| Here's a list of movies that contain autistic | | | | 5. The Boy Who Could Fly |
| characters. The list doesn't include those television | | | | Actors: Jay Underwood, Lucy Deakins, Fred |
| shows and the list is not complete. We only | | | | Savage |
| choose the top 10 movies which are highly | | | | Director: Nick Castle |
| recommended by parents or public. Most of the | | | | Released: 1986 |
| actors or actresses did a remarkable job of | | | | An autistic teenager went to his uncle's after both |
| portraying autistic people. However, there's also | | | | his parents died in a air crash. He makes friends |
| some confusion. It is said that Oscar-winner Kate | | | | with the neighborhood girl who become his tutor |
| Winslet is going to narrate a documentary that | | | | later and help him. Many parents of autistic |
| tells a heartbreaking story about a mother and | | | | children claimed that the boy in this film seems so |
| her son with autism; the film is called "The | | | | real autistic that just like their sons. It's a beautiful |
| Sunshine Boy". | | | | movie. |
| 1. Rain Man | | | | 6. Mercury Rising |
| Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise, Valeria | | | | Actors: Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes |
| Golino | | | | Director: Harold Becker |
| Director: Barry Levinson | | | | Released: 1998 |
| Released: 1988 | | | | A 9-year-old little boy with autism has a genius |
| Rain Man took Academy honors for best director, | | | | for breaking codes. And he become a target of |
| screenplay, picture and actor (Dustin Hoffman) in | | | | assassins after he breaks a top government |
| 1988. The story is very touching; it's between | | | | code. Bruce Wills, as a hero, protects the boy |
| two brothers, an autistic one played by Dustin | | | | from being hurt. The boy's parents are killed by |
| Hoffman who inherits 3 million dollars from their | | | | the government. He always repeats words and |
| father, and the other one is a car dealer who's | | | | avoids eye contact. It's heart-breaking to see him |
| not close to them. They went to a cross-country | | | | like that. |
| journey after their father's death and get to | | | | 7. Relative Fear |
| know each other. | | | | Actors: Jason Blicker, James Brolin, Denise Crosby, |
| 2. Mozart and The Whale | | | | Darlanne Fluegel, Linda Sorenson |
| Actors: Josh Hartnett, Radha Mitchell | | | | Director: Georges Mihalka |
| Released: 2005 | | | | Released: 2005 |
| Director: Peter Naess | | | | Thriller Movie. There's some really frightening |
| A romance story happened between a boy and a | | | | moments in the movie, but nothing too bloody. A |
| girl who both suffer from Asperger's Syndrome, | | | | boy with autism who is fascinated with crime on |
| a mild case of autism. They are very different | | | | TV, is suspected as a killer responsible for a |
| from those normal couples because of the | | | | series of murders occur in the neighborhood. The |
| disorder, it makes love more complicated. But still, | | | | end of the movie is surprising. |
| it's a lovely story. | | | | 8. David's Mother |
| 3. What's Eating Gilbert Grape? | | | | Actors: Kirstie Alley, Sam Waterston, Stockard |
| Actors: Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette | | | | Channing, Michael A. Goorjian, Chris Sarandon |
| Lewis, Mary Steenburgen | | | | Director: Robert Allan Ackerman |
| Director: Lasse Hallstrom | | | | Released: 1994 |
| Released: 1993 | | | | A mother of an autistic boy saw this movie and |
| This movie is deep-moving, extremely touching, a | | | | said: "This is my life!" The film is highly |
| lot of people's favorite. It's a story about family | | | | recommended to parents of children with autism, |
| loyalty, sadness and the power of love. The most | | | | mental retarded or other disabled cases. There's |
| shining character of this drama is a retarded boy | | | | something that you can learn about and benefit |
| played by Leonardo DiCaprio, Arnie. Depp and | | | | from. |
| DiCapro have a wonderful chemistry together. | | | | 9. Imagination |
| 4. Killer Diller | | | | Actors: Ed Gildersleeve, Nikki and Jessi Haddad, |
| Actors: Lucas Black, Fred Willard, William Lee | | | | Courtney Sanford |
| Scott, Ashley Johnson | | | | Director: Eric Leiser |
| Director: Tricia Brock | | | | Released: 2008 |
| Released: 2004 | | | | Fantasy story. A little twin girl named Anna, who |
| The film is based on Clyde Edgerton's highly | | | | has Asperger's Syndrome and is unable to cope |
| acclaimed novel. When guitar-playing car thief | | | | with reality. Their father leaves the family. The |
| Wesley Benfield meets Vernon, who is an autistic | | | | sisters cannot face the pain and sink deeper and |
| savant with rocking piano skills, they will transform | | | | deeper into their imaginations. |
| to the Killer Diller Blues Band. | | | | 10. |