List of films about autism

For a list of films with real characters on the autism spectrum, see Autism spectrum disorders in the media § Non-fiction. For a list of films with fictional characters on the autism spectrum, see List of autistic fictional characters § Film.

This is a list of autism-related films:

Fiction

• A Boy Called Po ^[1]
• A Brilliant Young Mind (aka "X+Y") ^[2]
• A Mile in His Shoes ^[3]
• Adam ^[4]
• After Thomas ^[5]
• Ataru: The First Love & the Last Kill  [ ja ] ^[6]
• Beautiful Pain ^[7]
• Ben X ^[8]
• Bless the Child ^[9]
• Cries from the Heart ^[10]
• Cube ^{[ citation needed ]}
• David's Mother ^[11]
• Dear John ^[12]
• Fly Away ^[13]
• Haridas ^[14]
• Jack of the Red Hearts ^[13]
• Jane Wants a Boyfriend ^[15]
• Loop ^[16]
• Love Child ^[17]
• Malcolm ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Marathon ^[18]
• Mary and Max ^[19]
• Mercury Rising ^[20]
• Miracle Run ^[21]
• Molly ^[22]
• Mozart and the Whale ^[23]
• Music ^[24]
• My Name Is Khan ^[25]
• Ocean Heaven ^[26]
• Please Stand By ^[27]
• Rain Man ^[28]
• Season of Miracles ^[29]
• Silent Fall ^[30]
• Snow Cake ^[31]
• Somersault ^[19]
• Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love ^[32]
• Split ^[33]
• Stuart: A Life Backwards ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Superbror  [ da ] ^[34]
• Swathi Muthyam ^{[ citation needed ]}
• Temple Grandin ^[35]
• The Accountant ^[36]
• The Black Balloon ^[19]
• The Boy Who Could Fly ^[37]
• The Fanatic ^{[38] [ better source needed ]}
• The Predator ^[39]
• The Sense of Wonder ^[40]
• The Story of Luke ^[41]
• The Specials ^[42]
• Under the Piano ^[43]
• White Frog ^[44]

Non-fiction

• Autism Every Day ^[45]
• Autism in Love ^[46]
• Autism Is a World ^[47]
• Autism: The Musical ^[48]
• Children From The Distant Planet  [ zh ] ^[49]
• Children of the Stars ^[50]
• Citizen Autistic ^[51]
• Dad's in Heaven with Nixon ^[52]
• Deej ^[53]
• How to Dance in Ohio ^[54]
• Life, Animated ^[55]
• Normal People Scare Me ^[56] and Normal People Scare Me Too ^[57]
• Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back ^[58]
• Refrigerator Mothers ^[59]
• The Horse Boy ^[60]
• The Reason I Jump ^[61]
• Too Sane for This World ^[62]
• Vaxxed ^[63]
• Wretches & Jabberers ^[64]
• In A Different Key ^[65]

References

• Murray, Stuart (2007). "13. Hollywood and the Fascination of Autism (pp. 244ff.)". In Osteen, Mark (ed.). Autism and Representation. London: Routledge. ISBN   978-0-203-93508-8.
• Conna, Rory; Bhugra, Dinesh (2012). "The portrayal of autism in Hollywood films". International Journal of Culture and Mental Health. 5 (1): 54–62. doi:10.1080/17542863.2011.553369. S2CID   145798934.
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