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Produced by W.S.W. Foundation a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit by which contributions are deductible to the fullest extent allowed by law.
FEATURE FILMS - (currently 624 Films, use the more button @ bottom)
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Become pro-active E-mail your suggestions and we will consider adding a movie to our ongoing list of films for future film festival showings.
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This is a special inspirational and exciting kind of Film Festival which highlights traditional Student Films, Documentaries, as well as Commercial Features Films. Some of the films also (includes the depiction of a character who is afflicted with emotional, mental, social or physical challenges. A Challenge/Disability/Handicap is any condition of the body or mind, (impairment) that makes it more difficult for the person with the condition to do certain activities, (activity limitation) and interact with the world around them, (participation restrictions.) Some of the films are shown for pure inspirational value. The inspirational aspect of the character is positive, uplifting, and emotionally moving. This type of character does not have to be the star of the movie nor do they have to be a main character, some make very brief appearance while sometimes they are integral to the plot or story line.
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Films listed below will not be shown at the 2023 Film Festival.
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Motion Picture Code: shall always apply to mature & extremely intense films.
Miricals in cell #7 | Father Stu | Tyson's Run |
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Coda | High Plains Drifter | The Eiger Sanction |
This Property Is Condemed | The Omega Man | The Round Up |
Survivor | Cry Macho | The Next Three Days |
The Hunting Party | Touch of Evil | Bird Box |
A Quiet Place | A Quiet Place II | A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell S |
American Graffiti 2 | Bambi | Bad Day At Black Rock |
The Father | Best In Show | Never A Dull Moment |
Replicas | Peanut Butter Falcon | Lost Heart |
A Dogs Purpose | A Dogs Way Home | A Dogs Journey |
Buttons | Why Men Work | The Red Violin |
Stan & Ollie | Papillon - 2018 | Papillon - 1973 |
Worlds Fastest Indian | Indivisible | Beautiful Boy |
The Old Man & The Gun | The Upside | On The Basis of Sex |
The Great Ballon Adventure | The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 1975 | The Rocky Horror Picture Show - 2016 |
The Reivers | Brain on Fire | Powder |
Mary Popins Returns | Mary Popins | Dumbo - 2019 |
The Last Movie Star | Christopher Robin | Big Eyes |
The Stray | The Diving Bell And The Butterfly | The African Queen |
Silkwood | October Sky | Norma Rae |
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington | Joy | Babe |
Walk The Line | Planet of the Apes - 1968 | Replicas |
Goodby Mr. Chips - 1969 | Goodby Mr. Chips - 1939 | Don't Worry He Won't Get Far On Foot |
The Color Purple | The Bridge on the River Kwai | Slumdog Millionare |
Casablanca | Gandhi | Remember the Titans |
Peaceful Warrior | Lincoln | Dumbo |
Little Annie Rooney | The Big Country | Skyscraper |
20000 Leagues Under The Sea | Under The Same Moon | Throw Momma From The Train |
Superman and the Mole Men | A Family Man | Ferdinand |
Star Man | A League Of Their Own | 42 - True story of an American Legend |
The Angriest Man In Brooklyn | Jungle Book | John Q |
The Shape of Water | Twins | Johnny Dangerously |
Wizard of Oz | The Wiz | Flashdance |
Dirty Dancing | Billy Elliot | The Magnificent Seven |
Deck The Halls | Roman J. Israel, Esq. | Vanishing Point |
The Shootist | The Van | Topper |
Topper Returns | Topper Takes A Trip | The Hero |
Honkytonk Man | Snow White | War Horse |
The Greatest Showman | It Came From The Sky | Oh God! |
Oh, God! Book II | Oh, God You Devil | Almost Friends |
Finding Neverland - 2004 | Return to Never Land - 2002 | Pan - 2015 |
Peter Pan - 1924 | Peter Pan - 1953 | Peter Pan - 2003 |
Alice Through the Looking Glass - 2016 | Alice in Wonderland - 2010 | Alice in Wonderland -1951 |
Alice in Wonderland - 1933 | Alice in Wonderland - 1999 | Alice in Wonderland - 1985 |
Willy Wonka - 1971 | Charlie And The Chocolate Factory - 2010 | The Karate Kid - 1984 |
The Karate Kid II | The Karate Kid III | The Next Karate Kid |
The Karate Kid - 2010 | Copying Beethoven | The Book of ELI |
Always | Angels in the Outfield | Angels in the Outfield - 1951 |
