Brain damage movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant brain damage movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, suspense, realistic, psychological, suspenseful and thought provoking films and TV shows about / with brain damage, husband wife relationship, violence, male nudity, murder, female nudity, family relations, doctor, runaway and mental health plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as brain damage: Recovery (2007), Remember Sunday (2013), Beautiful Prison (2016), Regarding Henry (1991), Memento (2000), The Lookout (2007), Mouse (2021), On Chesil Beach (2017), Fortress 2 (2000), Sethu (1999).
Best films
New films
| Greyscale (2015) | 7.8 | |
| Possessor (2020) | 6.5 | |
| My Zoe (2019) | 6.0 | |
| Harmonium (2016) | 6.9 | |
| The Iron Claw (2023) | 7.6 |
List of brain damage movies
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Alan and Tricia Hamilton are blissfully happy. Until one day their perfect life is torn apart when Alan steps in front of a passing car, and he is left with a brain injury that completely transforms his personality.
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, touching, intense
Audience:
date night
Plot:
brain injury, recovery, family drama, personality change, mental health, self discovery, rehabilitation, identity crisis, character study, coping, acceptance, compassion ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A lonely, down-on-her-luck waitress meets a handsome, quirky jewelry store clerk and thinks that maybe, finally, she's met Mr. Right. The more Molly (Alexis Bledel) gets to know Gus (Zachary Levi), the more she's intrigued by him. But ...
Style:
touching, romantic drama, semi serious, humorous, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, fall in love, flower shop, starting over, couples, family relations, hopes, passionate love, passion, charm, brain damage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Ben is a brain damaged young man who awakens from a violent accident to a restored intellect and supernatural abilities, which allow him to control the happenings of his world.
Style:
tense, scary, suspenseful, bleak, captivating ...
Plot:
violence, superpower, brain damage, accident, brain injury, supernatural ability, friendship, rivalry, society, heroes, murder, youth ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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:
inspirational, touching, intense, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
amnesia, rehabilitation, lawyer, memory loss, redemption, disability, brain damage, family relations, maid, parents and children, hopes, self discovery ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, neo noir, confusing ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory, vengeance, memory loss, plot twist, revenge, murder, amnesia, whodunit, twists and turns, paranoia, murder mystery, manipulation ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2001, future, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Style:
tense, neo noir, realistic, suspenseful, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
bank robbery, amnesia, robbery, female nudity, sex, seduction, casual sex, heist, violence, young man, chess, brain damage ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kansas, missouri, kansas city, california
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18K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 80 min.
TV show
Story:
A psychopath’s ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped with fear and chaos. A honest and justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with tragic past, face against the killer. After the encounter with the ...
Style:
tense, psychological thriller, suspense, captivating, detective
Plot:
serial killer, murder, murder mystery, murder investigation, psycho killer, serial murder, homicide detective, homicidal maniac, killing spree, investigation, psychopath, police investigation ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In 1962 England, a young couple finds their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, novela, serious, sensitive ...
Plot:
wedding night, sexual revolution, frigidity, beach, awkwardness, asexual, male virgin, honeymoon, newlyweds, brain damage, virgin, marriage ...
Time:
year 1962, year 2007, year 1975, 60s
Place:
berlin germany
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
When an atomic war on Mars destroys the planet's women, it's up to Martian Princess Marcuzan and her right-hand man Dr. Nadir to travel to earth and kidnap women for new breeding stock. Landing in Puerto Rico, they shoot down a NASA space ...
Style:
grindhouse, freeze frame, retro, fast, scary ...
Plot:
monster, martian, alien monster, nasa, brain damage, frankenstein, space monster, frankenstein's monster, spacesuit, alien, alien invasion, mars ...
Place:
puerto rico, latin america
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: Luxembourg, USA, UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
7 years on from the original Fortress movie, Brennick and his family are still on the run. Finally, they give in, and surrender, only to find themselves imprisoned in a new, more sophisticated fortress prison in outer space. But Brennick's not ...
Style:
dark comedy, rough, futuristic, suspenseful, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prisoner, dystopia, race against time, mind control, voyeur, conspiracy, escape, space station, prison guard, on the run, fugitives ...
