Autism Movies

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the...

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people...

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed...

After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a...

Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the...

Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with...

An autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small...

A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and...

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care...

Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum...

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to...

Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront...

Forces are awakening within them, that we cannot control. No one knows what they’re actually going through, or why the Moon has such an effect...

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the...

Mirco von Juterczenka's novel "Wir Wochenendrebellen" is the story of a father and his ten-year-old son, who is Asperger's autistic. The boy has set...

A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

A cinematic essay by Sean Kelly about his experiences with Asperger's Syndrome.