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- DirectorShonali BoseNilesh ManiyarStarsKalki KoechlinRevathiSayani GuptaA rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves her home in India to study in New York, unexpectedly falls in love, and embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorJeremiah S. ChechikStarsJohnny DeppMary Stuart MastersonAidan QuinnA mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsLee RemickMarlee MatlinMichael O'KeefeAfter her husband is killed in a car accident, Peg, who is deaf, has a nervous breakdown. Her mother assumes custody of Peg's daughter Lisa but after Peg recovers, Peg's mother refuses to let her daughter take back custody,
- DirectorJohn David ColesStarsMarlee MatlinMelissa GilbertPeter FrechetteCarrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being declared mentally incompetent, therefore unable to raise her own child by herself. She is also threatened with sterilization so she won't have any more children who might also be disabled.
- DirectorRandal KleiserStarsEric RobertsGregory HarrisonMargaret ChoNick "Eric Roberts", is nearing the end of a 3-year battle with AIDS and makes arrangements to die. He hosts a party to say goodbye to friends and family. His ex-partner, Brandon "Gregory Harrison", attends and things get complicated.
- DirectorDaniel Petrie Jr.StarsJames GarnerKim CoatesMarlee MatlinA veteran FBI agent negotiates the release of a bus-load of hearing-impaired school-children taken hostage by 3 desperate escaped convicts.
- DirectorLynne LittmanStarsSamantha MathisNatalie ColeMarlee MatlinAfter being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis, a rebellious young woman is disease-stricken. Upon being admitted to a nursing home, she finds hope in the most unlikely of places...
- DirectorNelson McCormickStarsMarlee MatlinRegina KingPhilip LesterAn ambitious but inexperienced young lawyer defends a deaf political campaign manager accused of murder. Is her client too blinded by love to reveal all?
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsJeff DanielsMarlee MatlinEd WaterstreetFamily drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.
- DirectorMark WoodStarsChuck BairdScott BerdySean BerdyThe Legend of the Mountain Man is a family-friendly story that will be enjoyed by viewers of all ages in American Sign Language. The Legend of the Mountain Man, set in picturesque Montana, features a typical, dysfunctional family of five. The father, who has been at odds with his parents for many years, decides to send his three children to his parents' ranch for the summer. The children unexpectedly encounter a creature, one that has never been seen nor recorded in history books. Viewers accompany the children on a heartwarming journey as they navigate the family's past and try to reconcile some of the estranged family members.
- DirectorChad W. TaylorStarsSean BerdyMax FomitchevMegg RoseThe Deaf Family portrays a dysfunctional deaf family going through everyday trials and tribulations. As each character encounters and muddles through a new challenge, they come to realize that they must accept their own identities as deaf individuals if they want to be accepted by everyone, including hearing people.
- DirectorÉric LartigauStarsKarin ViardFrançois DamiensEric ElmosninoA girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.
- DirectorIan FitzgibbonStarsGinger GonzagaBrooke ElliottBrenna D'AmicoA family learns how to put up with a dad who has mental illness.
- DirectorNicole ConnStarsZoe VentouraKayla RadomskiCale FerrinA female FBI agent befriends a woman and her adorable, young, special needs son who live in the countryside. The women's friendship soon turns into romance but family secrets complicate things.
- DirectorNeil KinsellaStarsTed McGinleyLinda PurlStacy KeachA plane, carrying the liver destined for a child's transplant, crashes in a hailstorm.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsNicole KidmanAaron EckhartDianne WiestLife for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
- DirectorTheodore MelfiStarsMelissa McCarthyChris O'DowdKevin KlineAfter Lilly suffers a loss, a combative Starling takes nest beside her quiet home. The feisty bird taunts and attacks the grief-stricken Lilly. On her journey to expel the Starling, she rediscovers her will to live and capacity for love.
- DirectorDon McBreartyStarsCorbin BernsenDaniel NewmanKate MulgrewAn Indiana single mother and her wheelchair bound son live on a farm that has not produced crops for years. Suddenly the land becomes fertile and blossoms, but so do the neighbors imaginations. In fact, the reason for the sudden growth turns out to be extra-terrestrial.
- DirectorGeorge C. WolfeStarsHilary SwankEmmy RossumJosh DuhamelA drama centered on a classical pianist who has been diagnosed with ALS and the brash college student who becomes her caregiver.
