Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "quadriplegic"

1. Bone Tomahawk (2015)

Not Rated | 132 min | Drama, Horror, Western

In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.

Director: S. Craig Zahler | Stars: Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins

Votes: 117,992

2. Friday Night Lights (2006–2011)

TV-14 | 45 min | Drama, Sport

A drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.

Stars: Kyle Chandler, Connie Britton, Zach Gilford, Aimee Teegarden

Votes: 72,481

3. Million Dollar Baby (2004)

PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport

Frankie, an ill-tempered old coach, reluctantly agrees to train aspiring boxer Maggie. Impressed with her determination and talent, he helps her become the best and the two soon form a close bond.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel

Votes: 721,767 | Gross: $100.49M

4. Upgrade (2018)

R | 100 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Set in the near-future, technology controls nearly all aspects of life. But when the world of Grey, a self-labeled technophobe, is turned upside down, his only hope for revenge is an experimental computer chip implant.

Director: Leigh Whannell | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Melanie Vallejo, Steve Danielsen, Abby Craden

Votes: 206,798 | Gross: $11.98M

5. The Bone Collector (1999)

R | 118 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.

Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Denzel Washington, Angelina Jolie, Queen Latifah, Michael Rooker

Votes: 184,978 | Gross: $66.52M

6. The Upside (2017)

PG-13 | 126 min | Comedy, Drama

A comedic look at the relationship between a wealthy man with quadriplegia and an unemployed man with a criminal record who's hired to help him.

Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King

Votes: 63,556 | Gross: $108.25M

7. Freaks (1932)

Not Rated | 64 min | Drama, Horror

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.

Director: Tod Browning | Stars: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates

Votes: 50,604 | Gross: $0.63M

8. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)

R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.

Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black

Votes: 30,652 | Gross: $1.44M

9. Sudden Impact (1983)

R | 117 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

When a woman exacts deadly revenge on the aggressors who raped her and her sister ten years earlier, Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan is assigned to the case.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, Bradford Dillman

Votes: 48,642 | Gross: $67.64M

10. The Sea Inside (I) (2004)

PG-13 | 126 min | Biography, Drama

The factual story of Spaniard Ramon Sampedro, who fought a 28-year campaign in favor of euthanasia and his own right to die.

Director: Alejandro Amenábar | Stars: Javier Bardem, Belén Rueda, Lola Dueñas, Mabel Rivera

Votes: 85,252 | Gross: $2.09M

11. Diary of a Nymphomaniac (2008)

Not Rated | 101 min | Drama, Romance

A chronicle of the life of a middle-class French girl's sexual adventures, her then fall into prostitution, and her ultimate redemption.

Director: Christian Molina | Stars: Belén Fabra, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Llum Barrera, Geraldine Chaplin

Votes: 11,636

12. Monkey Shines (1988)

R | 113 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

A quadriplegic man has a trained monkey help him with his paralysis, until the little monkey begins to develop feelings, and rage, against its new master.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: Jason Beghe, John Pankow, Kate McNeil, Joyce Van Patten

Votes: 13,030 | Gross: $5.34M

13. The Paramedic (2020)

TV-MA | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Angel works in an ambulance service. After a tragic accident, his personal life begins to deteriorate as he becomes more and more suspicious of his partner Vane.

Director: Carles Torras | Stars: Mario Casas, Déborah François, Guillermo Pfening, Maria Rodríguez Soto

Votes: 14,670

14. Jackass Number Two (2006)

R | 92 min | Documentary, Action, Comedy

Chris Pontius, Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Bam Margera, and the whole crew return to the screen to raise the stakes higher than ever before.

Director: Jeff Tremaine | Stars: Johnny Knoxville, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Bam Margera

Votes: 80,187 | Gross: $72.78M

15. Adam (2020)

R | 100 min | Biography, Drama

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident.

Director: Michael Uppendahl | Stars: Aaron Paul, Lena Olin, Tom Berenger, Celia Weston

Votes: 1,394

16. Rear Window (1998 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Modern remake of Rear Window in which the lead character is paralyzed and lives in a high-tech home filled with assistive technology.

