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Movies: Best "cerebral palsy" Movies


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My Left Foot: The Story of Christy Brown(1989)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 385 votes)

In this true story told through flashbacks, Christy Brown is born with crippling cerebral palsy into a poor, working-class Irish family. Able only to control movement in his left foot and to speak in guttural sounds, he is mistakenly believed to have a intellectual disability for the first ten years of his life.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish(2003)

1h 56min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 18 votes)

Tsuneo is a university student working part-time in a mah-jong parlour. Lately the customers have been talking about an old lady who pushes a baby carriage through the streets. They say she is carrying something for a crime syndicate, and they wonder what it is she has in the carriage Money? Drugs? One day, the owner of the mah-jong parlour sends Tsuneo out to walk his dog. A baby carriage comes rolling down a hill and crashes into a guard rail. The old lady asks him to look into the carriage, where he finds a young woman clutching a knife. This is how Tsuneo first meets the girl who calls herself Josee.

Oasis(2002)

2h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.9/5 (with 95 votes)

Oasis is a love story of two young people abandoned by families. A young man released from prison visits the widow of the man he killed drunk-driving. There he meets her daughter, wheelchair bound with cerebral palsy. Will these two lost people find a way to make their relationship work?

Strings(2013)

4.0/5 (with 87 votes)

María's routine at school is altered by the arrival of a very special child. Soon, they become close friends.

Margarita with a Straw(2015)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 33 votes)

A rebellious young woman with cerebral palsy leaves India to study in New York. On her journey of self-discovery, she unexpectedly falls in love.

Directed by Shonali Bose - With Kalki Koechlin, Sayani Gupta, Revathi, Hussain Dalal

Life Feels Good(2013)

1h 47min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

Mateusz is an intelligent, romantic young man tragically trapped inside his own body, suffering from severe cerebral palsy that makes speech and controlled movement nearly impossible. Born into a loving family, Mateusz’s protected world is shattered when circumstances place him in an institution where he is misunderstood and mistreated. Featuring an astonishing, virtuoso lead performance, Life Feels Good beautifully recounts the true story of one man’s extraordinary efforts to endure in the face of impossible odds.

It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine.(2007)

1h 14min | Drama, Horror
3.7/5 (with 3 votes)

Paul, a man suffering from cerebral palsy, lives an unfulfilled life in a nursing home. Sitting in his wheelchair, he fantasizes about a life in which people understand him, women find him irresistible, and he is be a force to be reckoned with. He places this imagined self in four different sexual fantasies, each with a different woman.

Door to Door(2002)

1h 30min | TV Movie, Drama
3.9/5 (with 23 votes)

Sometimes the true heroes in our lives are those people who inspire us not with their superhuman accomplishments but simply by their refusal to give up in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds and the dignity in which they go about their lives. Bill Porter is one of those heroes. Born with cerebral palsy, he was told for many years that he was unemployable. But with the unwavering support of a dedicated mother and an indomitable spirit that has become his trademark, Porter did support himself as a door-to-door salesman in Portland, Ore.

Once in a Lifetime(2000)

1h 48min | Comedy, Drama
2.2/5 (with 9 votes)

Mona Bergström is a sweet eurovision-obsessed woman in her 30s. She is married to a lazy husband and has four children, all named after her favorite Swedish Eurovision popstars. Her brother is a crossdressing guy self-titled "Candy Darling". Mona works in a retirement home for disabled people, where she is responsible for taking care of a young man named David who suffers a movement-restricting disease forcing him into a wheelchair. David's parents have abandoned him, as they wanted a normal child. Mona holds a big place in David's heart, and vica versa. David's goal is to get his parents to come and visit him, and he wants to show them that he is a great person, despite his handicap. Therefore he works with music on his computer, and his goal is to create a song, send it to "The Cardigans", a famous Swedish band and have them play the song and credit him, hoping his parents would spot it and want to visit him.

Standing Up for Sunny(2019)

3.2/5 (with 5 votes)

An isolated guy with cerebral palsy is railroaded into helping an unassertive comedienne, and finds love and acceptance through stand-up comedy.

Chaindance(1991)

1h 49min | Crime, Drama
1.9/5 (with 2 votes)

As a part of a special government reform program, inmate J.T. Blake has to take care of Johnny Reynolds who has cerebral palsy. In the meantime, another inmate wants to take care of J.T. Blake forever.

