Movies About People with Disabilities
Cinema has a long history of dealing with the topic of disabilities. Although the films listed below vary in quality and scope, all of them feature a main character with a physical disability.
Many, if not all of these films are available on DVD. It would be great if someone could assemble a montage of clips from a few of these films and upload it to YouTube. This could easily be accomplished using a video editing software program such as AVS4you. There are also video converter programs for easy duplication of movie clips.
The films are listed in chronological order, from oldest to newest.
1946 – The Best Years of Our Lives
1952 – Mandy
1955 – Bad Day at Black Rock
1962, 1979 – The Miracle Worker
1964 – Dr Strangelove
1964 – Kwaidan
1967 – Wait Until Dark
1974, 1992 – Scent of a Woman
1980 – The Elephant Man
1985 – Mask
1986 – Children of a Lesser God
1989 – Born on the Fourth of July
1989 – See No Evil, Hear No Evil
1989 – My Left Foot
1990 – Blind Fury
1991 – Proof
1991 – Wild Hearts Can’t Be Broken
1992 – Passion Fish
1994 – Ashes of Time
1998 – Rear Window
1999 – At First Sight
2000 – Dancer in the Dark
2003 – Daredevil
2004 – The Saddest Music in the World
2004 – The Sea Inside
2002 – Sympathy for Mr Vengeance