Director: Jeff Bleckner | Stars: Christopher Reeve, Daryl Hannah, Robert Forster, Ruben Santiago-Hudson

Votes: 4,478

17. The Other Side of the Mountain (1975)

PG | 102 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Young ski champion Jill Kinmont is left paralyzed after a tragic skiing accident. Her best friend suffers the same fate after contracting polio. Jill must slowly put her life back together again with the help of those close to her.

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Marilyn Hassett, Beau Bridges, Belinda Montgomery, Nan Martin

Votes: 1,308 | Gross: $34.67M

18. Angel Beats! (2010)

TV-14 | 25 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

Rebellious teens fight in armed combat against one dispassionate girl's supernatural powers in an afterlife high school.

Stars: Hiroshi Kamiya, Harumi Sakurai, Kana Hanazawa, Ryohei Kimura

Votes: 16,090

19. Malasaña 32 (2020)

104 min | Horror, Mystery

A family moving to a new house to live the dream of the big city. A house where dreams turn in nightmares.

Director: Albert Pintó | Stars: Begoña Vargas, Iván Marcos, Bea Segura, Sergio Castellanos

Votes: 5,770

20. He Was a Quiet Man (2007)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

An unhinged office worker who planned to go on a shooting spree at his workplace struggles with his newfound status as a hero after he ends up stopping a shooting spree instead.

Director: Frank A. Cappello | Stars: Christian Slater, Elisha Cuthbert, William H. Macy, Michael DeLuise

Votes: 23,179

21. The Theatre Bizarre (2011)

Not Rated | 114 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A modern horror omnibus inspired by the over-the-top shocks of Paris' early 20th century 'Theatre du Grand Guignol'. Enola Penny sneaks into an abandoned theater and witnesses six bizarre tales.

Directors: Douglas Buck, Buddy Giovinazzo, David Gregory, Karim Hussain, Jeremy Kasten, Tom Savini, Richard Stanley | Stars: Udo Kier, Virginia Newcomb, Amanda Marquardt, Amelia Gotham

Votes: 4,475

22. Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

R | 119 min | Comedy, Drama

Ken Harrison is an artist who makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he ... See full summary »

Director: John Badham | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban

Votes: 3,551 | Gross: $8.21M

23. The Brooke Ellison Story (2004 TV Movie)

PG | 91 min | Biography, Drama

Rendered a quadriplegic since a child from a near-fatal neck injury, a young girl fights against all odds to succeed in life from grade school to her acceptance into college under the assistance of her loyal and dedicated mother.

Director: Christopher Reeve | Stars: Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, John Slattery, Lacey Chabert, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 1,721

24. Joni (1979)

G | 75 min | Biography, Drama

Based on Joni Eareckson's autobiography. She becomes paralyzed after breaking her neck in a swimming accident at age 17. Trying to cope with her new life, she learns to paint using her mouth and finds strength in her new Christian faith.

Director: James F. Collier | Stars: Joni Eareckson Tada, Bert Remsen, Katherine De Hetre, Cooper Huckabee

Votes: 375

25. Murderball (2005)

R | 88 min | Documentary, Sport

Quadriplegics, who play full-contact rugby in wheelchairs, overcome unimaginable obstacles to compete in the Paralympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Directors: Henry Alex Rubin, Dana Adam Shapiro | Stars: Joe Soares, Keith Cavill, Mark Zupan, Robert Soares

Votes: 10,458 | Gross: $1.52M

26. Kelly & Cal (2014)

R | 111 min | Comedy, Drama

An ex punk rocker who recently became a suburban homemaker/mom befriends a recently paralyzed high-school boy in a wheelchair.

