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Movies: Best "mentally disabled" Movies


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The Green Mile(1999)

R
| 3h 9min | Fantasy, Drama, Crime
4.3/5 (with 8,075 votes)

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

R
| 2h 13min | Drama
4.2/5 (with 4,744 votes)

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

What's Eating Gilbert Grape(1993)

PG-13
| 1h 58min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,729 votes)

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.

Rain Man(1988)

R
| 2h 14min | Drama
3.9/5 (with 2,853 votes)

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.

I Am Sam(2001)

PG-13
| 2h 12min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 1,001 votes)

Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. But as Lucy grows up, Sam's limitations as a parent start to become a problem and the authorities take her away. Sam convinces high-priced lawyer Rita to take his case pro bono and in turn teaches her the value of love and family.

Good Time(2017)

R
| 1h 42min | Thriller, Crime
3.6/5 (with 1,247 votes)

After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.

The Idiots(1998)

NR
| 1h 57min | Drama, Comedy
3.2/5 (with 242 votes)

With his first Dogma-95 film director Lars von Trier opens up a completely new film platform. With a mix of home-video and documentary styles the film tells the story of a group of young people who have decided to get to know their “inner-idiots” and thus not only facing and breaking their outer appearance but also their inner.

Gigli(2003)

R
| 2h 1min | Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
2.0/5 (with 201 votes)

Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.

Human Nature(2001)

R
| 1h 36min | Drama, Comedy
3.0/5 (with 109 votes)

A philosophical burlesque, Human Nature follows the ups and downs of an obsessive scientist, a female naturalist, and the man they discover, born and raised in the wild. As scientist Nathan trains the wild man, Puff, in the ways of the world - starting with table manners - Nathan's lover Lila fights to preserve the man's simian past, which represents a freedom enviable to most.

The Lookout(2007)

R
| 1h 39min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 264 votes)

Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.

Heart of Dragon(1985)

R
| 1h 31min | Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.4/5 (with 63 votes)

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

As It Is in Heaven(2004)

3.6/5 (with 69 votes)

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.

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The Fanatic(2019)

R
| 1h 28min | Crime, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 117 votes)

A rabid film fan stalks his favorite action hero and destroys the star's life.

Laal Singh Chaddha(2022)

PG-13
| 2h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 20 votes)

Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots — unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.

Directed by Advait Chandan - With Sajil Khandelwal, Aamir Khan, Asghar Nai Peeli Texy hai, Vijay Sethupathi, Sharman Joshi

Dark Night of the Scarecrow(1981)

1h 36min | Horror, TV Movie
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

Bubba, an intellectually disabled man, is falsely accused of attacking a young girl. Disguised as a scarecrow, he hides in a cornfield, only to be hunted down and shot by four vigilante men. After they are acquitted due to lack of evidence, the men find themselves being stalked one by one.

Directed by Frank De Felitta - With Larry Drake

Slaughterhouse(1987)

R
| 1h 25min | Horror
2.7/5 (with 31 votes)

The owner of a slaughterhouse facing foreclosure instructs his obese and mentally disabled son to go on a killing spree against the people who want to buy his property.

Directed by Rick Roessler - With Joe Barton, Lee Robinson

Mifune(1999)

3.5/5 (with 26 votes)

Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law´s company. But when the death of his own father takes him back to his poverty-stricken childhood home, far out in the country, his career plans fall apart. For one thing he has to deal with his loveable, backward brother, who is now all alone; for another, he meets a stunning woman who comes to the farm as a housekeeper, in disguise of her real profession as a call-girl.

Elling(2001)

1h 29min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 69 votes)

When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men are released and provided with a state-funded apartment and stipend with the hope they will be able to live on their own.

Luna Papa(1999)

1h 43min | Drama, Comedy
3.3/5 (with 15 votes)

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with her father and brother in a small village in Central Asia. One night she is seduced by an actor from a travelling troupe, who poses as a friend of Tom Cruise, and makes her pregnant. She tries to abort, but her father and brother become determined to find the seducer, setting in motion a cascade of comic adventures.

Shower(1999)

PG-13
| 1h 32min | Comedy, Drama
3.5/5 (with 26 votes)

An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular customers. When his elder son, who left years ago to seek his fortune in the southern city of Shenzhen, abruptly returns one day, it once again puts under stress the long-broken father-son ties. Presented as a light-hearted comedy, Shower explores the value of family, friendship, and tradition.

Barefoot Ki-Bong(2006)

1h 40min | Drama, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.

Directed by Kwon Soo-kyung - With Shin Hyun-jun, Kim Su-mi

The Simple-Minded Murderer(1982)

1h 48min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 24 votes)

The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.

The Secret Agent(1996)

R
| 1h 35min | Drama, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 15 votes)

In 1880s London, pornographic bookseller Verloc is a double agent for the Russian government, providing information to Chief Inspector Heat about a lazy anarchist organization. In order for the anarchists to be arrested, an act of terrorism must occur. So Verloc decides to set up bombs – which leads to tragedy – not only for himself but also for his family, including wife Winnie and brother-in-law, Stevie.

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.

Angels of the Universe(2000)

1h 40min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other people he meets in the asylum have been committed for various reasons, such as signing cheques for Adolf Hitler and, believing themselves to be writing songs for the Beatles and telepathically transmitting to the band.

Main Aisa Hi Hoon(2005)

2h 42min | Drama, Kids & Family
2.1/5 (with 6 votes)

A mentally challenged man fights his former father-in-law for custody of his daughter.

Brimstone and Treacle(1982)

1h 13min | TV Movie, Drama, Horror
3.1/5 (with 4 votes)

Produced in 1976 for BBC's Play For Today. Banned for 11 years, and finally broadcast on August 25th, 1987. It was remade, with Denholm Elliot returning to the cast, in 1982.

Andarevia(2013)

1h 25min | Drama
2.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Marco is 30 years old and currently seeing a therapist because has unexpected rage.

Directed by Claudio Di Biagio

Andy's Rainbow(2016)

PG
| 1h 55min | Drama, Romance / Love
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

While doing community service at a special needs home, a rebellious teenage girl develops an unlikely friendship with a young mentally handicapped man who lives there.

The Clean and Narrow(2000)

R
| 1h 19min | Drama

An ex-convict tries to make an honest living and take care of his girlfriend and her mentally slow brother.

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