Drama, Family, 'I Am Me' tells the story of 24 year old Charlie, a young man with a learning disability and autism. Drama, Romance. $86.26M, Not Rated | Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it's time to find a girlfriend, a journey that sets Sam's mom on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence. Stars: Noise - short film about Autism. | Jodie Foster, Drama. The story begins as ... See full summary », Director: $4.02M, PG-13 | How many autistic adults have cringed when they have been told “But you’re not like Rainman!” Raymond was manipulated by his brother (Tom Cruise) with no thought for his needs or his welfare. Bruce Willis, When I give talks as a professional speaker I often talk about the work I’ve done to bring a realistic … Director: Petter Næss | Stars: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell, Gary Cole, Sheila Kelley. Rafe Spall, Director: Stars: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Gary Cole, Thiago Dadalt Walter Suskind, Votes: | Gross: David’s Mother (1994) USA 89min (TV Feature) ?Rating Plot=A,B,E Others may have Attention Deficit Disorder (Little Man Tate,1991) Cerebral Palsy (Touched By Love,1980) intellectual disability (Rainman,1988) or a host of other conditions, all of which interplay WITH autism. The history of autism on film is fairly sketchy. Pit,The (1981) Canada 97mins Rating=R Plot=C,E Megan Follows, Cesar De Sutter, Dustin Hoffman, Noah Connelly is a boxer with a tireless opponent: Autism. Stars: Alonso Mayo In some instances the lead character is not actively identified as having autism, but has been ‘recognised’ to have clearly distinguishable autistic like behaviours and mannerisms to warrant inclusion. | 30 min | Tim Fywell Stars: Director: 96 min I believe this will be available on videotape. Stars: Director: Au Pair (1993) Germany/UK 92min Rating=MA Plot=F $0.16M, Not Rated Zac Efron, Shah Rukh Khan, Stars: Rupert Isaacson, They are now finally again available. Autism has been very poorly portrayed both in the cinema and in documentary feature type movies whether based on fact, fiction or a mixture of both which is now termed ‘faction’. | Drama. Action, Drama, Sci-Fi. Stefan Scaini | Documentary. | Alec Baldwin, | Crazy Jack and the Boy (See Silence) This article is my attempt to do just that. Her wisdom-hard-won father Radley ( Tom Skerritt) is a dentist and (former alcoholic). | Gross: 1969 – Change of Habit, Run Wild Run Free Nic Balthazar Sia | Kathleen Turner, 103 min Determined to bring Lane back into the world, Ms. Canada suggests that the girl start a pen-pal relationship with her favorite celebrity Elvis Presley. Director: Forrest Gump* (1994) USA 142minUS/136minAUST Rating=PG-13 Plot=C Director: Channing Tatum, Luke Ford, | Director: They don’t live with exposure anxiety and the way it makes life very curly sometimes. Votes: 8,674 | Gross: $0.04M | | Gross: $0.24M, Not Rated David Crowe, Votes: | $0.09M, PG-13 | (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Adult Mental Health. 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. 144,192 | $0.14M, 74 min Peter Krause, | | (the autistic person is saved from themselves or from abuse/society) | Michael Lessac Hillary Aaron, Innocent,The (1994) USA ?Length (TV Feature)Rating=MA Plot=C Tell us what you think about this feature. | Snow Cake is a Canadian drama about a middle-aged woman with autism and the friendship she develops with a man who is traumatized after having a car accident involving her daughter. Nell (1994) USA 1994 114min Rating=PG-13 Plot=C Stefan Mervyn, R Angela Moore, Documentary, Drama. Nightworld: Lost Souls (1998) USA Rating=R Plot=C Jerry Rothwell Director: Stars: | Cornelia Suskind, 85 min Drama. As an alternative to getting bullied at school, an autistic teenager retreats into the world of online role-playing games. Just ask for any reviews. Tom Cruise, | Produced in 1986, this film follows a 14-year old girl and her friendship with her neighbor, Eric, a nonverbal boy with autism whose seemingly-strange behaviors confound the community around him. Feature Film PG. 5,525 David G. Amaral, 21,907 | Mitzi Kapture, R You're signed out. | Director: Luke Schroder, After receiving a well-earned certification from a sheltered boarding school, Carla Tate (Juliette Lewis), an ambitious and mildly mentally challenged young woman, returns home to her over-protective mother Elizabeth (Diane Keaton). Stars: | Shiloh Strong, Votes: Autistic people often feel rejected by society and desire inclusion and acceptance. | A boy and his brother run away from home and hitch cross country with the help of a girl they meet to compete in the ultimate video game championship. Booboo Stewart, Short Films where Autism is a secondary focus. Our film shows a journey through the mind of a young girl and her struggle with autism and the real world. 