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Killer Diller

2004 · ★ 5.5

A guitar playing car thief meets an autistic savant piano player, and together they transform a group of reluctant halfway house convicts into The Killer Diller Blues Band.

My Name Is Khan

2010 · ★ 8

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

The Last of Sheila

1973 · ★ 7

A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game—but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.

The Illustrated Man

1969 · ★ 5.6

A man who has a body almost completely covered in tattoos is searching for the woman who cursed him with the "skin illustrations". Each tattoo reveals a bizarre story, which is experienced by staring at the scene depicted. When the illustrated man meets a fellow tramp on the road a strange voyage begins.

The Draughtsmen Clash

1996 · ★ 7

This film tells the story of the president of a fictitious African nation who spends a sleepless night playing checkers with a pot-smoking vagabond who claims to be the all-round champion. However, the rules of the game entail the opponents howling vulgar and foul obscenities at one another. The champion proceeds to insult, and trounce, the President. His reward, and his fate, will not surprise anyone.

The Devils

2002 · ★ 6.2

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

Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler

2009 · ★ 6.8

Kaiji Ito moves to Japan after graduating from high school. Unable to find a job and frustrated with society at large, Kaiji spends his days gambling, vandalizing cars, and drinking booze. Two years later and his life is no better. A debt collector named Endo arrives to collect money owed. The debt collector offers two choices to Kaiji: spend 10 years paying off his loan or board a gambling boat for one night to repay his debt & possibly make a boat load of money. Could the debt collector Endo actually be setting up Kaiji? One way or another, for Kaiji it's going to be the night of his life.

Finding the Right Words

A couple tests the strength of their relationship with a dumb game

Normal

2007 · ★ 5.2

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

Summer in Berlin

2005 · ★ 6.3

An intimate study of two women friends who come to each other because of troubles with everyday life and with men and thus try to enjoy a life based on their ideas.

Snow Cake

2006 · ★ 7.1

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

As It Is in Heaven

2004 · ★ 7.1

A musical romantic tragedy about a famous composer who moves back to his small hometown after having had heart troubles. His search for a simple everyday life leads him into teaching the local church choir, which is not easily accepted by the town yet the choir builds a great love for their teacher.