List of films about autism

This is a list of autism-related films:^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]}

• Adam
• After Thomas
• Autism Every Day
• Autism Is a World
• Autism: The Musical
• Bless the Child
• Children of the Stars
• Chocolate
• Cries from the Heart
• Dad's in Heaven with Nixon
• Dark Floors
• Dear John
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
• Jack of the Red Hearts
• Killer Diller
• Life Animated
• Marathon
• Mary and Max
• Mercury Rising
• Miracle Run
• Molly
• Mozart and the Whale
• My Name Is Khan
• Normal People Scare Me
• Normal People Scare Me Too
• The Other Sister
• Rain Man
• Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back
• Refrigerator Mothers
• Season of Miracles
• Silent Fall
• Snow Cake
• Son-Rise: A Miracle of Love
• Suitcase
• Superbror (2009 film Denmark)
• Temple Grandin
• The Black Balloon
• The Boy Who Could Fly
• The Horse Boy
• The Story of Luke
• The Transporters
• Too Sane for This World
• Touch
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape
• Wretches & Jabberers
• Vectors of Autism: A documentary about Laura Nagle

References

1. "Autism in the movies", list of 46 titles at the Internet Movie Database.
2. Earliest "Autism" Titles (276) at the Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
3. Murray, Stuart (2007). "13. Hollywood and the Fascination of Autism (pp. 244ff.)". In Osteen, Mark. Autism and Representation. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-203-93508-X; ISBN 978-02-0393-508-8.
4. (Spanish) Matusevich, Mauricio; Matusevich, Daniel (July–August 2005). "Imágenes del autismo en el cine norteamericano ("Pictures of autism in the American cinema")". Vertex. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 16 (62): 301–5. PMID 16077873. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
5. Palomo, Rubén; Belinchón, Mercedes; Ozonoff, Sally (27 April 2006). "Autism and family home movies: a comprehensive review". Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Psicología, Madrid, Spain. 27 (2): S59–68. doi:10.1097/00004703-200604002-00003. PMID 16685187. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
6. Ellis, Katie (2010). "Autism & Aspergers in Popular Australian Cinema Post 2000". Disability Studies Quarterly. 30 (1): 33. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
7. Campbell Brown, William John Robert; Fleming, David H.; Eastwood, Steven (23 March 2013). "Film-Philosophy Conference 2013: Beyond Film. Cinema and/as Autism". Retrieved 2 July 2013.
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. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
9. Armman, Echo (19 October 2009). "List of Autism Movies". Autism-World. Retrieved 9 August 2013.