Bill Hurt is a teacher of the hard of hearing whose growing friendship with a beautiful deaf woman leads him to confront his own prejudices and frustrations about her condition. A brave film for using a real deaf-mute actress in the lead role, only for her to win an Oscar and marry William Hurt ! find out more...

A rather over-sentimentalised romantic drama about the wife of a war-hero who falls in love with a paraplegic 'Nam vet. The drama is underplayed, and cliched in places, and Jane Fonda, despite a sterling attempt, comes across as just a bit too saintly. The ending adds credibilty though. find out more...

Michael Connolly is a shy young man, his social discomfort compounded by being severely disabled, Rory O'Shea shares Michael's physical handicap but his lust for life is immense. The two lads manage to blag their way out of a repressive state run home and into their own flat, an adventure that they are ill prepared for, but determined to enjoy to the full. Inside I'm Dancing is from the makers of Billy Elliot and the excellent East is East, a bittersweet drama about love, life, loss and the firs find out more...

Superbly acted drama about an eccentric family in a small Iowa town. Gilbert Grape lives with his 36 stone mother and retarded younger brother. His unsatisfactory life is brightened by the arrival of feisty young Becky (Juliette Lewis). A funny, sad and refreshingly original coming of age movie. find out more...