Autism Movies

A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the...

Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices...

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...

An ethical hacker sticks up for a friend who fell victim to a phishing scam, but finds herself descending into paranoia as she gets caught up in a...

A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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