Time:
future, near future
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3K
Genre: Action, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A love brings to light the soft-natured characteristic features that lie buried in the sub-conscious mind of a seemingly hard-core student. Some unexpected tragic events mould his life into an epic-like story!
Style:
sad, heartbreaking, epic, entertaining, tragic
Plot:
brain damage, tragic love, unrequited love, tragic romance, tragedy, kidnapping, brother in law sister in law relationship, hindu, sidekick, anti hero, suicide, loss of loved one ...
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Frederik is the headmaster of a private school and one day he is being accused of stealing 12 million Danish crowns from the school. But everything is not as simple as it might seem. Frederik has been living with a tumor in his brain for the last 3 ...
Style:
psychological, psychotronic, suspenseful, thought provoking, rough ...
Plot:
marital problem, school, free will, tumor, brain tumor, family relations, brain damage, imagination, illusion, love, danger, fight ...
Place:
denmark
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: UK, Australia, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A dramatic thriller based on the incredible true David vs. Goliath story of American immigrant Dr. Bennet Omalu, the brilliant forensic neuropathologist who made the first discovery of CTE, a football-related brain trauma, in a pro player and fought ...
Style:
inspirational, emotional, captivating, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
american football, doctor, professional sports, autopsy, football, sports injury, research, nfl, brain damage, uncover truth, investigation, biopic ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, washington d.c., usa, pennsylvania, california ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
When his wife is killed, Oliver's world turns monochrome from Achromatopsia - the inability to see color. In comes Rachel, a femme fatale offering hope in return for a deadly favor, plunging Oliver into a world of crime run by Gavin Calhoun, ...
Style:
neo noir, suspense, psychological, disturbing, tense ...
Plot:
secret, husband wife relationship, forgiveness, brain damage, witness protection, past, murder, death, scotsman, revenge, gangster, brutality ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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653
Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
The Draymen Estate has become an urban legend. Amongst the sinister stories of unsavoury locals and brutal violence, several people have apparently gone missing. Even the police won't go there. Eter two naive student filmmakers with a ...
Style:
slasher, scary, psychotronic, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
held captive, drug addict, found footage, murder, animal cruelty, drug abuse, brain damage, cannibalism, transvestite, hoodie, marijuana, council ...
Place:
england, britain
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While watching B grade movies a brain-injured man is tormented by visions of his friends being murdered by a faceless killer. He becomes increasingly disturbed when he realizes it's only a matter of time before the killer comes for him.
Style:
psychological, suspense, contemplative, scary, slasher ...
Plot:
killer, hopes, murder, a vision, family relations, love, brain damage, youth, car accident, couples, danger, young man ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
A troubled Iraq War veteran struggling to reintegrate into society sets out on a cross-country journey with the hope of reuniting with his young son.
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, exciting, road movie
Plot:
iraq war, iraq war veteran, road trip, homelessness, cross country, father son relationship, friendship, desperation, soldier, brain damage, post traumatic stress disorder, skinny dipping ...
Place:
iraq, america, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: United Arab Emirates, Egypt, Romania, Saudi Arabia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When an accident leaves a young boy in a coma, his parent's love is put to the test as they resort to a dangerous plan to save him.
Style:
compassionate, thought provoking, suspense, serious, emotional ...
Plot:
mother son relationship, blood, family conflict, cure, disease, uncover truth, family in danger, treatment, coma, research, paranormal investigator, medical ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Somebody’s brain is living inside of me. Medical thriller based on the novel by Keigo Higashino which has sold over 1,250,000 copies.
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, detective, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
brain transplant, violent man, doctor, nurse, patient, metamorphosis, hospital, surgery, identity crisis, character study, human brain, transplant ...
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27K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Finland
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A US soldier suffers a traumatic brain injury while fighting in Afghanistan and struggles to adjust to life back home in New Orleans. When she meets local mechanic James, the pair begin to forge an unexpected bond.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, suspenseful, aesthetic ...