For Heavens Sake | The Ten Commandments | The Horn Blows At Midnight |
Switch | Stairway to Heaven | Paper Moon |
Bruce Almighty | Meet Joe Black | Ghost Rider |
Coco | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri | Miracle on 34th Street |
the Bishops Wife | The English Patient | The Last Emperor |
Ordinary People | Kramer Vs. Kramer | Chariots of Fire |
Arsenic & Old Lace | King Rat | Papillon |
Heaven Can Wait - 1978 | Heaven Can Wait - 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan |
The Butterfly Effect | Kingsman - The Secret Service | Kingsman - The Golden Circle |
Moonstruck | Bang The Drum Slowly | Saving Private Ryan |
Cavalcade - (French) | New York, I Love You | Kiss of Death |
Lean on Me | Cast Away | Coach Carter |
Conrack | Freedom Writers | Good Will Hunting |
Mr. Holland's Opus | To Sir With Love | The Great Debaters |
Stand And Deliver | Seabiscuit | Patch Adams |
Paper Clips | Just Getting Started | Schindlers List |
Mr Deeds Goes to Town | See No Evil | Wings in the Dark |
Ghost | Its A Wonderful Life | Mrs Doubtfire |
A Little Bit of Heaven | The Doctor | Now Is Good |
One True Thing | Miss You Already | 50-50 |
Freeheld | The Artist | Still Mine |
Far From Home | Iron Lady | Age Old Friends |
I'll Be Me | Dementia | Darkman |
Eight Below | Batman | Batman Returns |
Batman Forever | Far From Home: Adventure Yellow Dog | 127 Hours |
Big Fish | Erin Brochovich | The Man Without A Face |
Cape Fear - 1962 | Cape Fear - 1991 | Water For Elephants |
Seven | Raders of the Los Ark | Secret Of The Incas |
The Best Offer | Sparrows Dance | Pontiac Moon |
Ben X | Nim Island | Copycat |
Mary & Max | Joyful Noise | Simple Simon |
Henry & Verlin | Aspergers Are Us | Autisum Is A World |
Brian's Song - 1971 | Brian Song - 2001 | The Odd Couple |
Odd Couple II | Matchstick Man | Dirty Filthy Love |
Phoebe In Wonderland | OC 87 - Obsessive Compulsive Major Depression Biplar Aspergers | Arachnophobia |
Cold Turkey | The Nutty Proffessor - 1963 | The Nutty Professor - 1996 |
The Hurricane | Wrestling Ernest Hemingway | Young at Heart |
Waking Ned Devine | Wild Strawberies | Up |
Trouble with the Curve | Tough Guys | Venus |
Strangers in Good Company | The Ballad of Narayama | The Strait Story |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel | The Sunshine Boys | The Whales of August |
The Savages | Tokyo Story | Space Cowboys |
Rocky | Rocky II | Rocky III |
Rocky IV | Rocky V | Rocky Balboa |
Creed | Quartet | Out To Sea |
Is Anybody There | Land Ho | Last Vegas |
Maadadayo | Mr Holmes | Make Way for Tomorrow |
Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont | Nebraska | Kotch |
Ikiru | How to Live Forever | Grumpy Old Men |
Grumpier Old Men | Harold & Maude | Harry & Tonto |
Harry Brown | Grudge Match | Cloudburst |
Atlantic City | Gran Torino | Cyber-Seniors |
Everybodys Fine | Amour | A Trip to Bountiful |
Away From Her | Cocoon | Cocoon - The Return |
Fences | Stronger | Love Leads The Way |
Quill The Life of a Guide Dog | MEGAN LEAVEY | War Dogs of The Pacific |
War Dogs | War Dogs Americas Forgotten Heroes | Finding Rin Tin Tin |
Chips The War Dog | Always Faithful | Dog Jack |
My Dog Skip | Through A Dogs Eyes | Max |
The Snake Pit | Street Car Named Desire | Stepmom |
Inside Out | Artificial Intelligence | A Farewell to Arms |
Marvin's Room | Play Misty For Me | Life As A House |
My Sisters Keeper | My Sister's Keeper | Terms of Endearment |
The Machinist | Take Shelter | The Silence of the lambs |
Ordinary People | Prozac Nation | Requiem For A Dream |
Welcome To Me | We Need to Talk About Kevin | The Soloist |
Mr. Jones | Love & Mercy | Infinitely Polar Bear |
I'm a Cyborg but That's OK | Girl Interupted | Frankie & Alice |
Clean, Shaven | American Psycho | Dreaming of Joseph Lees |
Treasure Island | Long John Silver | MillionDollarArm |
The Human Race | The Fugitive | The Unknown |
Soul Surfer | Hook | Doctor X |
Bad Day At Black Rock | Hidden Eye | Eyes In The Night |
conviction | Don't Breath | The Deer Hunter |
Silverado | Driving Miss Daisy | Bubble Boy |
Capturing Grace | Unleashed | Saving Milly |
The Imitation Game | Ride With Larry | Love & Other Drugs |
Awakenings | Still Alice | Aviator |
Shutter Island | Black Swan | Misery |
The Three Faces of Eve | Little Miss Sunshine | Lars and the Real Girl |
It's Kind of A Funny Story | Melancholia | Taxi Driver |
Psycho | The Hours | M.S. Dhoni - The Untold Story |
Anger Management | Rust And Bone | Total Recall - 1990 |
Total Recall - 2012 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1923 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1939 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1956 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame - 1996 | Going in Style - 1976 |
