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- DirectorPatrick RidremontStarsEugénie DerouandHonorine MagnierClément OlivieriEva is a paraplegic. On her birthday, her friend Sophie gives her a strange Advent calendar. It's not the traditional treats you find when you open each drawer, but quirky gifts that are scary and get bloodier.
- 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...
- DirectorAndrew BujalskiStarsTilly HatcherMaggie HatcherAlex KarpovskyA pair of identical twin sisters -- one, who has been paraplegic since youth and gets around in a wheelchair, and the other -- 'same face, different bodies.'
- DirectorGilles LelloucheStarsMathieu AmalricGuillaume CanetBenoît PoelvoordeA depressed man joins a synchronized swimming team made up of middle aged men.
- DirectorGiovanni AlbaneseStarsSergio RubiniHélène SevauxPaolo BonacelliA young boy named Achille is obsessed with the Greek hero Achilles and his exploits in the Trojan War. He dreams of becoming a great warrior like his idol, but he faces many challenges and obstacles in his quest.
- DirectorTinge KrishnanStarsMichaela CoelMya LewisArinzé KeneA dedicated single mother who, on an unusual night on the town, is charmed by a handsome yet troubled stranger.
- DirectorMaurice ElveyStarsLilli PalmerAlbert LievenCedric HardwickeA man asks a pretty young woman for a dance and discovers that she has been paralyzed in a fall from a horse and can't walk. Taking pity on her, he begins spending more and more time with her. They gradually become friends, and she soon finds herself falling in love with him. Not wanting to hurt her feelings, he doesn't let her know that, although he's fond of her, he doesn't really love her. Unfortunately, she inadvertently finds out his true feelings and, distraught, flees from him, intending to kill herself.
- DirectorGiuseppe BertolucciStarsRoberto BenigniAlida ValliCarlo MonniA young poet falls in love with a sophisticated woman who hates poetry. He wants to win her with a bit of help from his mum.
- DirectorJennifer LynchStarsJulian SandsSherilyn FennBill PaxtonA surgeon becomes obsessed with the seductive woman he once was in an affair with. Refusing to accept that she has moved on, he amputates her limbs and holds her captive in his mansion.
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias KoteasAfter getting into a serious car accident, a TV director discovers an underground sub-culture of scarred, omnisexual car-crash victims who use car accidents and the raw sexual energy they produce to try to rejuvenate his sex life with his wife.
- DirectorUmberto MarinoStarsKim Rossi StuartCecilia GenovesiMassimo GhiniAfter a robbery gone awry, a young man breaks into an apartment and takes a wheelchair bound girl hostage.
- DirectorMike MitchellStarsRob SchneiderWilliam ForsytheEddie GriffinAn average aquarium cleaner house-sits for a gigolo, only to be forced to become one himself.
- DirectorWolfgang BeckerStarsWolfgang SielingRita RamachersThomas BohnenIt is about a gang of middle class teen kids who stumble upon a crime in their neighborhood. Remarkably one of the gangmembers is in a wheelchair, he is somewhat the leader of the group.
- DirectorAlexander PayneStarsMatt DamonChristoph WaltzHong ChauA social satire in which a man realizes he would have a better life if he were to shrink himself to five inches tall, allowing him to live in wealth and splendor.
- DirectorDean DeBloisChris SandersStarsJay BaruchelGerard ButlerChristopher Mintz-PlasseA hapless young Viking who aspires to hunt dragons becomes the unlikely friend of a young dragon himself, and learns there may be more to the creatures than he assumed.
- 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.
- DirectorTod BrowningStarsWallace FordLeila HyamsOlga BaclanovaA circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
- DirectorTom GreenStarsTom GreenRip TornMarisa CoughlanAn unemployed cartoonist moves back in with his parents and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he begins to spread rumors that his father is sexually abusing Freddy.
- DirectorJulie TaymorStarsSalma HayekAlfred MolinaGeoffrey RushA biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
- DirectorLukas MoodyssonStarsAlexandra DahlströmRebecka LiljebergErica CarlsonTwo teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.
