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- CreatorRobia RashidStarsJennifer Jason LeighKeir GilchristBrigette Lundy-PaineSam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, decides it's time to find a girlfriend, which sets Sam's mom on her own life-changing path as her son seeks more independence.
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsDustin HoffmanTom CruiseValeria GolinoAfter a selfish L.A. yuppie learns his estranged father left a fortune to an autistic-savant brother in Ohio that he didn't know existed, he absconds with his brother and sets out across the country, hoping to gain a larger inheritance.
- DirectorMilos FormanStarsJack NicholsonLouise FletcherMichael BerrymanIn the Fall of 1963, a Korean War veteran and criminal pleads insanity and is admitted to a mental institution, where he rallies up the scared patients against the tyrannical nurse.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsTom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseThe history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
- DirectorHarold BeckerStarsBruce WillisMiko HughesAlec BaldwinShadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.
- DirectorMenno MeyjesStarsJohn CusackAmanda PeetBobby ColemanA science-fiction writer, recently widowed, considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially rejected boy who says he's really from Mars.
- DirectorMarc WebbStarsChris EvansMckenna GraceLindsay DuncanFrank, a single man raising his child prodigy niece Mary, is drawn into a custody battle with his mother.
- DirectorAndi RogenhagenStarsJasna Fritzi BauerVictoria TrauttmansdorffWaldemar Kobus"Ein Tick anders" tells the story of the 17 year old Eva who suffers of Tourette Syndrom. She tries to find a way to avoid to have move from the countryside to Berlin with her parents as she fears the life of a big city. It's a very humorous film with strange characters and a great song (Arschlicht = butt light).
- DirectorRalf HuettnerStarsFlorian David FitzKaroline HerfurthHeino FerchA young man suffering from Tourette's syndrome absconds from an institution with two other inhabitants to travel to Italy to fulfill his mother's last wish.
- DirectorÉric BesnardStarsVirginie EfiraBenjamin LavernheLucie FagedetLouise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.
- CreatorTim KringStarsKiefer SutherlandDavid MazouzGugu Mbatha-RawA widower struggling to raise his emotionally challenged son discovers that he can predict events before they happen.
- DirectorIain SoftleyStarsKevin SpaceyJeff BridgesMary McCormackPROT is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a faraway planet named K-PAX. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
- DirectorLasse HallströmStarsJohnny DeppLeonardo DiCaprioJuliette LewisA young man in a small Midwestern town struggles to care for his mentally-disabled younger brother and morbidly obese mother while attempting to pursue his own happiness.
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckWill Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
- DirectorRon HowardStarsRussell CroweEd HarrisJennifer ConnellyA mathematical genius, John Nash made an astonishing discovery early in his career and stood on the brink of international acclaim. But the handsome and arrogant Nash soon found himself on a harrowing journey of self-discovery.
- DirectorAnna BodenRyan FleckStarsKeir GilchristZach GalifianakisEmma RobertsA clinically-depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
- DirectorPenny MarshallStarsRobert De NiroRobin WilliamsJulie KavnerThe victims of an encephalitis epidemic many years ago have been catatonic ever since, but now a new drug offers the prospect of reviving them.
- DirectorDavid O. RussellStarsBradley CooperJennifer LawrenceRobert De NiroAfter a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife. Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany, a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsElle FanningPatricia ClarksonFelicity HuffmanConfounded by her clashes with the seemingly rule-obsessed world, a troubled young girl seeks enlightenment from her unconventional drama teacher.
- CreatorDavid ShoreStarsFreddie HighmoreRichard SchiffHill HarperShaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and Savant syndrome, is recruited into the surgical unit of a prestigious hospital.
- DirectorBen LewinStarsDakota FanningAlice EveToni ColletteA young autistic woman runs away from her caregiver in an attempt to submit her 500-page manuscript to a "Star Trek" writing competition at Paramount Pictures.
- CreatorAmy Holden JonesStarsKelly ReillyDitch DaveyDavid AjalaCatherine Black, a famed neuroscientist with a job at the Center for Neurological Research and Treatment, struggles with mental illness. However, this is just one of the many secrets she hides from her fiancé and her family.
- CreatorCalum de HartogTracey ForbesStarsDavid SutcliffeLuisa d'OliveiraDayo AdeFollows teams of cops and psychiatric professionals who make up the Psych Crimes and Crisis unit.