- DirectorPaul ShapiroStarsFarrah FawcettPatrick BerginCicely TysonIn the 1940s a 40-year-old woman with four healthy children gives birth to a girl with Down syndrome.
- DirectorDarius MarderStarsRiz AhmedOlivia CookePaul RaciA heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.
- DirectorStephanie LaingStarsGugu Mbatha-RawMichiel HuismanSteve CooganA man and a woman who have known each other since age 8 are destined to be together until death does them part.
- DirectorHanno OlderdissenStarsEmilio SakrayaLena KlenkeDieter Hallervorden17-year-old Jana has a congenital heart defect. To defy fate, Jana seeks every challenge, plunges into every wild and dangerous adventure. Her parents do not like that and are even more fearful for their daughter.
- DirectorChloé MahieuLila PinellStarsSarah BrammsDinara DrukarovaXavier DiasSarah has returned to Colmar, where she has taken up high-performance skating and competition. The rivalry between the girls and the trainer's harsh words put her body to the test on the ice, while her adolescent desires distract her from her athletic ambitions.
- DirectorScott SpeerStarsBella ThornePatrick SchwarzeneggerRob RiggleA 17-year-old girl suffers from a condition that prevents her from being out in the sunlight.
- DirectorPeter GilbertStarsLarisa OleynikShiri ApplebyPeter CoyoteTheir love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
- DirectorIsabel CoixetStarsSarah PolleyScott SpeedmanMark RuffaloA young woman conceals the fact of her terminal cancer to live her life with a passion she never had before.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsMia WasikowskaHenry HopperRyô KaseThe story of a terminally ill teenage girl who falls for a boy who likes to attend funerals and their encounters with the ghost of a Japanese kamikaze pilot from WWII.
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJack NicholsonMorgan FreemanSean HayesTwo terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.
- DirectorMichael SwitzerStarsPatty DukeMelissa GilbertBradley PierceMichael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being molested at his school.
- DirectorMichael KatlemanStarsPatty DukeTracy NelsonG.W. BaileyA woman accustomed to always having the last word in every situation finds herself trying to "rescue" her grandson Jesse, from being signed away to grow up in an institution for Down Syndrome children.
- CreatorTim KringStarsKiefer SutherlandDavid MazouzGugu Mbatha-RawA widower struggling to raise his emotionally challenged son discovers that he can predict events before they happen.
- DirectorPeter LandesmanStarsWill SmithAlec BaldwinAlbert BrooksIn Pittsburgh, accomplished pathologist Dr. Bennet Omalu uncovers the truth about brain damage in football players who suffer repeated concussions in the course of normal play.
- DirectorEdward NortonStarsEdward NortonGugu Mbatha-RawAlec BaldwinIn 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.
- DirectorLeif TildenStarsGraham RogersTim RothStefanie ScottAfter a teenager's friends die in an accident, he finds running allows him to remember them perfectly. Running, however, also brings him notoriety. He is caught between keeping the past alive and making new memories in the present.
- DirectorDenzel WashingtonStarsMichael B. JordanChanté AdamsJalon Christian1st Sgt. Charles Monroe King, before he is killed in action in Baghdad, authors a journal for his son intended to tell him how to live a decent life despite growing up without a father.
- DirectorAmy KoppelmanStarsAmanda SeyfriedOlivia KatzChristian KutzJulie Davis writes bestselling children's books about unlocking your fears, but has yet to unlock her own. When her daughter is born, that trauma is brought to the fore, and with it, a crushing battle to survive.
- DirectorVic SarinStarsConnie NielsenAidan QuinnJohn BellA lonely orphan's life is transformed by an extraordinary woman who teaches him to conquer grief and discover the magic in nature and himself.
- DirectorSimon CurtisStarsJulie WaltersStephen Campbell MooreLyndsey MarshalJust after losing her husband to a similar condition, Dr. Anne Turner (Dame Julie Walters) is diagnosed with a fatal neurological condition. So she plans to end her life herself. Based on a true story.
- DirectorTom FordStarsColin FirthJulianne MooreMatthew GoodeAn English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
- DirectorMarcus ColeStarsAmy GrantD.W. MoffettAlexandra PurvisThis poignant love story stars Amy Grant as a beautiful, blind concert cellist who falls for a famous, self-centered pianist but doesn't realize that true love is right before her eyes.
