Disabled person movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant disabled person movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, touching, captivating, serious and emotional films and TV shows about / with disabled person, disability, wheelchair, friendship, handicapped, physical disability, hospital, disabled, death and cigarette smoking plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as disabled person: Rust and Bone (2012), Butterflies Are Free (1972), Pumpkin (2002), The Sessions (2012), Corrections Class (2014), Starfish (2016), Cavalcade (2005), 37 Seconds (2019), Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (2015), Vehemence (2010).

List of disabled person movies

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 7.4
 70K
Rust and Bone (2012)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium, Singapore
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Put in charge of his young son, Ali leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Ali's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
Style: heartbreaking, sad, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: disability, love, depression, illegal fistfight, female nudity, sex with neighbor, opposites attract, disabled person, family drama, redemption, orca, amputee ...
Time: year 2012, y2k, 2010s, 21st century
Place: france, cote d'azur, french riviera, europe, riviera ...
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Butterflies Are Free (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Striving to be independent, the blind but determined Don Baker (Edward Albert) moves away from his overprotective mother (Eileen Heckart, who won an Oscar). After settling into his new San Francisco digs, Don meets kooky neighbor Jill Tanner (Goldie ...
Style: touching, melancholic, sentimental, emotional, intense ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: blindness, blind man, disability, neighbor, overprotective mother, fall in love, happy ending, love story, manic pixie dream girl, couple relations, actress, blonde ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 70s
Place: san francisco, usa, los angeles
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 6.1
 10K
Pumpkin (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: When perfect, perky Carolyn (Christina Ricci) and her Alpha Omega Pi sisters decide to coach mentally challenged athletes for the regional Challenged Games, Carolyn's assigned to coach Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a young disabled man who touches her ...
Style: humorous, sweet, romantic, witty, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: college, friendship, physical disability, fall in love, couples, love and romance, social misfits, misfit, mentally challenged, women, love story, happy ending ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
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 7.2
 44K
The Sessions (2012)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Though a childhood bout with polio left him dependent on an iron lung, Mark O'Brien (John Hawkes) maintains a career as a journalist and poet. A writing assignment dealing with sex and the disabled piques Mark's curiosity, and he decides ...
Style: touching, sexy, compassionate, erotic, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: disability, near death experience, first sexual experience, loss of virginity, sexual activity, male virgin, sexuality, female nudity, virginity, sexual awakening, erotica, oral sex ...
Time: year 2012, 20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place: california, san francisco, usa
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Corrections Class (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: Russia, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lena is a bright, disabled girl who, after years spent studying at home, is keen to get back to school. She is assigned to a special class for disabled pupils who have to present themselves before a school commission at the end of the year in order ...
Style: emotional, lyrical, compassionate, sad, disturbing ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage rape, teenager, school, female protagonist, handicapped, bullying, disabled person, love, political persecution, lie, ambition, friendship ...
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 6.6
 742
Starfish (2016)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, United Arab Emirates
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same ...
Style: inspirational, touching, children's story
Plot: disabled person, coma, true love, cripple, compassion, rehabilitation, disfigured face, public health, amputee, biopic, infection, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
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 4.8
 211
Cavalcade (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 90 min.
Story: An accomplished playboy Leo neglects his girlfriend and enjoys parties. His girlfriend parts from him and then, when he wants to see her once more, he has an accident. He survives, but his whole life is now to be changed. This film is about fetching ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, touching
Plot: human spirit, redemption, life turned upside down, couples, love and romance, rehabilitation, couple relations, hopes, friendship, disabled person, physical disability, change of heart ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe
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 7.4
 3K
37 Seconds (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 115 min.
Story: In 37 Seconds, 23-year-old comic book artist Yuma, physically disabled due to profound cerebral palsy and emotionally stunted by her well-meaning but overly protective mother, forges her own unusual path to sexual awakening and independence while at ...
Style: suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating, manga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disability, cerebral palsy, artist, coming of age, japanese woman, virgin, exploring sexuality, character study, life is a bitch, adaptation, rivalry, love affair ...
Place: japan, tokyo, thailand
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Bang Gang: A Modern Love Story (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Biarritz. 16 year-old George, the high-school hottie, falls in love with Alex. To get his attention, she initiates a group game with Alex, Nikita, Laetitia and Gabriel. They will discover, test, and push the limits of their sexuality.
Style: sexy, psychological, tense, captivating, steamy ...
Plot: sex scene, teenage sex, teenage sexuality, group of friends, sex, sex party, skinny dipping, virgin, unprotected sex, strong sexual content, erotica, teenager ...
