52 Tuesdays 2013 Cert 15 Sex Change HQ320
Billie's journey to independence is accelerated when her mother reveals plans to transition
500 Days of Summer 2009 Cert 12 Loneliness/Depression WLM215
An offbeat romantic comedy about a woman who doesn’t believe true love exists, and the young man who falls for her
After Thomas 2006 Cert 15 Autism WS745
BBC film based on fact that concerns a family coping with autism
As Good as it Gets 1997 Cert 15 OCD WM172
An obsessive-compulsive novelist is forced to babysit his neighbour’s dog
The Aviator 2004 Cert 12 OCD WM172.5
Fast-paced biopic of Howard Hughes, son of Texan inventor who becomes a Hollywood film producer involved in the aviation industry
Awakenings 1990 Cert 12 Encephalitis WL334
The powerful, true story of a maverick doctor and the patients whose lives he changes
Away from Her 2007 Cert 15 Dementia/Alzheimer’s WM222
Drama with Julie Christie about the onset of Alzheimer's and its effect on a
Relationship
Beautiful Mind 2002 Cert 12 Mental health WM203
Dramatised biography of scizophrenic mathematician John Forbes Nash
played by Russel Crowe
Before I go to sleep 2015 Cert 15 Amnesia WL708
A thriller based on a woman who wakes up every day remembering nothing
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2011 Cert 12 Old Age WT120
A group of British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel
Blind Loves 2009 Cert 15 Blindness WW830
Documentary film that explores love and relationships as experienced by the blind
B.P.D. 2005 Borderline Personality Disorder WM190
45 minute documentary made by Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership Trust
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof 1958 Cert 15 Drink/Family relationships/Cancer HQ660
Guilt-ridden Paul Newman finds solace in drink; Elizabeth Taylor as his wife fights for their relationship
Children of a Lesser God 1986 Cert 15 Deafness WV630
Relationship between a hearing man and a deaf women and the challenges of
living in each others' worlds
Christmas Carol, A 1999 Cert PG Social issues/Family relationships HQ650
Dickens' classic. Cold-hearted man of business Ebenezer Scrooge is shown that Mankind is his true business
Clockwork Orange, A 1971 Cert 18 Drugs/Social dysfunction/Rape HM430
Kubrick's controversial film about a near future's youth and society: rape and
murder in a desolate & violent Britain
Constant Gardener, The 2005 Cert 15 Ethical issues QV475
Fictional thriller centred on a corrupt pharmaceutical industry
Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007 Cert 12 Stroke WL412
Film of the memoir of a stroke victim - based on a book spelled out by the movement of one eye
Electricity 2014 Cert 15 Epilepsy WL460
When O’Connor finds out that the brother she's long thought dead could still be alive, she risks her life to go in search of him.
Erin Brockovitch 2000 Cert 15 Ethical issues in industrial-related illness W64
True story of one woman's campaign in support of workers' health, against an industrial corporation
Fast Food Nation 2007 Cert 15 Nutrition/Social issues (U.S.A.) WD99
Fictional rendering of Eric Schlosser's expose of the American fast food culture
The Fault in Our Stars 2014 Terminal Illness (U.S.A). QZ201
Teenagers Hazel and Gus met and fell in love at a cancer support group.
