World Deaf Culture Films, TV Movies and TV series
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- A young girl reciting "The Star Spangled Banner" in sign language as taught at Gallaudet Institute.
- StarsWolcott CoombsYoung Coombs is deaf and blind and only seventeen years of age, yet in three years he has accumulated more education and practical knowledge than most sighted boys master in twice that time. To those who are familiar with the career of Miss Helen Keller, this boy's accomplishments will be doubly interesting. Three years ago he came under the supervision of Mr. Harry L. Virden, then principal of a large school for the blind. Virden was so impressed with young Coombs' determination to secure an education that he decided to devote his entire time to furthering this boy's training. Without funds or training facilities, there being no school for the deaf-blind, the outlook was far from bright, but progress proved rapid, however, and young Coombs expects to enter college in the near future. The picture shows us Coombs weaving rugs, making hammocks, caning chairs, typewriting, reading, writing and "hand talking" in the various systems used by the blind, any many other scenes of remarkable interest.
- The wonderful progress made by science in helping the afflicted is demonstrated in this interesting production. We see deaf and dumb children regaining the power of speech through the strengthening of the vocal chords and instructions in vibration. Many of the hardships suffered by the blind are removed through lessons in reading by the sense of touch. Some are taught to be musicians, some to operate typewriters and others to do sewing. A striking feature of this production is the apparent spirit of happiness on the part of the pupils.
- DirectorGeorge Foster PlattStarsEtna RossEdith LyleRoy StewartThe story of Helen Keller and how she overcame her disabilities.Silent film tells the life story of a brave deaf and blind Helen Keller played by Etna Ross (as young), Ann Mason (as young woman) and herself, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan played by Edith Lyle (as young woman) and herself.
- DirectorFernando Orozco
- DirectorArthur RossonStarsRaymond GriffithEdward MartindelEarle WilliamsAt first it was a theft, then murders began - and every witness is under threat.A Victor/Victoria-esque Deaf role where Granville Redmond, a Deaf actor, played a hearing guy pretending to be a Deaf guy in order to provide the plot twist.
- DirectorWoon-gyu NaStarsWoon-gyu NaShin-bang YuSam-son JuThe film shows humanity and sincere love, opposed to the old conventions. The story of the mute Samyon, who works for a landowner and is in love with the owner's daughter-in-law.A Korean silent film based on a short story by Na Do-Hyang about a deaf servant (played by Korean actor Na Woon-gyu) who's in love with his landlord's daughter-in-law.
- DirectorJohn G. AdolfiStarsGeorge ArlissBette DavisViolet HemingAfter losing his hearing, a musician uses lip-reading to help others.
- DirectorPhil RosenStarsLionel AtwillBetty FurnessHenry B. WalthallJohn Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsDon AmecheLoretta YoungHenry FondaThe story of how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.Loretta Young played as Alexander Graham Bell's wife, Mabel Gardiner Hubbard, who contracted scarlet fever at an early age and became completely deaf. She used to lip-read and speak, not ASL.
- DirectorRobert FloreyStarsFaye EmersonJulie BishopFrank WilcoxActing as a decoy in a bank robbery Dot get arrested. But before going to jail she manages to steal the $40, 000 loot from her accomplices. Her arrest attracts the attention of her former sweetheart Ken who believes her innocent.Dorothy Adams played as deaf woman, Annie.
- DirectorGuillaume RadotStarsMadeleine SolognePierre RenoirGabrielle DorziatA young governess arrives at the Castle of the Malveneurs and begins to investigate some peculiar disappearances.AKA The Wolf Malveneur.
- DirectorMaurice CammageStarsFernandelJosseline GaëlTramelBourdillon is the only teacher in Mister Calumet's boarding- school for girls ;his headmaster ,who keeps on stuffing himself with food ,soon dies of indigestion.The teacher ,in love with his wife, woos her :but alas,she was in awe of her (not handsome at all, though) late hubby and , deceived by the evil bursar ,she believes in metempsychosis and that the faithful departed is reincarnated as a dog she treats as a human being ,much to Bourdillon's disappointment .To conquer her love, he goes as far as to disguise himself as a woman to take her exam.AKA A Dog's Life.
- DirectorIrving PichelStarsAlan LaddLoretta YoungSusan HaywardA wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.Actress Loretta Young played as Emily Blair, who becomes deaf after contracting meningitis, trying to find a cure for her deafness. She used to read lips.
