Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "autism"

51. Nell (1994)

PG-13 | 112 min | Drama

In a remote woodland cabin, a small-town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit-woman with many secrets.

Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson, Richard Libertini

Votes: 30,931 | Gross: $33.68M

52. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

PG-13 | 129 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery

A nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.

Director: Stephen Daldry | Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow

Votes: 105,262 | Gross: $31.85M

53. The Tale (2018)

TV-MA | 114 min | Biography, Drama, Mystery

A woman filming a documentary on childhood rape victims starts to question the nature of her childhood relationship with her riding instructor and running coach.

Director: Jennifer Fox | Stars: Laura Dern, Jason Ritter, Common, Elizabeth Debicki

Votes: 19,771

54. The Good House (2021)

R | 104 min | Comedy, Drama

Life for New England realtor Hildy Good begins to unravel when she hooks up with an old high school flame. Based on Ann Leary's 'The Good House.'

Directors: Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky | Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Kevin Kline, Morena Baccarin, Rob Delaney

Votes: 2,763

55. I Used to Be Famous (2022)

TV-14 | 104 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

Follows Vince, a desperate former popstar who dreams of making a comeback. An impromptu jam session with autistic young drummer Stevie sparks an unexpected friendship between the two misunderstood musicians.

Director: Eddie Sternberg | Stars: Ed Skrein, Eleanor Matsuura, Leo Long, Eoin Macken

Votes: 11,159

56. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 30,372 | Gross: $0.14M

57. Martin (1977)

R | 95 min | Drama, Horror

A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a Pennsylvania small town where he tries to redeem his blood-craving urges.

Director: George A. Romero | Stars: John Amplas, Lincoln Maazel, Christine Forrest, Elyane Nadeau

Votes: 12,655 | Gross: $0.10M

58. A Miracle (2019–2021)

120 min | Drama

A distinguished surgical unit turns upside down when a strange new resident joins the team. Ali has Savant syndrome, making it hard for him to communicate with other people, even though he is a phenomenal doctor.

Stars: Taner Ölmez, Onur Tuna, Sinem Ünsal, Hazal Türesan

Votes: 3,628

59. A Dark Place (2018)

89 min | Mystery, Thriller

When a young boy goes missing in a sleepy backwoods town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation.

Director: Simon Fellows | Stars: Andrew Scott, Bronagh Waugh, Denise Gough, Michael Rose

Votes: 5,383

60. American Splendor (2003)

R | 101 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

Directors: Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini | Stars: Paul Giamatti, Shari Springer Berman, Harvey Pekar, Chris Ambrose

Votes: 52,475 | Gross: $6.00M

61. Mass Effect 2 (2010 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Drama

After being revived from death and having to join a pro-human organization without a choice, Commander Shepard must assemble a team, battle a new threat, and make tough choices in order to save the galaxy from total annihilation once more.

Director: Casey Hudson | Stars: Shohreh Aghdashloo, Maggie Baird, Adam Baldwin, Michael Beattie

Votes: 21,551

62. On Body and Soul (2017)

Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

When slaughterhouse workers Endre and Mária discover they share the same dreams, where they meet in a forest as deer and fall in love, they decide to make their dreams come true, but it's difficult in real life.

Director: Ildikó Enyedi | Stars: Alexandra Borbély, Géza Morcsányi, Réka Tenki, Zoltán Schneider

Votes: 29,965

63. Barfi! (2012)

Not Rated | 151 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Three young people learn that love can neither be defined nor contained by society's definition of normal and abnormal.

Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Ileana D'Cruz, Saurabh Shukla

Votes: 87,002 | Gross: $2.80M

64. The Sense of Wonder (2015)

100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

Director: Éric Besnard | Stars: Virginie Efira, Benjamin Lavernhe, Lucie Fagedet, Léo Lorléac'h

Votes: 3,383

65. The Darkness (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry

Votes: 17,148 | Gross: $10.73M

66. Everything's Gonna Be Okay (2020–2021)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy, Drama

After their father's untimely death, Nicholas and his two half-sisters are left to cope with not only a devastating loss, but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who must rise to the occasion and hold it all together.

Stars: Josh Thomas, Kayla Cromer, Adam Faison, Maeve Press

Votes: 3,148

67. Change of Habit (1969)

G | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Music

As an incognito nun tries to help a doctor clean up an inner-city ghetto, the pair grow closer with time.

Director: William A. Graham | Stars: Elvis Presley, Mary Tyler Moore, Barbara McNair, Jane Elliot

Votes: 2,733

68. Touch (2012–2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A widower struggling to raise his emotionally challenged son discovers that he can predict events before they happen.