- DirectorMike SearsStarsKellan LutzAdam BeachRidge CanipeA talented high school lacrosse player deals with the pain from his military dad's death, a resentful new coach, and consequences of his own arrogance.
- DirectorMel DamskiStarsKeith CarradineMare WinninghamG.W. BaileyFact-based story of a young boy who lost his right arm in a childhood accident, but went on to fulfill his dreams of playing major-league baseball. Pete Gray had to overcome the early taunts of his childhood playmates. With the support of his Pennsylvania coal mining father and his brother, who dreams of being a boxer, he learns to battle for what he wants. Finally in 1943, he is hired to play for a minor league team - the Memphis Chicks in the Class A Southern Association. Initially considered a freak and a box office attraction, he survives the taunts of his teammates and bats .333 his rookie year, steals 63 bases and led the league' outfielders in fielding percentage. Ultimately he won the league's MVP award. In 1945, the St. Louis Browns brought him into the major leagues. A parallel story is also told about the ball player's friendship with a young boy who had also lost his arm and dreamed of one day playing baseball. In fact the idea for the movie came from co-producer James Keach whose brother had gone to school with the younger boy and became aware of the events involving the ball player and boy.
- DirectorBaltasar KormákurStarsShailene WoodleySam ClaflinJeffrey ThomasA true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
- DirectorDavid AndersonStarsMatthew MorrisonSarah ChalkeJon DoreA contestant (Matthew Morrison) on a Bachelorette style reality show is thrown into turmoil when the death of his father forces him to quit the series prematurely and reconnect with his estranged sister (Sarah Chalke) at the family cabin.
- DirectorFrank MarshallStarsEthan HawkeVincent SpanoJosh HamiltonAfter crash-landing in the snowswept Andes, a Uruguayan rugby team has no choice but to turn to desperate measures in order to survive.
- DirectorDennis FallonStarsPeter CoyoteJason LondonVivien CardoneWhen Belle, struggling with the loss of her mom, is sent to live with her grandfather, she soon becomes the savior of all living things! An old race horse and Atticus the dog change Belle's life, and in turn the life of those who love her.
- DirectorBrett HaleyStarsElle FanningJustice SmithAlexandra ShippThe story of Violet and Theodore, who meet and change each other's lives forever. As they struggle with the emotional and physical scars of their past, they discover that even the smallest places and moments can mean something.
- DirectorJames C.E. BurkeStarsJoshua JacksonDonald SutherlandJuliette LewisA troubled young man struggling to right himself after the premature death of his father.
- DirectorAndrew CymekStarsCindy BusbyKevin McGarryAlys CrockerAfter her husband's death, Autumn sells her ranch to Jake expecting nothing will change; however, Jake has ulterior motives with the land and her heart.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsRobert De NiroRobin WilliamsJulie KavnerThe victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
- DirectorAndrew FlemingStarsEvan Rachel WoodScott SpeedmanJ.K. SimmonsThe "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life; he takes this naive young woman home for his brother's wedding.
- DirectorChris D'ArienzoStarsPatrick WilsonJudy GreerChloë SevignyBarry Munday wakes up after being attacked to realize that he's missing his family jewels. To make matters worse, he learns he's facing a paternity lawsuit filed by a woman he can't remember having sex with.
- DirectorEvangelos GiovanisGeorge GiovanisStarsMalcolm McDowellJane SeymourKeith CarradineFatally ill, Garvey thinks he has figured out how to die alone. But when his beloved wife Evelyn goes missing on their anniversary, he must live to save her.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsMickey RooneyHelen HuntEdie McClurgBill Sackter struggles to cope after his best friend and guardian Barry Morrow and his wife Beverly move away. Bill moves into a group home run by Mae Driscoll, who teaches him how to read. Bill soon discovers his religious heritage, overcomes the fire that accidentally destroyed his small canteen business, then travels to California to search for the Morrows.
- DirectorEmanuel Hoss-DesmaraisStarsMatthew GoodeToni ColletteAndreas ApergisTwo scientists raise 3 children contrarily to their genetic tendencies to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature.
- DirectorBala RajasekharuniStarsMichelle MasseyJaysha PatelGulshan GroverBlind teen Sapna aspires to run a marathon as a tribute to her deceased mother. She is a fun loving teenager who wants to enjoy her life to the fullest, without limiting herself because of her blindness. Despite her overly protective father and big brother, she goes to the prom, goes bowling and even drives a car.
