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Movies: Best "paraplegic" Movies


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Gattaca(1997)

3.8/5 (with 2,768 votes)

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

Josee, the Tiger and the Fish(2020)

4.2/5 (with 159 votes)

With dreams of diving abroad, Tsuneo gets a job assisting Josee, an artist whose imagination takes her far beyond her wheelchair. But when the tide turns against them, they push each other to places they never thought possible, and inspire a love fit for a storybook.

Directed by Kōtarō Tamura

The Bone Collector(1999)

R
| 1h 58min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Crime
3.4/5 (with 1,531 votes)

Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

Live Flesh(1997)

R
| 1h 43min | Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 280 votes)

A scorned ex-convict forces himself into the lives of the couple who put him behind bars.

The Holy Mountain(1973)

R
| 1h 54min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 383 votes)

The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.

Garden State(2004)

R
| 1h 42min | Comedy, Drama, Romance / Love
3.5/5 (with 817 votes)

Andrew returns to his hometown for the funeral of his mother, a journey that reconnects him with past friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam - a girl also suffering from various maladies - opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional attachments, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.

He Was a Quiet Man(2007)

3.2/5 (with 131 votes)

A troubled loner, Bob Maconel, imagines blowing up the tower in Los Angeles where he works. He takes a revolver to his office intent on killing colleagues, and then himself. At home, he holds conversations with his fish, who encourage him to do it. His supervisor picks on him. As he's screwing his courage to the sticking place, he drops a bullet; while on the floor looking for it, another colleague does exactly what Bob has been planning. Bob emerges a hero and the one colleague he likes, a woman with a bright smile, is severely wounded. Can Bob help her through despair and find himself and joy in life? Or, as everyone says, is this impossible for a man like him?

The Sea Inside(2004)

2h 5min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 392 votes)

The Sea Inside is about Spaniard Ramón Sampedro, who fought a 30-year campaign to win the right to end his life with dignity. It is the story of Ramón’s relationships with two women: Julia a lawyer who supports his cause, and Rosa, a local woman who wants to convince him that life is worth living.

Coming Home(1978)

R
| 2h 7min | Drama, Romance / Love, War
3.5/5 (with 80 votes)

The wife of a Marine serving in Vietnam, Sally Hyde decides to volunteer at a local veterans hospital to occupy her time. There she meets Luke Martin, a frustrated wheelchair-bound vet who has become disillusioned with the war. Sally and Luke develop a friendship that soon turns into a romance.

Breaking the Waves(1996)

R
| 2h 39min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 406 votes)

In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.

Open Hearts(2002)

1h 53min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 42 votes)

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, throwing their lives into a spin. The driver of the other car, Marie, and her family don’t get off lightly, either. Her husband Niels works in the hospital where he meets Cecilie and falls madly in love with her.

One Half of Me(2020)

1h 44min | Drama
2.5/5 (with 2 votes)

Jaana is a restaurant owner and mother of two, who spends her free time riding. Jaana lives with her charismatic, but short-tempered partner Marko. Jaana's life changes in a flash when she becomes paralyzed in a serious accident.

Directed by Tuukka Temonen - With Olga Temonen, Pilvi Hämäläinen, Ville Myllyrinne, Satu Silvo, Sebastian Rejman, Mikael Rejström, ...
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The Visitor(1979)

R
| 1h 48min | Horror, Science Fiction
2.6/5 (with 39 votes)

An ancient intergalactic warrior arrives on Earth to put a stop to a demonic child's plot to reproduce Satan's next generation of evil.

The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic(2022)

3.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Jaakko and Sirpa have never met face to face, but talk on the phone every day. When Jaakko hears news about Sirpa's declining health, he decides to go meet her in another city. It's not the easiest decision, because he's blind and paralyzed from the chest down - and he has to make the journey alone. To get there, Jaakko must rely on the help of five strangers. What could go wrong?

Directed by Teemu Nikki - With Petri Poikolainen, Marjaana Maijala, Hannamaija Nikander, Samuli Jaskio, Rami Rusinen, Matti Onnismaa, ...

Taste of Fear(1961)

1h 21min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
3.6/5 (with 48 votes)

A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.

The Waterdance(1992)

R
| 1h 46min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 18 votes)

Author Joel Garcia breaks his neck while hiking, and finds himself in a rehab center with Raymond, an exaggerating ladies man, and Bloss, a racist biker. Considerable tension builds as each character tries to deal with his new found handicap and the problems that go with it, especially Joel, whose lover Anna is having as difficult a time as he is.

Sitcom(1998)

NR
| 1h 25min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 50 votes)

The adventures of an upper-class suburban family abruptly confronted with the younger brother's discovery of his homosexuality, the elder sister's suicide attempt and sadomasochist tendencies, and the intrusion of a very free-spirited maid and her husband. And it all started with the arrival in the family of an innocent looking rat.

T11 Incomplete(2020)

1h 45min | Drama
1.8/5 (with 2 votes)

A visiting home health aide and recovering alcoholic, strives to rebuild her broken life, only to have it fall apart once again when she falls in love with her young, paraplegic patient then betrays her trust.

The Raging Moon(1971)

1h 51min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.4/5 (with 7 votes)

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.

Scoundrel in White(1972)

1h 35min | Comedy
2.6/5 (with 10 votes)

Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Paul, a former womanizer who marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.

Morgan(2012)

1h 29min | Drama
3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Morgan is the inspiring story of Morgan Oliver, a gay young athlete determined that a bicycle accident that left him paralyzed will not change him. He takes a chance on love when he meets Dean Kagen on a basketball court. Dean helps Morgan train for the same race in which he had his accident. But when he sees that Morgan will risk everything to win, Dean walks out. Left alone to face the race and demons that caused his accident, Morgan teeters between what he needs and what he wants. Can he find the strength to pull himself back up again?

Directed by Michael Akers - With Leo Minaya, Jack Kesy, Ben Budde

The Sign of the Ram(1948)

NR
| 1h 24min | Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 5 votes)

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

Beware of Pity(1946)

1h 38min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A paraplegic mistakes a man's pity for love.

Wheels(2014)

1h 55min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 16 votes)

Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.

Directed by Donavon Warren - With Donavon Warren, Patrick Hume

A Gun, a Car, a Blonde(1997)

1h 47min | Drama, Thriller
2.2/5 (with 2 votes)

In this homage to film noir, a wheelchair bound (Jim Metzler) paraplegic fantasizes about the new blonde (Andrea Thompson), who moves into the house across from him..

Why Do You Love Me(2023)

1h 24min | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1 vote)

Baskara, a paraplegic with paralyzed nerves, Danton with a brain tumor that paralyzes his lower body, and Miko with retinitis pigmentosa, which has made him completely blind. But they are not going to let anything stand in their way, hellbent to finally losing their virginity.

Directed by Herwin Novianto - With Adipati Dolken, Jefri Nichol, Lyodra Ginting

To Walk Again(2007)

1h 35min | Documentary

Documentary on the belgian triathlete Marc Herremans who ended up in a wheelchair after an unfortunate accident and since has one one dream: to one day be able to walk again.

Paratodos(2016)

1h 47min | Documentary

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Directed by Marcelo Mesquita

Lève-toi et marche(2016)

1h 23min | Documentary
4.0/5 (with 1 vote)

- No description / details available yet. -