Great Films That Feature A Deaf Or Hard of Hearing Main Character

Baby Driver (2017): IMDB rating 7.8 In the English-language action film, the tinnitus-struck protagonist (played by Ansel Elgort) who works as a getaway driver has a deaf foster father (played by deaf actor CJ Jones).

Grand Canyon (1991): IMDB rarting 6.9 The American drama film features an ensemble cast, including a hearing father (played by Danny Glover) who maintains a long-distance relationship with his deaf daughter by using a telecommunications device for the deaf.

The Hammer (2010): IMDB rating 7.1 The American biographical film features the deaf wrestler Matt Hamill, played by deaf actor Russell Harvard.

Medeas (2013): IMDB rating 6.4 Medeas is a daring and lyrical exploration of alienation and desperation through the intimate observation of a family's inner lives and their relationship to each other and their environment. Without moral judgment, it probes the boundaries of human behavior and the lengths to which people can be driven for love and self-preservation.The drama film, set in Southern California, features a hearing man and a deaf woman (played by hearing actor Catalina Sandino Moreno) and their five children who live on a cattle farm and suffer a drought.

The Miracle Worker (2000): IMDB rating 7.3 A television remake of William Gibson's classic play about Annie Sullivan's efforts to draw Helen Keller from her world of darkness, blindness, deafness and silence. The film features the deafblind Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan.

A Silent Voice (2016): IMDB rating 8.2 The Japanese anime film features a young hearing man who tracks down a deaf signing woman who he had bullied in elementary school and tries to make amends with her.

Sweet Nothing in my Ear (2008): IMDB 6.7 Family drama about a deaf and hearing couple who struggle to decide whether or not to give their deaf son a cochlear implant. The American television film, part of the anthology program Hallmark Hall of Fame, features a couple, a hearing man and a deaf woman (played by deaf actor Marlee Matlin), who have an eight-year-old son who is gradually losing his hearing. While the mother assumes the family will use sign language, a doctor who sees the son recommends for the father to look into cochlear implants. The parents begin fighting with each other about raising their son, and it leads to a court battle for custody.

There will be blood (2007): IMDB 8.1 The American historical drama film features a hearing oilman (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) who has a son who loses his hearing as a result of a gas blowout. The oilman sends his son to a school for the deaf. Later in the film, he sees his adult son (played by deaf actor Russell Harvard) who now knows sign language and marries a woman who also knows sign language.