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').
In the Company of Men (1997)
7.2/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Stacy Edwards, Matt Malloy
Shot in just two weeks for $25, 000, first-time director Neil LaBute adapted his own play for this pitch black comedy. It's a sharp take on modern mi... Read more
Inside I'm Dancing ( aka Rory O'Shea Was Here ) (2004)
Director: Damien O'Donnell
Starring: James McAvoy, Steven Robertson, Romola Garai, Gerard McSorley
Michael (Steven Robertson) is confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy, unintelligible to all but a few and shy he lives in a home for the disable... Read more
Ironside: Season 1 (1967)
7/10
Starring: Raymond Burr, Don Galloway, Don Mitchell, Barbara Anderson, Gene Lyons
Raymond Burr plays wheelchair-bound detective Robert T. Ironside, a consultant for the San Francisco police department who solves tough crimes with hi... Read more
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004)
7.4/10
Director: Michael Dowse
Starring: Paul Kaye, Beatriz Batarda, Kate Magowan, Mike Wilmot, Neil Maskell, Pete Tong
The rise, tragic fall and inspiring re-invention of legendary dance DJ, Frankie Wilde (Paul Kaye AKA Dennis Pennis) is the subject of this subtly hila... Read more
John's Not Mad (1989)
15-year-old John Davidson from Galashiels, Scotland has a severe form of Tourette's Syndrome, characterized by physical and vocal tics. This now-clas... Read more
Keane (2005)
7/10
Director: Lodge Kerrigan
Starring: Damian Lewis, Abigail Breslin, Amy Ryan, Tina Holmes, Liza Colon-Zayas
We first meet Keane (Damian Lewis), an unkempt, thirty-something, searching desperately at a New York bus terminal for his six-year-old daughter who w... Read more
King of California (2007)
6.7/10
Director: Mike Cahill
Starring: Michael Douglas, Evan Rachel Wood, Willis Burks II, Laura Kachergus, Paul Lieber
Recently released from a mental institution, Charlie (Michael Douglas) is reunited with his estranged teenage daughter, Miranda (Evan Rachel Wood) who... Read more
Life of Jesus (1997)
7.1/10
Director: Bruno Dumont
Starring: Kader Chaatouf, David Douche
Far from the religious biopic its title implies, this powerful French drama follows the slacker-like existence of 20-year-old epileptic, Freddy, who s... Read more
Lilith (1964)
7/10
Director: Robert Rossen
Starring: Warren Beatty, Jean Seberg, Peter Fonda, Kim Hunter, Gene Hackman, Jessica Walte...
A haunting psychological drama, adapted from J.R. Salamanca's controversial novel, about a young trainee therapist (Warren Beatty) whose love for a be... Read more
Live Flesh (1997)
7.4/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Angela Molina, Francesca Neri, Javier Bardem, Liberto Rabal, Penelope Cruz
During a fight with his junkie girlfriend, police intervene and an officer is shot. Six years later the wrongly convicted Victor is shocked to learn h... Read more