American films about Down syndrome

List of the best American films about Down syndrome according to viewers: The Death of Superman, Deadwood: The Movie, The Monster Project, The Color of Time, The Demented, No Tomorrow, The Apology, Small Apartments, Beyond the Lights, All Mistakes Buried.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.3
Genrefantastic, action, adventure, family, cartoon
CountryUSA
Duration01:40

When a hulking monster arrives on Earth and begins a mindless rampage, the Justice League is quickly called in to stop it. But it soon becomes apparent that only Superman can stand against the monstrosity.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredrama, western
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are left to navigate the inevitable changes that modernity and time have wrought.

Markimdb: 4.4
Genrehorror, fantastic, action, thriller, fantasy
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

When aspiring horror filmmakers post an online casting call looking for "real life" monsters to interview for their upcoming documentary called, The Monster Project, they find three individuals claiming to be a skin-walker, a vampire, and a demon. Meeting these monsters at a remote mansion in the woods on the night of a total lunar eclipse, the filmmakers invite the three subjects to share their haunting, personal experiences. Working on the crew is a recovering drug addict who suffers withdrawal and paranoia. As a person of faith, he fears his friends underestimate the dark powers they are summoning. When the interviews turn deadly, he must battle the demons, inside and out, to escape the house and defeat the rise of evil incarnate.

Markimdb: 4.2
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA

A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.

Markimdb: 3.8
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

Six college friends unite for a weekend getaway where they find themselves fighting for their lives after a terrorist attack turns the local residents into rage infused zombies.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration05:01

When a risk-averse, straight-arrowed, female procurement manager at an Amazon-like distribution center falls in love with a free-spirited man who lives life to the fullest because he believes the apocalypse is imminent, they embark on a quest together to fulfill their individual bucket lists, with comedic and poignant results.

Markimdb: 5.1
Genrethriller
CountryUSA

Twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, a recovering alcoholic is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration when her estranged ex-brother-in-law arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genrecomedy, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:32

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:56

Noni Jean is a hot new rising star. But not all is what it seems, and the pressure causes Noni to nearly fall apart - until she meets Kaz Nicol, a promising young cop and aspiring politician who's been assigned to her detail. Can Kaz's love give Noni the courage to find her own voice and break free to become the artist she was meant to be?

Markimdb: 5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

A lone, struggling addict takes on a dangerous underground criminal ring in his small Southern town to retrieve a stolen pendant he believes will save his marriage.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrefantastic, action, thriller, crime, detective
CountryChina, USA
Duration01:55

    Ray Breslin is the world's foremost authority on structural security. After analyzing every high security prison and learning a vast array of survival skills so he can design escape-proof prisons, his skills are put to the test. He's framed and incarcerated in a master prison he designed himself. He needs to escape and find the person who put him behind bars.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    The lives of four women intersect in small-town America, where each is imperfectly blazing a trail.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A misfit group of New Mexico cowboys find themselves on the journey of a lifetime when they learn their crooked-footed racehorse qualifies to run in the Kentucky Derby. Based on the true story of Mine That Bird, the cowboys must overcome impossible odds even before they reach Churchill Downs and the land of Kentucky's blue bloods.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, biography, sport
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:35

    A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:20

    FIVE DANCES, written and directed by Alan Brown, is a creatively adventurous narrative feature film set in the New York 'downtown' modern dance world. The story follows the rocky emotional journey of an 18-year old dancer (the amazing Ryan Steele) with talent to burn, who must choose between his responsibility to his broken family in the Midwest, and forging a life and career for himself. The film features five of New York's most gifted dancers acting on film for the very first time, and performing the choreography of internationally acclaimed choreographer Jonah Bokaer.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, drama, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:47

    When her idyllic vacation takes an unthinkable turn, Ellen Martin begins investigating a fake insurance policy, only to find herself down a rabbit hole of questionable dealings that can be linked to a Panama City law firm and its vested interest in helping the world's wealthiest citizens amass larger fortunes.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:15

    After their regular babysitter Maggie can’t make it, the Thompson family turns to her friend Anna to supervise their children while the parents go out to celebrate their anniversary. At first Anna seems like a dream come true to the kids, allowing them to eat extra cookies and play with things that are usually off-limits, but as her behavior becomes increasingly odd, the kids soon find out that her intentions are dark and twisted, and she is not who she seems to be.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genremelodrama, drama, music, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:11

