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Movies: Best "paralysis" Movies


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The Killing of a Sacred Deer(2017)

R
| 2h 1min | Drama, Thriller, Mystery
3.5/5 (with 1,731 votes)

Dr. Steven Murphy is a renowned cardiovascular surgeon who presides over a spotless household with his wife and two children. Lurking at the margins of his idyllic suburban existence is Martin, a fatherless teen who insinuates himself into the doctor's life in gradually unsettling ways.

Bitter Moon(1992)

R
| 2h 19min | Thriller, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 295 votes)

A passenger on a cruise ship develops an irresistible infatuation with an eccentric paraplegic's wife.

Saw(2003)

3.5/5 (with 227 votes)

David, an orderly at a hospital, tells his horrific story of being kidnapped and forced to play a vile game of survival.

Directed by James Wan - With Leigh Whannell

Monkey Shines(1988)

3.1/5 (with 121 votes)

A quadriplegic man is given a trained monkey help him with every day activities, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master and those who get too close to him.

The Sweet Hereafter(1997)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 165 votes)

A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.

Highwaymen(2004)

R
| 1h 20min | Action, Thriller, Crime, Horror
2.9/5 (with 90 votes)

James Cray watched as his wife was killed by Fargo, a hit-and-run serial murderer. After severely injuring Fargo and going to prison for several years, James is now determined to avenge his wife's death. He drives across the country looking for Fargo's 1972 Cadillac Eldorado, which the now-disabled killer has turned into a rolling death trap. James' search is helped by a state traffic officer and a singer with her own agenda.

The Burrowers(2008)

R
| 1h 36min | Horror, Western
3.0/5 (with 88 votes)

It is 1879 in the Dakota Territories, a band of men who set out to find and recover a family of settlers that has mysteriously vanished from their home. Expecting the offenders to be a band of fierce natives, but they soon discover that the real enemy stalks them from below.

The Men(1950)

1h 25min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

Ken, an ex-WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.

Above Suspicion(1995)

1h 35min | Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 15 votes)

Dempsey Cain is an honored cop, a loving husband and father, and mentor to his handsome younger brother. Then a drug dealer's bullet paralyzes him for life and Dempsey's world is shattered. Suddenly, his wife and brother seem to care less about him than for each other, and a million-dollar insurance.

Ploning(2008)

1h 46min | Romance / Love, Drama
2.5/5 (with 1 vote)

In the picturesque island of Cuyo, Palawan, an illegal Taiwanese fishing vessel docks carrying the fisherman named Muo Sei, a man looking for something or someone with the name Ploning. He has from sunrise to sundown to look for this "Ploning".

Directed by Dante Nico Garcia - With Judy Ann Santos, Gina Pareño, Eugene Domingo, Mylene Dizon

Tuya's Marriage(2006)

1h 36min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.6/5 (with 15 votes)

Set in Inner Mongolia, a physical setback causes a young woman to choose a suitor who can take care of her, as well as her disabled husband.

Directed by Wang Quan'an - With Yu Nan

Bliss(2017)

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

After she gets into a film-production accident that leaves her crippled, successful actress Jane Ciego slowly transitions into madness after experiencing horrors and torture in her own home.

Directed by Jerrold Tarog
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Echoes(2014)

1h 28min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 19 votes)

A young writer experiences visions during episodes of sleep paralysis, and she retreats with her boyfriend to an isolated house in the desert. As the visions worsen, she teeters on the edge of insanity as she uncovers a life-threatening secret.

Directed by Nils Timm - With Steven Brand

Hot Road(2014)

1h 59min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Teenager Kazuki Miyaichi has always felt unloved by her mother due the circumstances surrounding her birth. Because she harbors anxiety and perceives herself as being worthless to others, she engages in acts of juvenile delinquency. One day, a transfer student from Yokohama named Eri introduces her to Hiroshi Haruyama, a reckless youth who’s a member of the “Nights” motorcycle gang. Kazuki finds herself increasingly drawn to Hiroshi over time, but he soon becomes leader of the Nights and gets caught up in a conflict with a rival gang.

Directed by Takahiro Miki

Coffin 2(2017)

NR
| 1h 41min | Thriller, Crime, Horror
1.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Trick is among five hostages trapped together, paralyzed from the neck down. While an FBI agent and former detective race against the clock to find their location, the group tries to figure a way out before their promised execution.

