Oasis (2002), My Left Foot (1989), Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004), A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (1972), A Test of Love (1985), Inside I'm Dancing (2004) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Cerebral Palsy movies.
Storyline: After serving time for killing a man in a hit-and-run car accident, Hong Jong-du (Sul Kyung-gu) is released with no money and nowhere to go. His family has abandoned him. While trying to make amends, he meets Han Gong-ju (Moon So-ri), his victim's adult daughter. She is wheelchair-bound due to cerebral palsy and all but abandoned in a cheap apartment by her callous family. Gong-ju's innate tenderness appeals to the uncontrollably impulsive Jong-du, and the pair begin an improbable relationship.
Plot Keywords: ex-convict, disabled person, brother, sister-in-law, neighbor, quirky, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Christy Brown is born with cerebral palsy to a large, poor Irish family. His mother, Mrs. Brown, recognizes the intelligence and humanity in the lad everyone else regards as a vegetable. Eventually, Christy matures into a cantankerous artist who uses his dexterous left foot to write and paint.
Plot Keywords: bricklayer, housewife, doctor, sibling, writer, inspiring, touching ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Dublin, the crippled rebel Rory O'Shea moves to the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, affecting the lives of the residents. Rory is able to understand the unintelligible speech of Michael Connolly, who was left in the shelter by his prominent father many years ago due to his cerebral palsy, and they become close friends. Rory convinces Michael to move from Carrigmore to an apartment in Dublin, and they hire the gorgeous Siobhan to assist them. Living together with Rory, Michael faces a new world, finding friendship, love and freedom and learning to survive by his own.
Plot Keywords: disabled person, assistant, friend, amusing, brash, quirky, lighthearted ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humor that hides their pain.—John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
Plot Keywords: mother, father, daughter, friend, bleak, offbeat, shocking ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In the 1970s, Jessica Hathaway (Angela Punch McGregor) joins the staff of Brentwood Hospital, a government facility for handicapped children in Melbourne, Australia. One of her patients is Annie O'Farrell (Tina Arhondis), whose cerebral palsy has kept her institutionalized since the age of 3. Convinced the girl, now 13, has been misdiagnosed as legally retarded, Jessica teaches her to communicate through a Ouija board in this true story about the fight to free Annie from institutional care.—Elora Matthias
Plot Keywords: therapist, disabled person, boyfriend, administrator, mother, doctor, inspiring ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two friends (James McAvoy, Steven Robertson) with disabilities move into their own apartment and vie for the affections of their paid helper (Romola Garai).
Plot Keywords: disabled person, assistant, friend, amusing, brash, quirky, lighthearted ...
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