# The best movies about autism

From Rain Man and Temple Grandin to Mary and Max, Life, Animated and A Brilliant Young Mind: films about autism recommended by Autism Parenting Magazine and Autism360.

- 411 votes · 14 items
- Jul 17, 2024 · couchpotato_yyc
- https://even.best/en/l/4593/the-best-movies-about-autism

## Top 14

1. **Temple Grandin (2010)** (36 · ▲39 ▼3) — Mick Jackson. Claire Danes as the animal scientist and autism advocate.
2. **Mary and Max (2009)** (34 · ▲35 ▼1) — Adam Elliot. Stop-motion: a lonely Australian girl and an autistic New Yorker become pen pals.
3. **Rain Man (1988)** (31 · ▲35 ▼4) — Barry Levinson. Tom Cruise and his autistic brother, Dustin Hoffman. Best Picture Oscar.
4. **A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)** (29 · ▲32 ▼3) — Morgan Matthews. An autistic teenager at the International Mathematical Olympiad.
5. **My Name Is Khan (2010)** (25 · ▲31 ▼6) — Karan Johar. Shah Rukh Khan as a man with Asperger's who sets out to meet the US president.
6. **Jack of the Red Hearts (2015)** (23 · ▲27 ▼4) — Janet Grillo. A teenage runaway hired to care for an autistic girl.
7. **Please Stand By (2017)** (19 · ▲22 ▼3) — Ben Lewin. Dakota Fanning runs away to deliver her Star Trek script.
8. **Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)** (15 · ▲17 ▼2) — Stephen Daldry. A boy searches New York for a lock after his father died on 9/11.
9. **Life, Animated (2016)** (14 · ▲22 ▼8) — Roger Ross Williams. Documentary: Owen Suskind learned to communicate through Disney films.
10. **Fly Away (2011)** (14 · ▲18 ▼4) — Janet Grillo. A single mother and her severely autistic teenage daughter.
11. **What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)** (13 · ▲19 ▼6) — Lasse Hallström. Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio as his younger brother.
12. **Miracle Run (2004)** (13 · ▲18 ▼5) — Gregg Champion. A mother raising autistic twin boys.
13. **Keep the Change (2017)** (12 · ▲18 ▼6) — Rachel Israel. A romantic comedy with autistic actors in the lead roles.
14. **The Story of Luke (2012)** (3 · ▲13 ▼10) — Alonso Mayo. An autistic young man looks for a job and love.

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