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.
30 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 -
Primate
A family is stalked by a violent chimpanzee; the Deaf father cannot hear it coming.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Retreat
A young Deaf man begins to doubt the isolated all-Deaf community that raised him.
BSL Deaf-led production -
Tuner
A piano tuner turned safecracker loses his hearing edge.
Deafness as a theme -
The Silent Hour
A detective losing his hearing protects a Deaf murder witness from the people hunting her.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Boy Kills World
A Deaf and mute man trained as an assassin narrates in an imagined inner voice.
Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Extraction 2
An action sequel whose antagonist has significant hearing damage.
Deafness as a theme -
Dig
A demolition contractor and his Deaf daughter are taken hostage on a job.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The 355
An international team of agents chases a stolen weapon; a Deaf character appears among them.
IS Deaf actors in the cast -
A Quiet Place Part II
The surviving family ventures beyond the farm, with the Deaf daughter leading.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Forgiveness
Three women wake in an asylum unable to see, hear or speak.
Deafness as a theme -
Out of This World
A taxi driver becomes fixated on a Deaf dancer.
LSF Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The Silence
A family whose daughter is Deaf survives creatures that hunt by sound.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
A Quiet Place
A family survives sound-hunting creatures by signing; their Deaf daughter's implant becomes the key.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
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 -
Hush
A Deaf writer living alone in the woods is stalked by a masked intruder.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Lake Windfall
Five friends, three of them Deaf, take a camping trip that turns dangerous.
ASL Deaf-led production -
Take Shelter
A father haunted by apocalyptic visions is also fighting for his Deaf daughter's implant coverage.
ASL Deafness as a theme -
Knowing
An astrophysicist decoding a disaster prophecy has a Deaf son.
ASL Deafness as a theme -
The Good Shepherd
A CIA founder's youth includes a relationship with a Deaf woman.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
The Quiet
A girl believed to be Deaf moves in with her godparents and learns their secrets.
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 -
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 -
Dead Silence
A Deaf teacher and her students are taken hostage by escaped convicts.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
The River Wild
A former river guide who teaches Deaf students uses sign language to outwit hijackers.
ASL Deafness as a theme -
Hear No Evil
A Deaf personal trainer is hunted after a stolen coin ends up in her possession.
ASL Deaf actors in the cast -
Suspect
A public defender represents a homeless Deaf veteran accused of murder.
ASL Deaf role played by a hearing actor -
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
A teacher of Deaf children leads a double life at night.
ASL Deafness as a theme