Children of a Lesser God (1986)

One of the most critically-acclaimed films of the 80s, Children of a Lesser God garnered four Academy Award nominations and a Best Actress Oscar for Marlee Matlin. Based on the hit Broadway play, it's the uplifting love story of John Leeds (William Hurt), an idealistic special education teacher, and a headstrong deaf girl named Sarah (Marlee Matlin). at first, Leeds sees Sarah as a teaching challenge. But soon their teacher/student relationship blossoms into a love so passionate it shatters the barrier of silence that keeps them apart.

Director: Patrick Palmer
Director: Randa Haines
Producer: Burt Sugarman
Producer: Patrick Palmer
Actor: William Hurt
Actor: Marlee Matlin
Actor: Piper Laurie
Actor: Philip Bosco
Actor: Allison Gompf
Actor: Archie Hahn III
Actor: Bob Hiltermann
Actor: Gigi Vorgan
Actor: Jack Blessing
Actor: Leigh French
Actor: Linda Bove
Actor: Lynne Stewart
Actor: Nicholas Guest
Actor: John F. Cleary
Actor: Philip Holmes
Actor: Georgia Ann Cline
Actor: William D. Byrd
Actor: Frank Carter Jr.
Actor: John Limnidis
Actor: E. Katherine Kerr
Actor: John Basinger
Actor: James Carrington
Actor: Max Brown
Actor: Maria Cellario