Watch Now Download

Mar 07, 1984
46 min
Full-HD

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984)

13-year-old Brian has problems reading, which his teachers attribute to laziness. It is later discovered that he has Dyslexia.

Madge Sinclair

Miss Tomas

River Phoenix

Brian Ellsworth

Joaquin Phoenix

Robby Ellsworth

Judy Farrell

Barbara Ellsworth

Stephanie Evans

Kim

Bo Kaprall

Walter Ellsworth

Recommended For You

8.1

Family
2017
Movie

Wonder

8.1
2017

The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.

Genre : Family

Watch now

7.3

Adventure
2007
Movie

Bridge to Terabithia

7.3
2007

Jesse Aarons trained all summer to become the fastest runner in school. So he's very upset when newcomer Leslie Burke outruns him and everyone else. Despite this and other differences including that she's rich, he's poor, she's a city girl, and he's a country boy the two become fast friends. Together they create Terabithia, a land of monsters, trolls, ogres, and giants where they rule as king and queen.

Genre : Adventure

Watch now

6.5

Drama
2014
Movie

Starving in Suburbia

6.5
2014

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site founder, ButterflyAna. By the time Hannah's family realizes what is happening and get Hannah the help she needs, the disease has fully taken hold and Hannah is refusing to eat. Will this family be able to exorcise the demon of anorexia from their lives?

Genre : Drama

Watch now

5.9

Drama
1991
Movie

Across the Tracks

5.9
1991

When Billy returns from reform school he has to attend a different high school at the other side of town. He tries to start with a clean slate but his old rival doesn't make it easy on him and his buddy Louie tries to make him go astray again. His brother Joe, quite the opposite of Billy, is a good runner and determined to win a track scholarship. He suggests Billy to join his school's track team, which pits the two brothers against each other.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

7.8

Drama
2024
Movie

Out of My Mind

7.8
2024

Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as her classmates. When a young educator notices her student's untapped potential and Melody starts to participate in mainstream education, Melody shows that what she has to say is more important than how she says it.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

TV Movie
2002
Movie

Double Teamed!

6
2002

Heather and Heidi play volleyball for their school team, when their family decides that they need to go to a bigger school so that they will have a better chance for scholarships. But at the new school, the twins are discovered by the basketball coach. Inspired by the true story of Heather and Heidi Burge.

Genre : TV Movie

Watch now

6.8

Crime
2022
Movie

Ray Donovan: The Movie

6.8
2022

A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle. As the events that made Ray who he is today finally come to light, the Donovans find themselves drawn back to Boston to face the past. Each of them struggles to overcome their violent upbringing, but destiny dies hard, and only their fierce love for each other keeps them in the fight.

Genre : Crime

Watch now

7.8

Family
2025
Movie

The Unbreakable Boy

7.8
2025

When Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become 'unbreakable', finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.

Genre : Family

Watch now

7.1

Drama
2014
Movie

Marvellous

7.1
2014

Dramatisation of the true story of the life of Neil "Nello" Baldwin. Born with a mild learning disability but without the burden of social embarrassment & how his inexhaustible ability to see the good in any situation overcame any stigma society tried to label him with.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.7

Drama
2025
Movie

Brave the Dark

6.7
2025

When Mr. Deen discovers one of his students has been living out of his car and thrown into jail, he decides to bail him out. Determined to curb Nate’s self-destructive behavior, Deen quickly discovers a host of dark secrets slowly tearing Nate apart. What began as a good deed becomes a desperate fight to save Nate from his own demons. As Nate spirals deeper into despair, Deen must decide how far he’s willing to go to save a kid on the brink of losing everything—even himself.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

7.8

Drama
2014
Movie

Where Hope Grows

7.8
2014

Calvin Campbell is a former professional baseball player sent to an early retirement due to his panic attacks at the plate. Even though he had all the talent for the big leagues, he struggles with the curveballs life has thrown him. Today, he mindlessly sleepwalks through his days and the challenge of raising his teenager daughter. His life is in a slow downward spiral when it is suddenly awakened and invigorated by the most unlikely person – Produce, a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.4

Drama
2016
Movie

Sister Cities

6.4
2016

Based on the internationally-acclaimed play by Colette Freedman, the story of 4 estranged sisters who reunite for their mother’s alleged suicide.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

7.3

Drama
2003
Movie

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

7.3
2003

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.1

Drama
2012
Movie

Won't Back Down

6.1
2012

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.5

Drama
2025
Movie

Goodbye June

6.5
2025

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.3

Drama
2000
Movie

Cheaters

6.3
2000

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

6.8

Drama
2003
Movie

I Am David

6.8
2003

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deliver to someone in Denmark, and a compass to help get him there.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

5.9

Drama
2018
Movie

Jonathan

5.9
2018

Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.

Genre : Drama

Watch now

Backwards: The Riddle of Dyslexia (1984)

Madge Sinclair

River Phoenix

Joaquin Phoenix

Judy Farrell

Stephanie Evans

Bo Kaprall