Movies and TvShows featuring "person-with-an-intellectual-disability" theme.

An intellectually disabled man named Sam fights to gain custody of his 7-year-old daughter, Lucy. Through this process, he teaches his cold-hearted lawyer, Rita, the importance of love and family. Sam's mental disability is called into question, resulting in a custody case. Despite his limitations, Sam provides a loving environment for Lucy, but she soon surpasses his mental capacity. With the help of his neighbor Annie and his friends, Sam navigates the challenges of the legal system while working at Starbucks. Despite his setbacks, Sam's determination and love for Lucy ultimately win over the court and the foster family that initially planned to adopt her. The movie ends with Lucy's soccer game, where Sam serves as the referee, surrounded by his newfound support system.

Champions tells the story of a basketball coach who, after losing his job, forms a team of disabled athletes. As they face various challenges and conflicts, the coach and his team learn valuable lessons about friendship, perseverance, and acceptance. With a mix of humor and heartfelt moments, this movie celebrates the power of teamwork and the strength of the human spirit.

In order to convince Raimonda, a wealthy noble woman, to finance his project for a holiday resort, Saverio gets engaged to Clotilde, her mentally-disturbed and sex-obsessed adolescent daughter. He plans to have her kidnapped and raped by an accomplice so she won't be a virgin anymore and he'll have an excuse to get out of the impending marriage. But what he doesn't plan is to fall in love with the girl...

After suffering a heart attack, a renowned conductor returns to his small hometown in Sweden in search of inner peace. He takes up the task of leading the local church choir and faces various challenges, including an abusive husband, bullying, and the suppression of his own past. Through the power of music, he helps the choir members find their true voices and brings about positive change in the community.

A woman with intellectual disability named Martha is deemed a danger to society after her aunt and uncle die in a fire. She befriends a repairman who helps her find her way in a small town, but their relationship is met with resistance and judgment from the community. Martha's struggles with her own compulsive behaviors and the loss of her job add to the obstacles she faces. Along the way, she discovers her own strength and resilience.

Cold of Kalandar tells the story of a family living in a remote mountain village in Turkey. The family faces poverty and personal disabilities, including a son with an intellectual disability. They struggle to make a living through mining and farming, while also dealing with the harsh conditions of the Black Sea region. The film explores themes of helplessness, nature, and the strength of family bonds.

Sang-eun is a beautiful 20-year-old girl who is mentally challenged. One day she happens to meet a boy and deludes herself to think he's a beast under the vicious spell.

In Best Laid Plans, a simple man with an intellectual disability forms an unlikely friendship with a petty criminal. Their bond leads them to discover hidden money, which sets off a chain of events involving theft, underground fighting, and danger. As the stakes rise, their friendship is put to the test, forcing them to confront their own limitations and make difficult choices.

A local handyman saves a child in a fire, but the burns he receives disfigure his face so much that the townspeople avoid him.

No Way Home follows a brain-damaged man who is parolee after serving time in prison. He gets caught up in the dangerous world of drugs while trying to uncover family secrets. Set in the 90s, the story explores the challenges faced by an adult with a mental disability and his struggle to navigate a complex web of relationships and personal demons.

The Incredible Mrs. Ritchie is a touching movie that tells the story of a mother, Mrs. Ritchie, and her relationship with her intellectually disabled son. They navigate the challenges of life together, including a teenage boy's rebellion, a wedding in a rose garden, and the loss of Mrs. Ritchie's husband. Through it all, they find solace and strength in their unbreakable bond.

In a small village of the South of France, life is made difficult by a sweltering heat wave and its corollary, a worrisome lack of water. Everyone is under great pressure, especially the farmers whose fields are not irrigated. Which is the reason why the residents are less and less well-disposed toward one of them, Joseph, a young man whose never-ending antics are becoming, in such fraught context, something of an intolerable inconvenience. The mayor tries desperately to calm things down but nothing helps...

A man with an intellectual disability faces physical abuse and a terminal illness. He forms a friendship with a bodybuilder and gets involved in drugs and a police chase.

An intellectually-challenged man and woman meet, fall in love, and are determined to get married, despite the initial objections of their families and friends. Based on a true story.

In the middle of nowhere sits the Armadillo Café. The once popular, but now desolate, café is run by a troubled, booze-addled mother (Betty Buckley) and her disturbed family (Lori Heuring, Brad Renfro, Jonathon Schaech). Their dark secrets are threatened when Sarah (Clare Kramer) arrives, seeking answers to her past. Turmoil reigns and emotions boil over as the horrifying truth unravels and Sarah barely escapes with her life.

In a small town in Norway, a girl with an intellectual disability is tragically murdered, leading to a murder investigation that uncovers dark secrets within the community. As the town deals with the aftermath of the crime, a female police officer takes it upon herself to seek revenge for the senseless killing.

Nolie has just turned 21 but is retarded and acts more like 8. While claiming that she only wants to help him, his "smother" actually likes things that way. One day Nolie visits his beloved grandfather in a rest home and is horrified at how the old man has deteriorated, vegetating in his wheelchair. He realizes that this is partly due to the medication the nurses are giving him. Nolie decides that he must rehabilitate Grandpa himself, since no one else cares. Furthermore, he and Grandpa must keep their project a secret. It's a job for a man, and time for Nolie to become one.

An insecure man has his dimwitted actor friend pose as his mentally challenged brother in order to get to know a beautiful co-worker who has a mentally challenged sister.

Jessica's true love, Tom, starts appearing to her after his death. Terrified and confused, Jess seeks out an explanation for these haunting attacks and discovers that the key to her deliverance is her faith. The answers to her questions may surprise you.