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The Devils

2002 · ★ 6.2

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

The Other Sister

1999 · ★ 6.4

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 college.

Change of Habit

1969 · ★ 5.4

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 him — are actually nuns in street clothes. The church wants to improve the neighborhood but fears that nuns in full habit would be poorly received. Unaware of her unavailability, John falls for Sister Michelle, serenading her with his guitar — which, luckily for him, effectively wears away at her religious resolve.

Squeeze

2023

When a high school wrestling coach recruits outsider Noah, a student with autism, for his tram, Noah has to confront his overprotective single father and overcome his biggest fear.

Mercury Rising

1998 · ★ 6.3

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Bless the Child

2000 · ★ 5.4

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 for. But six years later Jenna suddenly re-enters her life and, with her mysterious new husband, Eric Stark, abducts Cody. Despite the fact that Maggie has no legal rights to Cody, FBI agent John Travis takes up her cause when he realizes that Cody shares the same birth date as several other recently murdered children.

Being There

1979 · ★ 7.6

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 street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.

plants with spikes or thorns

2015

An experimental short film about sensory seeking behaviour in childhood. Filmed on VHS.

Mozart and the Whale

2005 · ★ 6.2

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

The Color of The Room

2023 · ★ 10

Ramiro has been diagnosed with autism. He loves order, his music, his sheets, the rhythm of the day, and the color of his room. His mother, Aurora, who has cared for him for years, will not reveal the reason why she has decided to move her son to her best friend Elsa’s house. Ramiro’s life as he knows it is destined to fall apart.

The Boy Who Could Fly

1986 · ★ 6.3

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

Running in the Rain

A teenage boy with autism trains for a marathon under a reluctant coach, leading to a mix of heartfelt and humorous moments as they challenge each other and grow along the way.