Some Kind of Miracle(1979)

1h 36min | TV Movie, Drama

The story of a TV newscaster who is paralyzed in a surfing accident and how he, and his fiance, have to adjust to his being in a wheelchair for the rest of his life.

Conference(2020)

2h 9min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

Many years after a deadly terrorist siege in a Moscow theatre, survivor Natalya returns to the crime scene to hold a memorial evening, finally able to confront her survivor's guilt and her estranged daughter and husband.

Directed by Ivan Tverdovsky

The Sinister Eyes of Dr. Orloff(1973)

1h 21min | Horror, Drama
2.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Amid the craggy, dusty hills of southern France, a woman screams in the night. Gorgeous Melissa Comfort, a wealthy heiress confined to a wheelchair since birth, cries out in her nightmares, terrified of a dream that comes night after night. In this night terror, she's 10-years-old. Running from a man who may or may not be her father.

Come Have Coffee with Us(1970)

1h 38min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 11 votes)

At age 50, tax inspector Emerenziano decides to settle down and aims to the three Tettamanzi sisters, who, though not young or pretty by any means, have recently inherited a large amount of money.

Mundane History(2009)

R
| 1h 22min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 6 votes)

A friendship develops between a young paralysed man from a wealthy Bangkok family and his male nurse from Isan in the North of Thailand.

Risto(2011)

1h 38min | Comedy
1.8/5 (with 1 vote)

The beloved actor Risto (Risto Kaskilahti) gets paralyzed - quadriplegiac - in a studio accident. The accident brings him massive financial compensation and a flood of sympathy. Suddenly there is money for everything that Risto's young and beautiful wife (Krista Kosonen) has always wanted. She gives up her boring job and becomes an artist.

Before All Others(2016)

1h 26min | Kids & Family
4.0/5 (with 3 votes)

A young woman's world is turned upside down when she is struck with a paralyzing disease and forced to live with her estranged grandmother who she hasn't seen since she was a little girl. Rose, a widowed and lonely senior, finds a new purpose in life: to fix a 20-year-old family secret.

L'amantide(1977)

1h 30min | Drama
2.3/5 (with 1 vote)

Santoro family lives in an elegant country villa the whose ancestor is the old Theodora. One day her son has an accident and is paralyzed; Eleanor, his wife throws herself into the arms of a lover, but the mother-in-law does everything possible to replace it with another of her choice.

Sunrise at Campobello(1960)

2h 24min | Drama, History
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

The story of Franklin Roosevelt's bout with polio at age 40 in 1921 and how his family (and especially wife Eleanor) cope with his illness. From being stricken while vacationing at Campobello to his triumphant nominating speech for Al Smith's presidency in 1924, the story follows the various influences on his life and his determination to recover - based on the award winning Broadway play of the same name.

Leave Yesterday Behind(1978)

1h 40min | Drama, TV Movie
3.1/5 (with 3 votes)

A happy-go-lucky veterinary student, paralyzed for life in a college polo meet, finds love with a young woman who leaves her fiancée to help him overcome his handicap.

Forever Yours(1945)

NR
| 1h 23min | Drama

A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting experiments with patients with paralyzed nerves is convinced he can cure her.

Directed by William Nigh

The Wonderful Story(1932)

1h 12min | Romance / Love, Drama

A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.

Directed by Reginald Fogwell

The Hill Chris Climbed: The Gridiron Heroes Story(2011)

1h 30min | Documentary
5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The compelling, heart-wrenching story of high school football star Chris Carnales, whose life changed when he became paralyzed after breaking his neck in a football game. Chris soon learned of others who suffered similar injuries and, with the help of his father, overcame tremendous pain to start an organization with one goal in mind: get immediate help to other victims and their families. He called it Gridiron Heroes.

Any One of Us(2019)

1h 28min | Documentary
3.9/5 (with 3 votes)

When professional mountain biker Paul Basagoitia suffers a devastating spinal cord injury (SCI), his life is changed in an instant. Discovering that he's become paralyzed, Paul begins a grueling battle against his own body and mind, in the hope of one day being able to walk again. A chorus of other diverse SCI survivors weaves through the film, shining light on the struggles that Paul now faces.

Meral, My Girl(2016)

22min | Drama
2.8/5 (with 1 vote)

Following an accident, Meral returns to live with her traditional parents where she is confined to her bed while recuperating. Nobody confronts her condition except herself. Her little sister Asiye is her biggest supporter.

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