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Directed by Susan SeidelmanGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-dramaThemes Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related film,
Lesbian-related filmsActors Judy Davis,
Marcia Gay Harden,
Lili Taylor,
Juliette Lewis,
Courtney Elizabeth Jines,
María BarrancoRating58%
Directed by Susan SeidelmanOrigin USAGenres Drama,
RomanceThemes Dance films,
Films about sexuality,
LGBT-related films,
Transgender in film,
LGBT-related films,
LGBT-related filmActors Leah Pipes,
E.J. Bonilla,
Priscilla Lopez,
Laverne Cox,
Auti Angel,
Joey DedioRating57%
The story takes place entirely in New York. Armando (E. J. Bonilla) works part-time at his parents' restaurant and is also a custodian at a dance studio, where he secretly practices dance moves. He befriends the beautiful Mia Franklin (Leah Pipes), a dancer who is having a relationship with the studio's owner Daniel (Philip Willingham). She catches Armando dancing alone, likes what she sees, gives him a few tips, and they dance together briefly, but are discovered by Daniel. Trying to avoid an awkward situation, Mia leaves. When Armando realizes that Mia has left her scarf behind, he calls out to her from the studio's second floor window. , 1h46
Directed by Michael AptedOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Thriller,
Crime,
Animation,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about disabilities,
La cécitéActors Madeleine Stowe,
Aidan Quinn,
James Remar,
Peter Friedman,
Paul Dillon,
Laurie MetcalfRating61%
Emma is a young musician who has been blind for 20 years. New surgery techniques restore her vision but initially cause "vision flashes" that leave her uncertain about what she sees. One night, she is awakened by a noise in the apartment above. Peeking out her door, she "sees" a figure descending the stairs. She contacts the police, worried that her neighbor has been murdered, but is unsure if it was just her new vision deceiving her. The killer then begins to stalk Emma., 1h38
Directed by Jeremiah S. ChechikOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
Action,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilitiesActors Aidan Quinn,
Mary Stuart Masterson,
Johnny Depp,
Julianne Moore,
Oliver Platt,
CCH PounderRating70%
As adults, Benjamin "Benny" Pearl (Aidan Quinn) and his mentally ill sister Juniper "Joon" Pearl (Mary Stuart Masterson), live together following the accidental death of their parents. Benny's friend Mike (Joe Grifasi) has his cinemaphile cousin Sam (Johnny Depp) staying with him. Joon joins Benny and Mike's poker game, and loses a bet that commits Sam to live with the Pearls. Benny is at first outraged, but after an evening with Sam at the local diner and then coming home the next day to find Sam has cleaned the house, Benny decides Sam should be Joon's "housekeeper" since her other housekeepers had been scared away by Joon's outbursts., 1h35
Directed by Susan SeidelmanOrigin USAGenres Science fiction,
Comedy,
Romantic comedy,
Romance,
Comic science fictionThemes Comedy science fiction films,
Robot filmsActors John Malkovich,
Dean Cain,
Ann Magnuson,
Glenne Headly,
Christina Cox,
Ben MastersRating54%
Jeff Peters (John Malkovich) is an emotionally repressed scientist who can't stand others because of their intellectual inferiority. He dreams of deep space exploration, which would be difficult because of the lack of human contact for long periods of time. He develops the Ulysses android (which looks exactly like him) for the purpose of space exploration, since an android would not be affected by the isolation., 1h53
Directed by Jaume Collet-SerraOrigin United-kingdomGenres Drama,
Thriller,
ActionThemes Medical-themed films,
Transport films,
L'usurpation d'identité,
Films about automobiles,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Road movies,
Chase films,
EscroquerieActors Liam Neeson,
Diane Kruger,
January Jones,
Aidan Quinn,
Frank Langella,
Bruno GanzRating67%
Dr. Martin Harris and his wife Liz arrive in Berlin for a biotechnology summit. Martin realizes he left his briefcase at the airport and takes a taxi to retrieve it. When they are involved in an accident, the driver, Gina, rescues him and flees the scene, as she is an illegal immigrant. Martin regains consciousness at a hospital after having been in a coma for four days.Origin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Transport films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Road movies,
Films about autism,
Films about child abuseActors Rosanna Arquette,
Jesse James,
Devon Graye,
Leo Rossi,
Dee Wallace,
Christopher AtkinsRating75%
Set in 1974, the film centers on three siblings from Texas — Kenneth (Jesse James), Charlotte (Adrien Finkel), and Dana Minor (Devon Graye) — who are left living with their abusive, alcoholic mother Marilyn (Rosanna Arquette) after their father's death. Marilyn commits Dana, who is autistic, to an institution, allowing doctors to perform medical experiments on him. Kenneth and Charlotte break their younger brother out of the asylum, and the three siblings set out on a road trip, intending to travel from Texas to their grandmother's home in Oregon. They are joined by a hippie named Travis (Alexander Carroll). , 1h27
Origin CanadaGenres DramaThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autismActors Gary Farmer,
Margot Kidder,
Robert Joy,
Joan Orenstein,
Eric Peterson,
David CronenbergRating63%
Set during the Great Depression, the film centers on an unlikely friendship that forms between Henry (Gary Farmer), an autistic adult with a childlike spirit, and his nine-year-old nephew Verlin (Keegan MacIntosh), who is also autistic. Henry helps Verlin to come out of his shell, but Verlin's mother mistrusts him, believing him to be dangerous. Henry's family eventually decides to institutionalize him and Verlin sinks back into himself at the sudden loss of his friend., 1h36
Origin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about children,
Medical-themed films,
Films about psychiatry,
Films about disabilities,
Films about autismActors Mary-Louise Parker,
Aidan Quinn,
Zac Efron,
Alicia Morton,
Jeremy Shada,
Jake CherryRating72%
In a flashback, a single mother, Corrine Morgan-Thomas (Mary-Louise Parker) drives her seven-year-old twin boys Steven (Jake Cherry) and Philip (Jeremy Shada) to the doctor's office and learns that they have autism. Philip simply repeats what he hears others say, a condition known as echolalia, while Steven is completely nonverbal. After leaving the clinic in a very upset mood, she takes the boys shopping for groceries. Her visit to the supermarket is not a pleasant one, as her two boys begin screaming throughout the store and Steven wets himself, causing others to stare at them. Upon learning about their condition, her live-in boyfriend leaves because he knows raising twins with a mental disability will be difficult., 1h44
Directed by Louis MalleOrigin CanadaGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
Crime,
RomanceThemes Medical-themed films,
Films about drugsActors Burt Lancaster,
Susan Sarandon,
Michel Piccoli,
Robert Joy,
Robert Goulet,
Al WaxmanRating72%
Sally (Susan Sarandon) is a young waitress in an Atlantic City casino who has dreams of becoming a blackjack dealer in Monte Carlo. Sally's estranged husband Dave (Robert Joy) returns to her one day with the intention of selling a large amount of cocaine that he had stolen in Philadelphia and meets Lou (Burt Lancaster), an aging former gangster who lives in Sally's apartment building and runs numbers in poor areas of the city; he also acts as a caretaker for Grace (Kate Reid), an elderly invalid. Dave convinces Lou to sell the cocaine for him, but as Lou sells the first batch, Dave is attacked and killed by the mobsters from whom he had stolen the drugs.