- DirectorRoy William NeillStarsBasil RathboneNigel BruceMarjorie RiordanHolmes is recruited to escort the heir to a European throne safely back to his homeland after his father's assassination.William 'Wee Willie' Davis played as a deaf-mute killer, Gubec, who used sign languages to communicate.
- DirectorJacques TourneurStarsRobert MitchumJane GreerKirk DouglasA private eye escapes his past to run a gas station in a small town, but his past catches up with him. Now he must return to the big city world of danger, corruption, double crosses, and duplicitous dames.Dickie Moore, a former child actor, played as Jeff Bailey's (Robert Mitchum) deaf young assistant.
- DirectorJean NegulescoStarsJane WymanLew AyresCharles BickfordA kind doctor volunteers to tutor a deaf-mute woman, but scandal starts to swirl when his pupil is raped and falls pregnant.Jane Wyman played a deaf-mute girl, Belinda McDonald based on the play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris.
- DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRichard WidmarkLinda DarnellStephen McNallyTwo hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.
- DirectorAlexander MackendrickStarsPhyllis CalvertJack HawkinsTerence MorganMandy Garland was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life. Her parents believe she is able to speak if she can only be taught, and they enroll her with a special teacher.Based on the book The Day Is Ours by Hilda Lewis about in this British film about a family drama involving a deaf-mute child played by English child actress Mandy Miller.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsTony CurtisJan SterlingMona FreemanA deaf boxer is exploited by a gold-digging blonde.
- DirectorNancy HamiltonStarsKatharine CornellHelen KellerPolly ThompsonThis documentary chronicles the life of Helen Keller, who was struck by an illness as a young child that left her both blind and deaf. Aided by her devoted teacher, Anne Sullivan, Keller is able to develop ways to communicate and becomes an author and advocate. Made when Keller was 72 years old, this film, directed by Nancy Hamilton and narrated by actress Katharine Cornell, features old and recent footage of Keller as her remarkable journey leads her to meet President Dwight D. Eisenhower.A biographical documentary film about a blind and deaf girl who struggle her life.
- DirectorLindsay AndersonGuy BrentonStarsRichard BurtonWon the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are shown painstakingly learning what words are through exercises and games, practicing lip-reading and finally speech. Richard Burton's calm and sometimes-poetic narration adds to the heartwarming cheerfulness and courage of the children.A British short documentary film about The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent, UK.
- DirectorMelvin FrankNorman PanamaStarsDanny KayeGlynis JohnsBasil RathboneA hapless carnival performer masquerades as the court jester as part of a plot against an evil ruler who has overthrown the rightful King.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsLiberaceJoanne DruDorothy MaloneTony Warrin has it all: a popular pianist who plays any style, he has money, great clothes, a penthouse overlooking Central Park, a rich blond fiancée, a loyal brunette secretary secretly in love with him, and a date at Carnegie Hall. On concert night, disease deafens him. While medical science works on a cure, he must find other ventures. He learns lip reading and, using high-powered binoculars, eavesdrops on conversations in the park. When he finds people in need, he plays God, interceding with help. Meanwhile, his fiancée is falling in love with another man, his secretary quits, and his doctors give him new hope. Carnegie Hall and true love may be within reach.
- DirectorByron HaskinStarsJoel McCreaFelicia FarrJeff MorrowEastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas. At the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins the decisive battle against the Mexican army to gain Texas independence.Real-life American frontiersman Erastus "Deaf" Smith (played by Chubby Johnson) appeared in this part of story about the Texas Revolution and the Army of the Republic of Texas. He used to lip reading.
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJames CagneyDorothy MaloneJane GreerThe life and career of vaudevillian and silent-screen horror star Lon Chaney, including his contentious relationship with his neurotic wife and his premature death.American and silent movie actor Lon Chaney's (played by James Cagney) parents were deaf mutes and used ASL in this real-life film.
- DirectorMontgomery TullyStarsSkip HomeierPaul CarpenterPatricia DaintonA blind and deaf woman dedicates her life and sacrifices all she has for her son, a good-for-nothing troublemaker who gets mixed up with a criminal gang that tries to frame him for a robbery.
