Favorite Movie about Asperger's/Autism/Savantism

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Over the years there have been many movies on Autism and other neurological disorders. But which one(s) stand out for you? When you watch them you say to yourself..."Wow since when did they make a biographical movie about me!! !"

For me there are two "Mozart and the Whale" & "Miracle Run."

What are yours?

I want to watch "Shine". It is about the Australian pianist David Helfgott. I'm trying to remember if he is officially on the spectrum.

Ben X (a belgian movie)
There is this scene where Ben is videorecording people on a subway, and later he mimics their body posture and movements. It felt so familiar.

For me that would be "Ben X" because the way he was treated by his peers is so much like the way I was treated. I was put into genuinely life-threatening situations because my classmates and other age peers thought it was funny.

But I'm not sure if that's my "favorite" because it's so painful for me to watch.

I think my favorite might be "Mozart and the Whale" because it's so affirming and hopeful, even though I don't really identify very much at all with the characters in it other than isolated details like Jerry's bad housekeeping or Mary's attachment to more childlike things like her quirky hat and her rocking horse and other toys. Even with the darker elements of depression and relationshi difficulties, MatW is just a fun, uplifting movie.

Oh! I almost forogt!

I LOOOOOOOOVE the Thai movie "Chocolate" about the autistic girl who can emulate all the major martial arts fighters.

Carrie, the original version in 1976.

I don't have telekinetic abilities but our upbringings were similar, so were the taunts at school. Watching that movie gave me the final push to sort my life out.

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I haven't heard of a lot of these, I'll be sure to look them up.

Adam is an Aspie film I like, because it's not exaggerated and it's generally what I'd call a good film - in fact, it's one of the only romantic films I can honestly say I like. I'd probably say that it's my favourite one out of the ones I've seen so far.

I didn't like "Ben X" that much because it gives only a very limited scope on what it means to have AS, however it's still the only film I've ever seen to give a realistic perspective on AS and as such I would recommend it nevertheless.

Any film is only going to give a limited scope on what it means to have AS because there are so many different manifestations of AS, plus the person with AS changes over their lifespan. To give a full expression of what it means to have AS would take a film of Warholian length and DeMillian scope!

I haven't heard of any of the movies that wer listed. I don't know about many movies with things like that. The only ones I can recall rite now that I've seen that would belong here are Rain Man & Radio

I guess I just hoped to recognise more of myself in the main character than I did.

That makes sense; I kind of felt the way you describe after watching "Mozart and the Whale" because the characters didn't feel much like me and I REALLY felt alienated shortly after I was diagnosed when I read "Pretending to be Normal" but instead of feeling like it didn't express much scope, I felt like I must not have AS and instead must have something terrible that's much, much worse. (Because I didn't yet understand that there are many different manifestations of AS.)

Probably "Adam", he seemed like another version of me.

Sounds familiar... Many of my AS traits have become very subtle after to a decade of intensively trying to mask them and even more so after some recent experimentations with psychotropic substances like LSD and Methylone (which lead to a catharsis I don't think I could have possibly achieved even with many years of therapy), which makes me too "normal" for most psychologists to recognise my AS altogether but still too socially awkward for most people to really appreciate my company as anything more than that funny and geeky weirdo they don't know what to expect from. It often makes me feel isolated from both the NT world and the AS world which can be quite scary at times...

My favourites are "chocolate" not because of the portrayal of the autistic character but because it's an entertaining film and I've been waiting for a film with a badass autie instead of the usual geeky types.
My other favourite is "snow cake" because I particularly liked the character's innocence and how she can still be childlike and carefree not like other adults who have to be "mature" and stuff all the time, it can be fun to connect with your childish side. Also I find some scenes in the film to be humourous for example the part where Alan Rickman's character sleeps in that bunkbed and doesn't realise it's sigourney weaver's.
My mum actually went to a conference where the woman the film is based off was giving a talk about her life and so on, and sigourney weaver was in the audience and was obviously researching for the role. Apparently this autistic woman was really funny and was making jokes about herself and stuff, but then someone interrupted her and people were rustling papers and she went all annoyed and stressed, people thought it was one of her jokes and laughed but then they realised she was serious, so that must have been an awkward moment.
I also think Ben X is a good film because it's more realistic and stuff. It would be my favourite if it didn't make me want to slash my wrists with depression afterwards

Adam is OK but it's not a favourite of mine. I wouldn't reccomend it to someone who has just heard of AS and wants to know what it's all about.
Mozart and the Whale is a fun film but not the best portrayals in the universe.

At least it's less depressing than the news story that gave the author the idea for the film. Ben X was inspired by the teenager with asperger's who killed himself by jumping off a castle.