Movies and TvShows featuring "thalidomide" theme.

A group of young offenders are sent to work with villagers on an abandoned farm, only to discover that they are being hunted by a sadistic family of psychopaths.

Attacking the Devil: Harold Evans and the Last Nazi War Crime is a documentary that follows Harold Evans, an investigative journalist, as he uncovers a medical scandal involving the drug thalidomide. Evans fights to bring justice to the victims of this man-made disaster and exposes the negligence of the pharmaceutical industry. The film highlights the ethical dilemmas faced by journalists and the importance of investigative journalism in holding those in power accountable.

A mondo doc detailing the wild and weird world of women... around the world.

Jimmy Loveit, born with shortened arms due to thalidomide, is a talented kick boxer despite his handicap. Ably coached by Ron, Jimmy is a formidable opponent for anyone in the ring. One night, whilst snuggling up with his wife and daughter, their apartment is attacked by two gangsters who've mistaken their flat for someone else's. With his wife injured and his daughter missing, Jimmy starts a one-man war against the crime boss who sent the hit men.

The true story of Romper Room host "Miss Sherri" Finkbine, who, after the devastating effects of thalidomide were discovered in the early 1960s, sparked a firestorm of controversy with her determination to obtain an abortion.

A look into the life of Brett, a boy born without arms due to thalidomide exposure.

Have you ever wondered how your old schoolmates are? Perhaps the guy next to you, who is doing time in jail at the moment, still thinks you are his best and only friend. Perhaps your first crush might've been interested in you all these years but was too afraid to tell you that. Perhaps, if it were not too late already, the bullied one would've done everything differently.

German filmmaker Niko von Glasow embarks on a very personal project with this documentary that profiles thalidomiders: people born with malformed or missing limbs because their mothers took thalidomide for morning sickness during pregnancy.

A dramatization of the thalidomide drug scandal of the early 1960s.