Place: europe, morocco, france
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 5.1
 19
Vehemence (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 125 min.
Story: A guy starts seeing the new office temp who is also the object of affection of her psychotic friend. The psycho embarks on terror campaign with dreadful consequences for the couple and the people closest to them.
Style: psychological, captivating, sincere, touching, suspenseful ...
Plot: fired from the job, friends, friend, police detective, alcoholic, disabled person, divorce, voyeur, chase, handicapped, separation, psycho ...
Place: london, tower bridge london
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 7.2
 7K
Proof (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The life of a blind photographer who is looked after by a housekeeper is disrupted by the arrival of an agreeable restaurant worker.
Style: witty, melancholic, serious, sincere, psychological ...
Plot: blind character, blind man, friendship, obsession, disability, photographer, photograph, photography, blindness, loneliness, character study, couples ...
Time: 90s, year 1991
Place: australia, cannes
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 7.2
 2K
Step by Step (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 110 min.
Story: After a serious sport accident in a swimming pool, Ben, now an incomplete quadriplegic, arrives in a rehabilitation center. He meets with other handicapped persons (tetraplegics, paraplegics, traumatized crania), all victims of accidents, as well as ...
Style: touching, psychological, humorous, unusual plot structure, thought provoking
Plot: friendship, paraplegic, disabled person, autobiography, rehabilitation center, suicide attempt, doctor, re-education, disability, parents, brain injury, hospital ...
Time: 90s, year 2016
Place: france
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 7.2
 14K
The Mighty (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: This tells the story of a strong friendship between a young boy with Morquio's syndrome and an older boy who is always bullied because of his size. Adapted from the novel, Freak the Mighty, the film explores a building of trust and friendship. ...
Style: sentimental, emotional, touching, serious, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, disability, friendship, boy, bully, loneliness, misfit, youth, social misfits, illness, fight, best friend ...
Time: year 1998, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, ohio, cincinnati ohio
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To the One I Love (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: What if the one you love were destined to lose his eyesight in three months? What would you like him to see last? If you were him, what would you want to see last? Shiki Tomokawa is a new pediatrician who is enjoying her life. She falls in love with ...
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling, romantic drama, romantic ...
Plot: disabled person, blindness and impaired vision, eyesight, loss of eyesight, visual impairment, in love, romantic relationship, love interest, couple relations, problem, relationship problems, relationships ...
Place: japan
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 7.5
 39
Silence (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 71 min.
TV show
Story: Silence is a 2006 Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Korean actress Park Eun-hye, Cantopop singer Andy Hui and Kingone Wang. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping and Hsiao Yi as producers and directed by ...
Style: romantic, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: disabled person, terminal illness, life is a bitch, love affair, love interest, love story, hidden identity, illness, male female relationship, secret identity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship ...
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Give Them Wings (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story: 'Give Them Wings' is based on the true story of severely disabled football fan Paul Hodgson.
Style: captivating, psychological, disturbing
Plot: disability, physical disability, man in a wheelchair, disabled person, ambition, direction and purpose, life is a bitch, coping, lifestyle, wheelchair bound, handicapped, hang gliding ...
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The Theory of Flight (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A dreamer who aspires to human flight is assigned public service after one of his attempts off a public building. This leads him to meeting a young woman, who is dying of motor neuron disease. The strong-willed woman admits her wish to be ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, melancholic, erotic ...
Plot: virginity, disability, friendship, women, life & death, dying, disease, loneliness, eccentricity, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, painter, physical disability ...
Time: year 1998, 90s
Place: london
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 7.2
 6K
Music Within (2007)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: After a confrontation with one of his idols dashes his dreams of studying public speaking in college, Richard Pimentel joins the Army and ships off to Vietnam. During his service, Richard loses nearly all of his hearing. Joining a new circle of ...
Style: serious, realistic, touching, sentimental, captivating ...
Plot: disability, hippie, vietnam war, friendship, human spirit, society, mute or deaf, social activist, self discovery, hopes, injustice, social misfits ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, year 2007, 60s, 70s ...
Place: vietnam, portland oregon, seattle, california
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 7.3
 27K
You're Not You (2014)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
Style: touching, sentimental, sweet, lyrical, dramatic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: terminal illness, friendship, dying, quadriplegic, life is a bitch, marital infidelity, character study, disability, musician, teaching the ways of the world, family relations, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Ireland, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.
Style: touching, emotional, dramatic, uplifting, sad ...
Plot: disability, friendship, cerebral palsy, youth, human spirit, loneliness, life, friends, life philosophy, character study, disabled, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2004
Place: europe, dublin ireland, ireland
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 6.2
 1K
Cold Feet (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte turns up, Denis has enough of it and wants to skip. But because ...