- DirectorDebra EisenstadtStarsWendi McLendon-CoveyKate AlbertsAmy AndersonThe sexual, psychological, and moral unraveling of an obsessive-compulsive suburban mom.
- DirectorEmilio EstevezStarsAnthony HopkinsDemi MooreSharon StoneThe destinies of 22 people of different races, sexes, beliefs and social classes are intertwined on the night that politician Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated.
- DirectorDon RoosStarsBen AffleckGwyneth PaltrowNatasha HenstridgeA man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife.
- DirectorFrançois GirardStarsDustin HoffmanKathy BatesEddie IzzardAfter his single mother dies, a young boy with an excellent voice is sent to a prestigious choir school and has trouble adapting to the culture of the school.
- DirectorSean McEwenStarsTom FeltonTammin SursokWendi McLendon-CoveyA dysfunctional brother and sister are forced to come to terms with each other and themselves over their recently deceased mother's final wish.
- DirectorPeter HoarStarsDominic WestDenis LawsonOliver DimsdaleA historical drama that tells the story of the development of penicillin in the 1930's/40's, by a group of scientists in Oxford at The Dunn School of Pathology
- DirectorIngmar BergmanStarsEva DahlbeckIngrid ThulinBibi AnderssonThree women in a maternity ward reveal their lives and intimate thoughts to each other, where they face the choice of keeping their babies or offering them for adoption.
- DirectorRufus NorrisStarsCharlie BootyLily JamesTim RothThree suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
- DirectorSian HederStarsEmilia JonesMarlee MatlinTroy KotsurAs a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) Ruby is the only hearing person in her deaf family. When the family's fishing business is threatened, Ruby finds herself torn between pursuing her passion at Berklee College of Music and her fear of abandoning her parents.
- DirectorKen LoachStarsRobert CarlyleOyanka CabezasScott Glenn1987, love in time of war. Bus driver George Lennox meets Carla, a Nicaraguan exile living a precarious, profoundly-sad life in Glasgow. Her back is scarred, her boyfriend missing, her family dispersed; she's suicidal. George takes her to Nicaragua to find out what has happened to them and help her face her past.
- DirectorStephen PoliakoffStarsCharles DanceClive OwenMiranda RichardsonPaul Reisner, a young doctor, becomes a researcher in a prestigious medical institute. He feels he has a chance to be part of a movement of unending progress in science and civilization. Then he begins to discover the dark side of the institute, which foreshadows the dark side of the 20th century.
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper LaurieA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.
- DirectorClaude LalondeStarsPatrick StewartKatie HolmesGiancarlo EspositoA famous pianist struggling with stage fright late in his career finds inspiration with a free-spirited music critic.
- CreatorTony PhelanJoan RaterStarsSarah Wayne CalliesClive StandenJ. August RichardsA man comes to terms with a potentially terminal diagnosis.
- DirectorJohn Kent HarrisonStarsDean CainPeri GilpinLandon LiboironA tragic street racing accident kills a wife and her child leaving her husband to pick up the pieces and pursue justice against the boy that killed them.
- DirectorJoe WrightStarsPeter DinklageHaley BennettKelvin Harrison Jr.Too self-conscious to woo Roxanne himself, wordsmith Cyrano de Bergerac helps young Christian nab her heart through love letters.
- DirectorHarry WinerStarsLaura DernJames Le GrosRegina KingThe story of Dr. Linda Peeno (Laura Dern), a woman pushed to the edge, risking her career and family to punish the ruthless companies who valued profit over human life.
- DirectorKenneth BranaghStarsKenneth BranaghEmma ThompsonAndy GarciaA woman who has lost her memory is taken in by a Los Angeles orphanage, and a private eye is enlisted to track down her identity, but he soon finds that he might have a past life connection to her that endangers their lives.
- DirectorStephen ChboskyStarsBen PlattJulianne MooreKaitlyn DeverFilm adaptation of the Tony and Grammy Award-winning musical about Evan Hansen, a high-school senior with social anxiety disorder, and his journey of self-discovery and acceptance after a classmate's suicide.
- DirectorRob TurnerStarsAdam Hann-ByrdJoshua JacksonTimothy BottomsA young boy is sent to live with relatives when his parents break up. He befriends a dying boy who has an eerie connection with nature.