- DirectorPaolo RuffiniStarsGuglielmo ScillaFrank MatanoLuca PeracinoA group of friends goes to Oxford to help one of them to find the girl he's in love with.
- DirectorCarlo VerdoneStarsCarlo VerdoneRegina OrioliInes NobiliThe life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish divorced husband, a careless father, and unreliable brother who's been everything jobwise. The story is told in flashback by his friends after he is mysteriously kidnapped in an Arab country by an integralist group and condemned to death.
- DirectorCarlo VerdoneStarsCarlo VerdoneAsia ArgentoAldo MaccioneComic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.
- DirectorClara LawStarsRose ByrneRikiya KurokawaNicholas HopeDistraught Japanese businessman obsessed with Citroën DS (French car brand nicknamed Goddess) and a troubled blind 17-year-old Aussie girl who promised to sell him one drive through the Australian Outback to kill her abusive grandfather.
- DirectorAlain GsponerStarsAnuk SteffenAnna SchinzLilian NaefA story of a young girl who lives in the Swiss Alps with her goat herding Grandfather.
- DirectorAllan DwanStarsShirley TempleJean HersholtArthur TreacherA plucky little orphan girl gets dumped abruptly into her gruff, hermit grandfather's care, then later gets retaken and delivered as a companion for an injured girl.
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsValeria GolinoAdriano GianniniArianna ScommegnaTeo has a good job, a fiancee, lovers, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. The meeting with Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsNeri MarcorèVanessa IncontradaGiancarlo GianniniNello Balocchi, a 35-year-old teacher of Greek and Latin, is invited to Bologna by his father, the owner of the Papal tailor's shop in Rome. His father hopes Nello will find a soul mate in Bolgna and thus produce an heir for the business. Nello stays in a guesthouse run by Arabella, a wise woman who already knows all about his situation. He shares a room with Domenico, a crafty barber from Naples. After several unsuccessful efforts, Nello meets Angela, an exuberant, beautiful young blind girl with whom he falls hopelessly in love. The girl's father and Nello's parents do not approve of the relationship, but the real problem is Angela's temperament.
- DirectorTom HooperStarsColin FirthGeoffrey RushHelena Bonham CarterThe story of King George VI, his unexpected ascension to the throne of the British Empire in 1936, and the speech therapist who helped the unsure monarch overcome his stammer.
- DirectorAtom EgoyanStarsIan HolmSarah PolleyCaerthan BanksA bus crash in a small town brings a lawyer to defend the families, but he discovers everything isn't what it seems.
- DirectorChris SivertsonStarsLindsay LohanJulia OrmondNeal McDonoughA young woman who was missing reappears, but she claims to be someone else entirely.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsRenato PozzettoEzio GreggioMarina SumaAldo and Vittorio are two men suffering from disabilities. One is blind, the other is forced to a wheelchair.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsAllison Dawn DoironAlex VincentBrad DourifChucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsChantal QuesnelleFiona DourifJordan GavarisAfter her mother's mysterious death, Nica begins to suspect that the talking, red-haired doll her visiting niece has been playing with may be the key to recent bloodshed and chaos.
- DirectorGiacomo GentilomoStarsAntonella LualdiPaul CampbellVera CarmiA small girl goes blind when her Mother is murdered.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsJames StewartGrace KellyWendell CoreyA wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window and, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend, becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
- DirectorTaichi IshidateNaoko YamadaStarsMiyu IrinoSaori HayamiAoi YûkiA young man is ostracized by his classmates after he bullies a deaf girl to the point where she moves away. Years later, he sets off on a path for redemption.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsGeoffrey RushJim SturgessSylvia HoeksVirgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.
- DirectorSaverio CostanzoStarsAlba RohrwacherLuca MarinelliArianna NastroNon-linearly follows two kids, rejected by their peers, who become friends. They separate later in life and dedicate to their careers. Still, they feel as if something is missing.
- 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.
- DirectorP.J. HoganStarsToni ColletteRachel GriffithsBill HunterA young social outcast in Australia steals money from her parents to finance a vacation where she hopes to find happiness, and perhaps love.
