Autism Movies

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

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,...

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

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...

Corinne is a single mother of twin 5-year-old boys, Steven and Phillip, who are diagnosed with autism. Public school officials threaten to remove...

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...

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...

Michael, a young autistic boy who has trouble with verbalization but a real talent for technology, uses a computer to plead for help after being...

A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However,...

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

In Columbus, Ohio, a group of autistic teenagers and young adults role-play this transition by going through the deceptively complex social...

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

A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and...

A documentary about young people with autism, and how arts and creative therapies help them to lead fuller lives.

A young Autistic boy and his two siblings have to stay with their grandparents while their mother is away. Because of his unique abilities and...

For the members of the comedy troupe Asperger’s Are Us, it’s easier to associate with a faceless audience than with their own families....

A teen with autism unlocks a joyous world of self-expression as she shares her voice for the first time using a letter board.

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...