Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)

Director: John Badham
Cast: Alba Oms, Bob Balaban, Christine Lahti, John Cassavetes, Kaki Hunter, Kenneth McMillan, Richard Dreyfuss, Thomas Carter

Synopsis:

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.