A mentally underdeveloped boy stays with his family; the people who live in his neighbourhood consider him to be less intelligent, until he saves everyone from a bomb threat in a rocket centre during a prominent event.
Based on the true story of a young girl who communicates only in numbers. The movie explores the reason behind why she communicated this way and what the numbers meant to her, and eventually the way for her to come out of her shell and express hidden talents she possessed.
At the death of his father, Paulo, the youngest son, will have to be in charge of his mentally handicapped brother Daniel. Based on the novel by Bernardo Atxaga.
A small boy with learning difficulties. He is written off by just about everyone, until he makes an unlikely friendship that changes everything
A young girl named Heidi who lives with her mentally disabled mother, travels across the country to find out about her and her mothers past.
Sam and the life he shares changes the attitude of his family, friends and community toward those with special needs.
A CBS Schoolbreak Special about a 12-year-old mentally-challenged girl whose parents decide to remove her from the institution where she was raised, and try to give her a home life.
A family that does not conform to the social norms of a small village must suffer the intolerance of the other villagers when the mentally-challenged son falls in love with the schoolteacher.
The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets the disabled Anna who is the first one to treat him as an adult. One day he has had enough of Höglund's maltreatment and moves in with Anna's family. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Precocious young Harriet and her older sister Gwen live at their mother's motel in small-town New Hampshire. Harriet dreams of a life beyond her inattentive family and the stultifying town. A mentally disabled man named Ricky comes to stay at the motel, and Harriet finds him kinder and more interesting than anyone she has ever met. After tragedy strikes, Harriet and Ricky cling to each other ever more tightly.
When a couple hires a caregiver for their disabled son, her dark past emerges, endangering everyone she encounters.
Efe and Daniella’s marriage is a profoundly unique union that exhibits the perfect example of “unconditional love” or does it? Daniella is a beautifully alluring young woman who has a borderline mental condition that subjects her to frequent episodes which makes her behave like a 7yr old child. Filmed on locations in Lagos (Nigeria) Las Vegas (USA) and Antigua (Caribbean Island); this is a fascinating tale of romance, love, passion and of a couple’s struggles with an “embarrassing” mental illness.
Two high school students from very different backgrounds participate in a musical with mentally disabled children, which eventually leads to the realisation of their dreams and aspirations.
A mysterious stranger inserts himself into a troubled family's life, blurring the lines between good and evil as he cares for their disabled daughter.
A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the wake of their mother's death. The three brothers live with their father, a withdrawn and abusive parent who offers no consolation to his mournful sons. The dysfunctional family's dynamic is further complicated when the father strikes up an eccentric sexual affair with a Chinese man who is nearly the same age as his own sons.
Gigli is ordered to kidnap the psychologically challenged younger brother of a powerful federal prosecutor. When plans go awry, Gigli's boss sends in Ricki, a gorgeous free-spirited female gangster who has her own set of orders to assist with the kidnapping. But Gigli begins falling for the decidedly unavailable Ricki, which could be a hazard to his occupation.
Chris is a once promising high school athlete whose life is turned upside down following a tragic accident. As he tries to maintain a normal life, he takes a job as a janitor at a bank, where he ultimately finds himself caught up in a planned heist.
Events in India's history — from the Emergency and the famous Cricket World Cup win to the Punjab riots — unfold from the perspective of an innocent Sikh man Laal Singh Chaddha, a person with a low IQ but high optimism. Laal is able to achieve everything under the sun but his childhood love continues to elude him.
While doing community service at a special needs home, a rebellious teenage girl develops an unlikely friendship with a young mentally handicapped man who lives there.
After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Connie Nikas embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City's underworld to get his brother Nick out of jail.