- DirectorDavid MillerStarsJoan CrawfordHeather SearsRossano BrazziEighteen-year-old Esther has been deaf and blind since the accident which killed her mother. Wealthy Margaret Landi, a native of Esther's village in Ireland, is talked into helping to educate and possibly heal Esther. Margaret grows to love Esther as a daughter, but finds Esther's innocence threatened by sleazy promoters--and her own sleazy ex-husband.English actress Heather Sears played the title role, a 15-year-old deaf and blind Irish girl.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsMario LanzaJohanna von KoczianKurt KasznarAn opera singer with a bad attitude falls in love with a deaf girl who changes his life.German actress Johanna von Koczian played a young German woman, Christa, who happens to be deaf.
- DirectorWilliam CastleStarsVincent PriceJudith EvelynDarryl HickmanAn obsessed pathologist discovers and captures a parasitic creature that grows when fear grips its host.Martha (played by Judith Evelyn), who is deaf and mute and a movie theatre owner's wife and used ASL.
- DirectorRené CardonaStarsAntonio EspinoIrma DorantesCesáreo Quezadas 'Pulgarcito'A sculptor who makes images of saints is beaten by a bully and becomes deaf, which makes raising an abandoned orphan difficult.
- DirectorFrank CapraStarsGlenn FordBette DavisHope LangeA New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
- DirectorFranz Josef WildStarsHellmut LangeVioletta FerrariCarl WeryA doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.Violetta Ferrari played a deaf-mute girl, Belinda McDonald based on the play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris.
- DirectorArthur PennStarsAnne BancroftPatty DukeVictor JoryThe story of Anne Sullivan's struggle to teach the blind and deaf Helen Keller how to communicate.True story of a brave deaf and blind Helen Keller played by Patty Duke and her teacher of the deaf and blind, Anne Sullivan played by Anne Bancroft.
- DirectorGene KellyStarsJackie GleasonKatherine KathGabrielle DorziatJackie Gleason plays a mute janitor who befriends Nicole, the little daughter of a prostitute.
- DirectorShin Sang-okStarsKim Jin-kyuChoi Eun-hiePark No-shikDeaf Samryong works as a farmhand. He loves the landlord's daughter-in-law. This film describes his true love and humanity to resist old customs.A South Korean remake film of 1929's Beongeoli Sam-Ryong in the same short story. Kim Jin-kyu played as a deaf farmhand who's in love with the landlord's daughter-in-law.
- DirectorFreddie FrancisStarsPeter CushingPeter WoodthorpeDuncan LamontUpon returning to his home village to continue his experimental research, the destitute Dr. Frankenstein revives his old creature, but a hypnotist wants the monster to control for himself.Frankenstein (Peter Cushing) and Hans (Sandor Elès) nearly run over Rena the Begger Girl (played by Katy Wild), a wild haired, deaf-mute young woman, who is being accosted by a couple of thugs.
- StarsPat KeysellRex HaysRalph ThompsonA show presenting art projects and pantomime performances oriented for a hearing impaired youth audience.English actress Pat Keysell, who is fluent in British Sign Language (BSL) taught deaf children in this British children's television programmee.
- DirectorJán KadárElmar KlosStarsIda KaminskaJozef KronerFrantisek ZvaríkA carpenter in the Fascist Slovak State is appointed "Aryan controller" of a Jewish widow's store.Polish-Jewish actress Ida Kamińska played as an old, near-deaf Jewish woman and owner of the sewing notion store.
- DirectorHoward MorrisStarsJim HuttonDorothy ProvineMilton BerleA mint worker accidentally destroys some money and decides to break in and reprint it, but finds he has some unwanted partners.
- DirectorPaul BogartStarsMia FarrowIan BannenDavid CarradineIn post-war Cape Breton, a doctor's efforts to tutor a deaf/mute woman are undermined when she is raped, and the resulting pregnancy causes scandal to swirl.Mia Farrow played as a deaf-mute girl, Belinda McDonald based on the play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris.
- DirectorRichard RushStarsSusan StrasbergDean StockwellJack NicholsonA deaf runaway is taken in by a psychedelic band while searching for her missing brother in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury hippie district.Susan Strasberg played as Jenny, a deaf runaway who can only understand others through lip reading.
