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23 Nov 2014, 12:19 pm

The Neverending Story-
The kid who is bullied and loves books.
Skips class to bury himself in a fantasy world.

D.A.R.R.Y.L.
The robot kid who doesn't quite get other kids. Good natured.

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23 Nov 2014, 1:18 pm

WALL-E (2008)
Being There (1979)

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23 Nov 2014, 8:10 pm

ha WALL-E is a good catch
I'll check out the other one

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23 Nov 2014, 8:35 pm

Mozart And The Whale - Two Aspies fall in love, and find life together challenging. Filmed in my own Spokane area.
A Serious Man - The lead character's brother, who is a mathematical genius, almost certainly has some form of high functional autism. But as this is taking place in the 1950's, his childlike quirkiness is hardly understood, and much less so is his homosexuality.
Adam - A man with Asperger's, after losing his father and his job, opens up to a young woman.
Bladerunner - The Replicants, as artificial people with little knowledge of how to express their emotions, or to even understand them, are almost certainly ready made Aspies.

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23 Nov 2014, 9:58 pm

Imitation Game - Alan Turing is quite obviously portrayed as a man on the spectrum, and some have debated on whether he was. Having read some material about him, he certainly, imo, seems to have been somewhere on the spectrum.

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27 Nov 2014, 11:53 am

Where the Wild Things Are

- a beautiful film, based on a wonderful book. The movie expands the "world inside the head" concept brilliantly. Highly recommended

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28 Nov 2014, 12:47 am

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

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28 Nov 2014, 12:40 pm

No one has mentioned -Adam- which is explicitly about an Aspie.

Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_(2009_film)

And please, please look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJJk7i0NTk

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29 Nov 2014, 7:29 am

Mary and Max.

Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy has AS IMO.

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29 Nov 2014, 7:47 am

AspieUtah wrote:

WALL-E (2008)
Being There (1979)

Funny you mention WALL-E

That movie was both of my autistic children's favorite movie. They LOVE it so much.

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29 Nov 2014, 8:03 am

^ Adam was mentioned by Kraichgauer.

Other movies with autistic characters are:
The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)
David's Mother (1994)
Mercury Rising (1998)
Miracle Run (The Unexpected Journey) (2004)
Snow Cake (2006)
Autism: The Musical (2007), a documentary film
Temple Grandin (2010)

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29 Nov 2014, 9:30 pm

Graelwyn wrote:

Reviewers are mentioning Asperger traits are a central plot to this film
http://www.villagevoice.com/2014-11-26/film/the-imitation-game/
http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/film/the-imitation-game-review-the-highest-form-of-flattery-1.1999616
http://www.nj.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2014/11/the_imitation_game_review_benedict_cumberbatch_vs_the_enigma.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/reviews/article-2785773/Glittering-Keira-Benedict-s-real-shining-star-Imitation-Game-writes-BRIAN-VINER.html

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01 Dec 2014, 1:54 am

These are just speculations:

The Addams Family films, Wednesday seems autistic to me
Pie (1998), Maximillian
Drive (2011), the Driver

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02 Dec 2014, 8:19 pm

Reaching here...Wreck-it Ralph.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjo5BizjSHc (Sorry, can't get embedding to work now.)

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02 Dec 2014, 8:40 pm

I got a familiar feeling when Ralph was ostracized

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16 Dec 2014, 7:55 pm

'Similar Topics' at bottom of page points to threads on Asperger movies.

Just as Oscar winning 'Rain Man' boosted awareness on classic Autism, can it be reasoned that a future Academy Award film on Aspergers will further boost awareness on Aspergers? I can imagine such a movie/documentary featuring an Acadamey Award winner with Aspergers!

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