Autism movies: Art-house edition
The following movies might have one or more autistic characters. This is never verbalized in the movie nor exposed to the viewer, hense the "Art-house" tagging.
Most people have only seen mainstream (Hollywood film- and tv-series) with autistic characters. This list won't be including those movies. This is a list for any art-house movie, indie, shortfilm etc, that won't be on those lists.
Most people have only seen mainstream (Hollywood film- and tv-series) with autistic characters. This list won't be including those movies. This is a list for any art-house movie, indie, shortfilm etc, that won't be on those lists.
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- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.Lee Chandler
- DirectorJohn CassavetesStarsGena RowlandsSeymour CasselVal AveryA museum curator falls in love with a crazy parking attendant.Moskowitz
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiNathalie PascaudMicheline RollaMonsieur Hulot comes to a beachside hotel for a vacation and accidentally, but good-naturedly, causes havoc.M. Hulot/Jacques Tati
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiBarbara DennekRita MaidenMonsieur Hulot curiously wanders around a high-tech Paris, paralleling a trip with a group of American tourists. Meanwhile, a nightclub/restaurant prepares its opening night, but it's still under construction.M. Hulot/Jacques Tati
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiJean-Pierre ZolaAdrienne ServantieMonsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can't quite fit into the surroundings.M. Hulot/Jacques Tati
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Eva MattesClemens ScheitzIn Berlin, an alcoholic man, recently released from prison, joins his elderly friend and a prostitute in a determined dream to leave Germany and seek a better life in Wisconsin.
- DirectorWilliam AsherStarsRod SerlingOrson BeanHenry JonesAfter losing his job, his car and his apartment on the same day, an eccentric loser gets a new lease on life from his guardian angel, but there is a price for keeping it.
- CreatorHanne HagerupSynne TeksumIngrid HafstadStarsKevin HauganSiri SkjeggedalVidar MagnussenSeason 1: Selma lives with her strict foster mother, and misses her real family. She discovers a new world which changes her life. Season 2: We meet Noah, a boy whose mother is very sick. He finds hope in Snøfall.Håkon
- DirectorWerner HerzogStarsBruno S.Walter LadengastBrigitte MiraA young man named Kaspar Hauser suddenly appears in Nuremberg in 1828, barely able to talk or walk, and bearing a strange note.Kasper Hauser
- DirectorLars VegaStarsFredrik GunnarssonMuhammed IsmailSilja Ellemann KiehneMercer-Sven
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsAudrey TautouMathieu KassovitzRufusDespite being caught in her imaginative world, Amelie, a young waitress, decides to help people find happiness. Her quest to spread joy leads her on a journey where she finds true love.
- DirectorBaz LuhrmannStarsPaul MercurioTara MoriceBill HunterA maverick dancer risks his career by performing an unusual routine and sets out to succeed with a new partner.
- DirectorJacques TatiStarsJacques TatiPaul DemangeSchool for Postmen" is a 1947 short film directed and starring Jacques Tati, playing a French postman adamant to prove he can be just as fast as American postmen at delivering mail.
- DirectorMichael DoughertyStarsAnna PaquinBrian CoxDylan BakerFive Halloween stories: An principal has a secret life, a virgin is looking for her first time, a group of kids pull a prank, a woman who loathes Halloween does not respect the rules and a mean old man meets a demonic trick-or-treater.
- DirectorPeter WeirStarsJudy MorrisIvar KantsRobert ColebyA young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind games while making unnecessary repairs to their bathroom.