Man in a wheelchair movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant man in a wheelchair movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, psychological, realistic, serious, sexy and disturbing films and TV shows about / with man in a wheelchair, disability, wheelchair, female nudity, handicapped, sex scene, wheelchair bound, physical disability, love and romance and friendship plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, Italy, Denmark and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as man in a wheelchair: The Crossing (2004), Eyes Behind the Wall (1977), Open Hearts (2002), Come Have Coffee with Us (1970), In Your Arms (2015), Sunlight Jr. (2013), Me Before You (2016), Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008), Without (2011), Adam (2020).
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| Only 3 Days Left (2023) | 5.3 | |
| Pearl (2022) | 7.0 | |
| DogMan (2023) | 6.8 | |
| The Whale (2022) | 7.6 | |
| Perfect (2022) | 8.3 |
List of man in a wheelchair movies
Genre: Thriller, Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Andreas has everything a man can wish for. A wonderful wife, a big house on the country and a great job. But a sudden car accident puts him in a wheelchair. He is paralysed in his legs and he is also now impotent. Will his marriage work?
Style:
tense, captivating, dark comedy, dark
Plot:
sex with a stranger, cuckolded husband, cuckold, wheelchair bound, car accident, marital problem, cripple, stranger, dark secret, relationship problems, family problems, sexual fantasy ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
The movie starts with a scene of a young man raping and murdering a woman on a train. Later he rents a room from an elderly wheelchair-bound voyeur and his much younger wife. The elderly man enjoys watching the younger man through the a hole in the ...
Style:
classic horror, surprise ending, gothic horror, psychological thriller, crying ...
Plot:
father daughter sex, male nudity, interracial rape, sex with father, homosexual rape, surveillance, lgbt, gay, older man younger woman marriage, woman seduces a man, nudity, man in a wheelchair ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 74 min.
Story:
Tells the story of Paul (Steven C. Stewart), a man suffering from Cerebal Palsy, who spends his days wasting away in a nursing home. To pass his time, he fantasizes about the man he should be despite his twisted body. People are able to understand ...
Style:
experimental, serious, surreal, atmospheric, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disability, retirement home, woman strangled to death, introspection, love affair, hopes, dangerous attraction, writer's life, love and romance, lifestyle, human spirit, sexual abuse ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the ...
Style:
atmospheric, independent film, realistic, touching, romantic ...
Plot:
hospital, dogme 95, relationships, love story, love triangle, sex scene, coitus, extramarital affair, destructive relationship, fall in love, paraplegic, crumbling marriage ...
Time:
90s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, denmark, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Paronzini at the age of 50, decides to get married and he looks at the Tettamanzi's three sisters.
Style:
dark comedy, sex comedy, sexy, hot
Plot:
extramarital affair, housekeeper, sister in law, paralysis, man in a wheelchair, female bare legs, unfaithfulness, bare legs, sex scene, respect, three sisters, promiscuity ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When Maria (Lisa Carlehed) meets Niels for the first time, he comes across as an angry and unsympathetic young man. His chronic illness has been concentrated into a single wish - to go to a Swiss nursing home for euthanasia. But in order to get ...
Style:
sensitive, romantic drama, heartfelt, road movie, reflective ...
Plot:
life & death, mortality, terminal illness, ethical dilemma, moving, compassion, humanism, bittersweet, intimate, desperation, journey, friendship ...
Place:
scandinavia, denmark
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Quickie-mart employee Melissa and paraplegic Richie are very much in love. Supported only by Melissa’s small hourly wage, they are nevertheless thrilled to learn that Melissa is pregnant. Then their situation deteriorates, and their tenuous ...
Style:
realistic, serious, rough, sincere, sentimental ...
Plot:
pregnancy, poverty, unwanted pregnancy, voyeur, couples, oral sex, family problems, life is a bitch, couple relations, down on your luck, working class, introspection ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
florida, usa
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A small town girl is caught between dead-end jobs. A high-profile, successful man becomes wheelchair bound following an accident. The man decides his life is not worth living until the girl is hired for six months to be his new caretaker. Worlds ...
