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

1. The Girl Next Door (2007)

R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Follows the unspeakable torture and abuses committed on a teenage girl in the care of her aunt and the boys who witness and fail to report the crime.

Director: Gregory Wilson | Stars: William Atherton, Blythe Auffarth, Blanche Baker, Kevin Chamberlin

Votes: 29,497

2. Annabelle: Creation (2017)

R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a doll-maker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into their home, where they become the target of the doll-maker's possessed creation, Annabelle.

Director: David F. Sandberg | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Samara Lee, Miranda Otto, Brad Greenquist

Votes: 151,385 | Gross: $102.09M

3. Where the Truth Lies (2005)

R | 107 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Karen O'Connor, a young journalist known for her celebrity profiles, is consumed with discovering the truth behind a long-buried incident that affected the lives and careers of showbiz team Vince Collins and Lanny Morris.

Director: Atom Egoyan | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman, David Hayman

Votes: 18,797 | Gross: $0.87M

4. The Sessions (2012)

R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

A man in an iron lung who wishes to lose his virginity contacts a professional sex surrogate with the help of his therapist and priest.

Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: John Hawkes, Helen Hunt, William H. Macy, Moon Bloodgood

Votes: 44,022 | Gross: $6.00M

5. The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)

PG | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A thirteen-year-old girl, who lives with her absentee father, befriends a disabled teenage amateur magician and invites him, gradually, into her tenuous struggle against a predatory local neighbor.

Director: Nicolas Gessner | Stars: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith, Mort Shuman

Votes: 18,137

6. A Novel Affair (1957)

97 min | Comedy, Drama

A chauffeur gets the wrong idea after he reads his lady boss's erotic novel.

Director: Muriel Box | Stars: Margaret Leighton, Ralph Richardson, Patricia Dainton, Carlo Giustini

Votes: 240

7. Dabangg (2010)

Not Rated | 126 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A corrupt police officer faces challenges from his family, gangsters and politicians.

Director: Abhinav Kashyap | Stars: Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Sonu Sood, Arbaaz Khan

Votes: 34,374 | Gross: $4.63M

8. The Oily Maniac (1976)

88 min | Action, Crime, Horror

A cripple takes revenge on criminals by using a magic spell that transforms him into an oily monster/superhero.

Director: Meng-Hua Ho | Stars: Danny Lee, Ping Chen, Lily Li, Lun Hua

Votes: 984

9. Interrupted Melody (1955)

Passed | 106 min | Biography, Drama, Music

This movie chronicles Australian-born opera star Marjorie Lawrence's success, her battle with polio, and her eventual career comeback.

Director: Curtis Bernhardt | Stars: Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway

Votes: 1,196

10. The Walking Stick (1970)

GP | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A young woman's highly ordered and structured life is turned upside-down when she meets a handsome stranger at a party. Friendship soon develops into romance and for the first time in her ... See full summary »

Director: Eric Till | Stars: David Hemmings, Samantha Eggar, Emlyn Williams, Phyllis Calvert

Votes: 563

11. Roughly Speaking (1945)

Approved | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Determined to overcome poverty, Louise Randall attends business school and weds Rodney Crane. Her driven nature leads to marital breakdown. She navigates career growth and family life with new spouse Harold, striving for a better future.

Director: Michael Curtiz | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Jack Carson, Robert Hutton, Jean Sullivan

Votes: 882

12. Green Light (1937)

Passed | 85 min | Drama, Romance

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research facility.

Director: Frank Borzage | Stars: Errol Flynn, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Cedric Hardwicke

Votes: 623

13. Itzhak (2017)

Not Rated | 82 min | Documentary

A look at the life, work and religious heritage of violinist Itzhak Perlman.

Director: Alison Chernick | Stars: Itzhak Perlman, Toby Perlman, Alan Alda, Billy Joel

Votes: 354 | Gross: $0.61M

14. Dark Delusion (1947)

Approved | 90 min | Drama, Mystery

Dr. Leonard Gillespie, for several reasons and not all medically related, asks a young surgeon, Dr. Tommy Coalt, to go to a small town and replace a local doctor while he is on vacation. ... See full summary »

Director: Willis Goldbeck | Stars: Lionel Barrymore, James Craig, Lucille Bremer, Jayne Meadows

Votes: 274

15. Benda Bilili! (2010)

PG-13 | 85 min | Documentary, Music

Kinshasa, DRCongo, 2005: Benda Bilili, poor paraplegic street musicians, get noticed by a French film team. Studio recordings get their music out on album and 2009, they have concerts in Europe.

Directors: Renaud Barret, Florent de La Tullaye | Stars: Leon Likabu, Roger Landu, Coco Ngambali, Cubain Kabeya

Votes: 825

16. Wanted... Ded or Alayb (1976)

Comedy

With an all-star cast.

Director: Warlito M. Teodoro | Stars: Nora Aunor, Nova Villa, Rudy Fernandez, Rene Requiestas

17. Midsomer Murders (1997– )
Episode: The Killings at Badger's Drift (1997)

TV-14 | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An elderly woman is found dead in her own cottage and DCI Tom Barnaby is convinced the death is not a simple accident.

Director: Jeremy Silberston | Stars: John Nettles, Daniel Casey, Jane Wymark, Laura Howard

Votes: 2,257

18. Strangers with Candy (1999–2000)
Episode: Who Wants Cake? (1999)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy

When a school field trip to Good Time Island is coming up, Jerri couldn't be more exited. However Principal Blackman is out on a witch hunt to figure out who the school problem is. So Mr. ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Lauer | Stars: Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Greg Hollimon, Roberto Gari

Votes: 171

19. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Mystery Child (1997)

Family, Mystery

On his death bed, noted Egyptologist Sir Edward Stebbings gives Peggy Holmes an ancient toy and half a note written in hieroglyphics and tells her to piece it together with the other half ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Kevin McNulty, Ian D. Clark

Votes: 9

20. Ghost Whisperer (2005–2010)
Episode: The Children's Parade (2010)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy

Melinda's investigation of a poltergeist in the hospital leads to a showdown with supernatural forces terrorizing her and her son.

Director: John Gray | Stars: Jennifer Love Hewitt, David Conrad, Christoph Sanders, Jamie Kennedy

Votes: 301