1. The Boy Who Could Fly
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.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
2. The Devils (Les diables)
The story of the struggle of an autistic girl and her brother trying to survive without their parents.
It has an average vote of 6.3 on TMDB.
3. Snow Cake
A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
It has an average vote of 7.148 on TMDB.
4. Rain Man
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father's $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives. Motivated by his father's money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers' cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
It has an average vote of 7.762 on TMDB.
5. 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 anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
It has an average vote of 8.475 on TMDB.
6. Macie on a Good Day
Macie is a twenty-three year old woman with IDD stuck in the middle of a feud between her sisters Abby , a recovering alcoholic trying to become a more active member in Macie's life and her primary caregiver Megan .
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
7. 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 street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
It has an average vote of 7.616 on TMDB.
8. Bless the Child
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.
It has an average vote of 5.333 on TMDB.
9. Amazing things happen
Introduction to autism that aims to raise awareness among young non-autistic audiences, to stimulate understanding and acceptance in future generations.
10. "Hannah" ("Hannah")
("Hannah")
It has an average vote of 4 on TMDB.
11. Arthur and the Infinite (Arthur e o Infinito - Um Olhar Sobre o Autismo)
"Arthur e o Infinito - Um Olhar Sobre o Autismo" is a Brazilian film that tells the story of a six-years-old boy that is diagnosed as autistic. As the family reacts to the circumstances, Arthur's mother seeks ways to better understand his life.
12. Secret Identity
When a young Autistic boy, suddenly manifests superpowers on his 9th Birthday, he and his family are forced to deal with the potential ramifications.
13. Die Eisbombe (Die Eisbombe)
(Die Eisbombe)
It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
14. Diagnosis
A mother learns how to be a good mother in the face of adversity after her son's diagnosis.
It has an average vote of 10 on TMDB.
15. Jenny Can't Work Any Faster
Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out of her shell. He also employs a new young assistant called Brian.
16. 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, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
It has an average vote of 6.782 on TMDB.
17. Overload
A spoken word piece about an autistic person experiencing sensory overload in a world that rejects their existence.
18. Nell
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
It has an average vote of 6.567 on TMDB.
19. The Autistic Me
This documentary follows three people with autism at pivotal moments on the rocky road to being accepted as an adult. They are all fighting for independence and responsibility, but being frustrated by the shackles imposed on them by their disability, their families and the preconceived ideas of mainstream society.
It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.
20. Benny & Joon
A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
It has an average vote of 7.018 on TMDB.