Disability movies and TV shows – page 4

List of disability movies

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Going to the Mat (2004)
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Jace Newfield has a problem. Besides being blind and being the new kid at school, his problem is that the kids at his new school thinks he's a jerk. Jace has to find a way to be accepted into his new school. Joining the wrestling team just ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: blindness, disability, blind character, high school, sport team, friendship, teenage life, human spirit, follow your dream, teenage love, athlete and trainer, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: utah, new york
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 7.3
 95K
Frida (2002)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story: "Frida" chronicles the life Frida Kahlo shared unflinchingly and openly with Diego Rivera, as the young couple took the art world by storm. From her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband to her illicit and ...
Style: visually appealing, stylized, colorful, emotional, serious ...
Audience: chick flick, adult
Plot: painter, artist, art, painting, disability, female artist, feminism, bohemian life, lesbian, biopic, life, female protagonist ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 1920s, 20th century, year 2002 ...
Place: mexico, paris france, empire state building manhattan new york city, america, mexico city ...
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The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A down-on-his-luck crab fisherman embarks on a journey to get a young man with Down syndrome to a professional wrestling school in rural North Carolina and away from the retirement home where he’s lived for the past two and a half years.
Style: touching, inspirational, uplifting, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: kids, chick flick, family outing, adult
Plot: wrestling, friendship, raft, down syndrome, escape, follow your dream, disability, boat, coming of age, friend, travel, chase ...
Time: 2010s, future, year 2019, 21st century
Place: america, florida, north carolina, virginia
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 5.4
 26K
Jessabelle (2014)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A young woman recuperating at her father's run-down home after a tragic accident soon encounters a terrifying presence with a connection to her long-deceased mother.
Style: scary, psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot: haunted house, ghost, supernatural, voodoo, danger, curses spells and rituals, macabre, psychology, spirit, nightmare, disability, insanity ...
Time: year 2014, year 2000, 2010s, year 1988, 21st century
Place: louisiana, usa
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Christmas Ever After (2020)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Popular romance novelist Izzi Simmons spends every Christmas at her favorite snowy bed & breakfast, but this year, she's faced with an impending deadline and a severe case of writer's block. Luckily, inspiration strikes in the unlikely ...
Style: touching, feel good, sentimental, romantic, fairy tale
Audience: date night
Plot: christmas, disability, holiday, writer's block, christmas season, wish come true, single woman, true love, love and romance, hopes, family relations, love affair ...
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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
Is relevant ?
 5.8
 2K
Miffo (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite uninterested in Christianity. However, he befriends Carolina, a chain smoking woman his age, wheelchair-bound since birth. It is opposites attract although ...
Style: touching, emotional, humorous, feel good, offbeat ...
Plot: disability, opposites attract, church, new love, religions or cults, couples, youth, clergy, love and romance, society, religion, suicide attempt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: eastern europe
Is relevant ?
 7.6
 342
My Gimpy Life (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 6 min.
TV show
Story: The awkward adventures of a driven actress trying to navigate Hollywood in a wheelchair.
Style: semi serious, sincere, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Plot: disability, hollywood, actor's life, artists and showbiz, misfit, audition, actress, direction and purpose, desire for fame, longing, ambitious woman, escapades ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
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 6.9
 3K
Aaltra (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this pitch black comedy the rivalry between two neighbors escalates into an all out war. Through a maintenance error on a tractor they both end up, paralyzed, in a wheelchair. It seems they are doomed to stay together. They no longer focus their ...
Style: road movie, dark comedy, humorous, semi serious, black and white ...
Plot: on the road, disability, friendship, hospital, dark humor, misfit, physical disability, life is a bitch, escapades, money, loser, farmer ...
Time: year 2004
Place: finland, belgium, europe, helsinki finland
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 4.7
 235
Perception (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Perception is a darkly comedic gem that stars Piper Perabo as Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges. When Jen returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, realistic, serious
Plot: disability, redemption, rehabilitation, estrangement, dull life, youth, young woman, selfishness, paralysis, obstacle, bittersweet, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, new york
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 7.4
 20K
The Request (2010)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.
Style: touching, contemplative, uplifting, thought provoking, emotional ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: quadriplegic, disability, human spirit, legal action, life is a bitch, love affair, love, legal, media, protest, euthanasia, lawyer ...
Place: india, asia
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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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 8.1
 18K
Iqbal (2005)
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: India
Duration: 132 min.
Story: This is all about chasing your dreams, no matter what the obstacles. The story involves a young deaf and dumb boy who is crazy about cricket.
Style: realistic, uplifting, inspirational, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: cricket, disability, ambition, human spirit, lifestyle, prodigy, follow your dream, against the odds, struggle, hopes, rise to the top, obsession ...
Time: y2k, 21st century
Place: asia, india
Is relevant ?
 5.7
 3K
Molly (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car accident. When the institution must close due budget cuts, Molly is left in the charge of her ...
Style: touching, humorous, sentimental, sincere, experimental ...
Plot: autism, disability, siblings relations, human spirit, custody, hopes, public nudity, mental patient, advertising executive, misfit, doctors and patients, mentally challenged ...
Time: year 1999, 90s
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 34K
Live Flesh (1997)
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, psychological, intense, emotional, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: infidelity, lust, unfaithful wife, nudity, disability, obsession, desire, older woman younger man, betrayal, sex, love triangle, rape ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s, year 1970, year 1990 ...
Place: spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, sarajevo ...
Is relevant ?
