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.
16 films found
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Rally Caps
A boy at summer baseball camp befriends a player with a cochlear implant.
Deaf actors in the cast -
Feel the Beat
A failed Broadway dancer coaches a small-town dance team that includes a Deaf girl.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Bori
A hearing girl in a Deaf family wishes she could lose her hearing to belong. Directed by a CODA.
KSL Deaf actors in the cast -
No Ordinary Hero: The SuperDeafy Movie
An actor who plays a Deaf superhero on television mentors a Deaf boy struggling at school.
ASL Deaf-led production -
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
A young spy wears hearing aids that double as gadgets.
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The Legend of the Mountain Man
Three Deaf kids on a camping trip encounter a local legend.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Bratz
A high-school comedy featuring a Deaf student character who signs.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Hearing and Now
The director's Deaf parents decide in their sixties to get cochlear implants.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Sound and Fury
Two brothers, one Deaf and one hearing, split over whether to give their children cochlear implants.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The Babysitters Club
The club's summer camp includes a Deaf child and a sign language subplot.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Miracle on 34th Street
Kris Kringle signs with a Deaf girl in a scene that became the film's emotional centre.
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Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird
The Sesame Street cast, including its long-running Deaf character, search for Big Bird.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Amy
A woman leaves her husband to teach at a school for Deaf children in the early 1900s.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
And Your Name Is Jonah
A boy wrongly institutionalised as disabled turns out to be Deaf, and his family learns to sign.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me
A teenager is embarrassed by her Deaf parents after the family moves to a new town.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Koshish
A Deaf couple in India build a marriage and raise a hearing son.
ISL-IN Deaf role played by a hearing actor