Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "speech-therapist"

1. The King's Speech (2010)

R | 118 min | Biography, Drama, History

The 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.

Director: Tom Hooper | Stars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Derek Jacobi

Votes: 707,507 | Gross: $138.80M

2. My Left Foot (1989)

R | 103 min | Biography, Drama

Christy Brown, born with cerebral palsy, learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left foot.

Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Day-Lewis, Brenda Fricker, Alison Whelan, Kirsten Sheridan

Votes: 79,702 | Gross: $14.74M

3. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

PG-13 | 112 min | Biography, Drama

The 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.

Director: Julian Schnabel | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Emmanuelle Seigner, Marie-Josée Croze, Anne Consigny

Votes: 110,397 | Gross: $5.99M

4. Regarding Henry (1991)

PG-13 | 108 min | Drama, Romance

After being shot, a lawyer loses his memory and must relearn speech and mobility, but he has a loving family to support him.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: Harrison Ford, Annette Bening, Michael Haley, Stanley Swerdlow

Votes: 34,345 | Gross: $43.00M

5. Prime (2005)

PG-13 | 105 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A career driven professional from Manhattan is wooed by a young painter, who also happens to be the son of her psychoanalyst.

Director: Ben Younger | Stars: Uma Thurman, Meryl Streep, Bryan Greenberg, Jon Abrahams

Votes: 42,078 | Gross: $22.83M

6. Music Within (2007)

R | 94 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Richard Pimentel began his life as a fighter, and his life's work became fighting for the rights of others. After losing his hearing in Nam, he overcame his handicap and used his public speaking skills to inspire injured war veterans.

Director: Steven Sawalich | Stars: Ron Livingston, Melissa George, Michael Sheen, Clint Jung

Votes: 6,010 | Gross: $0.15M

7. Abuse of Weakness (2013)

Unrated | 105 min | Drama

A stroke-afflicted filmmaker is manipulated by a notorious con man.

Director: Catherine Breillat | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Kool Shen, Laurence Ursino, Christophe Sermet

Votes: 1,280 | Gross: $0.03M

8. 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: 1,062 | Gross: $0.11M

9. The Night Digger (1971)

R | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.

Director: Alastair Reid | Stars: Patricia Neal, Pamela Brown, Nicholas Clay, Jean Anderson

Votes: 1,162

10. Crazy Moon (1987)

PG | 90 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A rich young kleptomaniac and a deaf store worker form a relationship after an ordeal with a stolen mannequin.

Director: Allan Eastman | Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, Vanessa Vaughan, Peter Spence, Ken Pogue

Votes: 685

11. Autism: The Musical (2007)

TV-14 | 94 min | Documentary, Music

Follows five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production.

Director: Tricia Regan | Stars: Hillary Aaron, Joe Aaron, Lexi Aaron, Adam

Votes: 764

12. Do I Sound Gay? (2014)

Unrated | 77 min | Documentary

A documentary about the stereotype of the gay voice.

Director: David Thorpe | Stars: David Thorpe, George Takei, Tim Gunn, David Sedaris

Votes: 2,051 | Gross: $0.06M

13. A Man in a Hurry (2018)

TV-PG | 100 min | Comedy, Drama

A high-profile businessman has let his personal life lapse in favor of corporate success. When he suffers a serious stroke, he finds himself stripped back to zero and learns to rebuild his life with help from his family and a therapist.

Directors: Hervé Mimran, Julie Gali | Stars: Fabrice Luchini, Leïla Bekhti, Rebecca Marder, Igor Gotesman

Votes: 1,829

14. Baxter! (1973)

PG | 100 min | Drama

A young American boy unable to overcome a speech defect is disturbed by the constant bickering of his parents, and when they get divorced, he slides into an emotional breakdown.

Director: Lionel Jeffries | Stars: Patricia Neal, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Britt Ekland, Lynn Carlin

Votes: 361

15. A Father for Brittany (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Drama

Keith and Kim Lussier are a childless couple who are given custody of a 3-month-old foster child, Brittany. However, tragedy strikes when Kim dies of cancer in the middle of the adoption ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Metzger | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Michael Learned, Teri Polo, Linda Sorensen

Votes: 270

16. Night Owl (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 88 min | Thriller

A pretty female radio DJ and a handsome jazz musician fall in love. Unfortunately, soon both he and his jazz friend start hearing a voice in their heads, an irresistible siren call of a deadly female spirit.

Director: Matthew Patrick | Stars: Jennifer Beals, James Wilder, Louis Ferreira, Allison Hossack

Votes: 152

17. Cotton Wool (2017)

38 min | Short, Drama

A single mother (Leanne Best) suffers a devastating stroke leaving her teenage daughter (Katherine Quinn) and 7-year-old son (Max Vento) to care for her.

