Visual impairment movies and TV shows – page 2

List of visual impairment movies

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Red Like the Sky (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A nearly sightless boy is sent to a school for blind children, where he secretly discovers the possibilities of the recorded sound.
Style: uplifting, contemplative, realistic, serious, touching ...
Plot: disability, coming of age, blind character, against the odds, fighting the system, rebellion, follow your dream, friendship, human spirit, hopes, society, rebelliousness ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe, tuscany
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 6.7
 3K
Ava (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her ...
Style: captivating, art house, touching, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Plot: teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, first love, summer vacation, beach, female pubic hair, underage sex, nudism, female protagonist, coming of age, teenage sexuality, coping ...
Time: 2010s
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Helen Keller: The Miracle Continues (1984)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Set in 1898, Cambridge, Massachusetts, depicts Annie Sullivan Macy supporting her student Helen Keller at Radcliffe College.
Style: captivating, uplifting, realistic, serious, emotional ...
Plot: disability, deaf, power relations, hopes, youth, misfit, human spirit, young heroes, mute or deaf, love and romance, dedicated educator, against the odds ...
Time: 1910s, 20th century, 1900s
Place: massachusetts
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Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are junk dealers, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life ...
Style: dark comedy, independent film, sitcom
Plot: funeral, working class, debt, money, scam, father, dog, son, business, dead body, blindness, seduction ...
Time: 70s
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 3.5
 168
The Buffalo (2015)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Iran
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A couple, Shokufeh and Iman who plan to flee Iran travel to the port city of Anzali to meet a man who is to smuggle them across the border. They await him by the side of a lagoon. They accidentally drop their bag of money and jewelry into the ...
Style: road movie
Plot: motorcycle, dead body, police, motel, money, deaf mute, swamp, drowning, smoking, cinema, jewelry, morgue ...
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Waiting in the Dark (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Michiru has lost her eyesight, and to make matters worse, her father dies shortly afterwards. She is now all alone and spends most of her day isolated in her home. Akihiro is a Chinese-Japanese immigrant, that has had to deal with racism all ...
Style: suspense, psychological, serious, suspenseful, sweet
Plot: blind woman, police investigation, intruder, settler, neighbor, murder, dead father, home invasion, judiciary, ex athlete, interracial, waitress ...
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Coyote's Morning (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Poland
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Kuba, a young cartoon artist who works as a waiter at sophisticated parties, falls in love with beautiful Noemi and accidentally gets involved in gangster affairs
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, slapstick comedy
Plot: true love, gangster, love affair, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, artists and showbiz, couples, down on your luck, criminal organization, rottweiler, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend reunion, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, poland, central europe, warsaw poland
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Monster in the Closet (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After several people and a dog are found dead in their closets a "mild-mannered" reporter, a college professor, her son and a befuddled professor band together to uncover the mystery but not without involving the U.S. Army and mass panic.
Style: parody, not serious, humorous, offbeat, retro ...
Plot: monster, murder, gay, prodigy, escapades, deadly creature, journalism, survival, danger, female nudity, creature, creature feature ...
Time: 80s, year 1986
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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My Afternoons with Margueritte (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 82 min.
Story: An illiterate and lonely man bonds with an older and well-read woman.
Style: semi serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot: friendship, teacher, elderly, intergenerational friendship, social relations, low self esteem, unsupportive parent, misfit, self discovery, illiteracy, unknown father, single mother ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: france, europe, belgium
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 5.5
 3K
Sex and Zen (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A recently married scholar goes on a quest for knowledge of other people's wives, based on his philosophical differences with the Sack Monk. He encounters the Flying Thief, who agrees to help him find women, but only if he attains a penis as ...
Style: erotic, sexy, sex comedy, sensual, surreal ...
Plot: erotica, lesbian sex, sex, chastity belt, nudity, exhibitionist, extramarital affair, masturbation, husband wife relationship, unfaithful husband, exhibitionism, sexual perversion ...