Ian(2018)

4.1/5 (with 9 votes)

Ian was born with cerebral palsy. All he wants is to make friends, although it seems impossible to achieve when discrimination and bullying keep him away from his beloved playground. However, this young boy is determined and won't give up easily. The emotional animated short film shares a story about a boy with a disability called IAN. Ian's mother created IAN foundation to fight against the lack of information and knowledge that often lead people with disabilities to be bullied and isolated. The short Ian rises from the need and goal of this foundation to reach every home with an inclusion message. Sheila, Ian's Foundation founder and works to make society understand that when talking about inclusion there is no time to waste. This award-winning film was written and produced by Gastón Gorali and Oscar winner Juan José Campanella's Buenos Aires-based animation studio took home the top prize at LA Shorts International Film Festival and several major international awards.

Directed by Abel Goldfarb
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Door To Door(2009)

2h 3min | Drama
4.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Based on a true story about about a man who was told for many years that he was not employable, but threw all of his effort into working as a door-to-door salesman. Despite the pain attributed to his cerebral palsy, he walked eight to ten miles a day to meet his customers and achieved the highest sales for his company.

David and Goliath(2018)

26min | Documentary

The documentary chronicles the life stories of two brothers, Kristaps and Krists. Kristaps, the elder brother, is disabled and has trouble talking, but he can rap. His younger brother Krists is one of the best freestyle BMX bikers in Latvia.

Mind Over Matter(2017)

1h 33min | Documentary, Music

A young man born with Cerebral Palsy battles a paralyzed left hand, bullies and stereotypes about the disabled to defy the odds and make it as a rock and roll guitarist. Ultimately, sharing the stage with the very band that inspired him to start (or to achieve the impossible).

Perfect Revolution(2017)

4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Kuma is an author, a sex obsessive and a wheelchair user. Beautiful and volatile Ryoko is unlike anybody he’s ever met before. She barrages into one of his lectures, demanding to know why he only talks of sex, not love, before declaring her own affection. It’s the first of many inappropriate acts by Ryoko and the start of a relationship that is by turns sweet, strange and toxic. Ryoko hopes that she and Kuma’s love can change the world. What she fails to realise is that sometimes it’s the small gestures, not the grand ones, that feel most revolutionary.

Touched by Love(1980)

PG
| 1h 35min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

A teenager with cerebral palsy attempts to become pen pals with her idol, Elvis Presley.

Able Bodies(2022)

Longing for a relationship with a BEAUTIFUL WOMAN, a MAN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY becomes a target for her ABUSIVE BOYFRIEND.

Chen Chen(2020)

22min | Drama

Chen attempts to help his house-ridden brother with cerebral palsy explore the outside world, leading to an adventure full of unforeseen consequences.

Fish Out Of Water(2019)

Anxious about a new school and his relationship to his brother, a boy with Cerebral Palsy meets an alien who helps him cope with his fears.

The Woman Who Willed a Miracle(1983)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Based on the true story of May Lemke. Her adopted son Leslie was born with cerebral palsy. May teaches him basic survival skills through the years. In his teens, he suddenly manifests an ability to play classical music on the piano.

Directed by Sharron Miller - With Cloris Leachman, M. Emmet Walsh, Rosemary Murphy

Intentando(2021)

16min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

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A Mother’s Comeback(2011)

1h 22min | Documentary

When Rosie was in her twenties, she was the drag-racing queen of Sweden, a brilliant star in this almost exclusively male sport. Then life intervened, with marriage and children putting an end to her racing days. Now, after a 34-year break, Rosie is making a comeback. Urged on by her daughter and self-proclaimed manager, she tries to find sponsors. The road is uneven and behind her dreams of a comeback, there are depressions, burnout and family tragedies. This film is a revealing and complex portrait of a woman who gains strength by allowing herself to be weak. The fight to become the world's fastest grandmother is really the fight to reclaim one's own life.

Directed by Åsa Ekman

Extra Special(2023)

6min | Comedy

In this humorous mockumentary, aspiring actor/model Andy Arias prepares to accept his tribute at the Lt. Louis Walk of Fame when a sudden mishap is revealed.

Thriving with Cerebral Palsy: The Cordell Brown Story(2018)

42min | Documentary

This documentary chronicles the inspirational story of a man who would not accept "no" for an answer. Born with cerebral palsy, Cordell Brown faced many challenges and most believed he would amount to nothing. Despite the odds stacked against him, Cordell proves that with heartfelt determination he can make a difference in the world.

Still Tomorrow(2017)

1h 28min | Documentary
4.1/5 (with 3 votes)

Yu Xiuhua was raised to hope for little from her life in the rural Chinese province of Hubei. At 19, Xiuhua’s mother encouraged her to marry a man nearly twice her age, fearful no one else would accept a wife with Xiuhua’s condition — cerebral palsy. But as her 20th anniversary approaches, Xiuhua’s poetry goes viral, and she becomes the voice of a rising feminist movement throughout China.

Beyond Limits(2010)

45min

A man (Bonner Paddock) born with cerebral palsy attempts to conquer Mt. Kilimanjaro in the name of charity and inspiration.