- DirectorLars von TrierStarsEmily WatsonStellan SkarsgårdKatrin CartlidgeOilman Jan is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who prayed for his return, feels guilty; even more, when Jan urges her to have sex with another.
- 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.
- DirectorRobert RedfordStarsRobert RedfordKristin Scott ThomasSam NeillThe mother of a severely traumatized daughter enlists the aid of a unique horse trainer to help the girl's equally injured horse.
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsHugh GrantKristin Scott ThomasEmmanuelle SeignerAfter hearing stories of her, a passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.
- DirectorAndy TennantGiovanni VeronesiStarsCarlo VerdoneMonica BellucciRiccardo ScamarcioFour episodes. Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gays, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in an important restaurant has a liaison with Cecilia the new young Spanish help in cuisine.
- 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.
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsHilary SwankClint EastwoodMorgan FreemanFrankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsRichard PryorGene WilderJoan SeveranceDave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.
- DirectorRoger MichellStarsHugh GrantJulia RobertsRichard McCabeA set of circumstances makes Anna Scott, a famous actress, fall in love with William Thacker, owner of a bookstore in Notting Hill. But the paparazzi's fascination with her complicates their bond.
- StarsSarah LancashireSidse Babett KnudsenJoanna ScanlanA Welsh community devastated by tragedy is forced to confront difficult truths amid the search for justice.
- DirectorNeil JordanStarsColin FarrellAlicja BachledaDervla KirwanAn Irish fisherman discovers a woman in his fishing net whom his precocious daughter believes to be a selkie.
- 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.
- DirectorCarlos BrooksStarsNick StahlVera FarmigaLeonardo NamA semi-paralyzed radio reporter is sent out to investigate a story that leads him into an odd subculture and on a journey of disturbing self-realization.
- DirectorKaylen NgThe documentary Ready, Willing, and Able is set to showcase the abilities of kids with special needs and bring awareness to organizations like RWA and other resources available for these families. The film is set to show the process of the class from the first rehearsal all the way to show day. This will consist of footage of the class itself, mentor-student interactions, struggles faced, and various interviews amongst other things. The end goal of the documentary is to show that even though these kids may be categorized as "special" or "disabled", they are as talented or even more talented as everyone else and have a place where they can be accepted.
- DirectorRenzo MartinelliStarsKim EngelbrechtGiulio BrogiCiro EspositoInspired by the true story of Sarah Gadalla Gubara. In Namibia, Africa, Gershe, a reporter whose car has broken down, is almost killed by a passing ambulance. After following it into the hospital, he witnesses the drama of two Indian immigrants, Vernon and Karima, whose little daughter Sarah, will remain limping for life. Ten years later, Sarah has turned into an excellent swimmer. After she wins second place in the school trials in Cape Town, her parents decides to look for a trainer. Sarah's life crosses paths again with Gershe, the reporter, who was a swimming instructor in the past. Although initially skeptical, he finally agrees to train the young Sara. Sara find a new friend, Ciro, who takes care of the reporter and run the car repair shop he inherited from his own father after his death. In time of the most important national trial, Sara's father, Vernon, was killed in a robbery attempt. Sarah succeed in turning her dream into reality: participating in the Italian, Capri-Napoli marathon, a swimming race of 35km in open seas.
- DirectorBrian DannellyStarsJena MaloneMandy MooreMacaulay CulkinWhen a girl attending a Christian high school becomes pregnant, all of her former friends turn on her and she is ostracized and demonized.
- DirectorFarren BlackburnStarsNaomi WattsCharlie HeatonJacob TremblayA widowed child psychologist lives an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.
- DirectorSean McNamaraStarsAnnaSophia RobbDennis QuaidHelen HuntBethany Hamilton, a professional surfer, loses her left arm in a shark attack. Unwilling to pay attention to the gravity of her situation, Bethany decides to get back into the ocean and surf again.
