Dramas and Movies with Disabilities / Mental Illnesses
I would like to watch every drama / movie from this genre.
Ranked shows are the only ones I have watched entirely. {A list in progress]
P.S I did not include movies and dramas that used illness sloppily or for an episode to further the dying narrative.
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![Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite Iru]()
1. Kimi no Te ga Sasayaite Iru
Japanese Special - 1997, 5 episodes
FL is deaf.
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![Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki]()
2. Unmet: Aru Nogekai no Nikki
Japanese Drama - 2024, 11 episodes
FL is a neurosurgeon with retrograde amnesia.
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![Kokoro no Kizu wo Iyasu to Iu Koto]()
3. Kokoro no Kizu wo Iyasu to Iu Koto
Japanese Drama - 2020, 4 episodes
Mental Health.
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![Nijiiro Karute]()
4. Nijiiro Karute
Japanese Drama - 2021, 9 episodes
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![Summer Snow]()
5. Summer Snow
Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
FL has cardiovascular disease. ML's brother is hearing-impaired.
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![You Are Too Precious to Me]()
6. You Are Too Precious to Me
Korean Movie - 2021
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![Ore no ie no Hanashi]()
7. Ore no ie no Hanashi
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
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![Kono yo no Hate]()
8. Kono yo no Hate
Japanese Drama - 1994, 12 episodes
FL's sister is blind. ML has a drug addiction. FL looses her mental capacity at the end.
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![Koidesu! Yanki-kun to Shiro Tsue Garu]()
9. Koidesu! Yanki-kun to Shiro Tsue Garu
Japanese Drama - 2021, 10 episodes
FL is visually-impaired, and has Amblyopia.
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![Owakare Hospital]()
10. Owakare Hospital
Japanese Drama - 2024, 4 episodes
Hospital setting with old characters who are going to die soon.
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![Kill Me, Heal Me]()
11. Kill Me, Heal Me
Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
ML has Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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![1 Litre no Namida]()
12. 1 Litre no Namida
Japanese Drama - 2005, 11 episodes
FL has spinocerebellar degeneration
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![Silent]()
13. Silent
Japanese Drama - 2022, 11 episodes
ML is deaf.
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![Kokoro no Ito]()
14. Kokoro no Ito
Japanese Special - 2010, 1 episode
ML's mother is deaf.
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![Heavenly Forest]()
15. Heavenly Forest
Japanese Movie - 2006
FL has a rare genetic disease.
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![Shizuka-chan to Papa]()
16. Shizuka-chan to Papa
Japanese Drama - 2022, 8 episodes
FL's father is deaf.
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![Hear Me]()
17. Hear Me
Taiwanese Movie - 2009
FL's sister is deaf.
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![Isa Pa with Feelings]()
18. Isa Pa with Feelings
Filipino Movie - 2019
ML is deaf.
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![Orange Days]()
19. Orange Days
Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes
FL is deaf.
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![Heart to Heart]()
20. Heart to Heart
Korean Drama - 2015, 16 episodes
FL has agoraphobia.
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![Marriage Contract]()
21. Marriage Contract
Korean Drama - 2016, 16 episodes
FL has a brain tumor. ML's mother is hospitalised.
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![I’m Not a Robot]()
22. I’m Not a Robot
Korean Drama - 2017, 32 episodes
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![35-Sai no Shojo]()
23. 35-Sai no Shojo
Japanese Drama - 2020, 10 episodes
FL wakes up from a coma after 25 years.
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![10 Years of Life]()
24. 10 Years of Life
Japanese Movie - 2022
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![Always]()
25. Always
Korean Movie - 2011
FL is blind.
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![Neko]()
26. Neko
Japanese Drama - 2020, 6 episodes
FL has brain tumor.
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![Fight Song]()
27. Fight Song
Japanese Drama - 2022, 10 episodes
FL has very little hearing left.
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![I Just Wanna Hug You]()
28. I Just Wanna Hug You
Japanese Movie - 2014
FL is wheelchair-bound.
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![Picnic]()
29. Picnic
Japanese Movie - 1996
Characters are in a psychiatric hospital due to various mental illnesses.
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30. Jan Dara
Thai Movie - 2001
ML has a sexual addiction disorder.
