Autism Movies

Dad's in Heaven with Nixon is a 2010 documentary film produced, directed and written by Tom Murray. It concerns the history of the Murray family and...

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,...

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...

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...

Follows five autistic children as they work together to create and perform a live musical production.

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

An experimental video essay which uses circles and waves to explore neurodivergent experience.

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

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...

Grandpa Oskar takes neither the truth nor himself very seriously. The rascal has just been released from prison, where he was serving a sentence for...

A girl with autism and her best friend run away from home in search of her mother with the only clue that she is in "heaven".

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...

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....

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...

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

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.

This BAFTA nominated documentary tells the story of some of the brightest mathematical brains of a generation. Each year, exceptionally gifted...

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...

Patrícia was born with a condition that made it impossible for her to give birth, but the paths of life led her to meet Emanuel and...