Florence Nightingale 2008 Cert 12 Nursing WY11
Documentary drama from the BBC
Genova 2008 Cert 15 Bereavement WLM220
A recent widower and his two daughters move to a new country and try to come to terms with their grief
Girl, Interrupted Cert 15 Mental Health WM196
The 1960s. 17 year old is diagnosed with BPD and sent to psychiatric hospital
Half Nelson 2006 Cert 15 Substance abuse (U.S.A.) WM265
An idealistic teacher and a bright pupil in an American school - their relationship with each other & with drugs
The Hours 2002 Cert 12 Depression WM250
The tale of three women linked by the Virginia Woolf novel, Mrs. Dalloway
Inside I’m Dancing 2004 Cert 15 Disability WL446
Two disabled friends fight to secure independent living
Inside Out 2015 Cert U Psychology WLM 300
After young Riley moves to San Fransisco, her emotions – Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness- conflict on how to best navigate her new life
Iris 2002 Cert 15 Dementia/Alzheimer’s WM222
The life of writer Iris Murdoch and the effects of Alzheimer's disease
Is Anybody There? 2008 Cert 12 Old age WT330
Age and the nature of dying explored through friendship between an old man and a young boy
It’s a Wonderful Life 1947 Cert U Family relationships/Social issues HQ650
James Stewart in a classic film about a good man who needs to be reminded of the true value of his life
John Q 2002 Cert 15 Heart disease/Organ transplant/Ethics WX90
Denzel Washington up against the American medical insurance system as he fights to save the life of his sick son
Juno 2007 Cert 15 Teenage pregnancy WQ222
A pregnant teenage girl wants to put her baby up for adoption
King’s Speech, The 2011 Cert 12 Speech and Language Therapy WB570
King George VI’s fight to overcome his speech impediment with the help of
innovative speech therapist Lionel Logue
London to Brighton 2006 Cert 18 Social issues/Homelessness/Prostitution HM430
A 12 year old girl and a prostitute attempt to escape London's underworld
Lorenzo’s Oil 1993 Cert 15 Degenerative disease WL310
True story of a couple's attempt to find a cure for their son's degenerative disease
Love is Strange 2014 Cert 15 Same Sex Marriage HQ500
Forced to separate after George loses his job, the recently married couple Ben and George have trouble adapting to life without the other being nearby
Lovely Bones 2009 Cert 12 Rape/Murder/Family issues HM432
Alice Sebold's philosophical story about family, memory & obsession after a child is raped & murdered
Midnight Cowboy 1969 Cert 18 Homelessness/Social issues/TB (U.S.A.) HV910
Bleak look at the seedy side of urban American life. Issues: street life, homelessness & ill-health including TB
Miracle Worker, The 1962 Cert PG Blind, deaf, mute WV581
Drama about the experiences of a blind, deaf and mute child, Hellen Keller, and her teacher, Annie Sullivan. Based on Keller’s autobiography
Move for Life 2009 Exercise DVD W570
Tai Chi and Qigong exercises
My Breast 1994 Cert PG Breast Cancer WP870
True story of a woman's struggle to overcome breast cancer
My Left Foot 1989 Cert 15 Cerebral Palsy WL446
Dramatised biography of the artist and writer Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy
My Life in Pink 1997 (FRENCH) Transgender HQ320
The story of a little boy who wants to be a girl
My Sister’s Keeper 2009 Cert 12 Child illness WO315
From Jodi Picoult’s novel in which a girl is diagnosed with leukaemia, and her family's struggle with her health
Nicholas’ Gift 1998 Cert PG Organ donor/Transplant WO300
True story of parents' decision to allow their brain-dead son's organs to be used for life-saving transplants
Obvious Child 2014 Cert 15 AbortionHQ170
The story of comedian Donna Stern, a twenty-something who gets dumped, fired and pregnant in quick succession
Once 2008 Cert 15 Social issues/Immigrant experience HM222
An experience of being a migrant: musical in which a Czech immigrant befriends an Irish busker
One flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975 Cert 18 Institutionalised mental health WM75
Jack Nicholson takes on the system in a psychiatric hospital
One True Thing 1998 Cert 15 Cancer WT603
Renee Zellweger plays a career-woman who places her life on hold as she cares for her cancer-stricken mother
Patch Adams 1998 Cert 15 Medical ethics WZ100
Real-life story of unorthodox doctor who clashes with his superiors over the best way to treat patients
Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012 Cert 12 Mental Health WM100
Charlie is dealing with family tensions, drugs, how to make friends —as well as his best friend's recent suicide.
