Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "deaf-parent"

1. CODA (2021)

PG-13 | 111 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

As 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.

Director: Sian Heder | Stars: Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur, Daniel Durant

Votes: 165,422

2. The Family Stone (2005)

PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An uptight, liberal businesswoman accompanies her boyfriend to his eccentric and outgoing family's annual Christmas celebration and finds that she's a fish out of water in their free-spirited way of life.

Director: Thomas Bezucha | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Sarah Jessica Parker, Claire Danes, Diane Keaton

Votes: 75,291 | Gross: $60.06M

3. The Bélier Family (2014)

106 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

A girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.

Director: Éric Lartigau | Stars: Karin Viard, François Damiens, Eric Elmosnino, Louane Emera

Votes: 29,870

4. Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)

Approved | 122 min | Biography, Drama

The life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: James Cagney, Dorothy Malone, Jane Greer, Marjorie Rambeau

Votes: 2,964

5. Sound and Fury (2000)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing... See full summary »

Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson

Votes: 1,064 | Gross: $0.11M

6. Beyond Silence (1996)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music

Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice... See full summary »

Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit

Votes: 4,591 | Gross: $0.17M

7. Koshish (1972)

125 min | Drama

A speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.

Director: Gulzar | Stars: Sanjeev Kumar, Jaya Bachchan, Govardhan Asrani, Seema Deo

Votes: 1,752

8. Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008 TV Movie)

PG | 120 min | Drama

Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Marlee Matlin, Ed Waterstreet, Phyllis Frelich

Votes: 685

9. Love Is Never Silent (1985 TV Movie)

100 min | Drama

Margaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Mare Winningham, Cloris Leachman, Sid Caesar, Phyllis Frelich

Votes: 346

10. Hear and Now (2007)

Not Rated | 85 min | Documentary

A documentary memoir following a filmmaker's deaf parents as they receive a complex surgical implant, which allows them to experience sound for the first time.

Director: Irene Taylor | Stars: Sally Taylor, David Taylor, Paul Taylor

Votes: 362

11. Eban and Charley (2000)

86 min | Drama, Romance

After his mother dies, 15-year-old Charley must live with his unloving, bullying father. Out of loneliness, Charley strikes up an illicit romance with 29-year-old Eban. When their families find out, they must make a life-altering decision.

Director: James Bolton | Stars: Brent Fellows, Gio Black Peter, Ellie Nicholson, Drew Zeller

Votes: 796 | Gross: $0.03M

12. Bridge to Silence (1989 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance

After 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,

Director: Karen Arthur | Stars: Lee Remick, Marlee Matlin, Michael O'Keefe, Candace Brecker

Votes: 258

13. The Lottery (2010)

Not Rated | 81 min | Documentary, Drama, News

Four children enter a high-stakes lottery. If they win, they can attend one of the best schools in New York. A look at the crisis in public education, The Lottery makes the case than any child can succeed.

Director: Madeleine Sackler | Stars: Cory Booker, Geoffrey Canada, Candice Fryer, Gregory Goodwine Jr.

Votes: 593 | Gross: $0.05M

14. Lon Chaney: A Thousand Faces (2000 TV Movie)

85 min | Documentary, Biography

Lon Chaney, the silent movie star and makeup artist, renowned for his various characterizations and celebrated for his horror films, becomes the subject of this documentary.

Director: Kevin Brownlow | Stars: Kenneth Branagh, Forrest J. Ackerman, Michael F. Blake, Teresa Blake

Votes: 516

15. The Silence Between Us (2007)

7 min | Short, Drama, Family

7 year-old Lucy and her mother, Eva, who are both Deaf, share a close bond in their own silent world. But when Lucy receives a cochlear implant, and ventures for the first time into the ... See full summary »

Director: Katie O'Neill | Stars: Joanna Hunt-Prokhovnik, Gina Morley, Medina Sumovic

16. Hidden Signs (1988)

Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Drama

On her first day at a new school, Amy scores a perfect 100 on a spelling test, drawing the ire of a mean girl. Little do the other kids know, her secret weapon is sign language.

Director: Micki Zinkovich | Stars: Deborah Bosworth, Amy Pollick

17. Variations on a Familiar Theme (1995 Video)

58 min | Documentary

Single-parent, same-sex, blended, common-law, disabled, inter-cultural, traditional...today's family defies definition. Meet Löic, who has two mothers and no father. Véronique and Marcel ... See full summary »

Directors: Carmen Garcia, German Gutierrez | Stars: Lynne Adams, Mark Camacho, Luis de Cespedes, Brian Dooley

18. Mudo mundo (2000)

12 min | Short

Mario is a five year old boy who cannot speak. He thinks it is because his parents, friends and baby-sitter are deaf and non-speaking and he has had nobody to teach him to speak. But ... See full summary »

Director: Beatriz Pérez Moreno | Stars: Emilio Triviño del Río, María del Mar Píriz, Carlos Manuel Vázquez, Isabel Muñiz Chana

Votes: 25

19. ABC Afterschool Specials (1972–1997)
Episode: Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me (1978)

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Adolescent girl is ashamed to introduce her friends to her parents because they are deaf.

Director: Larry Elikann | Stars: Rosanna Arquette, Priscilla Pointer, Stephen Elliott, Eric Scott

Votes: 35

20. Blue Heelers (1994–2006)
Episode: Mirror Image (2005)

TV-14 | Action, Crime, Drama

The serial killer is still at large in Mt Thomas but examination of the latest murder victim reveals enough dissimilarity to indicate it was not the same killer.

Director: Grant Brown | Stars: Charlie Clausen, Danny Raco, Samantha Tolj, Rachel Gordon

Votes: 13

21. Picket Fences (1992–1996)
Episode: Bye-Bye, Bey-Bey (1996)

Crime, Drama, Family

At the christening of Mayor Laurie Bey's baby, Michael, the Rome residents are flabbergasted when Laurie announces that she had the baby for her brother Jerry and his gay lover Gordy, who ... See full summary »

Director: David Hugh Jones | Stars: Tom Skerritt, Kathy Baker, Costas Mandylor, Lauren Holly

Votes: 58

22. Supernanny (2005–2020)
Episode: Baulisch Family (2008)

TV-Y7 | Documentary, Drama, Reality-TV

For the first time, Jo helps a deaf couple, Dorothy & Kip Baulisch from Nebraska who have four daughters: 18-year-old Melissa, 8-year-old Jessica, 7-year-old Jennifer, and 5-year-old ... See full summary »

Star: Jo Frost

Votes: 11

23. The New Normal (2012–2013)
Episode: Pilot (2012)

TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy, Romance

Spoiled-rotten Angelino gay 'queen' Bryan Collins's latest 'must have' infatuation is a tall order, but nothing is cuter then a baby. His indulgent partner, doctor David Sawyer, even agrees... See full summary »

Director: Ryan Murphy | Stars: Justin Bartha, Andrew Rannells, Georgia King, Bebe Wood

Votes: 211