Characters with Disabilities

These drama/movies include someone (as a main character or very nearly main side character) who has some sort of disability; physical or mental. I am NOT including the "disability" of those faking it for some amount of plot... You know the type. A toxic twist trope that leads people to believe if someone is not 100% of the time in their wheelchair, that they're not disabled.

I'll be listing what the disability is (or as much as the show gives), and how "main" the character is. 

Order - Alphabetical (not including "a" or "the")

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  • Isa Pa with Feelings

    1. Isa Pa with Feelings

    Filipino Movie - 2019

    9.0

    Physical
    Deafness

    I'm leaving this in first because I absolutely love how it portrays deafness, and brings awareness about what it's like but doesn't make you pity him at all.  (Main Character)

    It's also one of my favs so... >.<  It's such a wholesome movie <3

  • Always

    2. Always

    Korean Movie - 2011

    9.0

    Physical
    Blindness

    Main character - She happens to walk in while he was at work, and the two's relationship grew from there. They're so cute together <3 (Also one of my favorite movies... I've watched it so many times ><)

  • Brother

    3. Brother

    Chinese Movie - 2019

    8.0

    Mental
    Unspecified - stuck as a 5 year old

    Follows family struggling with the care of a family member who has a more severe disability. 

  • Good Doctor

    4. Good Doctor

    Korean Drama - 2013, 20 episodes

    8.0

    Mental
    Autism - Savant

    Main Character - There are a few ways of thinking of autism in this show that we now know better about, but for it's time and knowledge it was good. 

  • Hope

    5. Hope

    Korean Movie - 2013

    10

    Mental... and Physical

    TW: Rape
    After being brutally raped, a young girl and her family try to find a way back to life before as much as possible. This movie made me cry A LOT.

  • Hot Stove League

    6. Hot Stove League

    Korean Drama - 2019, 16 episodes

    10

    Physical
    Wheelchair... Sports injury I believe?

    Okay... he's not that main of a character, but he gets fair screen time as the main character's younger brother and an expert baseball knowledge. (Side Character)

  • Ichi

    7. Ichi

    Japanese Movie - 2008

    9.0

    Physical
    Blindness

    But that doesn't stop her from kicking behind in swordfights. (Main Character)

  • Keys to the Heart

    8. Keys to the Heart

    Korean Movie - 2018

    8.5

    Mental
    Autism - Savant

    Main Character - is brother to our other main character, and they learn to be together.

  • Kimi ni Sasageru Emblem

    9. Kimi ni Sasageru Emblem

    Japanese Special - 2017, 1 episode

    8.0

    Physical
    Wheelchair - Car Accident
    Inspired by a Real Person

    Main Character - After an accident, an athlete has to give up his sport, but finds another that gives him hope.

  • Lovers of the Red Sky

    10. Lovers of the Red Sky

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    7.5

    Physical
    Blindness

    Um... So... They like to pass off blindness to each other in this fantasy drama...
    She was born blind, due to a curse, and he ends up becoming blind in childhood. It's not exactly great with portrayal... but that's also not what it's going for ><

  • A Man Who Was Superman

    11. A Man Who Was Superman

    Korean Movie - 2008

    8.0

    Mental
    Unspecified

    I'm going off of memory here... and honestly I don't remember too much...

  • Move to Heaven

    12. Move to Heaven

    Korean Drama - 2021, 10 episodes

    9.5

    Mental
    Autism - Savant

    Is the main character who works for his father's trauma cleaning business, and meets his uncle who ends up becoming his guardian.

  • Mute

    13. Mute

    Korean Drama - 2020, 4 episodes

    6.0

    Physical
    Hearing-Impaired -  Misophonia 

    ... and magic >.<

  • My Palpitating Life

    14. My Palpitating Life

    Korean Movie - 2014

    9.5

    Physical
    Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome

    From what I know, this movie does a good job of portraying the syndrome with heart. 

  • One-Armed Swordsman

    15. One-Armed Swordsman

    Hong Kong Movie - 1967

    8.5

    Physical
    ... One Arm

    His arm gets dismembered, but in order to protect his love he learns to fight one handed. 

  • Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

    16. Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

    Hong Kong Movie - 1969

    9.0

    *Continuation of One-armed Swordsman*

  • One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers

    17. One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers

    Taiwanese Movie - 1976

    8.5

    *Continuation of One-armed Swordsman because the movies did well*

  • The New One-Armed Swordsman

    18. The New One-Armed Swordsman

    Hong Kong Movie - 1971

    9.0

    *Continuation of One-armed Swordsman because the movies did well*

  • The Swordsman

    19. The Swordsman

    Korean Movie - 2020

    10

    Physical
    Blind/Partially Blind

    But my goodness can he fight.

  • You're So Precious to Me

    20. You're So Precious to Me

    Korean Movie - 2021

    10

    Physical
    Blind and Deaf

    Due to some circumstances our main character happens upon a young girl who is both deaf and blind. After sometime the two learn to understand and communicate with each other.

  • Uncle

    21. Uncle

    Korean Drama - 2021, 16 episodes

    8.0

    Mental
    OCD

    The little boy has OCD and asthma but it doesn't play too large of a part honestly.

  • Until Rainbow Dawn

    22. Until Rainbow Dawn

    Japanese Movie - 2018

    8.0

    Physical
    Deafness

    The main couple is deaf, and they meet a lot of other deaf people/communities. The movie is also completely in sign with sound being occasionally ambient noises / occasionally ambient music. 

  • Mr. Perfect

    23. Mr. Perfect

    Korean Movie - 2014

    7.5

    Muteness

  • New Year Blues

    24. New Year Blues

    Korean Movie - 2021

    8.0
  • Innocent Witness

    25. Innocent Witness

    Korean Movie - 2019

    8.5

    Mental
    Autism

  • Only You

    26. Only You

    Korean Drama - 2022, 2 episodes

    8.0

    Mental
    Agoraphobia

  • Where Stars Land

    27. Where Stars Land

    Korean Drama - 2018, 32 episodes

    6.0

    Physical
    Amputee

  • Crash Course in Romance

    28. Crash Course in Romance

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    9.0

    Mental
    Autism

  • Miracle in Cell No. 7

    29. Miracle in Cell No. 7

    Korean Movie - 2013

    9.0
  • Twinkling Watermelon

    30. Twinkling Watermelon

    Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes

    Physical
    Deafness

  • Extraordinary Attorney Woo

    31. Extraordinary Attorney Woo

    Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes

    9.0

    Mental
    Autism - Savant

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