Autism Movies

A cinematic essay by Sean Kelly about his experiences with Asperger's Syndrome.

A biopic of Temple Grandin, an autistic American who has become one of the leading scientists in humane livestock handling.

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people...

When Maggie's sister Jenna saddles her with an autistic newborn named Cody she touches Maggie's heart and becomes the daughter she has always longed...

A deadly car accident brings together a group of previously unrelated people, each of whom is forced to deal with the emotional fallout.

A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

A family returns from a Grand Canyon vacation with a supernatural presence in tow.

After her lousy stepfather steals her savings to buy a vicious tiger, Kelly loses all hope of going to college. But Kelly's situation worsens when a...

How far would you go to change a child the world can’t understand? One autistic artist survives a hidden system of abuse built to correct her.

Struggling to connect with those around him, a teenage math prodigy trains for the International Mathematical Olympiad, where a budding romance with...

Marlo, a mother of three, including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant at first, she quickly forms a bond with the...

An autistic documentary filmmaker studies two neurotypicals, trying to understand their shared way of being through objects, language and small...

Zu, a free spirit estranged from her family, suddenly finds herself the sole guardian of her half-sister, Music, a teenager on the autism spectrum...

In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care...

Stand-up comedian Max Bernal lives with his father Stan while struggling to co-parent his autistic son Ezra with his ex-wife. When forced to confront...

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to...

When fifteen-year-old Tyson attends public school for the first time, his life is changed forever. While helping his father clean up after the...

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and...

Forces are awakening within them, that we cannot control. No one knows what they’re actually going through, or why the Moon has such an effect...