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- DirectorOlivier NakacheÉric ToledanoStarsFrançois CluzetOmar SyAnne Le NyAfter he becomes a quadriplegic from a paragliding accident, an aristocrat hires a young man from the projects to be his caregiver.
- DirectorJulian SchnabelStarsMathieu AmalricEmmanuelle SeignerMarie-Josée CrozeThe true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
- DirectorTaylor HackfordStarsJamie FoxxRegina KingKerry WashingtonThe story of the life and career of the legendary rhythm and blues musician Ray Charles, from his humble beginnings in the South, where he went blind at age seven, to his meteoric rise to stardom during the 1950s and 1960s.
- DirectorDavey FrankelRasselas LakewStarsRasselas LakewDag MalmbergRuta GedmintasRunning the streets of Rome in 1960, an unknown, barefooted Ethiopian man stunned the world by winning Olympic gold in the marathon. Overnight, Abebe Bikila became a sports legend. A hero in his own country and to the continent, Bikila was the first African to win a gold medal, and four years later in Tokyo would become the first person in history to win consecutive Olympic gold medals in the marathon. This soldier and quiet son of a shepherd would be acknowledged by many as the greatest long distance runner the world had ever known. One evening while returning to his home in Addis Ababa from training in the Ethiopian countryside, Bikila was involved in a tragic car accident which left him paralyzed from the waist down. Unable to walk and faced with the greatest challenge of his life, he struggled to maintain his will to live and in the process discovered a deeper meaning of competition, taking up archery for the Paralympics and competing as a handicapped dog sledder in Norway. Though his running career had come to a tragic end, the race of his life had a new beginning. For the first time, the true story of Bikila's epic quest for life and sport comes to the big screen. Not since Raging Bull has the life of an athlete been rendered with such emotional power and cinematic grace.
- DirectorAlejandro AmenábarStarsJavier BardemBelén RuedaLola DueñasThe factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.
- DirectorJames MarshStarsEddie RedmayneFelicity JonesTom PriorStephen Hawking gets unprecedented success in the field of physics despite being diagnosed with motor neuron disease at the age of 21. He defeats awful odds as his first wife Jane aids him loyally.
- DirectorPhilip MartinStarsBenedict CumberbatchMichael BrandonTom HodgkinsTheoretical physicist/cosmologist Stephen Hawking's life and search for the beginning of time (1963-6).
- DirectorJim SheridanStarsDaniel Day-LewisBrenda FrickerAlison WhelanChristy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.
- DirectorMarc RothemundStarsKostja UllmannJacob MatschenzAnna Maria MüheAn ambitious young man struggles to achieve his dream of becoming an employee in a Munich luxury hotel despite being strongly visually impaired.
- DirectorEric TillStarsMarc SingerR.H. ThomsonSarah TorgovA light comedy/love story based on the life of blind musician Tom Sullivan.
- DirectorPeter BogdanovichStarsCherEric StoltzSam ElliottA teenager with a massive facial skull deformity and biker gang mother attempt to live as normal a life as possible under the circumstances.
- DirectorMick JacksonStarsClaire DanesJulia OrmondDavid StrathairnA biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic woman who has become one of the top scientists in the humane livestock handling industry.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsAnne BancroftPatty DukeVictor JoryThe story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.
- DirectorJean-Pierre AmérisStarsIsabelle CarréAriana RivoireBrigitte CatillonMarie Heurtin is born both blind and deaf. Sister Marguerette wins her trust and teaches her how to express herself.
- DirectorDelmer DavesStarsJohn GarfieldEleanor ParkerDane ClarkMarine hero Al Schmid is blinded in battle and returns home to be rehabilitated. He readjusts to his civilian life with the help of his soon to be wife.
- DirectorKen AndersonStarsWenda ShereosLynne FordCathy ShipleyAlready famous for her secular songs, blind lyricist Fanny Crosby (1820-1915) volunteers as a nurse during New York's cholera epidemic, undergoes a spiritual transformation, and starts to write Christian hymns.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsBlythe DannerMare WinninghamPerry KingAnnie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.
- DirectorWalter GraumanStarsSteve GuttenbergRandy QuaidMark L. TaylorThe story of Harold Krents, who became totally blind at nine years old, but graduated Harvard and Oxford and became a lawyer.
- DirectorRay EnrightStarsPat O'BrienRobert RyanRuth WarrickCoach Frank Cavanaugh returns to college football after World War I, then gradually goes blind.
- DirectorMetin ErksanStarsAsik VeyselAyfer FerayKemal ÖzThe film depicts the life of folk poet Âsik Veysel. Veysel, who lost his sight due to smallpox as a child, discovers saz. His life, filled with love, losses, poetry, and struggles, and his influence on Turkish folk music, are portrayed.