- DirectorKenneth JohnsonStarsShaquille O'NealAnnabeth GishJudd NelsonA scientist for the military turns himself into a cartoon-like superhero when a version of one of his own weapons is being used against enemies.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsVincent CasselEmmanuelle DevosOlivier GourmetShe is almost deaf and he lip-reads. He is an ex-convict. She wants to help him. He thinks no one can help except himself.
- DirectorLaurie CollyerStarsNaomi WattsMatt DillonTess HarperA Florida couple holding minimum-wage jobs deals with an unexpected pregnancy.
- DirectorGilbert CatesStarsNatalie WoodRobert WagnerBruce DavisonA crippled lady songwriter meets an older lawyer, who becomes her first love.
- DirectorAna Lily AmirpourStarsSuki WaterhouseJason MomoaJayda FinkIn a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.
- DirectorRainer Werner FassbinderStarsAnna KarinaMargit CarstensenBrigitte MiraBoth parents of a young teen who walks with crutches secretly meet their lovers, who both surprise each other at the family's country home. The daughter arrives and initiates a guessing game of "Chinese roulette."
- DirectorFrédéric GarsonStarsMia FryeGarland WhittRodney EastmanA mute female dancer who wows audiences in club competitions but can't get Broadway jobs because of her handicap, develops a "voice" when a young scientist invents a device that allows her to make music via her dance movements.
- DirectorMelville ShavelsonStarsDanny KayeBarbara Bel GeddesLouis ArmstrongDanny Kaye cuts loose with his trademark musical clowning. Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong plays his horn and croons in that famed gargling-granite voice. Big Band icons Bob Crosby, Ray Anthony and Shelly Manne join the fun.
- DirectorRyan MurphyStarsMark RuffaloJonathan GroffFrank De JulioIn the early 1980s, the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York led to an emergence of homosexual activists. With support from the medical community, they try to raise awareness about the disease.
- DirectorLuis BuñuelStarsCatherine DeneuveFernando ReyFranco NeroShortly after her mother's death, an innocent and youthful woman will find refuge into the household of her middle-aged aristocratic guardian, who will submit her to his sexual advances.
- DirectorFranck DuboscStarsFranck DuboscAlexandra LamyElsa ZylbersteinJocelyn is a successful businessman, but selfish and misogynistic. He tries to seduce a pretty young woman by pretending to be handicapped until she introduces him to her wheelchair-bound sister.
- DirectorAlex ZammStarsRose McIverBen LambAlice KrigeWhen a reporter goes undercover as a tutor to get the inside scoop on a playboy prince, she gets tangled in some royal intrigue and ends up finding love - but will she be able to keep up her lie?
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsRose McIverBen LambAlice KrigeA year after helping Richard get to the throne, Amber is about to become his wife. But is she really made to be queen?
- DirectorJohn SchultzStarsRose McIverBen LambAlice KrigeIt's Christmastime in Aldovia, and a royal baby is on the way. Amber and Richard host royals from a distant kingdom to renew a sacred truce, but when the treaty vanishes, peace is jeopardized and an ancient curse threatens their family.
- DirectorJacques AudiardStarsMarion CotillardMatthias SchoenaertsArmand VerdurePut in charge of his young son, Alain leaves Belgium for Antibes to live with his sister and her husband as a family. Alain's bond with Stephanie, a killer whale trainer, grows deeper after Stephanie suffers a horrible accident.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouGaspard UllielJodie FosterTells the story of a young woman's relentless search for her fiancé, who has disappeared from the trenches of the Somme during World War One.
- DirectorDaniel AttiasStarsGary BuseyEverett McGillCorey HaimIn a small town, brutal killings start to plague the close knit community. Marty Coslaw, a paraplegic boy, is convinced the murders are the doings of a werewolf.
- DirectorConor AllynStarsSpencer LockeMissi PyleBailey ChaseA courageous teenager is determined to resume competitive rodeo months after her paralyzing spinal cord injury.
- DirectorBarry SonnenfeldStarsWill SmithKevin KlineKenneth BranaghThe two best special agents in the Wild West must save President Grant from the clutches of a diabolical, wheelchair-bound, steampunk-savvy, Confederate scientist bent on revenge for losing the Civil War.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartIan McKellenHugh JackmanThe X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.