    Singer and songwriter Hank Williams rises to fame in the 1940s, but alcohol abuse and infidelity take a toll on his career and marriage to fellow musician Audrey Mae Williams.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA

    Brothers, Sean and Tommy Donnelly live and work in modern day Texas. Tommy has always been troubled and Sean has always been there to help him but when Tommy gets himself $6,000 in debt there's not much Sean can do. The money is owed to some very dangerous people and neither Sean nor Tommy has a spare dime. Worse, at every turn, Tommy manages to find a way to exacerbate their already difficult position. The situation escalates to the point where Sean is faced with a decision: stand by his brother or give up on him once and for all.

    Markimdb: 3.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:28

    Ex-Navy Seal Bobby Kalinowski lives a quiet, peaceful life as a landscape architect in an LA suburb with his wife Dawn and 16 year old daughter Brianna. Tonight they are invited out for an evening on the town by new neighbors clay and Elise Freeman to a happening club downtown. Little did they know that this would be the start of a life or death ordeal for the group.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama, music
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:24

    Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:22

    For Shirin, being part of a perfect Persian family isn't easy. Acceptance eludes her from all sides: her family doesn't know she's bisexual, and her ex-girlfriend, Maxine, can't understand why she doesn't tell them. Even the six-year-old boys in her moviemaking class are too ADD to focus on her for more than a second. Following a family announcement of her brother's betrothal to a parentally approved Iranian prize catch, Shirin embarks on a private rebellion involving a series of bisexual escapades, while trying to decipher what went wrong with Maxine.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genredrama, short
    CountryUSA

    The story of a middle aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama, crime
    CountryUSA

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration01:14

    A former mob enforcer who is released from prison after serving 22 years for a crime he didn't commit sets out on a path for revenge against the people who wronged him.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:40

    When Baton Rouge police detective Bud Carter busts contract killer Jesse Weiland, he convinces Jesse to become an informant and rat out the South's most powerful crime ring.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:25

    After being rejected from every medical residency program on his list, Dr. David Tracy scrambles to perform 1750 hours of clinical therapy out of his garage to become a licensed therapist before his $500,000 activate and destroy his life.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    An aging screen icon gets lured into accepting an award at a rinky-dink film festival in Nashville, Tenn., sending him on a hilarious fish-out-of-water adventure and an unexpectedly poignant journey into his past.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genreaction, thriller, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Nick Malloy portrays an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) who finds himself caught in a deadly 12-round game of cat and mouse with a vigilante tied to the paramedic's past. With little time to spare and his wife's life hanging in the balance, the EMT must figure out why he's been chosen to be the pawn in this maniac's game before it's too late.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    Two suicidal paraplegic junkies hustle their way through the city streets trying to find a reason to live.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:05

    A spellbinding and romantic supernatural thriller. Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead-and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrehorror, fantasy
    CountryUSA

    A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A road rage incident between two strangers — a failing contractor and an unfulfilled entrepreneur — sparks a feud that brings out their darkest impulses.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    When the situation at her idyllic Palos Verdes home turns volatile, young Medina attempts to surf her way to happiness.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrecomedy, drama, crime, biography
    CountryUSA

    A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genreaction, thriller, comedy, adventure, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:47

    When an attack on the Kingsman headquarters takes place and a new villain rises, Eggsy and Merlin are forced to work together with the American agency known as the Statesman to save the world.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    The story of a teenage boy who deals with the ups and downs of being lethally attractive.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:36

    Over the course of one feverish day, a harried narcotics detective and his reluctant partner frantically track down a recently released convict who knows a secret from the past.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, adventure
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada, France
    Duration01:51

    With the nation of Panem in a full scale war, Katniss confronts President Snow in the final showdown. Teamed with a group of her closest friends – including Gale, Finnick, and Peeta – Katniss goes off on a mission with the unit from District 13 as they risk their lives to stage an assassination attempt on President Snow who has become increasingly obsessed with destroying her. The mortal traps, enemies, and moral choices that await Katniss will challenge her more than any arena she faced in The Hunger Games.

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