Topic: Deafness

Explore the top movies, series, and documentaries on Deafness. Enjoy the must-watch titles that define this topic.


Ranking of Kings (TV Series)

2021 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Sōsuke Tōka · Yosuke Hatta · Arifumi Imai

Plot TV Series (2021 - 2022). 23 Episodes. Bojji is a deaf, powerless prince who cannot even wield a children's sword. As the firstborn son, he strives hard and dreams of...

7.8

239 votes

7.8

239 votes

Beethoven (TV Miniseries)

2005 · Documentary · 180 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ursula Macfarlane · Damon Thomas · Francesca Kemp

Cast Paul Rhys · Charles Hazlewood · David Bamber · Casper Harvey

Plot A dramatized documentary on the life and music of Ludwig van Beethoven.

7.7

89 votes

7.7

89 votes

The Miracle Worker

1962 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Arthur Penn

Cast Anne Bancroft · Patty Duke · Andrew Prine · Inga Swenson

Plot Young Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute since infancy, is in danger of being sent to an institution. Her inability to communicate has left her frustrated and violent. In desperation,...

7.7

5K votes

7.7

5K votes

Land of Silence and Darkness

1971 · Documentary · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

Direction Werner Herzog

Cast Fini Straubinger

Plot Through 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...

7.6

415 votes

7.6

415 votes

El abrazo de los peces

2011 · Documentary · 98 min. · Chile

Direction Chema Rodríguez

7.4

36 votes

7.4

36 votes

Johnny Belinda

1948 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Jean Negulesco

Cast Jane Wyman · Lew Ayres · Charles Bickford · Agnes Moorehead

Plot In a small fishing village on the island of Cape Breton, Dr. Robert Richardson takes aninterest in a sweet deaf mute named Belinda. He teaches her sign language and lip...

7.2

1K votes

7.2

1K votes

A Silent Voice

2016 · Movie · 130 min. · Japan

Direction Naoko Yamada

Plot Ishida Shouya bullies a deaf girl, Nishimiya Shouko, to the point that she transfers to another school. As a result, he is ostracized and bullied himself with no friends to...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

La Singla

2023 · Documentary · 95 min. · Spain

Direction Paloma Zapata

Cast Helena Kaittani · Adelfa Calvo · María Alfonsa Rosso · Antonia Singla

Plot La Singla became deaf at birth. She learned to dance without listening to the music, and used dancing to escape the pain. The young dancer, at just 17 years old,...

7.2

124 votes

7.2

124 votes

Mandy

1952 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alexander Mackendrick

Cast Phyllis Calvert · Jack Hawkins · Terence Morgan · Mandy Miller

Plot A poignant drama about a young deaf girl and the strains her condition puts on her family. Mandy was born deaf and has been mute for all of her life....

7.1

320 votes

7.1

320 votes

Sound of Metal

2019 · Movie · 120 min. · United States

Direction Darius Marder

Cast Riz Ahmed · Olivia Cooke · Paul Raci · Mathieu Amalric

Plot A heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.

7.1

11K votes

7.1

11K votes

A Sign of Affection (TV Series)

2024 · Series · 23 min. · Japan

Direction Yuta Murano

Plot TV Series (2024). 12 Episodes. Yuki is a typical college student, whose world revolves around her friends, social media, and the latest sales. But when a chance encounter on a...

7.1

62 votes

7.1

62 votes

Dear Frankie

2004 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Shona Auerbach

Cast Emily Mortimer · Jack McElhone · Gerard Butler · Mary Riggans

Plot "Dear Frankie" is a heartwarming and often humorous tale of nine year old Frankie (Jack Mcelhone) and his mom, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer), who have been on the move ever since...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

In the Land of the Deaf

1992 · Documentary · 99 min. · France

Direction Nicolas Philibert

7.0

68 votes

7.0

68 votes

The Silent Child (S)

2017 · Movie · 20 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Chris Overton

Cast Rachel Shenton · Maisie Sly · Rachel Fielding · Anna Barry

Plot 'The Silent Child' centres around a profoundly deaf four year old girl named Libby who is born into a middle class family and lives in a world of silence until...

7.0

112 votes

7.0

112 votes

Earth and Ashes

2004 · Movie · 102 min. · Afghanistan

6.9

51 votes

6.9

51 votes

The Bélier Family

2014 · Movie · 105 min. · France

Direction Eric Lartigau

Cast Louane Emera · Karin Viard · François Damiens · Luca Gelberg

Plot A girl, who lives with her deaf parents, discovers that she has the gift of singing.

6.9

15K votes

6.9

15K votes

A Scene at the Sea

1991 · Movie · 101 min. · Japan

Direction Takeshi Kitano

Cast Claude Maki · Hiroko Oshima · Sabu Kawahara · Toshizo Fujiwara

Plot The lives of a young, hearing-impaired and gloomy couple are fulfilled after the boy holds interest in surfboarding.

6.8

1K votes

6.8

1K votes

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1968 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Alan Arkin · Sondra Locke · Laurinda Barrett · Stacy Keach

Plot Based on the novel by Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter stars Alan Arkin as John Singer, who is deaf. Singer moves from a small town in order...

6.8

166 votes

6.8

166 votes

Thursday's Children (S)

1954 · Documentary · 21 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lindsay Anderson · Guy Brenton

Cast Richard Burton

Plot 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,...

6.8

25 votes

6.8

25 votes