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![Laundry]()
31. Laundry
Japanese Movie - 2002
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![Aishiteiru to Ittekure]()
32. Aishiteiru to Ittekure
Japanese Drama - 1995, 12 episodes
ML is deaf.
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![Waiting in the Dark]()
33. Waiting in the Dark
Japanese Movie - 2006
FL is blind.
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![Beautiful Life]()
34. Beautiful Life
Japanese Drama - 2000, 11 episodes
FL is wheelchair-bound.
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![Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu]()
35. Sekai no Chuushin de, Ai wo Sakebu
Japanese Drama - 2004, 11 episodes
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![A Scene at the Sea]()
36. A Scene at the Sea
Japanese Movie - 1991
Both leads are deaf.
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![Ichi]()
37. Ichi
Japanese Movie - 2008
FL is blind.
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![Perfect World]()
38. Perfect World
Japanese Drama - 2019, 10 episodes
ML is wheelchair-bound as he is paralyzed from the waist down.
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![Will Love in Spring]()
39. Will Love in Spring
Chinese Drama - 2024, 21 episodes
FL has a prosthetic leg.
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![Kimi No Me Ga Toikakete Iru]()
40. Kimi No Me Ga Toikakete Iru
Japanese Movie - 2020
FL is blind.
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![My Rainy Days]()
41. My Rainy Days
Japanese Movie - 2009
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![Midnight Sun]()
42. Midnight Sun
Japanese Movie - 2006
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![I'm Sorry, I Love You]()
43. I'm Sorry, I Love You
Korean Drama - 2004, 16 episodes
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![Postman Blues]()
44. Postman Blues
Japanese Movie - 1997
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![Today's Kira-kun]()
45. Today's Kira-kun
Japanese Movie - 2017
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![Konya, Sekai Kara Kono Koi ga Kietemo]()
46. Konya, Sekai Kara Kono Koi ga Kietemo
Japanese Movie - 2022
FL has retrograde amnesia.
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![Analog]()
47. Analog
Japanese Movie - 2023
FL is wheelchair-bound, and has difficulty communicating.
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![Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac]()
48. Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac
Japanese Movie - 2010
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![Love Stories from Fukuoka 13]()
49. Love Stories from Fukuoka 13
Japanese Special - 2018, 1 episode
FL is deaf.
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![Pure]()
50. Pure
Japanese Drama - 1996, 11 episodes
FL has savant syndrome.
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![Boku wa Mari no Naka]()
51. Boku wa Mari no Naka
Japanese Drama - 2017, 8 episodes
FL has Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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![Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu]()
52. Ai Nante Irane Yo, Natsu
Japanese Drama - 2002, 10 episodes
FL is blind.
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![Extraordinary Attorney Woo]()
53. Extraordinary Attorney Woo
Korean Drama - 2022, 16 episodes
FL is autistic.
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![That Winter, The Wind Blows]()
54. That Winter, The Wind Blows
Korean Drama - 2013, 16 episodes
FL is blind.
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![Remembering Lichuan]()
55. Remembering Lichuan
Chinese Drama - 2016, 38 episodes
ML has a prosthetic leg, and is also diagnosed with various malignant tumors.
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![Closed Ward]()
56. Closed Ward
Japanese Movie - 2019
Characters are in a psychiatric hospital due to various mental illnesses.
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![It's Okay, That's Love]()
57. It's Okay, That's Love
Korean Drama - 2014, 16 episodes
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![Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake]()
58. Kamisama Mou Sukoshi Dake
Japanese Drama - 1998, 12 episodes
FL has AIDS.
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![Crush]()
59. Crush
Chinese Drama - 2021, 24 episodes
ML is blind.
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![...ing]()
60. ...ing
Korean Movie - 2003
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![Yomei Ichi Nen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi.]()
61. Yomei Ichi Nen no Boku ga, Yomei Hantoshi no Kimi to Deatta Hanashi.
Japanese Movie - 2024
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![Gomen, Aishiteru]()
62. Gomen, Aishiteru
Japanese Drama - 2017, 10 episodes
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![Uncontrollably Fond]()
63. Uncontrollably Fond
Korean Drama - 2016, 20 episodes
ML is diagnosed with cancer.
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![Autumn's Concerto]()
64. Autumn's Concerto
Taiwanese Drama - 2009, 21 episodes
ML has brain tumour.
