Disabilities
Living with 'disability' is a reality for many of us, yet seldom are disabled members of society seen on the big screen. Breakthrough hits like 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest', 'My Left Foot' and 'Children of a Lesser God' illustrate the rich depth of experience and valuable stories that should be and are being told. From the bizarre ('Freaks') to the inspiring ('Mask') from the sweet ('Mozart and the Whale') to the tough as nails ('Murderball').
Bangkok Dangerous (2000)
6.6/10
Director: Danny Pang, Oxide Pang
Starring: Pavarit Mongkolpisit, Premsinee Ratanasopha
Kong, a professional killer, has been mute since childhood. He plies the city's bitterest streets, with silence his only response to the killings and... Read more
Being There (1979)
8/10
Director: Hal Ashby
Starring: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Jack Warden, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, Ri...
Peter Sellers gives the performance of his career as Chance, a middle-aged gardener who's led a sheltered life and whose thoughts and behaviour are to... Read more
Ben X (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Nic Balthazar
Starring: Greg Timmermans, Marijke Pinoy, Laura Verlinden, Pol Goossen, Titus De Voogdt
Ben suffers from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism that makes communicating with people difficult. But in the virtual world of online gaming he re... Read more
Benny and Joon (1993)
Director: Jeremiah S Chechik
Starring: Johnny Depp, Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore, Oliver Platt, D...
Johnny Depp plays a child-like drifter with a fixation on Buster Keaton, who goes to live with Benny (Aidan Quinn) and his mentally disturbed, somewha... Read more
Bill (1981)
8/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Dennis Quaid
Mickey Rooney is brilliant in the true story of Bill Sackter, a mentally retarded adult who is forced to cope with the world outside the mental instit... Read more
Bill: On His Own (1983)
7.6/10
Director: Anthony Page
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Helen Hunt, Edie McClurg, Tracey Walter, Teresa Wright, Dennis Qu...
This made for televison sequel to the Emmy-winning 1981 film 'Bill' stars Mickey Rooney as Bill Sackter, once more struggling to survive in the mainst... Read more
Billy the Kid (2007)
7.4/10
Director: Jennifer Venditti
Having met Billy Price while working on another film, director Jennifer Venditti decided to make her debut by following this unique 15-year-old around... Read more
Black Sun (2005)
7.5/10
Director: Gary Tarn
Starring: Hugues de Montalembert
While living in New York in 1978, British painter and filmmaker Hugues de Montalembert fell victim to a random mugging, paint remover was thrown in hi... Read more
Blind Justice (1994)
5.8/10
Director: Richard Spence
Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Armand Assante, Robert Davi
A gunfighter, blinded during the Civil War, is attacked by Mexican bandits. He makes his way to a small town where he recovers, but when the outlaws t... Read more
Blinded (2004)
5.2/10
Director: Eleanor Yule
Starring: Peter Mullan, Jodhi May, Anders W Berthelsen, Phyllida Law, Samantha Bond
Danish backpacker, Mike Hammershoi is running from a dark secret. Hoping to find work, he arrives at Black's estate, a shuttered, decaying mansion, c... Read more