Plot:
female protagonist, mental health, veteran, brain injury, swimming pool, soldier, engineer, american soldier, ex soldier, war trauma, social problems, changing lives ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new orleans, afghanistan
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25K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Israel, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A missing FBI agent reappears six years after being declared dead.
Style:
slasher, disturbing, suspense, realistic, detective ...
Plot:
amnesia, missing person, memory loss, new life, fbi, life & death, memory, survival, fight, investigation, husband wife relationship, brutality ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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160K
Genre: Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A lifetime of taking shots has ended Rocky's career, and a crooked accountant has left him broke. Inspired by the memory of his trainer, however, Rocky finds glory in training and takes on an up-and-coming boxer.
Style:
inspirational, saga, serious, realistic, action packed ...
Audience:
manly, teens, family outing, boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
boxing, boxer, fight, underdog, betrayal, training, father son relationship, boxing trainer, showdown, street fight, gym, fistfight ...
Time:
80s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, russia
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34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Algeria
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Repression is the rule of the day in this film that skewers Greek governance of the 1960s. Z, a leftist rabble rouser, is killed in what appears to be a traffic accident. But given the political climate, the death of such a prominent activist raises ...
Style:
political thriller, political, realistic, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
conspiracy, politics, military, investigation, corruption, police, government, government corruption, justice, political corruption, politician, violence ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
greece, france, africa, europe
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
In a corporate-controlled future, an ultra-violent sport known as Rollerball represents the world, and one of its powerful athletes is out to defy those who want him out of the game.
Style:
grindhouse, cult classic, apocalyptic, freeze frame, funny ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dystopia, cyberpunk, brutality, corporation, satire, fighting the system, fistfight, tournament, corporate executive, resentment, courage, conspiracy ...
Time:
future, 70s, near future, 2010s, year 1975 ...
Place:
houston texas, new york, tokyo, geneva switzerland, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A housewife who feels trapped leaves home and takes up with a hitchhiker.
Style:
road movie, cult classic, independent film, psychological, realistic ...
Plot:
road trip, psychiatry, housewife, nudity, unhappy wife, brain damage, pregnant wife, bare breasts, missing wife, depressed woman, swing, loneliness ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s
Place:
nebraska
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat out many more famous rivals for the role of "Carmen ...
Style:
crying, cult classic, contemplative, captivating, thought provoking ...
Plot:
racial discrimination, abuse, racism, swimming pool, desire, white male black female relationship, interracial love, racial prejudice, movie star, rape, filmmaking, biopic ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 60s, 50s
Place:
usa, miami beach, los angeles, las vegas, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
An affectionate and refreshing East/West-Germany comedy about a boy who’s mother was in a coma while the Berlin wall fell and when she wakes up he must try to keep her from learning what happen (since she was an avid communist supporter) to avoid ...
Style:
sentimental, humorous, breathtaking, witty, feel good ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
berlin wall, coma, politics, capitalism, childhood, idealism, german reunification, society, amnesia, cold war, culture clash, communism ...
Time:
year 2003, year 1989, year 1990, year 2004, 2000s ...
Place:
east germany, german democratic republic, germany, berlin germany, soviet union ...
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: France, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An adventure set in the early part of the 20th century, focused on a popular novelist and her dealings with would-be suitors, the cops, monsters, and other distractions.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, period piece, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, family friendly, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
strong female character, egyptology, mummy, archaeologist, adventurer, adventuress, dinosaur, sister sister relationship, pterodactyl, obsessive quest, escapades, tomb ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 2010, victorian era
Place:
paris france, france, europe, egypt
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, France, Sweden
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A woman wakes up every day, remembering nothing as a result of a traumatic accident in her past. One day, new terrifying truths emerge that force her to question everyone around her.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological thriller, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, obsession, psychology, investigation, power relations, uncover truth, domestic violence, memory, psychiatrist, life turned upside down, amnesiac ...
Time:
90s, year 2014, year 2007, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place:
london, england
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121K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.
Style:
psychological, neo noir, surprise ending, sexy, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hypnosis, plot twist, twists and turns, amnesia, heist, memory loss, manipulation, dishonesty, disorder, art theft, skinny dipping, hot and sexy ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
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