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.
22 films found
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In Cold Light
An ex-convict is pulled back into danger by her twin brother's death.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Tuner
A piano tuner turned safecracker loses his hearing edge.
Deafness as a theme -
The Hearing
A Deaf boy's abuse case tests a legal system with no reliable way to hear him.
FSL Deaf actors in the cast -
Dig
A demolition contractor and his Deaf daughter are taken hostage on a job.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The Night of the 12th
Detectives working an unsolved murder consult a Deaf witness to lip-read a silent recording.
LSF Deaf actors in the cast -
Preman
A Deaf low-level gangster goes on the run with his son after witnessing a murder.
BIM Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
A crime thriller in which a signed exchange with a Deaf man is a key scene.
ASL Deafness as a theme -
Baby Driver
A getaway driver with tinnitus signs with the Deaf foster father he is trying to protect.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Tribe
A new student at a Ukrainian boarding school for the deaf is drawn into its criminal hierarchy.
USL Deaf actors in the cast -
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God
Deaf men expose decades of abuse at a Wisconsin school for the deaf and the cover-up above it.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Silenced
A teacher uncovers systematic abuse of Deaf students at a school. Prompted a change in Korean law.
KSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
A Deaf factory worker's plan to fund his sister's transplant spirals into revenge.
KSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Read My Lips
A hard-of-hearing office worker uses her lip-reading skill in a scheme with an ex-convict.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Bangkok Dangerous
A Deaf hitman in Bangkok begins to question his work after meeting a pharmacist.
ThSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Country of the Deaf
A young woman hiding from gangsters takes refuge with a Deaf dancer in Moscow's underworld.
RSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Illtown
Drug dealers take in a runaway Deaf teenager.
Deafness as a theme -
Dead Silence
A Deaf teacher and her students are taken hostage by escaped convicts.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Linguini Incident
Restaurant staff plot a robbery in a comedy with a signing subplot.
Deafness as a theme -
See No Evil, Hear No Evil
A Deaf man and a blind man, both witnesses to a murder, go on the run together.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Suspect
A public defender represents a homeless Deaf veteran accused of murder.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Dummy
A Deaf young man who cannot read or write is tried for murder with no way to defend himself.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Murder by Death
A detective spoof whose household staff include a Deaf-mute cook.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor