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Clean Slate
Clean Slate (1994)
, 1h47
Directed by Mick Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Michael Gambon, Dana Carvey, Valeria Golino, Michael Murphy, Jayne Brook, James Earl Jones

Maurice Pogue (Carvey) has retrograde amnesia, a form of amnesia that prevents him from remembering anything that happened to him the day before. He realizes from a recording he made for himself the previous night (Sunday) – to keep himself in the know – that he's a private investigator in Los Angeles, and acquired the condition after being injured during a case. Pogue tells himself not to reveal his condition to anyone, as he's the key witness in the case against the man responsible for his amnesia. Appearing on the recording is a strange woman, Sarah Novak (Golino), who informs him she has been living under the alias Beth Holly in San Francisco, and she has come to L.A. because she is being blackmailed. The police then come to Pogue's office, and take him to what turns out to be his birthday party. He tells his friend Dolby (Jones) that he's seen Sarah, and learns from Dolby that Sarah is dead. While at the party, Pogue also meets Anthony Doover (Michael Murphy), his doctor – the only person who knows of Pogue's condition.
Shattered
Shattered (1991)
, 1h38
Directed by Wolfgang Petersen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action
Themes Assassinat, Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Escroquerie
Actors Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley, Corbin Bernsen, Theodore Bikel

While driving at night along the northern California coast, architect Dan Merrick (Tom Berenger) and wife Judith (Greta Scacchi) are involved in a violent car wreck. Dan suffers major injuries and significant brain trauma, resulting in psychogenic amnesia. After extensive plastic surgery, Dan returns home in Judith's care.
Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark (1936)
, 1h14
Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Walter Abel, Margot Grahame, Wallace Ford, Gail Patrick, Alan Hale, Leslie Fenton

Wandering around in the darkness, an amnesiac (Walter Abel) has the feeling that he's murdered someone. He reads that a theatrical producer has been killed and he thinks that he's guilty. But unemployed actress Marie Smith (Margot Grahame) he meets while wondering around the park, isn't completely convinced, so she helps him reconstruct the clues and—hopefully—track down the real killer.
A Perfect Friend
A Perfect Friend (2006)
, 1h46
Directed by Francis Girod
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Antoine de Caunes, Carole Bouquet, Jean-Pierre Lorit, Martina Gedeck, Marie-France Pisier, Claude Miller

Un journaliste se réveille à l'hôpital, partiellement amnésique. Il découvre que l'homme bien qu'il croyait être avait laissé place peu avant son accident à un homme moins sympathique. La quête de ses souvenirs perdus le mène sur la piste de son dernier article, aux révélations dangereuses.
Pitbullterje
Pitbullterje (2005)
, 1h30
Origin Norvege
Genres Comedy
Themes L'adolescence, Films about education, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Obésité, Films about disabilities, Films about school violence

Jim is a 12-year-old outsider. He has a mother with anxiety and he lives a hard life. At school he is smallest in his class, and compelled to buy beer and smoke and have party's in his garage. Home is different: He's the father of the house, and takes care of his mother, who has isolated herself in bed with a video of the moon landing on VHS. She's not going out of her house due to anxiety. One day Terje (an overweight boy who claims to own a pit bull) starts in his class. He gets excluded from the class society, but he considers Jim as his best friend making him choose between an outsider friend and his poor social status.
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
Sweet Nothing in My Ear (2008)
, 1h45
Directed by Joseph Sargent
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films
Actors Jeff Daniels, Marlee Matlin, Rosemary Forsyth, Sonya Walger, Phyllis Frelich, Ed Waterstreet

Dan and Laura Miller (Daniels, Matlin) have been married for several years, referring to each other as their "best friend," but their relationship begins to change when their only son, Adam (Valencia), loses his hearing at the age of four. At first his parents accept this change because Laura is deaf herself. Though later, Dan begins to explore the idea that with a surgical procedure and cochlear implants his son may be able to hear once again.
Incantato
Incantato (2003)
, 1h47
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Neri Marcorè, Vanessa Incontrada, Sandra Milo, Nino D'Angelo, Giancarlo Giannini, Giulio Bosetti

Nello, jeune professeur de latin et grec, mais adolescent attardé, est envoyé par ses parents à Bologne pour se trouver une épouse. Il se fait piéger par une ravissante aveugle.
A Patch of Blue
A Patch of Blue (1965)
, 1h45
Directed by Guy Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford, Ivan Dixon, Elisabeth Fraser

Selina D'Arcey (Elizabeth Hartman) is a blind girl living with her prostitute mother Rose-Ann (Shelley Winters) and grandfather Ole Pa (Wallace Ford), in a city apartment. She strings beads to supplement her family's small income, and spends most of her time doing chores. Her mother is abusive, and Ole Pa is an alcoholic. Selina has no friends, rarely leaves the apartment, and has never received an education.
Overboard
Overboard (1987)
, 1h52
Directed by Garry Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Goldie Hawn, Kurt Russell, Edward Herrmann, Katherine Helmond, Roddy McDowall, Michael G. Hagerty

Spoiled heiress Joanna Stayton (Goldie Hawn) is accustomed to the life of the idle rich with her husband, Grant Stayton III (Edward Herrmann). While waiting for their yacht to be repaired in the rural hamlet of Elk Cove, Oregon, she passes the time by hiring local carpenter, Dean Proffitt (Kurt Russell), to remodel her closet.
Knife in the Head
Knife in the Head (1978)
, 1h48
Directed by Reinhard Hauff
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Bruno Ganz, Angela Winkler, Hans Christian Blech, Heinz Hoenig, Udo Samel

Touche a la tête par un coup de feu, un bio généticien perd la mémoire.
A Child Is Waiting
A Child Is Waiting (1963)
, 1h42
Directed by John Cassavetes
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Burt Lancaster, Judy Garland, Barbara Pepper, Gena Rowlands, Steven Hill, Paul Stewart

Jean Hansen, a Juilliard graduate, joins the staff of the Crawthorne State Mental Hospital and immediately clashes with the director, Dr. Matthew Clark, about his strict training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe (Bruce Ritchey), and is certain his attitude will improve if he is reunited with the divorced parents who abandoned him. She sends for Mrs. Widdicombe, who agrees with the doctor's opinion that it would be best if Reuben doesn't see her, but as she leaves the grounds, her son sees her and chases her car. Distraught, he runs away from the school.
Up for Love
Up for Love (2016)
, 1h38
Directed by Laurent Tirard
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, La provence, Transport films, Aviation films, Films about disabilities, Personne sourde ou muette, Sign-language films, French Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Jean Dujardin, Virginie Efira, Cédric Kahn, César Domboy, Manoëlle Gaillard, Éric Berger

Diane est une très belle femme et une brillante avocate, dotée d'une forte personnalité. Malheureuse dans son mariage, elle est divorcée et est désormais enfin libre de rencontrer l’homme de sa vie. Un jour, un certain Alexandre l'appelle car il a retrouvé le téléphone portable perdu par Diane. L'homme est courtois, drôle, cultivé. Diane tombe immédiatement sous le charme. Ils prennent alors rendez-vous. Mais il y a un problème. Alexandre mesure 1,36 m.