Going In Style - 2017 | Amadeus | Stand By Me |
Labyrinth (1986) Original | Willow | The Wizard of Oz |
Time Bandits | Tiptoes | When You Remember Me |
Under the Rainbow | The Incredible Shrinking Man | The Incredible Shrinking Woman |
The Little Cigars Mob | The Terror of Tiny Town | The Station Agent |
Darby OGill and the Little People | The Gnome-Mobile | Saboteur |
Different Drummers | It Is Fine! Everything Is Fine | Its A Small World |
High Plains Drifter | Our Beautiful Secret | Dustys Trail - Summit of Borneo |
39 Pounds of Love | Darius Goes West | Beyond Limits |
A Time To Live | Body & Soul Diana & Kathy | Dolphin Tale |
Bury my Heart with Tonawanda | A Beautiful Mind | Best In Show |
Flight | Bronco Billy | Grizzly Man |
Intouchables | Love Story | Planes, Trains And Automobiles |
The Fault In Our Stars | The Notebook | The King's Speech |
The Human Experience | The Horse Boy | The Bucket List (2) |
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas | The Drop Box | The Princess Bride |
The Pursuit Of Happyness | The Shawshank Redemption | The Spiral Staircase |
The Theory of Everything | What's Eating Gilbert Grape | Up Syndrome |
Of Mice And Men | Without Limits | The Perks of Being a Wallflower |
Wonder | Miracle Run | The Magic of Belle Isle |
The Other Sister | Tuesdays With Morrie | To Kill A Mockingbird |
Sling Blade | Radio | Rain Man |
Sully | The Green Mile | The Blindside |
Of Mice And Men | Million Dollar Baby | I Am Sam |
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest | Forrest Gump | Me Before You |
My Left Foot | Life of Pi | Fried Green Tomatoes |
Dead Poets Society | Blood Diamond | Edward Scissorhands |
Angel of Hope | Chef | Born on the Fourth of July |
Burlesque | As Good As It Gets | Beaches |
Autism The Musical | At First Sight | A Walk To Remember |
Becoming Bulletproof | An Affair To Remember (2) | Being There |
Benny & Joon | The Beguiled 1971 | The Beguiled 2017 |
Charly | Deterrence | Dr. Strangelove |
How to Train Your Dragon | Ice Castles | Gattaca |
Happy Gilmore | Frida | Field of Dreams |
Men of Honor | Johnny Got His Gun | Lightning Jack |
Mercury Rising | Molly | Michael |
P.S. I Love You | Ray | Regarding Henry |
Places In The Heart | Ratboy | Philadelphia |
On Golden Pond | Phenomenon | Scent of A Woman |
See No Evil, Hear No Evil | Shine | The Best Years of Our Lives |
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble | The Bone Collector | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button |
The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | The Heart is a Lonely Hunter | The Miracle Worker |
The Present | The Pride of The Yankees | To Catch A Thief |
Wilt | X-Men | What Ever Happened To Baby Jane |
What Dreams May Come | Rear Window | Rear Window - |
What About Bob | Unbreakable | The WaterBoy |
Wait Until Dark | Zatoichi | Young Frankenstein |
The Sessions | The Piano | There's Something About Mary |
The Mighty | The Goonies | The Other Side of Mountain #2 |
My Flesh and Blood | Praying with Lior | Sound and Fury |
The Diving Bell and The Butterfly | Mask | Marie's Story |
Miracle in Lane 2 | Johnny Belinda | A Test of Love |
Front of the Class | Come As You Are - Hasta La Vista | Door to Door |
Children_of_a_Lesser_God_film_poster | Best Boy | Wretches & Jabberers |
White Frog | Where The Money Is | Wind Dancer |
Under The Piano | The Story of Luke | The Sign of the Ram |
The Raging Moon | The Theory of Flight | The Men |
Scream of Fear | Silent Fall | Temple Grandin |
The Big Street | The EX | The Black Balloon |
Run Wild, Run Free | Passion Fish | Mozart & The Whale |
Ocean Heaven | My Name Is Khan | Mac and Me |
Dear John | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | Fly Away |
Gaby - A True Story | House of Cards | Life, Animated |
King Gimp | Dark Horse | A Mile In His Shoes |
Above Suspicion | A Boy Who Could Fly | Coming Home |
Dancer In The Dark | If You Could See What I Can Hear | A Patch of Blue |
The White Countess | 23 Paces To Baker Street | Sometimes A Great Notion |
Jack | Murderball | My Flesh and Blood |
Rudy | Sound and Fury | Rust and Bone |
Music Within | Johnny Belinda | Instructions not included |
Wretches & Jabberers | White Frog | Where The Money Is |
Wind Dancer | Under The Piano | The Waterdance |
The Story of Luke | The EX | Snowcake |
Run Wild, Run Free | My Name Is Khan | Scary Movie 2 |
City Lights | Butterflies Are Free |
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