- DirectorRobert Ellis MillerStarsAlan ArkinSondra LockeChuck McCannWhen deaf-mute Singer moves to a new town to be near his hospitalized friend, he makes an indelible impression on the lives of those around him.Alan Arkin played a deaf-mute John Singer with use ASL.
- DirectorMadhuStarsBahadurT.K. BalachandranParavoor Bharathan
- DirectorNoah KeenStarsNoah KeenBarboura MorrisPeri WeinsteinMore true story of a brave deaf and blind Helen Keller played by Peri Weinstein and her teacher of the deaf and blind, Anne Sullivan played by Barboura Morris.
- DirectorRaoul CoutardStarsPhi LanHuynh CazenasXuan HaA small Vietnamese boy grows up during the horrors and hardships of The Vietnam War era.
- DirectorFrançois TruffautStarsFrançois TruffautJean-Pierre CargolFrançoise SeignerIn a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsFini StraubingerM. BaaskeElsa FehrerThrough examining Fini Straubinger, an old woman who has been deaf and blind since adolescence, and her work on behalf of other deaf and blind people, this film shows how the deaf and blind struggle to understand and accept a world from which they are almost wholly isolated.A West German film documentary film about the story of Fini Straubinger, a deaf-blind German woman.
- DirectorWu MaStarsHelen MaChing TangChok-Chow CheungA bounty hunter who makes her living hunting outlaws finds herself the one being hunted when a psychopathic princess wants her dead.AKA Deaf Mute Heroine. Hong Kong actress Helen Ma played as the title role, a swordswoman, who can neither hear nor speak leaves with a bag of pearls after slashing a group of evil men.
- DirectorGulzarStarsSanjeev KumarJaya BachchanGovardhan AsraniA speech and hearing-impaired couple persists through unforgiving obstacles to be accepted by society and live a life of dignity.An Indian drama film about a deaf and mute couple (played by Indian actor Sanjeev Kumar and actress Jaya Bhaduri) and their conflicts, pain and struggle to carve out a niche for themselves in a desensitized society. They used in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language.
- DirectorPaulmichel MielcheStarsK.T. BaumannMorgan UptonFord ClayA mute young girl finds out that a butcher is using his store as a front for murder.K.T. Baumann played as Maxie, a deaf-mute young girl, who finds out that a butcher is using his store as a front for murder.
- DirectorPaolo CavaraStarsAnthony QuinnFranco NeroPamela TiffinIn 1836, an agent of the now independent Republic of Texas who can't hear or speak, and his hearing companion, infiltrate a rebel pocket who oppose to the integration of Texas to the United States. Can they save the Republic?A deaf gunfighter (played by actor Anthony Quinn) who does not speak or sign; the gunfighters has a hearing partner who acts as his ears.
- DirectorJohn KortyStarsWill GeerEllen GeerRichard KeltonBarbara and Al adopt Eric, who is deaf and mute, and take him camping in Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Eric becomes lost and is found by a hermit named Crazy Jack, who teaches him how to survive in the woods.Eric (played by Ian Geer Flanders), a deaf boy, who is lost in the wilderness is a Crazy Jack (played by Will Geer) family affair.
- DirectorJohn GuillerminStarsPaul NewmanSteve McQueenWilliam HoldenAt the opening party of a colossal, but poorly constructed, office building, a massive fire breaks out that threatens to destroy the tower and everyone in it.Actress Carol McEvoy played as Mrs. Allbright, a deaf and mother of two hearing children, Angela (Carlena Gower) and Phillip (Mike Lookinland). She used ASL to communicate with Lisolette (Jennifer Jones) and her daughter interpreted for her.
- DirectorPeter WolfJ. Wilder MinceyStarsPeter WolfJames RandallLee DarelA theology student finds himself turning into a vampire and hunting other students for their blood.A classic horror movie completely in ASL for Deafies without the captioned. The actors are all hearing who learned to use ASL for their actings.
- DirectorPeter WolfStarsPeter WolfDavid JarashowRay Kennedy
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsKeith CarradineKaren BlackRonee BlakleyOver the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.Linnea and Del Reese (Lily Tomlin and Ned Beatty) are having communication problems with their two deaf children (played by James Dan Calvert and Donna Denton). The children used ASL.
- DirectorRobert MooreStarsPeter FalkAlec GuinnessPeter SellersFive famous literary detective characters and their sidekicks are invited to a bizarre mansion to solve an even stranger mystery.Actress Nancy Walker played as Yetta, a deaf-mute cook who does not speak or read.
