Problematic tropes are not excluded from the list because society has not made it that far yet. If I removed them, there wouldn't be much on here. Hopefully in time
La vie en rose. (French film about edif piaf - arthritis)
brain on fire
5 feet apart (cf)
The Big Sick
love and other drugs (Parkinson's)
Fundementals of caring (muscular dystrophy)
me before you
everything everything (scids)
midnight sun (xp)
YOU'RE NOT YOU (als)
caught by wave (muscular dystrophy)
out of my league (Mucoviscidosis/CF)
still out of my league (Mucoviscidosis/CF)
Forever out of my league (Mucoviscidosis/CF)
Cake (chronic pain bad representation)
White as milk red as blood (leukemia)
50/50 (cancer)
I miss you already (cancer)
Earl and the dying girl (cancer)
Keith (cancer)
a walk to remember (cancer)
now is good (cancer)
my sister’s keeper (cancer)
the bucket list (cancer)
changing hearts (cancer, depression)
the fault in our stars (cancer)
a little bit of heaven (cancer)
babyteeth(cancer)
here on earth (cancer)
then came you (cancer)
Kelly and cal (wheelchair user)
soul surfer (loses arm)
still alice (dementia)
please stand by (autism)
if I stay
barefoot /the wedding guest (anxiety)
benny and joon
girl interrupted
K-PAX
The Theory of Everything
Unbreakable
A Beautiful Mind
Hush
all I see is you
Sweet November
The Vow
Wonder
All the Bright Places
The Elephant Man
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Films shown at London East Asia Film Festival 2019
Source: https://londonkoreanlinks.net/2019/09/20/london-east-asia-film-festival-2019-initial-programme-details/
Missing:
Arcadia | Jang Min-seung | South Korea | 2017 | 50 mins
Pitch-dark For the Voiceless | Jang Min-seung | South Korea | 2014 | 25 mins
Over There | Jan Min-seung | South Korea | 2018 | 44 mins
Beethoven – Mama | Tatsumi Orimoto | Japan | 2012 | 13 mins
Grandmother’s Lunch | Tatsumi Orimoto | Japan | 2006 | 4 mins
Painter & Mom | Kim Young-mi | South Korea | 2019 | 12 mins
Flower Bed | Tsuneko Taniuchi | Japan | 2004 | 14 mins
Rise of Roots | Lee Lee Nam | South Korea | 2019 | 60 mins
Korean Movies + Dramas
by San