Movies about disabilities or health problems

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iza
iza Scope Member Posts: 696 Empowering
edited May 2022 in Coffee lounge

I love watching movies especially when I am cooking. 

The movies I watch are sometimes  related to disability or health problems. 

I always try to learn about other people’s experience. 

I try to see the world from they perspective and understand the difficulties they faced once they got ill. 

I observe,  how they managed to overcome health issues and do they managed themselves or with support from others. 

I created  below the list of movies I watched. I  highly recommend them  for you to watch too. 

All movies are or should be still available on Netflix. Some of them finish with inspiring happy end,  some are sad and touching. 

The list is here : 

  • My fat diary 
  • Inside I am dancing 
  • My beautiful broken brain 
  • 7 yards
  • Out of my league 
  • Still out of my league 
  • Forever out of my league 
  • Atypical 
  • Love on the spectrum 
  • Margarita with a straw 
  • The healing power of dude 


Let me know what do you think and  please add any high value movies to the list if you think I should watch them too. 

Comments

  • Alex_Alumni
    Alex_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,538 Championing
    Hello @iza thanks for sharing these, that's quite a few to add to my watchlist!

    So that our members can share their thoughts more easily, I've just moved this post into the Coffee Lounge :) 

    Films are a great way to see things from different points of view, and reflect on our own experiences too.

    I can recommend Crip Camp on Netflix, it's more of a documentary than a drama, and was difficult to watch at times because it covers ableism, but it's worth a watch!
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 696 Empowering
    edited May 2022
    Hi @Alex_Scope, Thank you very much for moving the post to coffee lounge and recommendations. I will definitely watch Crip Camp this coming week. 
  • Tori_Scope
    Tori_Scope Scope Posts: 12,468 Championing
    'My beautiful broken brain' was a really powerful documentary I thought @iza :) Thanks for sharing!
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 696 Empowering
    Hi @Tori_Scope, I agree it was very good movie. 
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 696 Empowering
    Hi @Alicewillow please do watch them. They are interesting. 
  • Ross_Alumni
    Ross_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 7,611 Championing
    Thank you for this list of recommendations @iza, definitely a few for me to check out there. 
  • SueHeath
    SueHeath Online Community Member Posts: 12,388 Championing
    I am not really a lover of watching films, but one film that has always stuck in my mind, was my Left Foot funny and sad.
  • iza
    iza Scope Member Posts: 696 Empowering
    Hi @SueHeath I will check that one too.