- DirectorKen RussellStarsRoger DaltreyAnn-MargretOliver ReedA psychosomatically blind, deaf, and mute boy becomes a master pinball player and, subsequently, the figurehead of a cult.Roger Daltrey played as the title role who was born and raised in post-WWII England grows up seemingly deaf and mute due to a traumatic experience in his youth. He eventually gains fame as a pinball champion, is billed as a messiah and attempts to lead a religious sect.
- DirectorRichard BrooksStarsDiane KeatonRichard GereTuesday WeldA dedicated schoolteacher spends her nights cruising bars, looking for abusive men with whom she can engage in progressively extreme sexual encounters.Actress Diane Keaton played as Theresa Dunn, a young Irish-American hearing teacher who teaches deaf children with using ASL, and she goes clubbing in her free time.
- DirectorJohn PowerStarsJohn JarrattCelia De BurghGeorge OgilvieA romance about two people who are both disabled. Racing car driver Dave and street-girl Eileen fall in love after he has a car accident.An Australian TV movie about a young car mechanic, David (played by John Jarratt), becomes deaf after the motor sport accident and falls in love with a deaf-mute small-time pickpocket and drifter, Eileen (played by Celia de Burgh).
- DirectorBarbet SchroederStarsKokoPenny PattersonSaul KitchenerA documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.French documentary focuses on Dr. Francine 'Penny' Patterson and her work with Koko, the gorilla Patterson claims to have taught to communicate with humans using symbols taken from American Sign Language.
- DirectorFrank PerryStarsPaul SorvinoLeVar BurtonBrian DennehyA deaf and dumb young man is accused of murdering a prostitute and defended by a deaf lawyer.LeVar Burton played as Donald Lang, a real-life African-American deaf-mute teenager, who is accused of killing a prostitute and he was unable to read or write, and did not know lip-reading or sign language. He was represented the case by a deaf attorney Lowell J. Myers (played by Paul Sorvino).
- DirectorPaul AaronStarsPatty DukeDiana MuldaurCharles SiebertDevoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf and blind Helen Keller into the light of learnedness.True story of a brave deaf and blind Helen Keller played by Melissa Gilbert and her teacher of the blind-deaf Anne Sullivan played by Patty Duke (she played Helen Keller in 1962 feature film).
- DirectorLou AntonioStarsStockard ChanningJames FarentinoColleen DewhurstBased on the life of Kitty O'Neil (Stockard Channing), a young girl who overcame her deafness to become one of the top stuntwomen in Hollywood, and the holder of the women's land-speed record for driving a rocket-powered racing car.True story of an American former stuntwoman and racer who became deaf when she was four months old played by Stockard Channing.
- DirectorRichard MichaelsStarsSally StruthersJames WoodsRandee HellerA couple whose son had been institutionalized after being diagnosed as intellectually disabled are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong: their son is deaf.Jeffrey Bravin, a deaf former child actor, played as a lonely deaf child who has been misdiagnosed as retarded.
- DirectorRobert MarkowitzStarsMichael OntkeanAmy IrvingAlex RoccoA young man meets a deaf teacher and finds she is a great dancer. He encourages her to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer.Actress Amy Irving played as a young deaf woman and teacher of deaf children who dreams of becoming a dancer is not supported by her mother. She used her ASL.
- DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsEllen BurstynSam ShepardRichard FarnsworthA woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
- DirectorKim Ki-youngStarsChang Mi-heeHa Myeong-jungBaek Il-seobA deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.South Korean actress played as the title role who works at a brick factory and she used Korean Sign Language (KSL).
- DirectorKen WiederhornStarsLauren TewesJennifer Jason LeighJohn DiSantiA news anchorwoman begins to suspect a man living in the same apartment complex as her to be the serial killer that's been raping and killing women in the Miami area.Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh played as a blind, deaf and mute rape victim in this slasher film.
- This film features interviews with a number of hearing-impaired women, often in their homes, where the lighting is unusually dark.A short documentary film about hearing-impaired women who discuss their use of sign language (ASL).
- DirectorVincent McEveetyStarsJenny AgutterBarry NewmanKathleen NolanA woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.Amy (Jenny Agutter), a teacher teaches deaf and blind students how to speak.