Style: feel good, entertaining, light, funny, humorous
Plot: teenage girl, unlikely friendships, disabled person, mentor, disability, society, streetwise, love, life philosophy, friendship, human relationship, friendship between men ...
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 5.1
 2K
Mrs. Hyde (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Mrs. Géquil is an eccentric teacher despised by her colleagues and students. On a stormy night, she is struck by lightning and faints. When she wakes up, she feels different. Will she now be able to keep the powerful and dangerous Mrs. Hyde ...
Style: thought provoking, humorous, disturbing, captivating, art house ...
Plot: teacher, high school, husband wife relationship, female protagonist, laboratory, sleepwalking, transformation, logic, lightning, school principal, person on fire, jekyll and hyde ...
Time: 2010s
Place: france
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Kills on Wheels (2016)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: Hungary
Duration: 103 min.
Story: Two physically handicapped youngsters make friends with a paralysed hitman and are commissioned by a local mafia boss. They have little to lose although things are never as they first appear. The boundaries between fantasy and reality blur as the ...
Style: dark comedy, suspenseful, suspense, tense, humorous ...
Plot: disability, gang, wheelchair bound, mafia, murder, love, friendship, police, hanged man, dark humor, prison, nurse ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, eastern europe
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 7.3
 439K
Unbreakable (2000)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An ordinary man makes an extraordinary discovery when a train accident leaves his fellow passengers dead – and him unscathed. The answer to this mystery could lie with the mysterious Elijah Price, a man who suffers from a disease that renders his ...
Style: twist ending, surprise ending, psychological, atmospheric, gloomy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, adult
Plot: superhero, villain, invulnerability, plot twist, self discovery, father son relationship, train crash, comic book, supernatural power, a vision, good versus evil, twists and turns ...
Time: year 2000, 2000s, future, y2k, 90s ...
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
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The Bone Collector (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 118 min.
Story: Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The ...
Style: suspense, psychological thriller, tense, detective, suspenseful ...
Audience: adult
Plot: serial killer, psychopath, investigation, police investigation, policewoman, mind game, murder, twists and turns, master criminal, crime scene, forensics, race against time ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, persia, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
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 8.8
 2.2M
Forrest Gump (1994)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story: A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events - in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. Yet, despite all the things he has attained, his one true love eludes ...
Style: inspirational, touching, feel good, sentimental, uplifting ...
Audience: date night, kids, chick flick, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot: life & death, philosophy, life philosophy, mentally challenged, destiny, love, rise to the top, human spirit, selflessness, storytelling, life, journey ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s, 50s, 1950s ...
Place: usa, washington d.c., vietnam, china, alabama ...
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 7.3
 24K
Lorenzo's Oil (1992)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 129 min.
Story: Lorenzo Odone was a normal child until the age of 7. After then, strange things began to happen to him: he would have blackouts, memory lapses, and other strange mental phemonenons. He is eventually diagnosed as suffering from ALD: an extremely rare ...
Style: touching, emotional, sincere, inspirational, melancholic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: terminal illness, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, medical, life is a bitch, disability, courage, cure, family drama, boy, hopes ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1984, year 1983, year 1986 ...
Place: washington d.c., pittsburgh, italy, rome italy, boston ...
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See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A murder takes place in the shop of David Lyons, a deaf man who fails to hear the gunshot being fired. Outside, blind man Wally Karue hears the shot but cannot see the perpetrator. Both are arrested, but escape to form an unlikely partnership. Being ...
Style: funny, humorous, light, not serious, slapstick ...
Audience: kids
Plot: deaf, disability, murder, blindness, farce, chase, blind man, witness, mute or deaf, friendship, deafness, odd couple ...
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city
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Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Style: factual, disturbing, realistic, emotional, intense ...
Plot: vietnam war, anti war, disability, war, wartime, biopic, fighting the system, military, vietnam veteran, guilt, disabled, injustice ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century, year 1989, 50s ...
Place: vietnam, texas, the philippines, usa, new york ...
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I'm Sorry, I Love You (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: Cha Moo Hyuk is a man who was adopted by an Australian family but treated cruelly and then abandoned at a young age. By chance, he meets Song Eun Chae, a fashion coordinator dedicated to her employer, singer Choi Yune. Their meeting will have ...
Style: rough, sad, captivating, disturbing, psychological ...
Plot: abandoned baby, revenge, family relations, betrayal, self sacrifice, love, tragic love, family problems, life is a bitch, dysfunctional family, musician, relationship problems ...
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