Deaf films from around the world
A directory of feature films, shorts and documentaries made by, with and about Deaf people. Every entry records which sign language appears on screen and whether Deaf actors and filmmakers were actually involved — so you can tell Deaf-led work apart from a hearing actor playing a Deaf role.
10 films found
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Marlee Matlin: Not Alone
A portrait of Marlee Matlin's career and the cost of being Hollywood's only Deaf star for decades.
ASL Deaf-led production -
Bohemian Rhapsody
Queen biopic featuring a Deaf actor as Freddie Mercury's father.
BSL Deaf actors in the cast -
Marie Heurtin
A nun teaches a DeafBlind girl to communicate in a 19th-century French convent school.
LSF Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The Hammer
The true story of Matt Hamill, a Deaf wrestler who became an NCAA champion and MMA fighter.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Music Within
A Vietnam veteran left with severe hearing damage becomes a disability rights advocate.
Deafness as a theme -
Copying Beethoven
A young copyist works with the deafened Beethoven on the Ninth Symphony.
Deafness as a theme -
The Miracle Worker
Television remake of the Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan story.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Immortal Beloved
Beethoven's life and deafness traced through the search for his mystery addressee.
Deafness as a theme -
The Miracle Worker
Anne Sullivan breaks through to the DeafBlind Helen Keller.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Helen Keller in Her Story
A portrait of the DeafBlind author and activist in her own later years.
Deafness as a theme