- DirectorWilli PattersonStarsJenny SeagroveAnthony EdwardsCharles DanceWell meaning friends try to persuade Suzanne, a beautiful widow, to remarry and the choice seems to be between Frank, a philandering dentist, and Tony, a sensitive, failing sports trainer who helps her son.
- DirectorPaul CzinnerLee GarmesStarsElisabeth BergnerRaymond MasseyRomney BrentTragic story of the wife of a violin player in a famous orchestra, who falls in love with her husband's friend, and finally drowns herself.
- DirectorJoel SchumacherStarsJulia RobertsCampbell ScottVincent D'OnofrioA caregiver falls in love with a terminally ill man.
- DirectorRob HeddenStarsPat SkipperLinda CardelliniJonathan FrakesA guardian angel (Jonathan Frakes) escorts a dead teen (Hayley DuMond) to her eternal reward and launches a revenge attack on a rival teen (Shannon Elizabeth) who caused her death.
- DirectorJohn ErmanStarsJulie HarrisJena MaloneTed LevineAfter her mother's death, a young girl is separated from her abusive father and is sent between her various friends and relatives, always longing to find a place to call home.
- DirectorDennis QuaidStarsDennis QuaidMare WinninghamHarve PresnellHis son's critical injury forces a Montana man (Dennis Quaid) to reconsider priorities as he struggles to retain family land.
- DirectorNick HammStarsCharlie RoweMarcia Gay HardenJim BelushiA young man's life is turned upside down becoming quadriplegic. Moving forward seems near impossible until he meets his unlikely service animal, Gigi - a curious and intelligent capuchin monkey.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsMare WinninghamKeith CarradineSandy McPeakA blind couple's long and tiresome legal battle to be allowed to adopt a child.
- DirectorJohn DooStarsHelena RamosRomeu de FreitasVanessa AlvesWoman has to choose between being a prostitute or posing nude for a painter, in order to finance an expensive surgery for her son, his only chance to survive.
- DirectorPamela GordonStarsAlex BrookerThe Last Leg's Alex Brooker explores his disability and the ways in which it has shaped him.
- DirectorRamzi MaqdisiStarsHaneen Abu AyashMohamed SadahIdriss AwaadDefying My Disability follows the lives of young Palestinians navigating the path towards their dreams whilst coping with the everyday challenges of having a disability.
- DirectorEmmitt H. ThrowerStarsLeroy Moore Jr.
- DirectorKate ScholefieldStarsCerrie BurnellCerrie Burnell presents a history of disabled people's struggle for human rights in Britain. She also shares inspiring stories of pioneering campaigners for social change, and looks at the challenges still to be faced in the future.
- DirectorRichard ButchinsStarsTerence McCorryA brutally honest documentary film by disabled filmmaker Richard Butchins exposing the abuse, intimidation and aggression faced by disabled people in Britain in everyday life. Featuring survivors sharing their experiences.
- In this series of three uplifting and searingly honest programmes, we delve into the heartache of first love, the intimacy of close friendship, the inspiration of young people overcoming the odds and the high-stakes drama of life outside the college.
- DirectorMatthew A. Handal"Riding with thisABILITIES" is a story about disabled children empowered through therapeutic horse riding that was shot at the historic Claremont Riding Academy in NYC before it closed. In the film we learn what therapeutic horse riding is and how it benefits the children, especially Josue, an eleven year-old with cerebral palsy and Zack, a six year-old autistic child. We meet them as young adults and see how they've done. Most programs are privately funded. In spite all the benefits, after their graduation, the stable is sold and the program ends. In a postscript, there is a plea for society to spend more money on therapeutic horse riding, and programs like it, so that everyone has a chance to "Ride with theirABILITY."
- DirectorAJ AlexanderStarsFernando CruzJim Warne
- DirectorMark AllenMark MurrayStarsDavid WalliamsMark AllenAsh AtallaA hilarious look at how disability has been shown on British TV over the last 40 years with David Walliams, Steven Merchant, Ben Miller, Dom Joly and many more with their favourite characters from 'Ironside' to 'Andy and Lou'.
- DirectorWashieka TorresJoin Washieka Torres, Disability Rights activist and scholar, as she speaks to people with disabilities about their access or lack of access to foods in the state of Mississippi, a fertile crescent, where agribusiness is worth billions of dollars annually.
- DirectorSophie BinyonStarsAdam PearsonLucas HaywardMiles Hewstone
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