Autism Movies

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

One family's journey with autism through the lens of community in a small town in southern Arkansas.

Guang is a story about two brothers. The elder brother, Wen Guang is autistic. Wen Guang is often misunderstood. Above all, he lives with attention...

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

Alessio is a thirteen-year-old boy affected by Avoidant Personality Disorder (AvPD). Running away from home, he takes shelter in a place far from the...

May's sister Gemma has become a goth overnight, causing May to explore the fantastical reasons for the sudden change, while also going on a journey...

Overwhelmed by motherhood, Ester steals a caravan and flees to southern Italy with her son David, with an intellectual disability. They meet a young...

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...

In Lorenzo's world nothing is as it really appears: Lorenzo's world, in fact, is the bubble of his autism. However, through a mirror, the child finds...

Tere takes care of his autistic son Alex. Due work, her husband lives far away, but this weekend, he is visiting, and Tere suspects he will bring no...

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

Robert Rooy's documentary follows DJ Savarese ("Deej"), a nonspeaking autistic writer and poet. The film explores his difficult early life, his quest...

Whether for neurotypical or autistic people, love doesn't have a unique way of expressing itself. There is no typical love. Relationships and...

Aldo has always felt like a being from another planet, stranded on Earth. His autism and long struggle to speak fluently alienated him from others....

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...

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

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...

Ian is an aspiring autistic photographer who struggles with a painful memory and unemployment, following the loss of his support worker Janet.

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....

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...