Stars: Kiefer Sutherland, David Mazouz, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Lukas Haas

Votes: 43,435

69. Please Stand By (2017)

PG-13 | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition at Paramount Pictures.

Director: Ben Lewin | Stars: Dakota Fanning, Alice Eve, Toni Collette, Lexi Aaron

Votes: 15,294 | Gross: $0.01M

70. The Rider (2017)

R | 104 min | Drama, Western

After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America.

Director: Chloé Zhao | Stars: Brady Jandreau, Mooney, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau

Votes: 20,692 | Gross: $2.42M

71. Monsters of Man (2020)

Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

A US weapons manufacturer tests its 4 killer robots on heroin producers in the Golden Triangle in SEAsia. It goes haywire.

Director: Mark Toia | Stars: Neal McDonough, Brett Tutor, Jose Rosete, David Haverty

Votes: 8,115

72. The Unbreakable Boy (2025)

PG | Drama | Completed

A young boy with both a rare brittle-bone disease and autism. But what makes him truly unique is his joyous, funny, life-affirming world view that transforms and unites everyone around him.

Director: Jon Gunn | Stars: Zachary Levi, Amy Acker, Patricia Heaton, Meghann Fahy

73. Mujer, casos de la vida real (1985–2007)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

It is a Mexican series that shares real stories that have been sent to Silvia Pinal, the host of the show; the episodes deal with strong issues surrounding women that don't always end well.

Stars: Silvia Pinal, Eduardo De Gortari, Ricardo Vera, Thelma Dorantes

Votes: 294

74. The Devils (2002)

105 min | Drama

Orphaned 12-year-old twins Joseph and Chloé have been on the run together. Chloé is autistic, non-verbal and fears being touched. Joseph dearly loves her and dreams she will recover if they find their parents and fight the system.

Director: Christophe Ruggia | Stars: Vincent Rottiers, Adèle Haenel, Rochdy Labidi, Jacques Bonnaffé

Votes: 1,370

75. Chocolate (2008)

R | 110 min | Action, Drama

An autistic girl with powerful martial art skills looks to settle her ailing mother's debts by seeking out the ruthless gangs that owe her family money.

Director: Prachya Pinkaew | Stars: JeeJa Yanin, Hiroshi Abe, Pongpat Wachirabunjong, Taphon Phopwandee

Votes: 18,883 | Gross: $0.01M

76. Sins of Our Mother (2022)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery

When Lori Vallow's kids vanished, the search for them unearthed a trail of suspicious deaths, a new husband who shared her doomsday views - and murder.

Stars: Colby Ryan, Janis Cox, Kelsee Ryan, Justin Lum

Votes: 7,605

77. Bless the Child (2000)

R | 107 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Cody, a little girl abandoned by her mother and raised by her aunt, a nurse, is kidnapped. The girl's guardian, aided by an F.B.I. agent, learn that Cody has supernatural abilities, and the abductees are a Satanic cult willing to do anything to gain them.

Director: Chuck Russell | Stars: Kim Basinger, Jimmy Smits, Rufus Sewell, Holliston Coleman

Votes: 15,421 | Gross: $29.37M

78. Adam (I) (2009)

PG-13 | 99 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

Director: Max Mayer | Stars: Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving

Votes: 35,816 | Gross: $2.28M

79. Breaking and Entering (2006)

R | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life.

Director: Anthony Minghella | Stars: Jude Law, Robin Wright, Vera Farmiga, Martin Freeman

Votes: 23,256 | Gross: $0.93M

80. Weekend Rebels (2023)

109 min | Comedy, Drama, Sport

Mirco's family is advised to go to a special school for Jason, his autistic son. He makes a pact to make every effort to stay in school if Mirco helps him find a favorite football club.

Director: Marc Rothemund | Stars: Florian David Fitz, Cecilio Andresen, Aylin Tezel, Florina Siegel

Votes: 934

81. Adeline (2022)

97 min | Drama

A small Midwestern community becomes the epicenter for miracles when a mysterious woman brings a healing horse to town.

Director: Greg James | Stars: John Schneider, David Chokachi, Erin Bethea, Orli Gottesman

Votes: 266

82. Burning Bright (2010)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

A thriller centered on a young woman and her autistic little brother who are trapped in a house with a ravenous tiger during a hurricane.

Director: Carlos Brooks | Stars: Briana Evigan, Charlie Tahan, Garret Dillahunt, Meat Loaf

Votes: 7,993

83. The Specials (2019)

114 min | Comedy, Drama

The story of two men, educators of children and adolescents with autism.

Directors: Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano | Stars: Vincent Cassel, Reda Kateb, Hélène Vincent, Bryan Mialoundama

Votes: 11,270

84. The A Word (2016– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama

The Hughes family work and love and fight like every other family. Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore.

