Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "school-for-the-deaf"

1. Sound of Metal (2019)

R | 120 min | Drama, Music

A heavy metal drummer's life is turned upside down when he begins to lose his hearing and he must confront a future filled with silence.

Director: Darius Marder | Stars: Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff

Votes: 150,458

2. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)

TV-14 | 60 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Two teenage girls' lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.

Stars: Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano, Constance Marie, D.W. Moffett

Votes: 26,143

3. The Tribe (2014)

Unrated | 126 min | Crime, Drama

A deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.

Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Stars: Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Oleksandr Dsiadevych

Votes: 12,007 | Gross: $0.15M

4. Children of a Lesser God (1986)

R | 119 min | Drama, Romance

A new speech teacher at a school for the deaf falls in love with the janitor, a deaf woman speechless by choice.

Director: Randa Haines | Stars: William Hurt, Marlee Matlin, Piper Laurie, Philip Bosco

Votes: 18,685 | Gross: $31.85M

5. The Wild Child (1970)

G | 83 min | Biography, Drama, History

In a French forest in 1798, a child is found who cannot walk, speak, read or write. A doctor becomes interested in the child and patiently attempts to civilize him.

Director: François Truffaut | Stars: François Truffaut, Jean-Pierre Cargol, Françoise Seigner, Paul Villé

Votes: 8,898 | Gross: $1.81M

6. Flash Before the Bang

Drama, Family, Sport | Pre-production

There are no barriers for champions, only hurdles.

Director: Jevon Whetter | Stars: Jessica Alba, Russell Harvard, Daniel Durant, Kurt Yaeger

7. Amy (1981)

G | 100 min | Drama, Family

A woman leaves her husband after the death of her child to teach deaf children how to speak. Her own child was deaf and although she has no formal training she successfully teaches one boy.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Jenny Agutter, Barry Newman, Kathleen Nolan, Chris Robinson

Votes: 600

8. Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (2012)

TV-14 | 106 min | Documentary

Alex Gibney explores the charged issue of pedophilia in the Catholic Church, following a trail from the first known protest against clerical sexual abuse in the United States and all the way to the Vatican.

Director: Alex Gibney | Stars: Alex Gibney, Terry Kohut, Gary Smith, Pat Kuehn

Votes: 4,086

9. Sound and Fury (2000)

Not Rated | 80 min | Documentary

If you could make your deaf child hear, would you? Academy Award-nominated Sound and Fury follows the intimate, heart-rending tale of the Artinians, an extended family with deaf and hearing... See full summary »

Director: Josh Aronson | Stars: Jaime Leigh Allen, Jemma Braham, Freeda Cat, Scott Davidson

Votes: 1,062 | Gross: $0.11M

10. Beyond Silence (1996)

PG-13 | 109 min | Drama, Music

Since the earliest days in her childhood Lara has had a difficult but important task. Both her parents are deaf-mute and Lara has to translate from sign-language to the spoken word and vice... See full summary »

Director: Caroline Link | Stars: Sylvie Testud, Tatjana Trieb, Howie Seago, Emmanuelle Laborit

Votes: 4,589 | Gross: $0.17M

11. Audible (2021)

PG-13 | 39 min | Documentary, Short, Sport

Football player Amaree McKenstry-Hall and his Maryland School for the Deaf teammates attempt to defend their winning streak while coming to terms with the tragic loss of a close friend.

Director: Matthew Ogens | Star: Amaree McKenstry-Hall

Votes: 2,633

12. ...and Your Name Is Jonah (1979 TV Movie)

PG | 100 min | Drama

A couple whose son had been institutionalized after being diagnosed as intellectually disabled are shocked to discover that the diagnosis was wrong: their son is deaf.

Director: Richard Michaels | Stars: Sally Struthers, James Woods, Randee Heller, Titos Vandis

Votes: 459

13. The Silent Natural (2019)

140 min | Biography, Family, History

William Hoy was one of the first Deaf Major League Baseball players in the 1800's. Being deaf, he introduced hand signals for strike and ball to the game and overcame many obstacles to become one of the greatest players of his time.

Director: David Risotto | Stars: Sheree J. Wilson, Courtney Gains, Marshall R. Teague, Tyler Mane

Votes: 141

14. Dummy (1977 TV Movie)

79 min | Drama

Sandra is a deaf girl whose life descends into prostitution and degradation on the streets of Bradford.

