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FusionFuryFusionFury Posts: 14,121
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I watched I am Sam the other day, and before that Jack with Robin Williams and I really enjoyed them.

Any other classics I've missed?
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    LMLM Posts: 63,544
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    My left foot
    With Daniel Day Lewis

    What's eating gilbert grape
    With Leo Dicaprio
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    ruddigerruddiger Posts: 2,183
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    Dr. Strangelove
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    intruder2kintruder2k Posts: 318
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    Inside I'm Dancing, great little film
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    soulboy77soulboy77 Posts: 24,505
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    Is this a whole new film genre?
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    007Fusion007Fusion Posts: 3,657
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    This site has an extensive list-

    https://mubi.com/lists/disability-in-film

    There is also a film from 2011, about a wheel chair bound man and his carer that escapes me at the moment.
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    TiwttmosTiwttmos Posts: 2,573
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    Monkey Shines and Silver Bullet!
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    LMLM Posts: 63,544
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    The Sessions
    Brilliant comedy drama about a man who is in an iron lung and hires a professional sex therapist to well, basically have sex with him. It stars John Hawkes and Helen Hunt. It's really good.
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    fmradiotuner1fmradiotuner1 Posts: 20,505
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    Mac And Me I actually did not mind this film.
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    Will_BennettsWill_Bennetts Posts: 3,054
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    Untouchable
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    Trsvis_BickleTrsvis_Bickle Posts: 9,202
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    soulboy77 wrote: »
    Is this a whole new film genre?

    Yes, it does seem rather an odd criterion on which to base film choice.

    Even odder that it's not enudzio starting yet another one of his banal trainspotter threads.:p

    I've heard that Rust and Bone is very good.
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    LMLM Posts: 63,544
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    I wouldn't want say an odd criteria
    The OP may have a disability or know of someone with one and perhaps wants to see how disability is being portrayed in films.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 25,366
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    Rain Man.
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    CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    Tropic Thunder ;)
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
    Frankenstein could technically be a disabled movie
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    lola_skyelola_skye Posts: 21,328
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    X Men
    Twilight
    What's eating Gilbert Grape?
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    Freddie Got Fingered
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    CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    lola_skye wrote: »
    X Men
    Twilight
    What's eating Gilbert Grape?

    Are you talking about the whole cast and characters? ;)
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    I watched a Belgian film last night called Bullhead.
    The main character has a disability which is integral to the plot. But I won't mention what it is because as it's not well known film so will be a spoiler.
    And another one of the characters in it becomes disabled in a different way.
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    AlrightmateAlrightmate Posts: 73,120
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    Awakenings
    With Robert De Niro and Robin Williams.

    Alien: Resurrection
    One of the main characters is a paraplegic in a wheelchair.

    Dr. Strangelove
    Wheelchair bound megalamaniac.

    Young Frankenstein
    Policeman with a false metal arm.

    Daredevil
    Matt Murdock is blind.

    Freaks
    The most obvious example.
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    CBFreakCBFreak Posts: 28,602
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    The Fugitive - Man with one arm

    Hear no Evil, See no Evil - Deaf and blind person

    Zatoichi - Blind Samurai

    The Fisher King - Dissociative disorder

    My Left Foot - Cerebal Palsy


    Tommy - deaf dumb and blind
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    degsyhufcdegsyhufc Posts: 59,251
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    The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
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    JurassicMarkJurassicMark Posts: 12,888
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    There's Something About Mary - Warren (He was masturbating! He was masturbating! :D)
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    Dr. Meinheimer in The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
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    Jo MarchJo March Posts: 9,256
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    I LOVED The Station Agent...great film.

    From the web...

    When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
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    Treasure Island
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    Source Code
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