Autism Movies

Television film adaptation of the true story ("A Friend Like Henry" by Nuala Gardner) of a young autistic boy and his extraordinary friendship with...

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

The struggle of a father to heal his autistic son through a self-burying ritual.

Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, with an intellectual disability. They meet a young...

Marissa and Eric encourage their young son with autism, who is determined to set a Guinness World Record — and has the chance to do so on...

After being promoted to a stressful managerial position, a small-town appliance repairwoman begins noticing unwanted similarities between herself and...

May's sister Gemma has become a goth overnight, causing May to explore the fantastical reasons for the sudden change, while also going on a journey...

Mastering classic pinball arcade games requires focus, agility and dedication. Robert Gagno has all these traits. It might explain why he surged from...

Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to...

A non-verbal, autistic girl and a chatty boy are partnered on a canoeing trip. To complete their journey across an urban lake, they must both learn...

This is the fascinating story of the only identical twin autistic savant sisters known to exist. Over 50 years time, Flo and Kay have literally...

A nonverbal autistic teenager develops a quiet crush on the girl next door, expressing her feelings through drawn portraits.

A mother travels to Patagonia with her autistic son with the hope that a ranger and a pod of wild orcas can help him find an emotional connection.

Jaime and Camila are a couple, neurodiverse, and begin living together, but their love deteriorates to the point of exhaustion and lack of...

Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak fluently alienated him from others....

The story of the struggle of an autistic girl and her brother trying to survive without their parents.

Filmmaker Jon Beaton has always felt like an outsider. When TikTok’s powerful algorithm starts sending him content from the app’s...