Stars: Max Vento, Lee Ingleby, Christopher Eccleston, Molly Wright

Votes: 2,424

85. Margot at the Wedding (2007)

R | 91 min | Comedy, Drama

Margot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.

Director: Noah Baumbach | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Flora Cross, Zane Pais

Votes: 22,744 | Gross: $1.96M

86. Fragile (2005)

PG-13 | 101 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

At her new job in a rundown children's hospital, a nurse desperately tries to keep her patients safe from a plague of random, mysterious attacks.

Director: Jaume Balagueró | Stars: Calista Flockhart, Richard Roxburgh, Elena Anaya, Gemma Jones

Votes: 17,575

87. As We See It (2022)

TV-MA | 264 min | Comedy, Drama

Three autistic roommates find a way to live together and strive for similar things in life.

Stars: Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien, Albert Rutecki, Chris Pang

Votes: 4,258

88. The Candy Snatchers (1973)

R | 94 min | Crime, Thriller

A nonverbal autistic boy stumbles upon a teenage heiress who has been kidnapped by a trio of young psychopaths, who are intent on extorting diamonds from her stepfather.

Director: Guerdon Trueblood | Stars: Tiffany Bolling, Ben Piazza, Susan Sennett, Brad David

Votes: 1,754

89. Silent Fall (1994)

R | 101 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

An autistic boy witnesses his parents' double murder. A controversial therapist seeks to probe the child's mind in order to solve the case.

Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Richard Dreyfuss, Linda Hamilton, John Lithgow, J.T. Walsh

Votes: 4,897 | Gross: $3.18M

90. When Time Got Louder (2022)

88 min | Drama

Departing for college, Abbie leaves her parents and brother who has autism and is non-verbal. As she explores her independence and sexuality, she's torn between her new life and her love for her brother.

Director: Connie Cocchia | Stars: Willow Shields, Lochlyn Munro, Elizabeth Mitchell, Jonathan Simao

Votes: 472

91. Joyful Noise (2012)

PG-13 | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music

G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.

Director: Todd Graff | Stars: Queen Latifah, Dolly Parton, Keke Palmer, Jeremy Jordan

Votes: 8,872 | Gross: $30.92M

92. Somersault (2004)

Not Rated | 106 min | Drama, Romance

A young girl flees her hometown and arrives in the Australian Alps, where new experiences help her learn the differences between sex and love.

Director: Cate Shortland | Stars: Abbie Cornish, Sam Worthington, Lynette Curran, Damian de Montemas

Votes: 8,197 | Gross: $0.09M

93. Introducing Dorothy Dandridge (1999 TV Movie)

R | 120 min | Biography, Drama, Music

Dorothy Dandridge's way to fame and fortune as a dancer, singer and actress.

Director: Martha Coolidge | Stars: Halle Berry, Brent Spiner, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Obba Babatundé

Votes: 3,924

94. When the Bough Breaks (1994)

R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Police detectives investigate the apparent serial killing of several children after finding severed hands.

Director: Michael Cohn | Stars: Ally Walker, Martin Sheen, Ron Perlman, Tara Subkoff

Votes: 2,049

95. The Black Balloon (2008)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

Director: Elissa Down | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson

Votes: 9,241 | Gross: $0.09M

96. Mozart and the Whale (2005)

PG-13 | 94 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

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

Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley

Votes: 9,315 | Gross: $0.04M

97. Fang (2022)

Not Rated | 98 min | Drama, Horror

After living with the stress of his mother's chronic illness, and getting bitten by a rat in his house, a young autistic man starts slowly turning into a rat.

Director: Richard Burgin | Stars: Dylan LaRay, Lynn Lowry, Jess Paul, Tom White

Votes: 475

98. The Red Pill (2016)

TV-14 | 108 min | Documentary

The Red Pill chronicles filmmaker Cassie Jaye's journey following the mysterious and polarizing Men's Rights Movement. The Red Pill explores today's gender war and asks the question "what is the future of gender equality?"

Director: Cassie Jaye | Stars: Cassie Jaye, Paul Elam, Attila Vinczer, Dean Esmay

Votes: 12,063

99. Simple Simon (I) (2010)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A younger brother with Aspergers syndrome helps his older brother find a girlfriend.

Director: Andreas Öhman | Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Martin Wallström, Cecilia Forss, Sofie Hamilton

Votes: 10,189

100. Clan (2012)

50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Four sisters conspire to kill their obnoxious brother-in-law but murder isn't easy especially when they have to contend with bad luck, the victim's senile mother and a pair of bumbling insurance investigators who can't afford to pay out.

Stars: Barbara Sarafian, Kristine Van Pellicom, Ruth Becquart, Maaike Neuville

Votes: 1,178