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, tear jerker, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night
Plot:
love, disability, love story, fall in love, love and romance, caregiver, quadriplegic, death, enemies to lovers, euthanasia, handicapped, relationships ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, usa, paris france, switzerland, mallorca ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.
Style:
sexual, erotic, sexy, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
nymphomaniac, sexual relations, porn, looking for sex, sex scene, diary, prostitute, one night stand, loss of virginity, lust, sex, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 1993, 2000s, 90s
Place:
spain, france, europe, barcelona
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On a remote wooded island, a young woman becomes caretaker to an old man in a vegetative state. Her isolated routine devolves into a struggle with sexuality, guilt and loss.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
adult
Plot:
sexuality, teenage sexuality, woman, wheelchair bound, man in a wheelchair, relationship problems, teenage girl, nursing, teenager, care, life is a bitch, sexual relations ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Style:
sincere, thought provoking, touching, disturbing, romantic ...
Plot:
physical disability, hopes, relationships, disability, down on your luck, friendship, life turned upside down, life is a bitch, goodhearted, wheelchair bound, catastrophe, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological, intense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
infidelity, lust, sex, nudity, desire, erotica, unfaithful wife, rape, older woman younger man, disability, obsession, strong sexual content ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1990, year 1970 ...
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, sarajevo ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: Sweden, Denmark, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Deployed on mission in Helmand, Afghanistan, 25-year old Thomas steps on a landmine and loses both his legs. At the local rehabilitation center, he meets Sofie, an ascending ballerina from the Royal Danish Ballet, who is helping a relative to regain ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, sexy, captivating, sentimental ...
Plot:
amputee, soldier, war veteran, dancing, funeral, war injury, ballet, war in afghanistan, international relations, ballerina, dancer, blood ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
afghanistan
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After a car incident, in which he lost his wife, a musician remains paralytic on a wheelchair. He retires in a lonely villa. Incidentally together with him in the villa there are also a bisexual, a lesbian and a vicious kid. The lascivious ...
Style:
erotic, sexploitation film
Plot:
stepmother stepson relationship, seduction, lesbian, female pubic hair, woman on top, sex scene, affair, stepmother, illicit affair, lesbian sex, skinny dipping, car ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An independent tragicomedy, Run If You Can is the debut feature for director Brüggemann who, along with his sister, also wrote the compelling screenplay. Forced to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair, Ben is deeply desperate, despite his ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot:
disability, love triangle, romantic rivalry, love story, romantic triangle, relationship problems, handicapped, fall in love, in love, romantic relationship, love interest, love affair ...
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Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Steve is a talented gymnast who has given up competition and is working at his father's bike shop. Julie is the new girl at his old gym, who has moved to town to train with their powerful coach. Inspired by Julie, Steve resumes training. While ...
Style:
independent film, captivating, semi serious, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gymnastics, gymnast, olympics, teenager, family relations, parents and children, family life, workplace romance, athlete's life, couple relations, contests and competitions, youth ...
Time:
80s, year 1984
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
This is the story of a girl, her dog, and a man who needs to regain his self-reliance. Curtis Peterson, a strong, vital man in his late twenties, and his wife Marie want to start a family. Tragedy strikes when Curtis is paralyzed in a construction ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, sincere, psychological, inspirational ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
disability, family problems, coping, family drama, dog, wheelchair bound, handicapped, destiny, changing lives, pet dog, man in a wheelchair, family relations ...
Place:
kansas
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Good boy Mike Mayer is looking at a fine future and enjoys life with Wisconsin small town friends and steady girlfriend Carrie Beal. Then a stupid accident, diving from the local pier when the water is too low, leaves him quadriplegic. As if that ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, touching
Plot:
quadriplegic, self discovery, friendship, starting over, looking for love, hopes, love and romance, disability, couples, small town, tragic event, journey ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Style:
touching, ironic, compassionate, retro, serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
disability, drawing, cartoonist, alcoholism, therapy, rehabilitation, alcoholic, alcoholics anonymous, paralysis, car accident, biopic, sex scene ...
