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.
121 films found — page 2 of 4
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Medeas
A mute or Deaf mother on a failing California dairy farm.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie
An actor who plays a Deaf superhero on television mentors a Deaf boy struggling at school.
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This Is Normal
A short about a Deaf woman navigating an ordinary day of small misunderstandings.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Barfi!
A Deaf and mute young man in 1970s Darjeeling loves two very different women.
ISL-IN Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Glove
A disgraced pitcher coaches a Deaf high school baseball team, based on true events.
KSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Perfect Sense
A worldwide epidemic strips humanity of its senses one at a time, hearing among them.
Deafness as a theme -
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 -
Soundtrack
A Mumbai DJ loses his hearing at the height of his career. Remake of It's All Gone Pete Tong.
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Take Shelter
A father haunted by apocalyptic visions is also fighting for his Deaf daughter's implant coverage.
ASL Deafness as a theme -
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 -
Hear Me
A delivery worker falls for a young woman he believes to be Deaf, learning sign language to reach her.
TSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Love N' Dancing
A swing dance champion who is Deaf partners with a teacher preparing for a competition.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Talentime
A school talent contest brings together students across race, class and a Deaf boy's silence.
MSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Sweet Nothing in My Ear
A Deaf mother and hearing father go to court over a cochlear implant for their son.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Universal Signs
A Deaf artist grieving a loss reconsiders his life when a new relationship begins.
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 -
There Will Be Blood
An oil man's son is deafened by a derrick explosion and grows up signing.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Copying Beethoven
A young copyist works with the deafened Beethoven on the Ninth Symphony.
Deafness as a theme -
Island Etude
A hard-of-hearing student cycles around Taiwan with a guitar on his back.
TSL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Good Shepherd
A CIA founder's youth includes a relationship with a Deaf woman.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Black
A DeafBlind young woman and her failing teacher, loosely inspired by Helen Keller.
Deafness as a theme -
Iqbal
A Deaf village boy dreams of playing cricket for India.
ISL-IN Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Sad Movie
Interwoven love stories, one involving a Deaf woman working at an amusement park.
KSL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The Family Stone
A Christmas family gathering in which a Deaf gay son and his partner are simply part of the family.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Quiet
A girl believed to be Deaf moves in with her godparents and learns their secrets.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Dear Frankie
A mother hires a stranger to pose as the absent father her Deaf son writes letters to.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
It's All Gone Pete Tong
A hedonistic Ibiza DJ goes deaf and has to rebuild his relationship with music.
BSL Deafness as a theme -
What the Bleep Do We Know!?
A Deaf photographer is the through-line of a docudrama about quantum physics and perception.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
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 -
Stille Liebe
A Deaf nun falls for a Deaf drifter and must choose between vows and love.
DSGS Deaf actors in the cast -
Code Unknown
Interlocking Paris lives, including a teacher at a school for Deaf children.
LSF Deaf actors in the cast -
Requiem for a Dream
Four lives collapse into addiction; one dealer in the chain is Deaf.
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The Miracle Worker
Television remake of the Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan story.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Compensation
Two love stories a century apart between Deaf women and hearing men in Black Chicago.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Where the Truth Lies
A Deaf woman's account of a crime is doubted by everyone around her.
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 -
His Bodyguard
A Deaf bodyguard is assigned to protect a pop star.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Illtown
Drug dealers take in a runaway Deaf teenager.
Deafness as a theme -
In the Company of Men
Two executives target a Deaf co-worker in a cruel bet.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor