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').
Love and Honour (2006)
7.8/10
Director: Yoji Yamada
Starring: Takuya Kimura, Nenji Kobayashi, Ken Ogata
The conclusion to Yoji Yamada's loose Samurai trilogy (following 'Twilight Samurai' and 'Hidden Blade'), focussing on the themes of the title, and a m... Read more
Mask (1985)
7.2/10
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Starring: Cher , Eric Stoltz, Sam Elliott
Based on a true story, Bogdanovich's account of a courageous teenager who suffers from a disease that enlarged his head, and who searches for love and... Read more
Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)
7.6/10
Director: Jimmy Wang Yu
Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Kang Kam, Kun Yee Lung, Kar Wing Lau, Lung Wei Wang
A vengeful martial artist who has developed a deadly flying guillotine act is out to settle a score with the One-Armed Boxer. But as he's also blind,... Read more
Monk: Season 1 (2002)
8/10
Director: Dean Parisot, Scott Foley
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Gai...
He's ingenious, he's phobic, he's obsessive-compulsive. Tony Shalhoub stars in the Award winning first season as the brilliant but neurotic Adrian Mon... Read more
Monk: Season 2 (2003)
5.5/10
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine, Bitty Schram
Television's favourite defective detective returns to DVD to solve a new batch of baffling mysteries with his trademark wit, wisdom...and hand wipes.... Read more
Monk: Season 4 (2005)
7.1/10
Director: Adam Arkin, Milan Cheylov
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford
Two-time Emmy Award winner, Tony Shalhoub, was nominated for a third time for his work in Season Four. He's getting to know his new assistant, Natali... Read more
Monk: Season 5 (2006)
8/10
Starring: Tony Shalhoub, Traylor Howard, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
Adrian Monk is back on the job, once again using his brilliant mind to solve crimes that no-one else can. This season sees Monk trying to work in the... Read more
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Petter Naess
Starring: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley, Erica Leerhsen
Donald (Josh Hartnett) is a taxi driver who also happens to suffer from Asperger's Syndrome, a type of autism. He likes routine, birds and has a supe... Read more
Murderball (2004)
7.8/10
Director: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro
Starring: Joe Soares, Mark Zupan, Keith Cavill
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 2005 Oscars, and a worldwide festival hit, 'Murderball' is an inspiring, testosterone-fuelled look at th... Read more
My Left Foot (1989)
7.9/10
Director: Jim Sheridan
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Cyril Cusack
The acclaimed true story of Christy Brown, an Irish artist and writer who refused to let the cerebral palsy that crippled him since birth make him a p... Read more