Movies: Autism

A mosaic film about a group of people in the city of Rotterdam, The Netherlands strugging with loneliness, hope and love....

Off a dirt road in rural Maine, a precocious 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother Julie. Michelle is quirky and charming, legally blind and diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with big dreams and varied passions. Searching for c...

Jake, a high schooler on the autistic spectrum, feels disillusioned with the world. When he meets Alice, he begins to experience the world in other ways. Little does Jake know, Alice may have more in common with him than he could imagine....

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The lives of a recovering addict and her single mother change forever when they move in next door to a widowed father and his adult daughter with autism....

A young man under strain must come to grips with his anger when it threatens to jeopardize the most important relationship he's had thus far. The film follows a man (Gage Bladik) who's anger issues threaten to upset the relationships in his life. The...

Mastering classic pinball arcade games requires focus, agility and dedication. Robert Gagno has all these traits. It might explain why he surged from a complete unknown to one of the world's best players in five years. The achievement is even more im...

An autistic child's first day in a new school....

Jati, a young man with Asperger's obsessed with trains, faces disruption to his routine when his brother Daru's breakup with Kiara removes a key part of his daily life. Determined to restore order, Jati devises a plan to match Daru with Jenar, an ind...

Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. But when he meets a dancer named Alexia, the two discover together that the toughest fight may be not be of the body, but of the heart....

Otto Baxter, a filmmaker with Down's Syndrome, directs and stars in this musical horror-comedy short based on his life, set in Victorian London....

The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, and he...

Martha (Katie Boland), 18, sees the world as animated and fun. She has a form of autism that means she is a mathematical genuis whilst incapable of looking after herself. Living in a dull routinewith her cousin Nicole (Brooke Burns), and mother Josep...

Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, filmmaker Jerry Rothwell examines the lives of five non-speaking, autistic youngsters....

Michael Sheen faces the interview of a lifetime with The Assembly, a group of autistic, neurodivergent, and learning disabled people. Expect revelation, chaos, and a lot of laughs....

Patch the clown is about to retire. His last gig is to provide the entertainment at a party for Josh, a 16-year-old autistic boy. An incident with a drunk guest leaves Patch hospitalised and concerned about not leaving a legacy. Then Josh comes to vi...

A drama film dealing with autism made by an autistic filmmaker featuring autistic cast members. Looking at the highs and lows, and struggles of living with autism. Following 2 women's lives as they try to make the best of their situations. This film ...

This is the story of three characters (brothers Tomek and Jacek and their neighbor Magda), each of them is in their own way lonely and alienated. The title character makes herself secluded. Tomek's alienation results from his neurological disease, an...

A man attempts to operate a mysterious device, but with each attempt comes a new set of problems....

An autistic child growing up in the 1940's and 50's with a mother who is bitter because her fear of success has denied to herself a possible career in opera. This anger translates into an over-protectiveness of her mentally ill daughter, even into th...