Time: 17th century
Place: hong kong, asia, china, ancient china
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 5.6
 963
Up 'n' Under (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Cobblers Arms have been the best and most feared Amateur Rugby League team for the past ten years. Ex-pro Arthur bets their boss that he could train a bunch of deadbeats to defeat them in a local rugby sevens tournament. But to do so he must ...
Style: independent film
Plot: rugby, underdog, fitness, visual impairment, night, bad weather, rugby player, marital argument, aerobics, against the odds, referee, vendetta ...
Time: 90s
Place: yorkshire, northern england
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 6.2
 8K
Tough Guys (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Lang (Douglas) are two old-time train robbers, who held up a train in 1956 and have been incarcerated for thirty years. After serving their time, they are released from jail and have to adjust to a new life of ...
Style: entertaining, road movie, funny, light, humorous ...
Plot: prison, aging, gangster, police investigation, partner, unlikely friendships, odd couple, nothing goes right, elderly, dishonesty, stalking, buddies ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, year 1956
Place: bolivia, mexico
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Shadows in the Storm (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A daydreaming businessman named Thelonius Pitt takes a vacation in the Redwood Forests of California. The morning after he arrives, he meets a beautiful, mysterious woman named Melanie. She happens to look just like the woman he keeps seeing in his ...
Style: independent film, serious, psychological, realistic, suspenseful ...
Plot: lookalikes, doppelganger, age difference, murder, violent content, profanity, hopeless romantic, bare chested male, husband wife reconciliation, blackmail, library, rain ...
Time: 80s
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The Chaos Class (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Lazy, uneducated students mostly coming from money, share a very close band. They live together in the dormitory of this private highschool, where they daily plan their latest pranks on teachers or the other classes. When a new and obviously strict ...
Style: cult classic
Plot: turk, kurd, coffee, diploma, director, night watchman, visual impairment, school band, escape, hospital, cigarette smoking, high school ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
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All I See Is You (2016)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.
Style: disturbing, captivating, enigmatic, thought provoking, suspenseful ...
Plot: husband wife relationship, blonde, blind woman, married couple, medication, promise, lie, fear, doctor, loss of eyesight, car accident, twists and turns ...
Place: bangkok thailand, barcelona, spain, thailand
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 7.1
 6K
My Boy Jack (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, USA, Ireland
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Author Rudyard Kipling and his wife search for their 17-year-old son after he goes missing during WWI.
Style: realistic, serious, suspense, costume drama, tense ...
Plot: world war one, battles, military, british army, family relations, writers, teenage life, officers and cadets, parents and children, missing person, great war, father son relationship ...
Time: 1910s, year 1915
Place: france, dublin ireland, england, germany
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 7.1
 26K
Frozen River (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Ray Eddy, an upstate New York trailer mom, is lured into the world of illegal immigrant smuggling. Broke after her husband takes off with the down payment for their new doublewide, Ray reluctantly teams up with Lila, a smuggler, and the two begin ...
Style: melancholic, emotional, bleak, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot: poverty, single parent, native american reservation, winter, native american, working class, survival, christmas, snow, courage, parenthood, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, canada, new york state, usa, quebec
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Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Muhammad Ali’s historic Supreme Court battle from behind closed doors. When Ali was drafted into the Vietnam War at the height of his boxing career, his claim to conscientious objector status led to a controversial legal battle that rattled the ...
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, thought provoking, talky ...
Plot: courtroom, supreme court, boxing, injustice, righting the wronged, ambition, legal action, against the odds, political unrest, cigarette smoking, justice, life is a bitch ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1971
Place: usa, washington d.c.
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
Style: mythical, mystical, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: world war two, friendship, transformation, ship, creature, water, wrestling, looney tunes, animal, myth, heroes, best friend ...
Time: 1940s, year 1941
Place: new york state, south dakota, pentagon, new york, brooklyn new york city
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 7.1
 1K
Go Now (1995)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Nick, is a young Scottish soccer player living in the big city. He meets Karen, and the two fall in love and move in together. Soon after, Nick exhibits signs of serious illness. As his body slowly succumbs to multiple sclerosis, he experiences a ...