- DirectorYves DionStarsMichèle MagnyThis film acquaints its audience with the problems connected with impaired hearing: communication, education, social integration, jobs. It shows how many of these problems can be surmounted, or at the very least attenuated.AKA To Be Deaf. This film acquaints its audience with the problems connected with impaired hearing: communication, education, social integration, jobs in Canada.
- DirectorOvidio G. AssonitisStarsPatricia MickeyMichael MacRaeDennis RobertsonA woman is pursued by her murderous, psychopathic twin sister in the days leading up to their birthday.AKA Madhouse. Actress Trish Everly played as a young schoolteacher for deaf children and used ASL to communicate each other.
- StarsMemnos CostiJean BreezeMartin ColvilleThe weekly magazine programme for deaf and hard of hearing people, produced in sign language with open subtitles.A monthly magazine programme for deaf and hard-of-hearing people in the United Kingdom, broadcast on Wednesday mornings. The programme focuses on the British and the worldwide deaf community and covers a broad range of topics from areas such as education, deaf people's rights, technology and language. The programme is presented entirely in BSL and is broadcast with voice-over and subtitles in English. Using these methods allow not only deaf, but also hearing people learning sign language to understand the programme, too.
- DirectorKarl EpsteinStarsNia PeeplesWilliam AthertonPaul EidingA deaf girl finds a rare statue in a church.Nia Peeples played a deaf girl.
- DirectorAnthony PageStarsRichard ThomasRosanna ArquetteDennis QuaidA young deaf mute is befriended by a Vista worker.Rosanna Arquette played a deaf-mute girl, Belinda McDonald based on the play of the same name by Elmer Blaney Harris.
- DirectorJohn G. ThomasStarsTimothy BottomsDeana JürgensJohn Phillip LawA young man, born deaf, invents a computer so he can hear and speak with others.Timothy Bottoms played as a young auto mechanic, born deaf, invents a computer so he can hear and speak with others.
- DirectorJon StoneStarsCaroll SpinneyMartin P. RobinsonFrank OzAs the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a ghost of a small Egyptian boy solve a mysterious riddle. The rest of Sesame Street's residents search for Big Bird.Deaf American actress Linda Bove played the part of Linda the Librarian from the children's television program Sesame Street.
- DirectorAlan GibsonStarsBlythe DannerMare WinninghamPerry KingAnnie Sullivan Macy accompanies her student Helen Keller to Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1898 and supports her as she attends Radcliffe College.A semisequel to the 1979 TV movie version of The Miracle Worker about the continue life of Helen Keller (Mare Winningham) and her teacher and companion, Anne Sullivan (Blythe Danner).
- DirectorFredi M. MurerStarsThomas NockJohanna LierDorothea MoritzIsolated in the Swiss Alps, a young woman who would have liked to become a teacher teaches her deaf brother arithmetic and writing. An incestuous relationship develops between them.Switzerland film with Thomas Nock played a deaf boy who works like a man, child-like.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsCaroll SpinneyJim HensonFrank OzBig Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker named Miss Finch. Unhappy, he runs away from there, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.Deaf American actress Linda Bove played the part of Linda the Librarian from the children's television program Sesame Street.
- DirectorRobert Michael LewisStarsJames FarentinoLouise FletcherTess HarperSilent since losing his hearing to meningitis, young Toby Wyler takes a bitter stance against the world and his family, refusing to accept his new stepfather. But when a highly trained orangutan named Casey is thrown from a truck near Toby's home, the boy soon has a secret friend he can communicate with via sign language.A bitter deaf boy (real-life deaf actor Sean Gerlis) befriended by signing chimp with use ASL.
- DirectorJoseph SargentStarsMare WinninghamCloris LeachmanSid CaesarMargaret Ryder has always looked after her deaf parents, Janice and Abel. Long the only contact her folks have had with the speaking world, Margaret struggles with whether she should strike out on her own or not. When Margaret decides to make a change and ends up getting married, her parents interpret the move as a betrayal -- and Margaret is forced to figure out a way to bridge her old life with her new one.Deaf actors Phyllis Frelich and Ed Waterstreet played as Margaret Ryder's (Mare Winningham) deaf parents.
- DirectorFrederick WisemanA documentary film about the School for the Deaf at the Alabama Institute is organized around a theory of total communication i.e. the use of signs and finger spelling in conjunction with speech, hearing aids, lip reading, gestures and the written word. They used ASL.
