violence, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 60s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate, Steve struggles to reconnect with his girlfriend and the world around him. In an attempt to re-integrate with society Steve takes a Meals On Wheels job, only to befriend a seasoned clown who cares ...
Style:
captivating, light, humorous, feel good, psychological ...
Plot:
bisexual, gay, getting home, ex convict, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, gay lead character, gay interest, friendship, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, gay seduction, retirement home ...
Place:
australia, new south wales, sydney australia
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
In the aftermath of an incurable virus spread, a robot seeking to eradicate humanity deceptively guides a Red Cross survivor to sanctuary with the false hope of his family awaiting in Safe Zone 57.
Style:
epic, psychotronic, educational, suspense, cult classic ...
Plot:
sole survivor, zombie outbreak, robot, cholera, infection, journey, expedition, top secret, quarantine, zombie attack, imagination, loss of father ...
Time:
future, 2020s, near future, year 2019
Place:
utah, china, usa, washington d.c., colorado ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A movie crew shooting a film featuring a comic-strip hero named The Sexy Cat finds itself stalked by a serial killer who begins murdering the cast and crew.
Style:
twist ending, poliziottesco, detective, surprise ending
Plot:
murder, transvestism, comic book, serial killer, whodunit, fashion, killer, polio, superhero, television studio, murderer, private detective ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, exciting, spoof ...
Plot:
u.s. president, good versus evil, silly humor, escapades, disability, danger, heroes, vengeance, head of state, state affairs, disorder, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An African-American woman becomes an unwitting pioneer for medical breakthroughs when her cells are used to create the first immortal human cell line in the early 1950s.
Style:
medical drama, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
biology, medical research, genetics, profanity, black, women, research, death, fight, black history, medical, escapades ...
Time:
50s, 1950s, 1940s, 90s, 2000s
Place:
north carolina, baltimore
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Belgium, France, Luxembourg
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
God lives in Brussels. On earth though, God is a coward, with pathetical morals and being odious with his family. His daughter, Ea, is bored at home and can't stand being locked up in a small apartment in ordinary Brussels, until the day she ...
Style:
philosophical, surreal, meditative, stylized, talky ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
goddess, father daughter relationship, god, religion, life & death, destiny, satire, death, humanity, greed, existentialism, irreverent ...
Time:
year 2015, 70s
Place:
brussels, france, brussels belgium
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Genre: Drama
Country: Cuba, Spain, Venezuela
Duration: 65 min.
Story:
During summer in La Habana, four adolescents with physical problems, while in vacation from school, spend a day in a swimming pool with their apathetic instructor.
Style:
touching, atmospheric, sincere, serious, realistic
Plot:
swimming, teenage life, mentally challenged, realism, youth, disability, teachers and students, loneliness, swimmer, misfit, power relations, disabled ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
cuba, latin america
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Genre: Action, Crime, Horror
Country: Hong Kong, Malaysia
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.
Style:
psychotronic, weird
Plot:
exploitation, body horror, superhero, monster, attempted rape, creature, killer, serial killer, supernatural horror, corrupt lawyer, legal action, punched in the face ...
Place:
malaysia
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
Story:
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during their 12-year stay at the White House.
Style:
historical drama, postmodern
Plot:
president, usa president, u.s. president, incest, american politics, usa history, biopic, winston churchill, family relations, hostess, remorse, first lady ...
Time:
1940s, 1900s, 1890s, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., california, pearl harbor
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
America is in the midst of the Depression, and the Kamp family is struggling to get by, especially after Mrs. Kamp's untimely death. Now little Ruthie, with her mother gone and her father overwhelmed by doctor bills resulting from her ...
Style:
sincere, feel good, touching, disturbing, christian film
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
christmas, father daughter relationship, family relations, horse, poor family, youth, father son relationship, love, holiday, siblings, poverty, family values ...
Time:
1930s
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Genre: Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Writer Mark Easterbrook has a vested interest in solving the murder of a priest. That's because Mark himself is under suspicion. But to save his reputation and put the real killer behind bars, he'll have to go through a mysterious list of ...
Style:
talky, mind bending, tense, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
stepmother, murder, righting the wronged, race against time, amateur detective, supernatural ability, supernatural, witnessing a crime, investigation, law enforcement, danger, riddles and clues ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
In 1935 Toronto, Jane Stuart's mother has taken ill, and the two of them have temporarily moved in with her rich, snobbish grandmother, where Jane is verbally abused and her mother bullied. Jane is forced into a private academy, in which the ...
Style:
crying
Plot:
supernatural, rural setting, apparition, orphan, old woman, dream, gossip, car, pet dog, supernatural power, letter, train station ...
Time:
year 1935, 1930s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, nova scotia
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 203 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, from early youth to his election as President of the United States, as told from Eleanor's point of view.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
president, usa president, u.s. president, biopic, usa history, incest, politics, family relations, state affairs, head of state, couple relations, parents and children ...
Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 20th century ...
Place:
boston, new york, usa, harvard university
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Genre: Drama, Family, History, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
American Dreams is an American television drama program broadcast on the NBC television network, produced by Once A Frog and Dick Clark Productions in association with Universal Network Television and NBC Studios. The series was created by Jonathan ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Plot:
interracial relations, family relations, coming of age, friendship, parents and children, dysfunctional family, follow your dream, hopes, love and romance, siblings relations, teenage life, racism ...
Time:
60s
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Anna Friel stars in classy wartime drama The War Bride. She plays Lily, an orphan who suddenly finds herself married, with child and living with hostile in-laws in the wilds of Canada.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, emotional, erotic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
world war two, culture clash, love and romance, wartime life, against the odds, family relations, family problems, couples, fall in love, society, homecoming, parents and children ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century
Place:
canada, london
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA, Vietnam, France
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A stylish political thriller where love and war collide in Southeast Asia. Set in early 1950s Vietnam, a young American becomes entangled in a dangerous love triangle when he falls for the beautiful mistress of a British journalist. As war is waged ...
Style:
realistic, political, period piece, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot:
politics, older man younger woman relationship, journalism, cia, love triangle, moral ambiguity, tragedy, complex characters, communism, reporter, cold war, dishonesty ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, year 1952, 2000s, year 2002 ...
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, indochina, asia, hong kong ...
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In a Stateside hotel during the height of World War II, young Danny Coogan dreams of joining the war effort. Following the murder of hotel guest Mr. Toulon by Nazi assassins, Danny finds the old man's crate of mysterious puppets and is suddenly ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, slasher, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
puppet, curses spells and rituals, killer doll, puppet master, doll, supernatural, good versus evil, vengeance, undercover, rivalry, danger, deadly creature ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, year 1939, 1930s, 21st century
Place:
usa, japan
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