Here we've displayed a list of the best Mentally Challenged films : One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975), Memories of Murder(2003), Sling Blade(1996), Of Mice and Men(1939), Benny & Joon(1993), A Child Is Waiting(1963), All the Little Animals(1998), Tim(1979), Lucky Day(1991) ... ...
Drama
USA
1975
133 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Louise Fletcher Brad Dourif William Redfield Michael Berryman Peter Brocco Dean R. Brooks Alonzo Brown Scatman Crothers Danny DeVito Christopher Lloyd
anti-hero nurse native american mentally challenged patient bleak gutsy powerful mental institution oregon boat abuse rebellion conformity mental illness rivalry transformation 1960s
A criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rebels against the oppressive nurse and rallies up the scared patients.
Drama, Crime, Mystery & Thriller
South Korea
2003
129 Minutes
Song Kang-ho Kim Sang-kyung Kim Roi-ha Song Jae-ho Hie-bong Byeon Park Noh-shik Hae-il Park Seo-hie Ko Mi-Seon Jeon Young-hwa Seo
rapist serial killer police detective mentally challenged suspect dark solemn south korea provincial town police station investigation crime death of a child murder case mystery pursuit 1980s
In a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.
Drama
USA
1996
136 Minutes
Billy Bob Thornton Dwight Yoakam J.T. Walsh John Ritter Lucas Black Natalie Canerday James Hampton Robert Duvall Rick Dial Brent Briscoe Christy Ward
mentally challenged young boy mother boyfriend father somber powerful bleak endearing offbeat arkansas small town mental institution small-town life mental illness violence abuse redemption sacrifice rescue
Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.
Drama
USA
1939
107 Minutes
Burgess Meredith Lon Chaney Betty Field Charles Bickford Roman Bohnen Bob Steele Noah Beery Jr. Oscar O'Shea Granville Bates Leigh Whipper Helen Lynd
mentally challenged migrant worker rancher wife emotional gutsy tender ranch countryside soledad, calif. friendship aspirations farming sacrifice quest 1930s
A mentally disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's ranch in depression era America.
Romance
USA
1993
98 Minutes
Johnny Depp Mary Stuart Masterson Aidan Quinn Julianne Moore Oliver Platt CCH Pounder Dan Hedaya Joe Grifasi William H. Macy Eileen Ryan
repairman mentally challenged loner waitress brother sister endearing offbeat amusing small town family home hospital mental illness romance nonconformity love rescue 1990s
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Drama
USA
1963
102 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Judy Garland Gena Rowlands Steven Hill Bruce Ritchey Gloria McGehee Paul Stewart Lawrence Tierney Elizabeth Wilson Barbara Pepper John Marley
teacher principal mentally challenged son mother father melodramatic emotional mental institution family home mental retardation parenthood education growing up transformation 1960s
Psychologist Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of the Crawthorne State Training Institute, one of the first boarding schools for developmentally challenged children. Dr. Clark is sympathetic ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1998
112 Minutes
John Hurt Christian Bale Daniel Benzali James Faulkner Amanda Boyle Amy Robbins John Higgins Sevilla Delofski
mentally challenged stepfather recluse pet dark emotional london cornwall wilderness abuse animal cruelty mental illness father/son relationship escape growing up 1990s
Bobby Platt (Christian Bale) is a mentally slow young man who escapes an abusive, hateful stepfather who has killed his pets one by one. To save himself, Bobby runs away and meets a strange... See full summary »
Drama
1979
108 Minutes
Piper Laurie Mel Gibson Alwyn Kurts Pat Evison Peter Gwynne Deborah Kennedy
mentally challenged businesswoman laborer sister father heartwarming emotional australia house sydney may-december romance illiteracy mental retardation friendship love 1970s
An Australian spinster (Piper Laurie) falls in love with a mentally impaired young man (Mel Gibson) she hires as gardener.
Drama
1991
96 Minutes
Olympia Dukakis Amy Madigan Chloe Webb Terence Knox John Beasley Allen Hamilton
sister mentally challenged mother boyfriend emotional touching family home mother/child relationship family wealth reconciliation transformation rivalry 1990s
Winning a lottery puts a mentally impaired young woman (Chloe Webb) between her wayward mother (Olympia Dukakis) and angry sister (Amy Madigan).