Tyson (2008), Any One of Us (2019), Murderball (2005), Trumbo (2007), Born to Be Wild (2011), The Man With the Golden Arm (1955), Bright Victory (1951), Forever Strong (2008) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Rehabilitation movies.
Storyline: Interviews, archival footage and photographs help illustrate a biography of the life of former boxer Mike Tyson, in and out of the ring.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, boxing, sports, personal history, interview, true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An unprecedented glimpse into the world of spinal cord injuries.
Plot Keywords: documentary, disability, rehabilitation, inspirational, true story, healthcare, overcoming adversity ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Quad rugby as played by the US team, between 2002 games in Sweden and the 2004 Paralympics in Athens. Young men, most with spinal injuries, play this rough and tumble sport in special chairs, seated gladiators. We get to know several and their families. They talk frankly about their injuries, feelings in public, sex lives, competitiveness, and love of the game. There's also an angry former team member gone north to coach the Canadian team, tough on everyone, including his viola-playing son. We meet a recently injured man, in rehab, at times close to despair, finding possible joy in quad rugby. After Athens, the team meets young men injured in war: the future stars of Team USA.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: documentary, sports, disability, competition, inspirational, true story, usa ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Through a focus on the life of Dalton Trumbo (1905-1976), this film examines the effects on individuals and families of a congressional pursuit of Hollywood Communists after World War II. Trumbo was one of several writers, directors, and actors who invoked the First Amendment in refusing to answer questions under oath. They were blacklisted and imprisoned. We follow Trumbo to prison, to exile in Mexico with his family, to poverty, to the public shunning of his children, to his writing under others' names, and to an eventual but incomplete vindication. Actors read his letters; his children and friends remember and comment. Archive photos, newsreels and interviews add texture.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: biography, history, drama, hollywood, screenwriter, cold war, political persecution ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Morgan Freeman narrates this documentary about two dedicated animal preservationists. Daphne Sheldrick has created an elephant sanctuary in Kenya, while Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has set up an orphanage for orangutans in Borneo. In both cases, the young animals have been left alone after their parents were killed, by either poachers or similar human incursions into their natural habitats. Viewers get to see the animals nurtured with love and care before they are introduced back into the wild.
Plot Keywords: animals, documentary, nature, wildlife, conservation, orphans, rescue ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Frankie Machine is a skilled card dealer and one-time heroin addict. When he returns home from jail, he struggles to find a new livelihood and to avoid slipping back into addiction.—Mike Campanelli <mjc@rubinbaum.com>
Plot Keywords: film noir, drug addiction, gambling, crime, drama, rehabilitation, jazz ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In North Africa during World War II, Sergeant Larry Nevins is blinded by a German sniper's bullet. Rehabilitation at the military hospital presents many challenges, but accepting his disability also proves to be difficult for others.—Jeanne Armintrout <jeannee@uwyo.edu>
Plot Keywords: war, drama, usa, black and white, classic, history, military ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Rick Penning, the 17-year-old star player on his coach/father's rugby team, lands inside the Wasatch County Juvenile Detention Center following his second drunk driving conviction (and where his father leaves him to rot). Mistrust and dislike of the situation makes Rick anything but a model prisoner, but counselors at the center nonetheless hook him up with the Highland Rugby Team, a team renowned for its long string of successive state championships. Its coach, Larry Gelwix, has a surprisingly unexpected philosophy: train boys to be champions in life first, then on the field. Rick doesn't buy into this, which could earn him some time in State Prison if he doesn't turn his life and attitude around by the time he turns 18.—statmanjeff
Plot Keywords: inspirational, coming of age, teamwork, father-son relationship, redemption, prison, based on a true story ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Plot Keywords: war, vietnam war, anti-war, veteran, trauma, america, patriotism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: While participating in a rehabilitation program training wild mustangs, a convict at first struggles to connect with the horses and his fellow inmates, but he learns to confront his violent past as he soothes an especially feisty horse.
Plot Keywords: drama, crime, western, prison, horse, rehabilitation, redemption ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bruce Pritchard is mysteriously paralyzed in a soccer game after his brother's wedding. Confined to a wheelchair, he is rejected by his family and placed in a nursing/convalescent home, but this doesn't slow his lust for life. When he meets Jill, he must think about the effects of disability.—Steve Crook <steve@brainstorm.co.uk>
Plot Keywords: drama, romance, disability, british film, 1970s, heartwarming, inspirational ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The documentary, "Midnight Return" explores the enduring and emotional power of film as seen through the lens of the blockbuster success Midnight Express (1978). When Billy Hayes, one of the most infamous names of his generation and on whom the picture is based, returns to Turkey thirty years after his daring escape from prison, he faces a country still haunted by the film. Turkey suffered tremendous economic and psychological damage as a result of "Midnight Express" and more than thirty years later they are still trying to escape the stigma. So when a group of young Turkish Policemen reach out to their mortal enemy, Billy Hayes and invite him back to Istanbul for a conference, no one is more shocked and thrilled than Billy himself.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: documentary, biography, crime, drama, history, prison, escape ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being chased by drug dealers and the police.
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, drama, drugs, gangster, usa, 1990s ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In the Kilpatrick juvenile detention center, the supervisor and former football player Sean Porter sees the lack of discipline, self-esteem, union and perspective in the teenage interns and proposes to prepare a football team to play in one league. He is supported by his superiors and his successful experience changes the lives of many young kids.
Plot Keywords: sports, american football, true story, inspirational, teenagers, prison, rehabilitation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: At the late night jam sessions in LA, Jazz musicians used to dedicate their shows to the greatest alto sax player in the world, Frank Morgan, but if you wanted to hear him, you had to go to San Quentin. We went.
Plot Keywords: biography, documentary, music, jazz, musician, los angeles, prison ...
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