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![Can You Hear My Heart]()
65. Can You Hear My Heart
Korean Drama - 2011, 30 episodes
ML is deaf. FL's father is intellectually challenged.
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![One Week Friends]()
66. One Week Friends
Japanese Movie - 2017
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![Love Like the Falling Petals]()
67. Love Like the Falling Petals
Japanese Movie - 2022
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![140 Ji no Koi]()
68. 140 Ji no Koi
Japanese Drama - 2021, 4 episodes
ML is wheelchair-bound.
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![Thank You]()
69. Thank You
Korean Drama - 2007, 16 episodes
FL's daughter has AIDS.
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![Gloria]()
70. Gloria
Korean Drama - 2010, 50 episodes
FL's sister is intellectually challenged.
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![Kimi ga Kokoro wo Kuretakara]()
71. Kimi ga Kokoro wo Kuretakara
Japanese Drama - 2024, 11 episodes
FL loses all her 5 senses gradually. ML is colorblind.
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![Scent of a Woman]()
72. Scent of a Woman
Korean Drama - 2011, 16 episodes
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![Hoshi Furu Yoru ni]()
73. Hoshi Furu Yoru ni
Japanese Drama - 2023, 9 episodes
ML is deaf.
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![River of First Love]()
74. River of First Love
Japanese Movie - 2004
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![Koizora]()
75. Koizora
Japanese Drama - 2008, 6 episodes
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![Calling You]()
76. Calling You
Japanese Movie - 2007
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![Angel Eyes]()
77. Angel Eyes
Korean Drama - 2014, 20 episodes
FL was blind when she was young.
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![Silence]()
78. Silence
Taiwanese Drama - 2006, 19 episodes
FL is deaf.
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![The Beauty Inside]()
79. The Beauty Inside
Korean Drama - 2018, 16 episodes
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![Stairway to Heaven]()
80. Stairway to Heaven
Korean Drama - 2003, 20 episodes
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![Missing You]()
81. Missing You
Korean Drama - 2012, 21 episodes
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![La Reine des Larmes]()
82. La Reine des Larmes
Korean Drama - 2024, 16 episodes
FL has a fictional illness. (I dropped this)
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![Hyde, Jekyll, Me]()
83. Hyde, Jekyll, Me
Korean Drama - 2015, 20 episodes
ML has Dissociative Identity Disorder.
(I dropped this)
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![It’s Okay to Not Be Okay]()
84. It’s Okay to Not Be Okay
Korean Drama - 2020, 16 episodes
(I dropped this)
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![Boku no Aruku Michi]()
85. Boku no Aruku Michi
Japanese Drama - 2006, 11 episodes
ML is autistic.
[currently watching]
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![ATARU]()
86. ATARU
Japanese Drama - 2012, 11 episodes
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![Blind]()
87. Blind
Korean Movie - 2011
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![Radiance]()
88. Radiance
Japanese Movie - 2017
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![Blindly in Love]()
89. Blindly in Love
Japanese Movie - 2013
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![Say You Love Me]()
90. Say You Love Me
Korean Drama - 2023, 16 episodes
[currently watching]
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![The Silent Forest]()
91. The Silent Forest
Taiwanese Special - 2020, 1 episode
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![The Cherry-Colored Wind Blooms]()
92. The Cherry-Colored Wind Blooms
Japanese Movie - 2022
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![Kiseki no Hito]()
93. Kiseki no Hito
Japanese Drama - 2016, 8 episodes
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![La Beauté du Geste]()
94. La Beauté du Geste
Japanese Movie - 2022
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![See Hear Love: Mienakute mo Kikoenakute mo Aishiteru]()
95. See Hear Love: Mienakute mo Kikoenakute mo Aishiteru
Japanese Movie - 2023
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![Fly Me To Polaris]()
96. Fly Me To Polaris
Hong Kong Movie - 1999
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![Akai Ito]()
97. Akai Ito
Japanese Drama - 2008, 11 episodes
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![I Want to Eat Your Pancreas]()
98. I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Japanese Movie - 2017
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![Harmonia]()
99. Harmonia
Japanese Drama - 1998, 9 episodes
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![The 8-Year Engagement]()
100. The 8-Year Engagement
Japanese Movie - 2017
