Highest-Rated Movies about 'Disfigurement', Sort by Popularity

Caterpillar (2010), The Valley of Decision (1945), The Elephant Man (1980), Open Your Eyes (1997), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), The Phantom of the Opera (2004), Dumbo (1941), The Face Behind the Mask (1941) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Disfigurement movies.

#2. The Valley of Decision (1945)

Storyline: An Irish maid, Mary Rafferty (Greer Garson), falls for Paul (Gregory Peck), who is the son of her rich boss, William Scott (Donald Crisp). To further complicate matters, Mary's father, Pat (Lionel Barrymore), lost both of his legs in an accident at the steel mill owned by Paul's father. Neither William or Pat approves of the couple's romance, and the burgeoning relationship only becomes a bigger battleground when a strike erupts at the steel mill.

Plot Keywords: boss, maid, father, mill worker, owner, son, touching ...

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#3. The Elephant Man (1980)

Storyline: Joseph "John" Merrick is an intelligent and friendly man, but he is hated by his Victorian-era English society because he is severely deformed. Once he is discovered by a doctor, however, he is saved from his life in a freak show and he is treated like the human being that he really is.

Plot Keywords: man, doctor, wife, actress, inspiring, profound, uplifting ...

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#4. Open Your Eyes (1997)

Storyline: A once handsome playboy, César finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to find the truth.

Plot Keywords: young man, best friend, love interest, ex-lover, disheartening, brooding, party ...

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#5. Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Storyline: Evil record tycoon Swan has sold his soul to the devil for eternal youth and success - 20 years ago. Swan's current scheme is to steal the music from composer Winslow Leach to celebrate the opening of his rock palace, The Paradise. While trying to stop Swan, Leach was framed and convicted for drug dealing, and becomes the victim of a freak accident that leaves him horribly disfigured. He takes refuge in the cavernous Paradise, hiding his mangled face beneath an eerie mask and planning gruesome vengeance upon Swan - and everyone else who has hurt him. However, Leach signs a contract with Swan to complete his rock opera based on the legend of Faust for an aspiring singer - Phoenix.

Plot Keywords: songwriter, record producer, singer, assistant, band leader, shocking, outlandish ...

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#6. The Phantom of the Opera (2004)

Storyline: Begins when an opera ghost terrorizes the cast and crew of the French Opera House while tutoring a chorus girl. He finally drives the lead soprano crazy so she and her friend leave. The girl is able to sing lead one night but the soprano doesn't want her show stolen so she comes back. The ghost demands they keep giving his protégé lead roles. Meanwhile, His pupil falls in love with the Vicomte de Chagny, but the Phantom is in love with Christine, his student. The Phantom is outraged by their love and kidnaps Christine to be his eternal bride. Will Raoul, the Vicomte, be able to stop this dastardly plan?

Plot Keywords: phantom, singer, benefactor, theater owner, theatrical producer, love interest, intense ...

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#7. Dumbo (1941)

Storyline: The stork delivers a baby elephant to Mrs. Jumbo, veteran of the circus, but the newborn is ridiculed because of his truly enormous ears and dubbed "Dumbo". After being separated from his mother, Dumbo is relegated to the circus' clown acts; it is up to his only friend, a mouse, to assist Dumbo to achieve his full potential.

Plot Keywords: elephant, mouse, clown, crow, charming, emotional, inspiring ...

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#8. The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

Storyline: Janos Szabo is a kind, innocent immigrant to America. Just after he arrives though, he is caught in a fire and his face is horribly burned and disfigured. Although a skilled craftsman his hideous features make it impossible for him to get work, and driven by despair he is forced to turn to crime to live. He finds himself very proficient at that, and soon makes enough money to buy a very lifelike mask to hide his scars behind. He hates what he does, but is he in too deep to get out?—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>

Plot Keywords: immigrant, blind person, petty criminal, gangster, police officer, offbeat, eerie ...

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#9. The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

Storyline: Doctors are being murdered in bizarre manners - bats, bees, a killer frog mask, etc. - which represent the nine Biblical plagues of Egypt. The crimes are orchestrated by an organ-playing, demented madman (from his home base, replete with a clockwork orchestra and help from a beautiful, mute assistant). Detectives are stumped until they find that all the slain doctors once assisted a Dr. Vesalius on an unsuccessful operation involving the wife of organist Dr. Phibes, killed in a car crash upon learning of his wife's death. He couldn't be the culprit, could he?

