Forrest Gump (1994), Black (2005), The Miracle Worker (1962), The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), Rory O'Shea Was Here (2004), I Am Sam (2001), Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Marie's Story (2014) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Handicap movies.
Storyline: Roy Munson was raised to be the best bowler in the world (trained early on by his father). But a fellow bowler, Ernie McCracken and a misunderstanding with some rough punks, leaves poor Roy with the loss of his bowling hand! Not to let this get him down, he gets a prosthetic hand and becomes a travelling sales man. But it's really all down hill for him from that night on until ... One day he meets Ishmael who is Amish and sneaks away from the farm to bowl (his fellow Amish would disown him if they knew)! Roy convinces Ishmael to let him be his trainer and he'll make him the best bowler the world has ever seen. Reluctantly Ishmael agrees to go on the road and shortly afterwards actually finds that life outside the farm is quite fun. Soon their paths cross that of Ernie McCracken who is still a top ranking bowler. While Roy's career and life have landed in the toilet bowl, Ernie is still drawing huge crowds and all the babes! They both square off for the ultimate bowling championship .....
Plot Keywords: bowling, on the road, year 1979, year 1969, red panties, pokies, wolf whistle ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats children who are without parents and decides to do something about it. She opens a home for foundlings and orphans and begins to place children in good homes, despite the opposition of "conservative" citizens, who would condemn illegitimate children for being born out of wedlock. Eventually Edna leads a fight in the Texas legislature to remove the stigma of illegitimacy from birth records in that state, while continuing to be an advocate for homeless children.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
Plot Keywords: fighting the system, charity, dead boy, train, illegitimate child, giving birth, childbirth ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Three jailers, a wheelchaired man and a mentally handicapped girl climb a mountain in the alps along with their supervisors.
Plot Keywords: mountain, handicap, mountain climbing, wheelchair, jail, isolation, basketball ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Million Dollar Mermaid tells the story of Australian swimming sensation Annette Kellerman, who overcame childhood polio to go on and achieve fame as a professional swimmer and film star in the early decades of the 20th century. At the same time, she scandalized the world by wearing a one-piece bathing suit on public beaches long before the style was accepted in polite company, and made waves in other ways as well. The story was a perfect vehicle decades later to showcase the star quality of Esther Williams in the 1950s, and Kellerman's moniker was picked up by Life Magazine when it named Ms. Williams the "Million Dollar Mermaid" herself.—Tedosan
Plot Keywords: handicap, ballerina, ballet, carnival, diving, engagement ring, ethnic stereotype ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Based on the true story of Jill Kinmont. In 1955, eighteen-year-old Jill is a truly talented, gifted skier and a shoo-in for the 1956 Winter Olympics. But Jill comes close to losing everything when she takes a near fatal fall off a mountain during the last race of the season. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, Jill now has to climb another kind of mountain-working her way up from total helplessness to leading a fulfilling life. With the help of family, friends, and an extraordinary man, Jill begins the quest up that mountain.—Anonymous
Plot Keywords: accident, wheelchair, based on true story, based on book, friendship, paralysis, olympic games ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: Two teens impulsively decide to rob a bank, a la Bonnie and Clyde. Quickly they find themselves in over their heads as they are forced to take a bank full of hostages and the FBI are at the door. Hostages include a heroin addicted Gulf War vet, the pesky bank manager, a gruff old man, a calm bank employee, and a helpful young woman. The head FBI man must sort through the psychology of all the participants to try to keep the events from escalating. Underlying in all of this is the pure adolescence of the two who initiate the trouble.—John Sacksteder <jsackste@bellsouth.net>
Plot Keywords: teen movie, child with gun, television, mirror, black comedy, sexual harassment, wheelchair ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: The movie is about a boy with a unique aging disorder: one that makes him age 4 times faster than normal. It picks up when Jack (Robin Williams) is 10 years old, but looks 40. He tries to go to public school for the first time, and to become friends with kids his own age. His physical appearance causes him lots of problems, however.
Plot Keywords: father son relationship, maturity, mother son relationship, teacher student relationship, dysfunctional family, one word title, classroom ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This comedy is about two guys who decide to rig the Special Olympics to pay off a debt by having one of them, Steve (Knoxville), pose as a contestant in the games, hoping to dethrone reigning champion, Jimmy. Mentally-challenged high jinks and hilarity surely follow.
Plot Keywords: down syndrome, cartoon on tv, punched in the stomach, mentally challenged, uncle nephew relationship, lawnmower, severed finger ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: In Texas, Floyd is the owner of a decadent bar nearby the coast. He misses his wife Dorothy, who disappeared one year ago, and does not pay attention to the business, giving credit to everybody. His senile father-in-law The General lives with him demanding care. He has two employees, the former inmate of a mental institution Jimmy and the spinster Louise that has a love affair with him and has offered her saving to become his partner. Floyd has a huge tax debt and his pseudo-friend Charlie is forcing him to sell the place very cheap. However Louise finds that a bridge will be built soon and will increase the value of the bar.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Plot Keywords: independent film, wedding ring, wheelchair bound, arson, insurance fraud, swimsuit, bus driver ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: This is the story of Karan and Tanya. Karan is in love with Tanya but is too shy to tell her. One day Tanya witnesses the murder of a scientist by his evil twin brother, the underworld don Mehboob, and needs to flee the country. When Karan's friend coaxes him to track Tanya after she migrates to Dubai, he enlists the aid of a deceptive investigator, Rocky to track her down. Rocky ends up falling in love with her at first sight and tries to stop Karan from wooing her. Meanwhile, Tanya's physically disabled friend, Sanju also has a soft spot for her and tries thwarting Rocky's attempts at getting close to Tanya. The plot thickens when Don Mehboob and his gang track Tanya down in Dubai.—gavin (gunmasterM@hotmail.com)
Plot Keywords: surprise ending, desert, dog attack, dog, dream girl, eavesdropping, first love ...
Movie Details Click Here!Storyline: When a married man is found murdered, and his girlfriend is missing, the police suspect the wife of the murdered man. The wife turns to a professor at college who is a medically disabled ex-cop to help clear her. Not wanting the job at first, he eventually does begin to investigate the crime while fighting the demons and the pain of his own life. The clues are scarce, but one clue is that the man was murdered with an unusual weapon - a musket.—Tony Fontana <tony.fontana@spacebbs.com>
Plot Keywords: female frontal nudity, male nudity, male rear nudity, nudity, car chase, infidelity, south carolina ...
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