Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "autistic-son"

1. The Accountant (2016)

R | 128 min | Action, Crime, Drama

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

Director: Gavin O'Connor | Stars: Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, Jon Bernthal

Votes: 321,690 | Gross: $86.26M

2. Triangle (2009)

R | 99 min | Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Five friends set sail and their yacht is overturned by a strange and sudden storm. A mysterious ship arrives to rescue them, and what happens next cannot be explained.

Director: Christopher Smith | Stars: Melissa George, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Michael Dorman

Votes: 129,773

3. The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)

PG | 114 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

A quirky, dysfunctional family's road trip is upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity's unlikeliest last hope.

Directors: Michael Rianda, Jeff Rowe | Stars: Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Michael Rianda

Votes: 126,761

4. Come Play (2020)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A monster named Larry manifests itself through smart phones and mobile devices. Feature film version of the 2017 short film.

Director: Jacob Chase | Stars: Azhy Robertson, Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Winslow Fegley

Votes: 18,165

5. Like Stars on Earth (2007)

PG | 162 min | Drama, Family

An eight-year-old boy is thought to be a lazy trouble-maker, until the new art teacher has the patience and compassion to discover the real problem behind his struggles in school.

Directors: Aamir Khan, Amole Gupte | Stars: Darsheel Safary, Aamir Khan, Tisca Chopra, Vipin Sharma

Votes: 206,676 | Gross: $1.22M

6. A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)

PG-13 | 111 min | Drama, Romance

A socially awkward teenage maths prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.

Director: Morgan Matthews | Stars: Asa Butterfield, Rafe Spall, Sally Hawkins, Eddie Marsan

Votes: 30,315 | Gross: $0.14M

7. As We See It (2022)

TV-MA | 264 min | Comedy, Drama

Three autistic roommates find a way to live together and strive for similar things in life.

Stars: Rick Glassman, Sue Ann Pien, Albert Rutecki, Chris Pang

Votes: 4,235

8. The Darkness (I) (2016)

PG-13 | 92 min | Horror, Thriller

A family unknowingly awakens an ancient supernatural entity on a Grand Canyon vacation, and must fight for survival when it follows them home.

Director: Greg McLean | Stars: Kevin Bacon, Radha Mitchell, David Mazouz, Lucy Fry

Votes: 17,128 | Gross: $10.73M

9. The Black Balloon (2008)

PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Romance

All Thomas wants is a normal adolescence but his autistic brother, Charlie, thwarts his every opportunity. Will Thomas, with the help of his girlfriend, Jackie, accept his brother?

Director: Elissa Down | Stars: Rhys Wakefield, Luke Ford, Toni Collette, Erik Thomson

Votes: 9,234 | Gross: $0.09M

10. A Man and a Woman (2016)

Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance

Sang-min comes to Finland to send her autistic son to a special camp, but she feels extremely alienated in snow covered-white Helsinki. Ki-hong is an architect working in Finland on ... See full summary »

Director: Yoon-ki Lee | Stars: Gong Yoo, Park Byeong-eun, Jeon Do-yeon, Jeon Ik-ryeong

Votes: 1,964

11. Here We Are (2020)

94 min | Drama

Aharon raises autistic son Uri in isolation. Facing possibility of Uri living in specialized home, Aharon runs away with Uri on road trip, unwilling for separation from his son.

Director: Nir Bergman | Stars: Shai Avivi, Noam Imber, Smadi Wolfman, Efrat Ben-Zur

Votes: 551

12. Mother (II) (2016)

Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

Diana hires Luz to take care of her autistic son but soon suspects the nanny has sinister intentions.

Director: Aaron Burns | Stars: Daniela Ramírez, Cristo Montt, Aida Jabolin, Matías Bassi

Votes: 1,572

13. The Lighthouse of the Whales (2016)

TV-MA | 110 min | Biography, Drama, Romance

A mother with an autistic child travel from Spain to Argentina looking to help her son to connect with his emotions.

Director: Gerardo Olivares | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Joaquín Furriel, Joaquín Rapalini, Ana Celentano

Votes: 4,202

14. Ocean Heaven (2010)

Not Rated | 96 min | Drama

Explores the subject of parental love and autism in kids.

Director: Xiaolu Xue | Stars: Jet Li, Zhang Wen, Gwei Lun-Mei, Yuanyuan Zhu

Votes: 2,762

15. Isn't She Great (2000)

R | 95 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama

Bette Midler and Nathan Lane star in this comedy about Jacqueline Susann, the ambitious woman of dubious talent who wrote Valley of the Dolls, a best-selling novel that became a sensation.

