Mentally Disabled Movies

The story of an Icelandic man and his slow descent into madness. Along his journey he meets Dagný, the initial cause of his breakdown. Other...

A scream amid so many silences, an attempt to rescue the human's gaze upon himself.

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong'...

Made pregnant by Ric, Estella was forced to marry his intellectually disabled younger brother, Val, to save herself from the shame of having an...

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the...

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

The story of a young man struggling with the loss of his mother, and the added responsibility of caring for his brother while battling drug addiction.

As the AIDS epidemic was spreading in 1987, the Swedish government commissioned Roy Andersson to make an educational film about the disease. In these...

Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her...

Most popular video bloggers were gathered to taste a new energy soft-drink in a mansion, which turns out to be a trap. To escape, they have to answer...

A CBS Schoolbreak Special about a 12-year-old mentally-challenged girl whose parents decide to remove her from the institution where she was raised,...

When a couple hires a caregiver for their disabled son, her dark past emerges, endangering everyone she encounters.

This documentary is about Carlitos, a young man with mental disability who has a particular vision of the world and a tender sensibility. This...

A mentally challenged man fights his former father-in-law for custody of his daughter.

A husband with a brain disorder that affects his long-term/ short-term memories recounts his marriage & discovers why it’s ending.

Based on the true story of a young girl who communicates only in numbers. The movie explores the reason behind why she communicated this way and what...

The unborn child of Mamlakat is telling her story. She is 17, beautiful and vivacious, and dreaming secretly of becoming an actress. She lives with...

A lonely middle-aged woman divides her time between her monotonous job at the supermarket and taking care of her disabled mother and estranged family...

A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities.

Sam and the life he shares changes the attitude of his family, friends and community toward those with special needs.