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04 Apr 2017, 3:03 am

Here is my list so far. If you've any opinions on any of these flicks I'd love to hear them. Good and bad and why?


Adam
After Thomas
Bless the Child

Cries from the Heart

Dad's in Heaven with Nixon
Dark Floors
Dear John
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Fly Away
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
Rain Man
Season of Miracles
Silent Fall
Snow Cake
Suitcase
Superbror
Temple Grandin
The Black Balloon
The Boy Who Could Fly
The Horse Boy
The Story of Luke
Davids Mother
Fielder’s Choice
Nell
House of Cards
Under the Piano
A Mile in His Shoes
God’s Ear
Breaking and Entering
Joyful Noise
Ocean Heaven
White Frog
Ben X
Stand Clear of the Closing Door’s
X + Y
I Am Me
Hear The Silence
Po



Any TV series or Dramas are also welcome please. I'll be back for documentaries once I've finished watching all of these I imagine.

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04 Apr 2017, 3:22 am

All the Small Things (BBC series)


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04 Apr 2017, 3:54 am

It wasn't a very good movie, but I liked the portrayal of the autistic boy in, The Darkness.



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04 Apr 2017, 10:07 am

The Accountant.



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04 Apr 2017, 12:42 pm

Never even heard of most of the movies on your list.

But one movie that should be added to your list is the earliest autism related major motion picture I ever saw (or even heard of) . This was the 1969 British movie "Run Wild, Run Free". It predated "Rain Man" by almost 20 years. Though it doesnt mention the word "autism" the central character is a ten year old boy growing up on the Yorkshire Moors who is clearly autistic . .



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04 Apr 2017, 12:48 pm

For TV dramas, The A Word.

Thanks for this list. I've been finding and watching a few, but had started to run out of ideas aside from the obvious.

I watched White Frog a few nights ago, and really enjoyed that.

Others on your list that I've seen so far are:

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Life Animated
Miracle Run
Mozart and the Whale
Temple Grandin



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04 Apr 2017, 6:24 pm

I thought "Jane Wants a Boyfriend" was pretty good.


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04 Apr 2017, 6:29 pm

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04 Apr 2017, 8:31 pm

"Autism in love" is a great documentary. "Autistic me" is ok

In "whats eating Gilbert Grape" some people beleive Arnie is autistic


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04 Apr 2017, 8:49 pm

The Martian has a character (Rich Purnell) that according to the author of the book it's based on is autistic.


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05 Apr 2017, 1:35 am

* Best and Most Beautiful Things (US documentary)
* Girls with Autism (UK TV documentary)


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05 Apr 2017, 5:14 am

naturalplastic wrote:
Never even heard of most of the movies on your list.

But one movie that should be added to your list is the earliest autism related major motion picture I ever saw (or even heard of) . This was the 1969 British movie "Run Wild, Run Free". It predated "Rain Man" by almost 20 years. Though it doesnt mention the word "autism" the central character is a ten year old boy growing up on the Yorkshire Moors who is clearly autistic . .


That sounds interesting. I'll watch it.



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05 Apr 2017, 5:27 am

Benny and Joon
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05 Apr 2017, 9:57 am

Gary Bell from the cancelled TV show Alphas has to be my favorite portrayal of an autistic individual in film, although the series itself is not about autism.



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05 Apr 2017, 3:37 pm

Mercury Rising
Empty Rooms (one of my favorite horror movies, btw)


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06 Apr 2017, 2:18 am

Thank you again people. I've added all these too my list and also purchased the Run Wild, Run Free book. I'll give it a week or so to compile afew more and i'll post up my [hopefully] almost comprehensive list. After this I'm going to focus on documentaries so forgive me if I start a new thread sharing a different list.


Thanks