- DirectorBrian James GriffoStarsJustin PurvisTod PurvisTwo brothers, Tod and Justin Purvis, who suffer from a degenerative eye disease, and are going blind. Circumnavigate the United States, seeing the great sights that make America beautiful. Limited sight, with unlimited Vision.
- DirectorAndrzej BaranskiStarsKrystyna JandaAndrzej HudziakVioletta ArlakThe unusual bond between a blind female writer and an acclaimed poet changes their lives and forms an exceptional creative cooperation, free of politics and the complexities of mundane life.
- DirectorSamuel HenríquezStarsYbrahinn CorderoMiriam TorresMiriam Torres stopped seeing and hearing at the age of 7. She learned to speak whilst being deaf-blind and now at 55 years old, she teaches other people with the same disability on how to communicate with others. Based on the diaries of Miriam, the film takes you through the inner journey of a woman seeking to recall the forgotten sights and sounds of her childhood, her mother's face, her own face, and the last image she saw and heard in her life.
- DirectorLarry PeerceStarsMarilyn HassettBeau BridgesBelinda MontgomeryYoung ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.
- DirectorPeter MiddletonJames SpinneyStarsJohn M. HullMarilyn HullMiranda Beinart-SmithIn the summer of 1983, just days before the birth of his first son, writer and theologian John Hull went blind. In order to make sense of the upheaval in his life, he began keeping a diary on audiocassette. Upon their publication in 1990, Oliver Sacks described the work as 'the most extraordinary, precise, deep and beautiful account of blindness I have ever read. It is to my mind a masterpiece.' With exclusive access to these original recordings, NOTES ON BLINDNESS encompasses dreams, memory and imaginative life, excavating the interior world of blindness.
- DirectorJean-Marc ValléeStarsMatthew McConaugheyJennifer GarnerJared LetoIn 1985 Dallas, electrician and hustler Ron Woodroof works around the system to help AIDS patients get the medication they need after he is diagnosed with the disease.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVallA directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.
- DirectorPeter SollettStarsJulianne MooreElliot PageSteve CarellNew Jersey police lieutenant Laurel Hester and her registered domestic partner Stacie Andree battle to secure Hester's pension benefits when she is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsAnthony HopkinsJohn HurtAnne BancroftA Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man who is mistreated while scraping a living as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of kindness, intelligence and sophistication.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsJohn HawkesHelen HuntWilliam H. MacyA man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.
- DirectorBuzz KulikStarsJames CaanBilly Dee WilliamsJack WardenBased on the real-life relationship between teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers and the bond established when Piccolo discovers that he is dying.
- DirectorGerard BarrettStarsChloë Grace MoretzThomas MannRichard ArmitageA young, capable professional cannot explain her newly erratic behavior.
- DirectorSimon ShoreStarsKeeley HawesBen MilesSheila HancockA true story about a couple's struggles to meet the challenges of their son's autism.
- DirectorFrankie FentonStarsSimon FitzmauriceRuth FitzmauriceDamien FitzmauriceIt's Not Yet Dark tells the ground breaking story of Simon Fitzmaurice, a talented young Irish film maker with ALS (MND), as he embarks on directing his first feature film through the use of his eyes and eye gaze technology.
- DirectorDavid Gordon GreenStarsJake GyllenhaalTatiana MaslanyMiranda RichardsonStronger is the inspiring real life story of Jeff Bauman, an ordinary man who captured the hearts of his city and the world to become a symbol of hope after surviving the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing.
- DirectorAndy SerkisStarsAndrew GarfieldClaire FoyHugh BonnevilleThe inspiring true love story of Robin and Diana Cavendish, an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsJoaquin PhoenixJonah HillRooney MaraOn the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
- StarsJoanne O'RiordanDenis O'RiordanNo Limbs No limits is the extraordinary and awe-inspiring life story of Irish born Joanne O’ Riordan. Joanne who suffers with a rare physical disability known as Total Amelia. This means she was born without all four limbs.
- DirectorBarbara AlbertStarsMaria DragusDevid StriesowLukas MikoA blind pianist living in 18th-century Vienna forms an extraordinary relationship with the physician who is trying to restore her sight.
- DirectorRobin BerghausStarsCheryl AndersonCarolyn BeaganMarie José BenjaminWhen filmmaker Will Lautzenheiser's limbs are amputated, his life is derailed and he turns to stand-up comedy as therapy. Meanwhile, a world-famous medical team is performing transplants that restore bodies to unprecedented levels. Despite grave risks, Will agrees to undergo an experimental double-arm transplant in the hope of reclaiming his independence.
- DirectorRadu JudeStarsSerban PavluAlex BogdanGabriel SpahiuEmanuel spends his days at a sanatorium. Falling in love with another patient, he narrates his and his fellow patients' attempts to live life to the fullest as their bodies slowly fade away, but their minds refuse to give up.