intellectual disability movies

There's Something About Mary (1998)
6.599 / 10

Romance, Comedy

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom...

Sling Blade (1996)
7.517 / 10

Drama

Karl Childers, a mentally disabled man, has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her...

Pumpkin (2002)
5.866 / 10

Comedy, Drama, Romance

Carolyn's sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But...

About Sarah (1998)
6 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

When the matriarch of the family suddenly dies, custody of a mentally disabled mother is inherited by her normal daughter.

Marvellous (2014)
7.159 / 10

Drama, TV Movie

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social...

Dominick and Eugene (1988)
6.8 / 10

Drama

Dominick and Eugene are twins, but Dominick is a little bit slow due do an accident in his youth. They live together, with Dominick working as...

Square Dance (1987)
4.8 / 10

Drama, Romance

An awkward 13-year-old leaves her cranky grandfather in rural Texas, to live with her mother in Fort Worth.

Little Chenier (2008)
6.3 / 10

Drama

LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped...

Nito (2003)
3.5 / 10

Comedy

Nito is a teenager with learning difficulties who has been put into a class with kids younger than him who are always mocking and playing jokes on...

A Quiet Life (1995)
7.4 / 10

Drama

A melodrama about the life of a mentally disabled young man and his devoted sister after their famous novelist father and housewife mother go to...

Stepping Out (1980)
0 / 10

Documentary

One of the most honoured and distinguished documentaries in Australian film history. Stepping Out draws attention to the talents of people with...

Je suis finissant (2019)
0 / 10

Documentary

Behaviour (2009)
0 / 10

Drama

A young woman, Julie 23, starts her first day at her job, caring for the intellectually disabled. Suddenly she is left alone with two young men she...

The Punk Voyage (2017)
7.5 / 10

Documentary

In December 2016 a remarkable chapter in music history was closed as the Finnish punk rock band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN) retired. Punk...

Spring in Between (2023)
0 / 10

Romance, Drama

Willowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace (1972)
8.3 / 10

Documentary, TV Movie, Horror

A shocking exposé of the deplorable conditions and abuses from the Willowbrook State School for children with intellectual disabilities.

Into the Spotlight (2023)
0 / 10

Documentary, Music

On the heels of a tragedy and the COVID-19 pandemic, a Dallas-based theatre troupe comprised of people with intellectual and developmental...

An Equal Opportunity (2018)
8 / 10

Comedy, Drama

A young barista with Mild Intellectual Disorder realizes he has untapped potential, and decides that the key to reaching his goal is... a key.

All Five Eyes (1969)
0 / 10

Drama

Set in a small English village in 1967, liberated Marion is exploring the new social freedoms enjoyed by women in the late 1960s while conscientious...

Halim El Raâd (2022)
0 / 10

Drama

Halim, a young man with intellectual disability, who's living with his single mother that struggles to take care of him