Style: touching, emotional, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: multiple sclerosis, football, disability, working class, storytelling, soccer, aids, love, friendship, infidelity, family relations, male nudity ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, europe
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Cold Comes the Night (2013)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A struggling motel owner and her daughter are taken hostage by a nearly blind career criminal to be his eyes as he attempts to retrieve his cash package from a crooked cop.
Style: serious, suspenseful, rough, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: motel, hostage, woman in danger, disorder, disability, twists and turns, hidden money, prostitute, corrupt cop, bag of money, prostitution, blonde ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 5.8
 2K
The Vagrant (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: A business man buys a house, but he has a hard time trying to get rid of its previous tenant, a dirty bum.
Style: black comedy, detective, surprise ending, surreal, horror comedy ...
Plot: murder, paranoia, serial killer, insanity, panic, mental illness, yuppie, neurosis, nightmare, basement, murder suspect, framed for murder ...
Time: 90s, year 1992
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 7.0
 10K
The Stunt Man (1980)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story: While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director (Peter O'Toole) he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The ...
Style: psychological, suspense, tense, intense, atmospheric ...
Plot: stuntman, showbiz, filmmaking, police investigation, on the run, mistaken identity, twists and turns, danger, femme fatale, disorder, fish out of water, artists and showbiz ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s, 80s
Place: amsterdam, korea, guatemala, holland, california ...
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 7.3
 76K
Seabiscuit (2003)
Genre: Drama, History, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 140 min.
Story: True story of the undersized Depression-era racehorse whose victories lifted not only the spirits of the team behind it but also those of their nation.
Style: inspirational, sentimental, feel good, emotional, touching ...
Audience: adult
Plot: horse, horse race, racehorse, follow your dream, underdog, against the odds, marriage, jockey, self made man, racing, depression, animal training ...
Time: 1940s, 2000s, year 2003, 1920s, year 1938 ...
Place: california, pasadena california, chicago, albuquerque new mexico, tijuana mexico ...
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Midnight Express (1978)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his ...
Style: disturbing, realistic, suspense, depressing, psychological ...
Plot: prison, torture, brutality, injustice, lawyer, escape, drug, court, escape attempt, trial, prison break, jail ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, year 1978, year 1972, year 1975 ...
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey, brooklyn new york city, greece
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Fellini Satyricon (1969)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first century Rome.
Style: surreal, psychedelic, art house, sexual, cult classic ...
Plot: ancient rome, surrealism, gay, roman, ancient history, lgbt, decadence, hermaphrodite, ancient, animal sacrifice, banquet, slave auction ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, year 1969
Place: rome italy, italy, ancient greece, europe, sicily ...
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 6.6
 216K
Drag Me to Hell (2009)
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style: scary, suspenseful, demonic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: demon, witch, ghost, supernatural, evil wins, evil, supernatural horror, macabre, curses spells and rituals, dark humor, exorcism, witchcraft ...
Time: year 2009, 2000s, year 1969, 20th century, 60s ...
Place: los angeles, pasadena california
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The Chumscrubber (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story: The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, bleak, independent film, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, suicide, kidnapping, youth, suburbs, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, friendship, mistaken identity, high school, teenager, parent child relationship ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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 6.5
 75K
Blindness (2008)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style: apocalyptic, bleak, disturbing, intense, depressing ...
Plot: post apocalypse, plague, survival, epidemic, blindness, distopia, apocalypse, dystopia, virus, post apocalyptic, disability, pandemic ...
Time: distant future, year 2008, 21st century
Place: portugal, sao paulo brazil
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 6.1
 741
Carnage (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Spain, Switzerland
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After a bull is killed in a bullfight, its body parts are transported across Spain, France, Italy and Belgium. The bull's parts fall into the wide variety of people, including: an Italian actress selling the bones in a supermarket promotion, a ...
Style: serious, psychological, realistic, touching, emotional ...
Plot: innocence lost, obsession, dark humor, friendship, tragic love, human nature, redemption, social misfits, life is a bitch, babies and infants, dealing with death, destructive relationship ...
Place: spain, italy, belgium, europe, france ...
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