- 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.
- DirectorRobert RodriguezStarsRose McGowanFreddy RodríguezJosh BrolinAfter an experimental bio-weapon is released, turning thousands into zombie-like creatures, it's up to a rag-tag group of survivors to stop the infected and those behind its release.
- DirectorLuigi ZampaStarsUgo TognazziNicoletta MachiavelliBernard BlierEfisio Mulas is a meek laborer who lives with occasional work, especially in Don Leandro Sanna's salon, and rounds up the slim balance by betting with colleagues in strength with the game "head against head".
- DirectorEli SteeleStarsRoss ThomasWyatt DennyDavid FineBorn deaf, Seth Singer will not be denied as he works through the ups and downs of life with his family and friends and the pest control business he's started.
- DirectorChris StappStarsChris StappMatt HeathBonnie SoperYoung Randy has dreamed of being a stuntman, teaming up with misfit stunt-team the Timaru Hellriders, is employed by mentor-turned Dick Johansonson, and meets the one-legged cunning stunt babe Tracy "Tragedy" Jones.
- DirectorCraig ClydeStarsMel HarrisMatt McCoyRaeanin SimpsonWhen a young girl is injured by a riding accident, she overcomes her injury with the help of her family and her beloved horse.
- DirectorMichael AptedStarsHugh GrantGene HackmanSarah Jessica ParkerA young doctor confronts a famous colleague when he learns about the true methods of his work.
- DirectorGlenn Gordon CaronStarsWarren BeattyAnnette BeningKatharine HepburnTwo people meet on a flight to Sydney. Although both are engaged to others, they fall in love during their evacuation after a forced landing, and agree to meet in New York City three months later if the attraction lasts.
- DirectorStewart RaffillStarsChristine EbersoleJonathan WardTina CasparyAn alien trying to escape from NASA is befriended by a wheelchair-bound boy.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsKenneth BranaghCynthia NixonDavid PaymerThe stirring true story of Franklin D. Roosevelt's battle with polio in 1921.
- DirectorMary Stuart MastersonStarsElizabeth AshleyJayce BartokBruce DernTwo families are brought together by the return of one family's son -- a reunion that conjures up old ghosts and issues that must be addressed.
- DirectorSophie DeraspeStarsMarie-Hélène BellavanceFrancis DucharmeSuzanne St-MichelSimone leaves her lover and regular student life behind to help people who are about to die.
- DirectorPavel ChukhrajPavel ChukhrayStarsIgor PetrenkoAlyona BabenkoBogdan StupkaA General, who had sent for a cadet from the Kremlin Guard to work as his personal driver, decided to marry him to his physically disabled daughter
- DirectorEric TillStarsDavid HemmingsSamantha EggarEmlyn WilliamsA young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her life she is truly happy. This happiness is short lived, however, as little by little she discovers her partner has been lying to her about his past. It is soon revealed that he and his friends have been planning to rob the auction house that she works for and they require her inside knowledge in order to pull off the crime.
- DirectorÉdouard MolinaroStarsKristy McNicholMichael OntkeanKaki HunterA disabled musician thinks people treat her differently because of her disability, so she goes to a ski resort with her leg in a cast to test this theory.
- DirectorDaniel Lind LagerlöfStarsJonas KarlssonLivia MillhagenIngvar HirdwallSuburban priest falls in love with woman in wheelchair.
- DirectorAndi RogenhagenStarsJasna Fritzi BauerVictoria TrauttmansdorffWaldemar Kobus"Ein Tick anders" tells the story of the 17 year old Eva who suffers of Tourette Syndrom. She tries to find a way to avoid to have move from the countryside to Berlin with her parents as she fears the life of a big city. It's a very humorous film with strange characters and a great song (Arschlicht = butt light).
- DirectorXaver SchwarzenbergerStarsHeike MakatschFelix EitnerHary PrinzBased on the life of German toymaker Margarete Steiff, the movie shows her long way from a 10-year-old girl, confined to a wheelchair, to one of the first and most successful creators of toy stuffed animals.