Plot Keywords: organist, assistant, surgeon, nurse, creepy, shocking, england ...

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#10. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

Storyline: In 15th-century Paris, Clopin the puppeteer tells the story of Quasimodo, the misshapen but gentle-souled bell ringer of Notre Dame, who was nearly killed as a baby by Claude Frollo, the Minister of Justice. But Frollo was forced by the Archdeacon of Notre Dame to raise Quasimodo as his own. Now a young man, Quasimodo is hidden from the world by Frollo in the belltower of the cathedral. But during the Festival of Fools, Quasimodo, cheered on by his gargoyle friends Victor, Hugo, and Laverne, decides to take part in the festivities, where he meets the lovely gypsy girl Esmeralda and the handsome soldier Phoebus. The three of them find themselves ranged against Frollo's cruelty and his attempts to destroy the home of the gypsies, the Court of Miracles. And Quasimodo must desperately defend both Esmeralda and the very cathedral of Notre Dame.

Plot Keywords: quasimodo, gypsy, soldier, judge, gargoyle, dark, engaging ...

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#11. Hannibal (2001)

Storyline: The final chapter of the Dr. Hannibal Lecter quadrilogy, the murdering cannibal. He is presently in Italy, and works as a curator at a museum. Clarice Starling (Julianne Moore), the F.B.I. Agent who he aided to apprehend a serial killer, was placed in charge of an operation, but when one of her men botches it, she's called to the mat by the Bureau. One high ranking official, Paul Krendler (Ray Liotta) has it in for her. But she gets a reprieve because Mason Verger (Gary Oldman), one of Lecter's victims who is looking to get back at Lecter for what Lecter did to him, wants to use Starling to lure him out. When Lecter sends her a note, she learns that he's in Italy, so she asks the Police to keep an eye out for him. But a corrupt Policeman, who wants to get the reward that Verger placed on him, tells Verger where he is, but they fail to get him. Later, Verger decides to frame Starling, which makes Lecter return to the U.S., and the race to get Lecter begins.

Plot Keywords: hannibal lecter, fbi agent, victim, gory, chilling, frightening, disturbing ...

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#12. Mr. Sardonicus (1961)

Storyline: A search for a winning lottery ticket in his dead father's grave causes Sardonicus' face to freeze in a horrible grimace, until he forces a doctor to treat his affliction--with even more grotesque results! The audience gets an opportunity to vote--via the "Punishment Poll"--for the penalty Sardonicus must pay for his deeds...—M.E. Nelson

Plot Keywords: baron, father, wife, doctor, butler, old flame, eerie ...

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#13. The Phantom of the Opera (1962)

Storyline: The corrupt Lord Ambrose D'Arcy (Michael Gough) steals the life's work of the poor composer Professor L. Petrie. (Herbert Lom). In an attempt to stop the printing of music with D'Arcy's name on it, Petrie breaks into the printing office and accidentally starts a fire, leaving him severely disfigured. Years later, Petrie returns to terrorize a London opera house that is about to perform one of his stolen operas.—Jeremy Lunt <durlinlunt@acadia.net>

Plot Keywords: composer, wealthy man, producer, chorus girl, dwarf, kidnapper, spirited ...

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#14. Tell Me That You Love Me, Junie Moon (1970)

Storyline: Junie Moon's face has been disfigured by ill-gotten burns, and she depends on her wit and her friends, Warren and Arthur, to cope. Yearning for independence, the three leave the hospital and search for a house to live in together. Together they stumble into adventures involving the local fish vendor, nosy neighbors, surreptitious vacations, love, and frustration in finding jobs. They also deal with their own particular medical problems and face subtle prejudices in their community.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

Plot Keywords: girlfriend, mental patient, paraplegic, boyfriend, neighbor, bleak, disturbing ...

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#15. Circus of Horrors (1960)

Storyline: In 1947 England, a plastic surgeon must beat a hasty retreat to France when one of his patients has ghastly problems with her surgery. Once there, he operates on a circus owner's daughter, deformed by bombs from the war. Later he becomes the owner of the circus, and continues transforming disfigured women into the beautiful stars of his show. The police and a nosy reporter (as well as Scotland Yard) become interested when the women who want out of the circus begin dying in freak accidents, and they begin suspecting the good doctor is responsible.—Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

Plot Keywords: plastic surgeon, circus performer, father, assistant, undercover cop, dark, eerie ...

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