Here we've displayed a list of the best Stroke films : The Diving Bell and the Butterfly(2007), Broken Lance(1954), The Possibilities Are Endless(2014), The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone(1961), Flawless(1999), Run & Jump(2013), Where the Money Is(2000), The Amaranth(2018), The Year of Getting to Know Us(2008), A Simple Life(2011), Rosie(2013) ... ...
Biography, Drama
France|USA
2007
114 Minutes
Mathieu Amalric Emmanuelle Seigner Marie-Josée Croze Anne Consigny Patrick Chesnais Niels Arestrup Olatz Lopez Garmendia Jean-Pierre Cassel Marina Hands Max von Sydow
editor nurse doctor patient lover emotional engaging sad hospital france car airplane illness survival stroke paralysis infidelity loneliness fall transformation
The true story of Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a stroke and has to live with an almost totally paralyzed body; only his left eye isn't paralyzed.
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Documentary
UK
2014
83 Minutes
James Hall
songwriter lyricist husband wife emotional inspiring profound raw scotland hospital hospital room stroke recovery overcoming the odds music songwriting fall rise sacrifice transformation
Imagine your mind has been wiped: memories, knowledge, experiences, language - every word you ever spoke, has vanished. If eventually you found the words, what would you say? For Edwyn Collins, 'The Possibilities Are Endless'.
Drama
UK
1961
104 Minutes
Vivien Leigh Warren Beatty Lotte Lenya Coral Browne Jill St. John Jeremy Spenser Stella Bonheur Josephine Brown Peter Dyneley Carl Jaffe Harold Kasket
actress husband gigolo countess friend sultry bleak rome apartment stroke failing career aging travel grief affair temptation fall 1960s
An aging actress travels to Rome with her husband; after he suddenly dies during the flight, she begins a passionate affair with a young gigolo.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy
USA
1999
112 Minutes
Robert De Niro Philip Seymour Hoffman Barry Miller Chris Bauer Skipp Sudduth Wilson Jermaine Heredia Nashom Benjamin Scott Allen Cooper Rory Cochrane Daphne Rubin-Vega Wanda De Jesus
retiree security guard music teacher gay man transvestite emotional touching new york city apartment hospital homophobia prejudice singing stroke unlikely allies physical therapy discovery transformation 1990s
An ultraconservative security guard suffers a debilitating stroke and is assigned to a rehabilitative program that includes singing lessons, with the drag queen next door.
Drama
Ireland|Germany
2013
102 Minutes
Maxine Peake Will Forte Edward MacLiam Sharon Horgan Brendan Morris Ciara Gallagher Clare Barrett Michael Harding Kelby Guilfoyle Ri Galway
carpenter wife medical researcher mother friend moving emotional touching tender amusing ireland recovery stroke family lifestyle changes observation discovery love temptation 2010s
An American doctor travels to Ireland to study the Casey family after 38-year-old Conor suffers a stroke which changes his personality, leaving dynamo wife and mother Vanetia to run the show.
Drama
Germany|USA|UK|Canada
2000
90 Minutes
Paul Newman Linda Fiorentino Dermot Mulroney Susan Barnes Anne Pitoniak Bruce MacVittie Irma St. Paule Michel Perron Dorothy Gordon
bank robber prisoner husband nurse endearing offbeat prison nursing home bank heist stroke deception discovery pursuit wretched excess 2000s
Old bank robber Henry, paralyzed from a stroke, is moved from a prison hospital to a retirement home, where Carol is a nurse. She doesn't believe he's paralyzed and sees him as a way out of her boring life.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
2018
88 Minutes
Melora Walters Jeffrey DeMunn Christopher Denham Shiva Negar Brandon Scott Susan Sullivan Harley Jane Kozak Chandra L. Upreti
wealthy man wealthy woman industrialist wife creepy dark disturbing gripping brooding retirement home village house stroke retirement lifestyle changes paranoia transformation mystery pursuit 2010s
Lily and Richard move to a luxurious and cult-like community, where Lily becomes unsettled by the transformation she observes in her older husband and in her own physiology, leading her to wonder if there's something more sinister at play.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2008
97 Minutes
Jimmy Fallon Sharon Stone Tom Arnold Lucy Liu Chase Ellison Illeana Douglas Brian Patrick Clarke Jeff Chase Hayley Boyle Connor Boyle Jordana Spiro
writer father young man amusing hometown private life stroke unhappy marriage love
A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood.
Drama
2011
117 Minutes
Andy Lau Deannie Yip Qin Hailu Wang Fuli Paul Chiang Tin Leung Wendy Yu Eman Lam Elena Kong Anthony Wong Chapman To
film producer servant family emotional household nursing home childhood stroke growing up
A film producer (Andy Lau) helps care for his family's lifelong servant (Deanie Ip) after she suffers a stroke and must move into a nursing home.
Drama
2013
106 Minutes
Sibylle Brunner Fabian Krüger Judith Hofmann Sebastian Ledesma Eric Hättenschwiler Alexis Haupt Anna-Katharina Müller Margot Gödrös
lover author writer engaging small town berlin stroke growing up
Lorenz, a gay author with writer's block, leaves Berlin to care for his mother in Switzerland. When his mother refuses to move into a senior home, he realizes he is stuck in the small town.