Time:
70s, year 1972
Place:
oregon, long beach california, portland oregon
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
After losing the use of his legs in a car crash, Tony is helped to walk again by Daphne his physical therapist. But Daphne's loving care soon morphs into a sick attempt to possess Tony forever.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological thriller, captivating, thrilling, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, man in a wheelchair, wheelchair bound, disability, male female relationship, psychological manipulation, obsessive love, toxic relationship, control, handicapped, relationship problems, nursing ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 104 min.
Style:
sincere, captivating, disturbing, emotional, poignant ...
Plot:
handicapped, man in a wheelchair, wheelchair bound, rich and poor, journey, nostalgia, cruise ship, physical disability, care, friendship, disability, lifestyle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Olav Hintz, a retired teacher who loves only himself, needs care as he sits in a wheelchair. The nurse, the single parent Trixi has several jobs to complete and gives the care to her 3 children. Chaos is on.
Style:
light, funny, captivating, entertaining, comedy drama ...
Plot:
disability, single mother, man in a wheelchair, parents and children, family relations, physical disability, nursing, wheelchair bound, handicapped, kids and family, single parent, children ...
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Genre: Animation, Sport
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Centers on para-athletes who all meet an outcast sports scientist named Ren Narita. The anime will have four stories about four different sports: wheelchair basketball, track and high jump, goalball, and paralympic swimming.
Style:
anime, disturbing, entertaining, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
personal growth, slice of life, sport team, coping, physical disability, determination, resilience, perseverance, ambition, athlete's life, disability, athlete and trainer ...
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
In 1983, a group of High School students in a day of detention must run for their lives when a teacher in a wheel chair turns out to be an ex black ops soldier having a murderous flashback.
Style:
slasher, scary, bleak, atmospheric, serious ...
Plot:
flashback, blood, battles, great war, macabre, war, monster, zombie, haunted house, escapades, war veteran, post apocalyptic ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Film director Jin Young walks out the door after presenting a screenplay that he hopes will be turned into a film. On his way to the parking lot, he meets an attractive woman named In Ae and spends the night with her. Next day, he receives a phone ...
Style:
captivating, suspense, psychological, romantic drama, suspenseful ...
Plot:
adultery, infidelity, stalking, black ops, producer, one night stand, disability, physical disability, wheelchair bound, cheating wife, suspicion of adultery, marital infidelity ...
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mike Yarnell is a burnt out cop, who is being investigated by internal affairs. When he begins taking out his frustration on his wife, she turns to the man handling her husband's case for protection. However, there's more to her than what ...
Style:
neo noir, independent film
Plot:
wife abuse, femme fatale, betrayal, police, sex, female nudity, sex in car, adultery, police officer, man hits a woman, extramarital affair, man in a wheelchair ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Finland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears news about Sirpa's declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city. It's not the easiest decision, because he's blind and ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, romantic, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
blindness, wheelchair bound, paraplegic, man in a wheelchair, multiple sclerosis, travel, blind man, handicapped, love affair, male female relationship, romantic friendship, disability ...
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Genre: Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A ruthless German spy, trying to get out of Britain with vital information about D-Day, must spend time with a young woman and her crippled husband.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, tense, suspense, political thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
world war two, espionage, spy, nazi, storm at sea, nazi spy, submarine, war, murder, chase, surveillance, wartime ...
Time:
1940s, year 1940, 20th century, year 1944, year 1981 ...
Place:
london, scotland, england, europe, fictional island ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Spain
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A teenager finds her perfect life upended when she's stalked by a mysterious doppelganger who has her eyes set on assuming her identity.
Style:
sexy, suspenseful, psychological, serious, tense ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
doppelganger, mysterious character, life turned upside down, supernatural, teenage life, haunted by the past, parents and children, family relations, father daughter relationship, family secret, man in a wheelchair, marital infidelity ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
europe
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A cameraman is knocked over during a football game. His brother in law as the king of the ambulance chasing lawyers starts a suit while he's still knocked out. The cameraman is against it until he hears that his ex-wife will be coming to see ...
Style:
humorous, witty, talky, cynical, black and white ...
Plot:
american football, lawyer, surveillance, insurance fraud, crooked lawyer, lawsuit, insurance, friendship, hospital, cons and scams, odd couple, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1966
Place:
cleveland ohio, usa, new jersey
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