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Sound of Metal
2020 · Film · 121 min
Directed by Darius Marder
Metal drummer Ruben begins to lose his hearing. When a doctor tells him his condition will worsen, he thinks his career and life is over. His girlfriend Lou checks the former addict into a rehab for the deaf hoping it will prevent a relapse and help him adapt to his new life. After being welcomed and accepted just as he is, Ruben must choose between his new normal and the life he once knew.
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There's some good movies based around deafness:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CODA_(2021_film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_of_Metal
And a bad video game:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quiet_Man_(video_game)
A little off topic, but the 2019 movie Sound of Metal explores some of deaf culture and is a pretty excellent film for anybody interested.
There was recently an interesting movie called "The Sound of Metal" [1] about a drummer who lost his hearing. He tried to live with it and eventually decided to get a cochlear implant. I don't think it was based on a true story, but I had the impression that the filmmakers tried to accurately show what life with a cochlear implant is like.
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5363618/
> […] or you have designated Oscar-type fare, which as of late means something extremely depressing that says how bad humans are.
In the 2020/2021 season, the nominations included The Father about a man suffering dementia (from his perspective) and Sound of Metal about a drummer going deaf.
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/93rd_Academy_Awards
For 2019, we had the best picture nominations include Ford v Ferrari, Little Women, and 1917:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/92nd_Academy_Awards
Previous to that, Bohemian Rhapsody:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91st_Academy_Awards
Going back one more year, Dunkirk and Lady Bird:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/90th_Academy_Awards
Lastly for this discussion, Arrival, Hacksaw Ridge, Hidden Figures, and La La Land:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/89th_Academy_Awards
I think these are good counter-examples to your claim that only two types of movies being made.