Director: Andrew Bergman | Stars: Bette Midler, Nathan Lane, Stockard Channing, David Hyde Pierce

Votes: 2,557 | Gross: $2.96M

16. Marathon (2005)

117 min | Biography, Drama, Sport

An autistic boy discovers he has a talent for running and with the help of the mother participates in a major marathon.

Director: Yoon-Chul Jung | Stars: Cho Seung-woo, Kim Mi-sook, Lee Ki-young, Baek Sung-hyun

Votes: 2,499

17. A Remarkable Life (2016)

R | 97 min | Drama, Music, Romance

Chelsea helps Leny overcome his life from a down-spin as his reality comes crashing down after he discovers his wife in bed with another woman.

Director: Vohn Regensburger | Stars: Chris Bruno, Marie Avgeropoulos, Daphne Zuniga, Mark Margolis

Votes: 188

18. Kids in the Hall: Death Comes to Town (2010– )

Comedy, Horror, Mystery

After Shuckton, Ontario's bid for the 2028 Summer Olympics is rejected, Mayor Larry Bowman is murdered in his home, and almost everybody in town becomes a suspect.

Stars: Melanie Scrofano, David Foley, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald

Votes: 1,607

19. The Horse Boy (2009)

Unrated | 93 min | Documentary

A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.

Director: Michel Orion Scott | Stars: Rupert Isaacson, Kristin Neff, Rowan Isaacson, Kendal Stewart

Votes: 720 | Gross: $0.16M

20. Haridas (2013)

146 min | Drama, Sport, Thriller

Sivadas (Kishore) is tough-talking encounter specialist in the police department. He has a mission to pin down a gangster and mercenary and is hot on his trail. But life changes for the ... See full summary »

Director: Kumaravelan | Stars: Kishore Kumar G., Sneha, Prithviraj Das, Soori

Votes: 228

21. Mater amatísima (1980)

90 min | Drama, Thriller

Clara, an attractive unmarried woman, and her autistic child who transforms and absorbs her life, provide an extreme dissection of the mother-child bond in an uneasily honest way.

Director: J.A. Salgot | Stars: Victoria Abril, Julito de la Cruz, Jaume Sorribas, Consol Tura

Votes: 110

22. Bait (VI) (2014)

82 min | Drama, Thriller

Bex and Dawn are trapped. They dream of taking control of their lives and owning their own upmarket cafe, but no one will give people like them the opportunity.

Director: Dominic Brunt | Stars: Victoria Smurfit, Joanne Mitchell, Jonathan Slinger, Charlie Chuck

Votes: 549

23. White Lies (2008–2009)

40 min | Drama, Romance

A wealthy woman, Jung-Ok, pays a conniving nurse to marry her autistic son, Hyung-Woo. The situation is further complicated by the fact that the nurse, Eun-Young, previously dated Hyung-Woo's step-brother, Jung-Woo.

Stars: Shin Eun-kyung, Kim Hae-sook, Kim Yu-seok, Jin Tae-hyun

Votes: 8

24. Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2015)

94 min | Documentary, Biography

Harold and Lillian eloped to Hollywood in 1947, where they became the film industry's secret weapons. Nobody talked about them, but everybody wanted them. Theirs is the greatest story never told-until now.

Director: Daniel Raim | Stars: Lillian Michelson, Harold Michelson, Bill Krohn, Stuart Cornfeld

Votes: 940

25. Yellow Peppers (2010–2014)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama

family that raises an autistic child in a rural village lacking any therapeutic resources.

Stars: Alma Zack, Yossi Marshek, Michael Zap, Yehuda Barkan

Votes: 80

26. Until the Birds Return (2017)

Not Rated | 113 min | Drama

Algeria today. Past and present collide in the lives of a newly wealthy property developer, a young woman torn between the path of reason and sentiment and an ambitious neurologist impeded by wartime wrongdoings.

