Mentally Disabled Movies

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

Two high school students from very different backgrounds participate in a musical with mentally disabled children, which eventually leads to the...

An ex-convict tries to make an honest living and take care of his girlfriend and her mentally slow brother.

While doing community service at a special needs home, a rebellious teenage girl develops an unlikely friendship with a young mentally handicapped...

A mentally-handicapped young man, a sex-obsessed tortured artist, and their responsible but somewhat prideful brother are all grief-stricken in the...

Efe and Daniella’s marriage is a profoundly unique union that exhibits the perfect example of “unconditional love” or does it? ...

The story of a young man struggling with the loss of his mother, and the added responsibility of caring for his brother while battling drug addiction.

A mother discovers that her son has a disability that causes her breast milk to intoxicate him. But the discovery comes too late to prevent the loss...

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,...

A husband with a brain disorder that affects his long-term/ short-term memories recounts his marriage & discovers why it’s ending.

A scream amid so many silences, an attempt to rescue the human's gaze upon himself.

A wicked doctor experiments on the inmates of his mental home

This documentary is about Carlitos, a young man with mental disability who has a particular vision of the world and a tender sensibility. This...

A single father lives with his two young adult sons. Charlie, the older son, is mentally disabled and usually sneaks on his brother and his...

Macie (Jen Santos) is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD (Individual with Developmental Disability) stuck in the middle of a feud between her...

In 1974 documentary film maker Tom Alandh did a TV story about institutions for the mentally retarded. Then he met Martina, who was five and who had...