The Simple-Minded Murderer

40-year-old Elling, sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution when his mother, who has sheltered him his entire life, dies....

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

In the racially divided town of Anderson, South Carolina in 1976, football coach Harold Jones spots a mentally disabled African-American young man...

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding...

After World War II, Antonia and her daughter, Danielle, go back to their Dutch hometown, where Antonia's late mother has bestowed a small farm upon...

An aged father and his younger, mentally challenged son have been working hard every day to keep the bathhouse running for a motley group of regular...

Kresten, newly wed, is on the threshold of a great career success in his father-in-law’s company. But when the death of his own father takes...

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the...

A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form intellect by living...

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple...

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments....

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other...