Director: Karim Moussaoui | Stars: Mohamed Djouhri, Hania Amar, Hassan Kechache, Mehdi Ramdani

Votes: 378

27. Anna's Life (2016)

108 min | Drama

The single mom Anna is forced to take three then four jobs to support herself and her autistic son who lives in a children's home, and when the whole thing becomes too much to bear she ... See full summary »

Director: Nino Basilia | Stars: Ekaterine Demetradze, Luka Chachibaia, Lamzira Chkheidze, Kote Janjgava

Votes: 106

28. Artax: Un Nuevo Comienzo (2017)

100 min | Drama, Romance, Sport

Mariana is a woman who has dedicated her entire life to equine therapy that goes over the history of how she came to that. In her youth she lived a happy and prosperous life until a ... See full summary »

Director: Diego Corsini | Stars: Celeste Cid, Gonzalo Valenzuela, Mercedes Morán, Joaquín Flores

Votes: 27

29. Spolu (2022)

117 min | Comedy, Drama

The film is the story of twenty-five-year-old Tereza (Kamila Janovicova), who, after breaking up with her boyfriend (Marek Nemec), returns home to her mother (Veronika Zilkova) and brother ... See full summary »

Directors: David Lanka, Martin Müller | Stars: Martina Babisova, Kamila Janovicová, Václav Kopta, Stepán Kozub

Votes: 107

30. Duke (2018)

16 min | Short, Drama

When a nonverbal autistic teen's family is falling apart, he must find his voice to keep them together.

Director: Thiago Dadalt | Stars: Robert Solomon, Piercey Dalton, Jeff Marchelletta, Zack Kozlow

Votes: 56

31. With the Light (2004– )

Drama, Family

Sachiko and Masato Azuma, in their 4th year of marriage, had been so excited about the birth of their long-waited first child. They named their baby boy "Hikaru" (meaning light in Japanese)... See full summary »

Stars: Ryôko Shinohara, Takanari Saito, Mikako Ichikawa, Masahiro Kômoto

Votes: 71

32. Dad's in Heaven with Nixon (2010)

Not Rated | 86 min | Documentary

A mother's love and a boy's journey from the darkness of brain damage and autism to the light that is his life today-as an acclaimed artist. An intensely moving story that is ultimately about the triumph and strength of the human spirit.

Director: Tom Murray | Stars: Tom Isenberg, Thomas E. Murray II, Christopher Murray, Connie Murray

Votes: 186

33. Turning Thirteen (2013)

60 min | Documentary

The film follows the preparations for the Bar Mitzvah of Guy, the director's younger autistic brother, from the moment his parents decide to have Guy do the ceremony in the synagogue up to ... See full summary »

Director: Dana Idisis

34. My Dear Yash (2013)

133 min | Drama, Family

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Director: Shekhar Sartandel | Stars: Atharva Bedekar, Vibhav Borkar, Lokesh Gupte, Umesh Kamat

35. This Is My Brother (2014)

50 min | Documentary

Hagit Rabinovitch and Eyal Rubinstein's documentary follows siblings of autistic children of different ages, exposing their feelings and experiences. The filmmakers, themselves parents of ... See full summary »

Director: Eyal Rubinshtein | Star: Hagit Ron-Rabinovich

36. Min f.d. familj (2004)
Episode: Ett avslutat kapitel (2004)

57 min | Drama

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Director: Rickard Petrelius | Stars: Peter Engman, Kalle Westerdahl, Kirsti Eline Torhaug, Tanja Lorentzon

37. Meurtres à... (2013– )
Episode: Murder in the Basque Country (2020)

93 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Maddy Etcheban is a cop in Bayonne, but she is also the mother of Clément, a young autistic person whom she has been responsible for alone since the death of her husband.

Director: René Manzor | Stars: Cristiana Reali, Arnaud Binard, Lorie Pester, Annie Grégorio

Votes: 79

38. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Gamer in the Grease (2009)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Mailman Steve Rifton's corpse is found in frying fat, hence extremely decayed over two weeks. He was reported missing for three months. The highly intelligent man's passion was the computer... See full summary »

Director: Kate Woods | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 980

39. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode: Vaccinations (2010)

TV-MA | 26 min | Comedy, Documentary

Penn and Teller show that vaccinations are safe, and that their link to autism is false.

Directors: Star Price, Ted Saad, Chip Selby, Steven Uhlenberg, David Wechter | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Arthur Allen, Carl Buz

Votes: 127

40. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Coda (2011)

TV-14 | 46 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

The BAU are called to Louisiana to get information from an autistic boy who has witnessed his parents' abduction. Meanwhile, Prentiss calls in two old colleagues to track down Ian Doyle.

Director: Rob Hardy | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,770

41. The Blacklist (2013–2023)
Episode: Lady Ambrosia (No. 77) (2016)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A child who had been missing and presumed dead reappears, prompting Red and Liz to hunt down a woman who is known to abduct children; Tom puts himself in a consequential position after aiding Gina.

Director: Tim Hunter | Stars: James Spader, Megan Boone, Diego Klattenhoff, Ryan Eggold

Votes: 1,747