Director: Nicholas Connor | Stars: Leanne Best, Crissy Rock, Kate Rutter, Max Vento

Votes: 35

18. Polski film (2012)

113 min | Comedy

Tomás Matonoha, Pavel Liska, Josef Polásek and Marek Daniel met during their studies at JAMU (Janacek's Academy of Performing Arts) and created a creative foursome bound together with close... See full summary »

Director: Marek Najbrt | Stars: Pavel Liska, Tomás Matonoha, Josef Polásek, Marek Daniel

Votes: 177

19. Wretches & Jabberers (2011)

TV-G | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

In 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and intelligence. With limited speech, ... See full summary »

Director: Gerardine Wurzburg | Stars: Larry Bissonnette, Tracy Thresher

Votes: 100

20. How Now Boing Boing (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

Gerald is taken to see Professor Joyce, Teacher of Voice.

Director: Robert Cannon | Stars: Marvin Miller, Marian Richman

Votes: 202

21. La couleur des mots (2005)

63 min | Drama

24 hours in the life of Marie, a young woman suffering from dysphasia. Most of the time her mother tongue sounds like a foreign language to her. From one encounter to another we measure the gap between Marie and the rest of the world.

Director: Philippe Blasband | Stars: Mathilde Larivière, Aylin Yay, Serge Demoulin, Benoît Verhaert

Votes: 15

22. La douleur des mots: Voyage en dysphasie (2007 Video)

69 min | Documentary

A close look into dysphasia, a language disorder, through interviews with parents, teachers, doctors, speech therapists (Marc Monfort, Gisèle Lovenfosse,...). A documentary exclusively made... See full summary »

Director: Christine Rabette | Star: Philippe Blasband

23. Surgeons: At the Edge of Life (2018–2024)
Episode: One False Move (2019)

59 min | Documentary

Neurosurgeons perform brain surgery on 20-year-old trainee army medic Cameron to remove a brain tumour. Cardiac surgeon Jorge Mascaro performs a huge operation on a 71-year-old woman.

Directors: Stuart Bernard, Damian O'Mahony | Star: Shaun Dooley

Votes: 6

24. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Faithfully (2009)

TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a doctor is murdered in his home while his wife lies bound and helpless upstairs in their bedroom, it is revealed that the couple's reverend may know more about the crime than he is telling the detectives.

Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Eric Bogosian, Janel Moloney

Votes: 267

25. The Silence (2010)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2010)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Deaf teenager Amelia is learning to cope with her new cochlear implants and ability to hear. She moves in with her Aunt Maggie (a florist) and Uncle Jim (detective), and their teenaged ... See full summary »

Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Jody Latham, Genevieve Barr, Hugh Bonneville, Gina McKee

Votes: 70

26. The Silence (2010)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2010)

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maggie insists Amelia tell nobody what she saw but this piles pressure on Jim to say nothing when a witness owns to seeing a young girl near the murder site. Jim takes Amelia to the police ... See full summary »

Director: Dearbhla Walsh | Stars: Genevieve Barr, Dervla Kirwan, Douglas Henshall, Rebecca Oldfield

Votes: 62

27. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Fearful Symmetry (2012)

TV-PG | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a pretty graduate student moonlighting as a baby sitter is found bound on a bed and smothered, it is found that she posed for provocative bondage photos.

Director: Nicholas Renton | Stars: Abigail Hardingham, Georgia Taylor, Ciarán McMenamin, Lucy Cohu

Votes: 609

28. I Can See Your Voice: UK (2021–2022)
Episode: Episode #2.2 (2022)

59 min | Documentary, Family, Game-Show

Alexandra Burke is the chart-topping music star joining host Paddy McGuinness and celebrity investigators Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond and Amanda Holden to try to help best friends Charlie and Dexter identify the good singers.

Directors: Julia Knowles, Michael McFadyen, Lewis Spearing, Meyrick Cook | Stars: Paddy McGuinness, Jimmy Carr, Alison Hammond, Amanda Holden

29. Castle (2009–2016)
Episode: Disciple (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

When a woman who looks very similar to Lanie is murdered, the team thinks the killer may be targeting members of the 12th precinct.

Director: Rob Bowman | Stars: Nathan Fillion, Stana Katic, Susan Sullivan, Jon Huertas

Votes: 1,532

30. On the Spectrum (2018)
Episode: Sheena leads, Sheila needs (2018)

Comedy, Drama

Three roommates, each diagnosed with a disorder on the autistic spectrum. Through their unique and surprising perspective about different daily aspects, we'll get to look at ourselves in a ... See full summary »

Directors: Yuval Shafferman, Kate Jopson | Stars: Niv Majar, Naomi Levov, Ben Yosipovich, Avi Dangur

Votes: 19