Philadelphia 1994 Cert 15 HIV WC172
Tom Hanks stars as a homosexual lawyer who is fired when his firm discover that he has HIV
Rain Man 1989 Cert 15 Autism/Family relationships WM122
Two brothers, one of whom is autistic, embark upon a road trip
Sea Inside, The 2005 Cert 12 Ethics/Euthanasia WA260
Spanish drama in which a quadriplegic poet campaigns for the right to end his own life
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2015 Cert PG Old Age WT120
Sonny is busy juggling plans for a second resort…as well as his own wedding. His efforts are constantly hampered by hilarious complications
Secret Garden 1994 Cert U Child neglect and illness WS100
Frances Hodgson Burnett's tale: the natural world's ability to heal, as two neglected children reclaim a garden
Sex, Drugs and Rock ‘n Roll 2009 Cert 15 Polio WB608
Based on the life of musician Ian Dury who was struck with polio as a child
Sharing the Secret 2000 Cert PG Eating Disorder WM178
Depicts the life of a young girl who develops bulimia
Shine 1997 Cert 12 Nervous breakdown/Mental health WM75
Dramatised biography portraying the psychological breakdown of classical pianist David Helfgott
Short Stay in Switzerland, A 2009 Cert 15 Assisted suicide WA260
A true story that examines euthanasia and its impact on family and friends
Singing Detective, The 1986 Cert 15 Psoriatic Arthropathy WR205
In Dennis Potter's play, fantasy & past experiences merge in the mind of a writer hospitalised by psoriatic arthropathy
Single Man, A 2009 Cert 12 Bereavement/Depression/Suicide WLM220
Colin Firth stars as a bereaved academic suffering acute depression after the loss of his partner
Snow Cake 2006 Cert 15 Autism WM122
Drama focused on the friendship between an autistic woman and a man recovering from bereavement
The Soloist 2009 Cert 12 Schizophrenia WM49
Journalist discovers a former music prodigy playing his violin on L.A. streets
Soul Surfer 2011 Cert PG Amputation WE130
A teenage surfer girl summons the courage to go back into the ocean after losing an arm in a shark attack
Spider 2002 Cert 15 Schizophrenia WM203
Cronenburg directs this portrait of a schizophrenic man living in a halfway house
Steel Magnolias 1989 Cert PG Diabetes WK810
Shelby is newly married and joyfully pregnant, despite the fact that her diabetes could make childbirth life-threatening.
Still Alice 2014 Cert 12 Dementia/Alzheimer’s WM222
Oscar-winning performance by Julianne Moore as a successful academic who develops early-onset Alzheimer’s disease
Straight Story, The 1999 Cert U Stroke/Age WT330
David Lynch film about an elderly man's 500 mile journey to visit his estranged, stroke-stricken brother- on a tractor
Sweet Sixteen 2002 Cert 15 Adolescent street and drug life WS346
A Ken Loach film portraying a young boy's descent into drug dealing
Temple Grandin 2010 Cert PG Autism WM122
Fact-based story of an autistic woman who became an unlikely hero to America’s cattle industry
The Theory of Everything 2014 Cert 12 Motor neurone disease WL314
The story of renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking
Time to Leave 2006 Cert 18 Cancer WT603
Depicts the life of a young photographer, diagnosed with a fatal brain tumour
Tomboy 2011Cert U Transgender HQ320
Follows a 10-year-old transgender child (given the name Laure), who, after moving to a new neighbourhood, introduces himself to his new friends as Mikael.
Trainspotting 1996 Cert 18 Substance abuse WM265
A Danny Boyle film about the nature of addiction, centering upon a group of heroin addicts in Edinburgh
Untouchable 2011 Cert 15 Quadriplegic WB608
French comedy drama. Rich aristocrat becomes quadriplegic and employs young Senegalese émigré Driss (Omar Sy) as his carer.
Venus 2007 Cert 15 Old age WT330
A look at aging; Peter O’Toole stars as a dying man who becomes infatuated with his friend's grandniece
Visitor, The 2007 Cert 15 Immigration HM222
The friendship between a US citizen and two illegal immigrants is threatened by pending deportation
When a Man Loves a Woman 1994 Cert 15 Alcoholism/Family relationships WM274.5
Meg Ryan's alcoholism threatens her family's unity.
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