Director: Franc Roddam | Stars: Geraldine James, Lara Crooks, Manda Naylor, Janet Sugden

Votes: 473

15. Speakeasy (2002)

PG-13 | 86 min | Drama

The story is about a man, Bruce Hickman, and his relationship with another man, Frank; the thing that they have in common is the relation with a deaf person. With this relation the characters will discover lots of things about their past.

Director: Brendan Murphy | Stars: David Strathairn, Nicky Katt, Stacy Edwards, Christopher McDonald

Votes: 225

16. Voices (1979)

PG | 106 min | Drama, Music, Romance

A young man meets a deaf teacher and finds she is a great dancer. He encourages her to follow her dream of becoming a professional dancer.

Director: Robert Markowitz | Stars: Michael Ontkean, Amy Irving, Alex Rocco, Barry Miller

Votes: 340 | Gross: $0.03M

17. Below Zero (1930)

Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family

In winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Bobby Burns, Baldwin Cooke

Votes: 1,891

18. Thursday's Children (1954)

Approved | 21 min | Documentary, Short

Won the Academy Award for the Best Documentary Short of 1954. The subject deals with the children at The Royal School for the Deaf in Margate, Kent. The hearing-handicapped children are ... See full summary »

Directors: Lindsay Anderson, Guy Brenton | Star: Richard Burton

Votes: 390

19. Threads of Our Hearts (2010 TV Movie)

68 min | Drama, Family, Music

"Kokoro no Ito" tells the story of a deaf woman (Matsuyuki) who has raised her son (Kamiki) with hopes of him becoming a top-class pianist. The son is burdened by her high expectations, but then he learns about her past.

Stars: Ryunosuke Kamiki, Shôta Sometani, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Renji Ishibashi

Votes: 25

20. Mariam (2005)

126 min | Drama

Mariam (the Armenian name for the Virgin Mary) is a young Armenian woman who works at a school for the deaf. She is obsessed with her own virginity and behaves so strangely that those ... See full summary »

Director: Edgar Baghdasaryan | Stars: Janet Hovannesian, Samvel Sarkisyan, Artashes Shahverdyan, Vigen Stepanyan

Votes: 24

21. Harry O (1973–1976)
Episode: Silent Kill (1975)

60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Harry comes to the aid of a deaf mute man accused of setting fire to a building after he was fired from his job as the building's janitor.

Director: Richard Lang | Stars: David Janssen, Anthony Zerbe, James Wainwright, Kathleen Lloyd

Votes: 46

22. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode: No. 5 Checked Out (1956)

25 min | Drama

A young deaf women confronts desperate crooks who are using one of her remote resort cabins for a hideout.

Director: Ida Lupino | Stars: Teresa Wright, Peter Lorre, William Talman, Ralph Moody

Votes: 155

23. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Within (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

New Deputy Director Kersh has Agent John Doggett investigate the missing Mulder case. Doggett's skeptical treatment of Mulder's disappearance puts a thorn in Scully and Skinner's sides.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi

Votes: 3,093

24. The X-Files (1993–2018)
Episode: Without (2000)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Scully leads Skinner and an unhappy Doggett to Arizona to protect child prodigy Gibson Praise from an alien bounty hunter disguised as the missing Mulder.

Director: Kim Manners | Stars: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Mitch Pileggi

Votes: 3,016

25. Switched at Birth (2011–2017)
Episode: Portrait of My Father (2011)

TV-14 | 44 min | Drama, Family, Romance

Now that Regina and Daphne have completely moved into the Kennish's home, many of Kathryn's friends and neighbors have begun asking questions. Kathryn decides it's best to keep their ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Schultz | Stars: Sean Berdy, Lucas Grabeel, Katie Leclerc, Vanessa Marano

Votes: 201

26. Beautiful Excursions (2006– )
Episode: Cambodge (2011)

Documentary

Beginning of the journey in Phnom Penh; Taun Stun, the tuktuk driver shows Sophie the Independence Square, then a market.Then she meets Rithy Panh a cinema director (Memory of the country) ... See full summary »

Director: Frédéric Mianne | Star: Sophie Jovillard

27. FBI: Criminal Pursuit (2011– )
Episode: Dead Quiet (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime

In a university for the deaf, Gallaudet, students feel safe until a violent murder happens right on campus. Authorities believe they have the killer until they're proven wrong. Will the FBI find the murderer before he strikes a third time?

Director: Jean Guy Bureau | Stars: Mike Beckner Jr., John McGinty, Guthrie Nutter, Garrett Zuercher

Votes: 12