Director: Jen McGowan | Stars: Juliette Lewis, Jonny Weston, Josh Hopkins, Cybill Shepherd

Votes: 2,219 | Gross: $0.01M

27. The Other Side of the Mountain: Part II (1978)

PG | 100 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

Several years after the deaths of Dick Buek and her father, Jill Kinmont and her mother leave Los Angeles to spend their summer in their hometown of Bishop, California. They rent a summer ... See full summary »

Director: Larry Peerce | Stars: Marilyn Hassett, Timothy Bottoms, Nan Martin, Belinda Montgomery

Votes: 395 | Gross: $11.57M

28. Guzaarish (2010)

126 min | Drama, Romance

Ethan, a magician rendered paralyzed in an accident, sets off a furor when he makes a petition to the court to end his own life.

Director: Sanjay Leela Bhansali | Stars: Hrithik Roshan, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Shernaz Patel, Aditya Roy Kapoor

Votes: 19,728 | Gross: $1.02M

29. Cartagena (2009)

92 min | Drama, Romance

Léo, an alcoholic French ex-boxer in Cartagena, Colombia, takes a job looking after a bedridden, pretty Frenchwoman - quadriplegic after an injury 3 years ago.

Director: Alain Monne | Stars: Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Rodolfo De Souza

Votes: 1,392

30. Williams (2017)

109 min | Documentary, Biography, Sport

Focusing on the career and family of its legendary founder Sir Frank Williams, the British sports documentary tells the extraordinary story of the Williams Formula 1 team, from its inception to the present day.

Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Jamie Berry, Emily Bevan, Keith Botsford, Valtteri Bottas

Votes: 4,398

31. Nosotros los pobres (1948)

Not Rated | 128 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Nosotros Los Pobres stars Pedro Infante as a carpenter whose entire family must work together to clear his name after he is charged with a murder..

Director: Ismael Rodríguez | Stars: Pedro Infante, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Carmen Montejo, Blanca Estela Pavón

Votes: 1,164

32. The Dive from Clausen's Pier (2005 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Romance

When an accident renders her fiancé a quadriplegic, Carrie faces mounting pressures that ultimately cause her to start a new life in New York.

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Michelle Trachtenberg, Sean Maher, Will Estes, Kristin Fairlie

Votes: 781

33. Act of Love (1980 TV Movie)

104 min | Drama

Old country traditions and values cause Ron Howard to honor the pleas of his brother (played by Mickey Rourke), a quadriplegic following a motorcycle accident, to end his life, and then to ... See full summary »

Director: Jud Taylor | Stars: Ron Howard, Robert Foxworth, Mickey Rourke, David Spielberg

Votes: 179

34. Kyatapirâ (2010)

Not Rated | 85 min | Drama, History, War

The story of a village woman given the grueling task of looking after (and fulfilling the sexual needs of) her quadruple amputee husband, a Japanese soldier in the Second Sino-Japanese War who has been decreed a "War God" by the Emperor.

Director: Kôji Wakamatsu | Stars: Shinobu Terajima, Shima Ônishi, Ken Yoshizawa, Keigo Kasuya

Votes: 1,191 | Gross: $0.00M

35. Broken (XIV) (2016)

98 min | Drama, Thriller

A young female escapes her past and absconds to England in search of a new life. She takes a job caring for a tetraplegic but the burden of the job stirs up her past. It seems the limits of caring are not always as clear as they should be.

Director: Shaun Robert Smith | Stars: Morjana Alaoui, Mel Raido, Craig Conway, Patrick Toomey

Votes: 363

36. Prey (2019)

Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A girl paralyzed. A rabid dog. A duel to death for survival.

Director: José Luis Montesinos | Stars: Paula del Río, Miguel Ángel Jenner, Jordi Aguilar, Ana Terrasa

Votes: 659

37. Who Are the DeBolts? and Where Did They Get Nineteen Kids? (1977)

Not Rated | 72 min | Documentary, Biography

Dorothy and Bob DeBolt's tale of the struggles and joys involved in their 19 adopted children, many of who are physically disabled war orphans.