- DirectorRanda HainesStarsWilliam HurtMarlee MatlinPiper LaurieA new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.Deaf American actress Marlee Matlin's debut feature film. This film is notable for being the first since the 1926 silent film You'd Be Surprised to feature a deaf actor in a major role.
- DirectorMireille DansereauStarsYves AllaireMarie CharleboisSamuel CholakianA middle-aged woman is abandoned by her wealthy husband and moves into a cheap, dilapidated hotel where she develops relationships with the eternally optimistic owner and her deaf and terminally ill child.AKA Deaf to the City. Quebec actor Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge played as a deaf and terminally ill child of a middle-aged woman (Béatrice Picard).
- DirectorAllan EastmanStarsKiefer SutherlandVanessa VaughanPeter SpenceA rich young kleptomaniac and a deaf store worker form a relationship after an ordeal with a stolen mannequin.Real-life deaf actress Vanessa Vaughan played Ann, a deaf female employee from a clothes store where Brooks (Kiefer Sutherland) steals a mannequin and he falls in love with her.
- DirectorAlex CoxStarsEd HarrisRichard MasurRene AuberjonoisAn unconventional retelling of the life of William Walker, a 19th century American mercenary leader who became the president of Nicaragua.Marlee Matlin played as William Walker's (Ed Harris) deaf fianceé with used ASL for only 10 minutes.
- DirectorPeter YatesStarsCherDennis QuaidLiam NeesonWhen a homeless man is accused of murdering a Justice Department file clerk, a public defender is tasked with mounting his legal defense.Liam Neeson played a homeless, deaf-mute Vietnam veteran accused of murdering a file clerk at the Justice Department.
- CreatorRon KoslowStarsRon PerlmanRoy DotriceJay AcovoneThe adventures and romance of a sensitive and cultured lion-man and a crusading assistant district attorney in Manhattan, New York City.Real-life deaf actress Terrylene played as a deaf girl Laura Williams who supports Vincent known as "The Beast" after he saved her life. She appeared in 4 episodes.
- DirectorClaude GuillemotStarsXavier DelucAssumpta SernaJean CarmetBased on Guy Des Cars novel La Brute. A Deaf and blind young boy is accused of commiting a brutal murder.French actor Xavier Deluc played as a blind-deaf-mute man who is accused of murdering his wife's lover.
- DirectorMario AndreacchioStarsJohn WatersDamien WaltersRebecca SykesA deaf boy befriends an Italian fisherman in his village.Australian young unknown actor Damien Walters played as a ten-year-old with a hearing impairment title role and he used Auslan to communicate with his family.
- DirectorKaren ArthurStarsLee RemickMarlee MatlinMichael O'KeefeAfter her husband is killed in a car accident, Peg, who is deaf, has a nervous breakdown. Her mother assumes custody of Peg's daughter Lisa but after Peg recovers, Peg's mother refuses to let her daughter take back custody,Based on the Broadway that Marlee Matlin also played the role as a deaf widow and mother of a six-year-old hearing daughter in this TV movie.
- DirectorArthur HillerStarsRichard PryorGene WilderJoan SeveranceDave is deaf, and Wally is blind. They witness a murder, but it was Dave who was looking at her, and Wally who was listening.Gene Wilder played Dave Lyons, a deaf guy who can read lips only.
- DirectorRadovan TadicStarsFrancis FrappatMuniGéraldine DanonThe crossed destinies of three tenants who share the same floor: an elderly woman, a libertine young woman and a typographer passionate about poetry.
- DirectorTakeshi KitanoStarsClaude MakiHiroko ÔshimaSabu KawaharaThe lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.A Japanese romance film about the lives of a young, deaf and gloomy couple (played by Claude Maki and Hiroko Ôshima) are fulfilled after the deaf garbage collector (Maki) holds interest in surfboarding.
- DirectorÉric DuretStarsJean RenoMarlee MatlinMarc DuretIn San Luis de la Paz, a small and and very poor town in northern Mexico, the priest Father Victorio manages an orphanage with nearly 50 children. He does wrestling, disguised with a golden mask, to get some money for the children. His dream of reconstruct the town begins to see a light when he is invited to become a professional wrestlerAKA The Man with the Golden Mask.