 6.7
 1K
Incantato (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The Pope's tailor sends his son, a virgin at 35, to Bologna hoping he will find a woman. Nello, a classicist moved by the romantic poetry of Ovid, proves to be a good teacher and also falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful Angela Gardini. ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: disability, relationships, social differences, tragic love, family relations, couples, love and romance, fall in love, love triangle, unfulfilled love, looking for love, infidelity ...
Time: 1920s
Place: rome italy, europe, italy
Is relevant ?
 6.1
 876
Beeswax (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A marvelous new film from Andrew Bujalski, one of the brightest stars in indie film, Beeswax revolves around the personal and professional entanglements of twin sisters Jeannie and Lauren – played by extraordinary newcomers Tilly and Maggie ...
Style: mumblecore, semi serious, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: disability, twins, family relations, rivalry, love affair, legal action, legal, friendship, sister sister relationship, female protagonist, disabled character, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa, kenya, austin texas
Is relevant ?
 7.3
 2K
Miracle Run (2004)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Single mom Corrine discovers that her twins are autistic. She refuses to give up on their potential, even though it seems that the rest of the world has turned its back on them. Thanks to this incredible mother's support, her boys accomplish ...
Style: serious, realistic, uplifting, touching
Plot: twins, disability, youth, human spirit, against the odds, family relations, hopes, single parent, society, mentally challenged, social misfits, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
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 6.8
 22K
Simon Birch (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Simon Birch tells the story of Joe and Simon's heart-warming journey of friendship. Simon Birch was born with a condition that makes him much smaller than all the other kids in town. Now, due to his condition, Simon thinks God made him this way ...
Style: sentimental, feel good, inspirational, touching, sweet ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, illegitimate son, friendship, destiny, disability, family relations, small town, justice, happy ending, life philosophy, obsessive quest, buddies ...
Time: year 1998, 90s, 60s, 1950s, 20th century
Place: maine
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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
Is relevant ?
 7.7
 22K
Dear Frankie (2004)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Nine-year-old Frankie and his single mum Lizzie have been on the move ever since Frankie can remember, most recently arriving in a seaside Scottish town. Wanting to protect her deaf son from the truth that they've run away from his father, ...
Style: heartbreaking, sweet, realistic, uplifting, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: single parent, coming of age, disability, family drama, friendship, father son relationship, boy, stranger, passion, letter, youth, bittersweet ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: scotland, europe, glasgow scotland
Is relevant ?
 7.8
 10K
Oasis (2002)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Oasis is a love story of two young people abandoned by families. A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving. There he meets her daughter, wheelchair bound with cerebral palsy. Will these two lost people find ...
Style: touching, sincere, psychological, emotional, realistic ...
Plot: disability, hit and run, love affair, haunted by the past, friendship, starting over, unlikely couple, family problems, couples, parents and children, society, life is a bitch ...
Time: year 2002
Place: korea, asia, south korea
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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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Then Barbara Met Alan (2022)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 67 min.
Story: The untold disability civil-rights love story of two cabaret performers, Barbara and Alan, who met at a gig, fell in love, and became the driving force behind an unprecedented campaign of direct action that ultimately led to the passing of the 1995 ...
Style: serious, exciting, captivating, dramatic
Plot: disability, protest, love story, couples, political activism, social activism, activism, relationships, love, couple relations
Is relevant ?
 6.5
 1K
Adam (2020)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.
Style: touching, thought provoking, sincere, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot: physical disability, disability, relationships, life is a bitch, life turned upside down, down on your luck, hopes, friendship, goodhearted, wheelchair bound, fall in love, catastrophe ...
Time: 21st century
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The Story of Luke (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.
Style: semi serious, humorous, touching, realistic, mumblecore ...
Plot: autism, disability, job seeking, looking for love, self discovery, power relations, family relations, family problems, dysfunctional family, workplace situations, boss and employee, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Scream of Fear (1961)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Style: scary, suspense, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: murder, disability, chauffeur, father, female protagonist, uncover truth, investigation, corpse, false identity, piano, mistaken identity, parents and children ...
Time: 20th century, year 1961, 60s
Place: france, french riviera, cote d'azur, riviera
Is relevant ?
 7.2
 1K
Blind (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Bulgaria
Duration: 98 min.
Story: In late 19th century's Netherlands, an albino woman and a blind man develop an indiscriminate love for one another. Will love be blind?
Style: serious, tense, realistic, atmospheric, touching ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: blindness, disability, older woman younger man relationship, albino, love affair, physical appearance, fall in love, master and servant, blind character, bullying, stream of consciousness, blind man ...
Time: 19th century
Place: europe, holland
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The Cake Eaters (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The death of the Kimbrough family matriarch affects the three male survivors of the clan. Widower Easy (Bruce Dern) tries to reconnect with his old flame, Marg (Elizabeth Ashley). Eldest son and struggling musician Guy (Jayce Bartok) moves back to ...
Style: emotional, touching, sentimental, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: disability, family problems, young lovers, starting over, estrangement, haunted by the past, death in the family, small town life, teenage life, family life, homecoming, countryside ...
Time: year 2007
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Regarding Henry (1991)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Henry is a lawyer who survives a shooting only to find he cannot remember anything. If that weren't enough, Henry also has to recover his speech and mobility, in a life he no longer fits into. Fortunately, Henry has a loving wife and daughter ...
Style: touching, inspirational, intense, emotional, serious ...
Plot: rehabilitation, amnesia, memory loss, lawyer, redemption, disability, starting over, family relations, maid, parents and children, brain damage, self discovery ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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