Director: John Korty | Stars: Kim Atwood, Marty Atwood, Mike Atwood, Mimi Atwood

Votes: 248

38. The Switch (1993 TV Movie)

91 min | Biography, Drama

Larry McAfee is paralyzed from the neck down following a motorcycle accident. He gradually loses the will to live, in the meantime befriending a talk radio DJ (portrayed by Craig T Nelson) ... See full summary »

Director: Bobby Roth | Stars: Gary Cole, Craig T. Nelson, Kathleen Nolan, Chris Mulkey

Votes: 129

39. Edie & Thea: A Very Long Engagement (2009)

Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Drama, Romance

After 42 years, feisty and delightful lesbian couple Edie and Thea are finally getting married. From the early '60s to the present day, the tireless community activists persevere through ... See full summary »

Directors: Susan Muska, Gréta Olafsdóttir | Stars: Thea Spyer, Edie Windsor

Votes: 418

40. Cavalcade (2005)

90 min | Biography, Drama

An accomplished playboy Leo neglects his girlfriend and enjoys parties. His girlfriend parts from him and then, when he wants to see her once more, he has an accident. He survives, but his ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Suissa | Stars: Titoff, Marion Cotillard, Richard Bohringer, Bérénice Bejo

Votes: 216

41. Fourplay (2012)

Unrated | 80 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A feature anthology of short tales of sexual intimacy set in four American cities.

Director: Kyle Henry | Stars: Christeene, Gary Chason, Danielle Rene, Atticus Rowe

Votes: 66

42. Asesinos inocentes (2015)

Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

In order to get out of an extreme situation, would you consider committing murder if the victim himself is asking for it?

Director: Gonzalo Bendala | Stars: Aura Garrido, Maxi Iglesias, Manolo Solo, Luis Fernández

Votes: 539

43. CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (2012)

PG-13 | 98 min | Documentary

An investigation into the way media portrayals impact the actual inclusion of people with disabilities in society.

Director: Jenni Gold | Stars: Kyle MacLachlan, Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Geena Davis

Votes: 124

44. Short Circuits (2006)

105 min | Drama

At night a city bus driver finds an abandoned baby near a stop. A divorced man comes to pick up his excited son for the weekend. A pretty doctor befriends a quadriplegic. Out of this ... See full summary »

Director: Janez Lapajne | Stars: Tjasa Zeleznik, Grega Zorc, Jernej Sugman, Sebastian Cavazza

Votes: 208

45. Syke: Hätätila (2021)

100 min | Drama, Thriller

When a divorced nurse's son ends up in a hospital which is hit by a cyber attack, she has to determine which patients need medical attention the most and making life-determining decisions in the process.

Director: Tony Laine | Stars: Iina Kuustonen, Riku Nieminen, Noa Tola, Lena Meriläinen

Votes: 291

46. Stestí je krásná vec (2020)

96 min | Comedy

Cenda and Jana form a couple. They live in a village, and neither of them has a job. Cenda owes everyone, and the executors have their doors at the door. Nevertheless, they love each other ... See full summary »

Director: Jirí Diarmaid Novák | Stars: Petra Hrebícková, Karel Zima, Ondrej Pavelka, Jan Dolanský

Votes: 78

47. Push Girls (2012– )

30 min | Reality-TV

Following the lives of four disabled women in Los Angeles, California.

Stars: Tiphany Adams, Angela Rockwood, Mia Schaikewitz, Auti Angel

Votes: 276

48. L'un reste, l'autre part (2005)

109 min | Comedy, Drama

About two couples, longtime friends un which both husbands engage un long-term affairs

Director: Claude Berri | Stars: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Daniel Auteuil, Nathalie Baye, Pierre Arditi

Votes: 660

49. Wheels of Steel

Action, Biography, Crime | Announced

Now confined to a wheelchair as a quadriplegic, Hector Omero Rodriguez felt his life was over, it wasn't. He turned fate to fortune and rolled to the top of the brutal Gulf Coast Drug Cartel. Invisible to the DEA, he was making billions.

50. The Hollywood Quad (2008 TV Movie)

Comedy

A hilarious sitcom about day in the life of quadriplegic actor/writer/producer Jim Troesh. Jim's biggest obstacles are the people who surround him. It is "Curb Your Enthusiasm" in a wheelchair.

Director: James Troesh | Stars: James Troesh, Bryan Cranston, Cali T. Rossen, Katie Bogart Ward

Votes: 16