Movies and TvShows featuring "disabled-character" theme.

Hollyoaks follows the lives, relationships, and struggles of the residents in a British village. The show tackles topical issues such as mental illness, drugs, and teenage relationships.

Coronation Street is a drama-filled soap opera set in Northern England. It explores the lives of the residents living on a cobbled street, depicting their everyday struggles with relationships, family dynamics, and topical issues. From romance and domestic strife to murder and serial killers, the show tackles a wide range of storylines.

Speechless is a sitcom that revolves around the DiMeo family, who have a special needs child named JJ. The show follows their adventures and struggles as they navigate through life with JJ, who is unable to speak due to his cerebral palsy. With the support of their loving family, the DiMeos face various challenges and work together to overcome them. Through a combination of humor and social consciousness, Speechless sheds light on the experiences of disabled individuals and their families in a heartwarming and comedic way.

Ramy follows the life of Ramy, a first-generation Egyptian-American Muslim man living in New Jersey. As he grapples with his cultural identity, Ramy explores the complexities of dating, his relationship with his family, and the challenges of being a Muslim in an increasingly xenophobic society. Through humor and drama, the show delves into themes of self-exploration, spirituality, and the immigrant experience.

In 1950s Pittsburgh, a working-class African-American father named Troy struggles to raise his family while grappling with the events of his life. As he deals with challenges such as racism, fatherhood, and family dynamics, he also reflects on his own mistakes and the impact they have had on his loved ones.

Swinging Safari takes place in 1970s Australia, where a group of families navigate through the challenges and absurdities of the era, including wife-swapping, open marriages, amateur filmmaking, and a blue whale that washes up on the local beach. The story is told through the eyes of a teenager who witnesses adults engaging in unconventional behavior while also experiencing his own coming-of-age journey.

A man returns to his hometown to seek revenge on a group of people who were responsible for the abuse and torment of his mentally disabled brother. The film explores themes of cruelty, brutality, and the effects of violence.

Popcorn is a dark and twisted horror comedy that takes place in a struggling movie theater. A series of gruesome murders starts to occur, and a group of college students must find the killer before they become the next victims. As the body count rises, the mystery deepens and the horror escalates. With its weird and dark humor, Popcorn is a slasher horror film like no other.

Barbara Hug is a young radical lawyer fighting Switzerland's antiquated prison system in the 1980s. Walter Stürm is in and often escaping out of jail becoming known as the Jailbreak King. When the two meet an unlikely alliance is formed.

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.

Iona returns to the island where she was born with her teenage son to seek refuge from a violent crime in Glasgow. Iona's return exposes her tormented son, Bull, to a way of life she rejected when she left the island and sends a shockwave through the family she left behind.

Keep the Change is a heartwarming romantic comedy that tells the story of two people with autism who meet at a support group and form a bond. As they navigate the challenges of their autistic traits and learning disabilities, they discover love and acceptance in each other. This film explores themes of acceptance, understanding, and the power of human connection.

Mark and Andrew are two disabled men. When they meet, an incredible attraction between them emerges but it can only flourish as a "mental construct". What they have is a virtual kind of love, a fantasy, but also the awareness that nothing will ever be the same again.