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Being There

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 s

1979

Die Eisbombe

2008

Mozart and the Whale

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

2005

Oskar, das Schlitzohr und Fanny Supergirl

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 i

2022

Benny & Joon

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

1993

Forrest Gump

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what any

1994

Tully

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 thoughtful

2018

The Other Sister

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 coll

1999

The Specials

For twenty years, Bruno and Malik have lived in a different world—the world of autistic children and teens. In charge of two separate nonprofit organi

2019

Schubert in Love

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 pr

2016

Molly

Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents' death in a car acc

1999

My Brother Chases Dinosaurs

As a child, Jack believed the tender lie his parents told him, that Gio was a special being with superpowers, as in a comic book. Now that he is about

2019

Wretches & Jabberers

In 'Wretches & Jabberers and Stories from the Road', two men with autism embark on a global quest to change prevailing attitudes about disability and

2011

Measure

The horror of Jen's teenage past catches up with her when she takes her autistic son to a birthday party in her hometown.

2023

Weekend Warriors

Based on the 2023 German comedy-drama Weekend Rebels, an autistic teenager wants to find a favorite Premiere League soccer club and makes his father t

Mr. Know-It-All

A football coach afraid of commitment has to take care of his nephew with Asperger's Syndrome.

2018

Aku Jati, Aku Asperger

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

2024

Ezra

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

2024

The Puppet Asylum

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.

2023

Isn't She Great

An unsuccessful over-the-top actress becomes a successful over-the-top authoress in this biography of Jacqueline Susann, the famed writer of "The Vall

2000