107 min | 8,646 $14.28M, 92 min House of Cards (1993) USA 109min Rating=PG-13 Plot=A,B If you're a sap like me, this film will make you tear up. A landscape architect's dealings with a young thief cause him to re-evaluate his life. Stars: 14,354 89 min However, the boy turns out to autistic. Director: George Canyon, | Juliette Lewis, Anyway, the more strangers describe me through their own baggage or are way off mark from who I am or how I work, the more they have helped me to dearly value those close to me… and that was something I was very aloof about before. Hugh Dancy, | 60 min Walsh, Votes: And he isn't taking no for an answer. I have a saying that “autism likes friends”. Peter Gallagher, | 93 min | Crime, Drama, Romance. Carrie-Anne Moss, Biography, Drama. Released at the end of July 2009, the film, which won the Alfred P. Sloane Feature Film Prize at the 2009 Sundance festival, is creating a lot of buzz in the Autism community. Drama, Fantasy, Romance. | 93 min 1978 – Lovey: A Circle of Children Part 2, | Produced by: Filmways / Rothman-Wohl Productions Comedy, Drama. Drama, The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. | Gross: | | Toni Collette, Glenn Jordan | Documentary, Comedy, Drama. | Gross: Little Voice (1998) UK 96min Rating=R Plot=C,D | Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code. Nothing has ever appeared and I do not know the reason why the work has stalled. The lives and tragedies of the Braverman family tree. Those who help them or struggle to break through the barriers to make emotional contact and to love an autistic person is applauded as ‘brave’ or heroic, but no autistic person (aside from Temple Grandin) is ever given any credit for achieving anything of their own accord. Many of these films are very enjoyable and entertaining, but not a true reflection on what autism is – and can be. 112 min | Drama, Romance. Kesun Loder, Wizard,The (1989) USA 99min Rating=PG Plot=C Juliet Stevenson, Director: Lukas Haas, Not Rated | An exploration of what it's like to be autistic, using film-based techniques to represent unusual thought processes, sensory experiences, or interactions (an example is Temple Grandin, a biographical made-for-TV movie starring Clare Danes). G.G. All I need to know is that I know me… and maybe those most personal and closest to me. Radha Mitchell, Sally Hawkins, | Gross: David Mitchell, Max von Sydow, Votes: Touched by Love (1980) USA 95min. Drama, Family, Sport. | The mother of an autistic child is determined not to accept the pessimistic prognosis for her son. Dolly Parton, Drama, Thriller. | Celluloid autism is either seen as a grandiose and puzzling childhood mental illness where the child is very disturbed, totally uncommunicative or violent and the child’s problems are depicted as monstrous and bizarre and he (45 of 50 films are he, 5 instances of she) is a liability to all of those around him, except those who wish to use him solely for their own gain [Rainman,1988 Criminal,1995]. 101 min Temple Grandin: A film has not yet been made of her life, but a documentary type extended interview was shot in 1999 by Tony Attwood to go with another book written by Temple. Fred Savage, Votes: http://www.hunnybee.com/autism/autism-movies.html. Max Mayer Down in the Delta (1998) USA ?Length Rating=PG-13 Plot=F During family discussions, Elizabeth adopts an uneasy attitude. ‘So you heard there was going to be a film made of my books? Elissa Down 267,131 Sondra James, Votes: Previous offers came from France, Japan and Australia as well as Hollywood. Director: | Gross: Marin Hinkle, White Frog. Autism: The Musical. As far as I understand there is no film analysis of how autism is presented. Comedy, Drama. Jamie Martin, Family Pictures (1993) USA 200min (TV Feature)Rating=PG Plot=C,E Director: In the same manner that Diabetes can be controlled, so too do autistic adults learn to control the worst features of their autism. This anger translates into an ... See full summary », Director: | Director: Soon Fielder learns responsibilities of being a father. Jet Li, Jay Underwood, Portrayals of characters with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and/or with autistic traits on film and in TV-series are increasing. Touch of Truth (1994) USA 90mins (TV Feature)Rating=MA Plot=B,E | Gross: Jayne Eastwood, Rain Man. In ‘The Innocent’ (1994) and ‘House of Cards’ (1993) the autism is triggered by an emotional trauma, and miraculously goes away when the child is made to face that trauma. 27,760 Comedy, Drama, Romance. | Gross: Catherine O'Hara, TV-G 129 min Kaitlin Doubleday, | What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993) USA 117min Rating=PG-13 Plot=C 33,683 242 Vince Trankina, Votes: There was also a Japanese TV (TBS ‘Things You Taught Me’- available on video throughout eastern Asia) series in 2000 which was informed by my books for its main character and featured two of the songs from my CD. Andrew Byrne, PG-13 Gossip isn’t you and it isn’t yours unless you created it directly by your own hand. 5,720 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. The boy is high-functioning but erratic, with long periods of hyperactivity followed by lengthy interludes of withdrawal. | Then, their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don't feel like every other family anymore. | Stars: J.T. Stars: Yuanyuan Zhu, Not Rated Eric Bana, Rowan Isaacson, Cast: Hal Erickson, Deborah Raffin, Diane Lane, Michael Learned, John Amos, Christina Raines, Margaret Clu Gulager, Twyla Volkins. An autistic boy who dreams of flying touches everyone he meets, including a new family who has moved in after their father dies. Living With Autism | Joan Chen, | D=queer (unexplained brilliance/genius) Of the fifty films released only nine deal with adults with autism or autistic like behaviour. Director: Alan Rickman, | 1993 – Family Pictures, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Predictably, the ‘experts’ give up, but the Kaufmans don’t. 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