Autism Movies

A recently widowed, now single father struggles to raise his sixth-grade son with autism. The pressure of his job and coping with the loss of his...

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The...

After an autistic man impulsively marries a young widow, she must move to the city and ensure the welfare of her new family, against the glare of...

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...

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

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The...

Austin is a boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes Austin truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming worldview...

Two strangers, each living at the edges of society, are fatefully united for a harrowing and inspirational journey through the enchanting vistas of...

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...

Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson, the story follows a self-sacrificing mother of seven children, four of whom are, in one form or another,...

The Hugo's Brain is a French documentary-drama about autism. The documentary crosses authentic autistic stories with a fiction story about the life...

Doom Island is a personal perspective on Martin's life and autism and schizophrenia from the inside, in a language we can all understand: film....

Caught in the web of inner city violence, extortion and drugs, Dean Costello is a small-time gangster with big-time dreams for himself and his...

This documentary is the story of Adrian Esposito's journey to find healing for his anger and autism by traveling across America and Canada and...

When adults are ineffectual, children have to grow up quickly. Ola is 14 and she takes care of her dysfunctional father, autistic brother and a...

Jati, a young man with Asperger's who is obsessed with trains, is threatened with not being able to carry out his daily routine due to the breakup of...

Olaf tries to make his dreams reality and thereby always gets into trouble with his surroundings. He meets his biggest obstacle yet when his father...

At the onset of the pandemic, a young woman, Sloane, reconnects with her estranged brother, Rivers. Faced with limited travel options, she embarks...

Star of BBC Scotland's Up For It! and BBC Radio Scotland, Ashley Storrie returns to the Fringe with a raw and hysterical show about mental health and...