- DirectorMaurice HübnerStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersWhen Thomas Schön dies, his Asperger-suffering widow Ella inherits a house on Fischland which she plans to sell to pay off debts, but finds it inhabited by Thomas's previously unmentioned 'other family', foppish Christina Kieper and their kids, sensible Ben and mini brat Klara. Startled, Ella moves into the garden shed, giving the family notice, but Christina bluntly refuses and hires the only local lawyer, Kollkamp, whom she impresses with aborted legal studies know-how. Socially awkward but rational Ella and the grumpy locals get to know and somewhat appreciate each-other, she even starts a physical affair with uncomplicated studly handyman Jannis, whom she hired to fix the electricity, having an offer from hotel chain tycoon Teetz. Christina's pregnancy proves crucial.
- DirectorMaurice HübnerStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersElla has joined the lawyer's office of Kollkamp.In this first day Kollkamp goes with Ella to the pier where people have come for the beginning of the regatta.Elle speak shortly with the mayor.Josi, a cook who works for Teetz has arrived late with the food that she prepared to the event and Teetz reproaches her his late arrival and fires her.Josy is very angry and throws the foot in the sea.Ella has observed all this.Later Ella is in a shop and Josi has a faint, because she is pregnant.Ella speaks with Christina about the case of Josi who has been dismissed illegally (because she is pregnant) and proposes Christina to go to the house of Josi and Marko, his husband, for offering her legal help.Josi and Marko are surprised to meet her, but they accept her legal help.Then Ella tells Kollkamp that she has her first case.
- DirectorChristiane BalthasarStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersChristina and Ella are in the cafeteria: suddenly Holger Packebusch, the manager of a nudist cam, appears naked in the street: Ella explains him that is forbidden to walk naked in the village and asks him to covert his body.Also she notices that Holger Packebusch has a palsy.So they carry him to the local doctor.Arriving there, Maik ,the son of Holger takes care for his father.Some minutes before Jannis has proposed to Ella to have a date.On the morning Ella arrives at the lawyer's office and meets there Holger Packebusch who explains that because of his naked walking a judge will decide about his incapacity and about his guardianship.About his health the doctor has said him that he suffers vascular dementia,but the lawyer asks to be quiet and tom trust them about his case.
- DirectorChristiane BalthasarStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersKlara, the daughter of Christina has now vacation.Ella Schön has a gift for her, a kite that they will prove on the seaside.When they were going by car to the seaside, Christina sees two young adolescent girls ,Nelly and Jana Rothe, making hitchhiking.She asks them if them want to go to the village and both adolescent girls escape in the woods.So Christina calls Ina Rothe to tell her that she has seen both sisters escaping in the woods.A little later Ella Schön goes to the train station to meet the lawyer Hollkamp,but suddenly she sees the two young girls trying to travel away by train.She orders to stop the departure of the train, goes inside the wagon and brings back the two young girls.Jana and Nelly say that they want to leave there parents,Ella proposes then to go to her house to give them a juridical advise.Then arrives Ina, their mother, the girls refuse to go with their mother,Christina says then that they can for one day with her.Ella says Christina that when adolescent girls or boys want to leave their parents, maybe there is an important family problem.
- DirectorHolger HaaseStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersToday there is a little party at the snack bar of Christina.Ben, the son of Christina is with his girlfriend Jli.Ella has danced salsa with Jannis.Christina just asks Ben who is the young adolescent and he answers that she is Juli.When Ella and Christina are going home they saw a fire and their house has burned.Christian, Ben, Clara go to the house of Christina's mother and Ella will sleep at the house of Jannis.On the morning a fire inspector explains Ella and Christina that the fire has been caused by a short dead, and that the house was insured by Thomas ,but the insurance was only for 80 square meters.In the same morning Christina has received a letter from Nils, the father of Ben who is now in France,but Christina doesn't want to speak about it with Ben.Ella has gone to the hotel of Friedrich Teetz, because she wants to stay alone for a while.The lawyer Kollkamp says Ella that they have financial problems and that he can not pay her salary.Christina has invited Juli and her parents for a meal.In this meeting Christina tells that the father is somewhere in France.Ben is quite angry to know it.After the meeting Ben decides to go to a beach party, Christina doesn't agree; nevertheless Ben goes away.Later in the night Christina receives a phone call: Ben is in the doctor's office: he has a concussion and some wounds in the head.Juli was driving, hit two sheep and went away to carry Ben to the doctor's office.On the morning Christina calls Ella for her help because Ben has been involved in this car accident and at the same Juli has come to the hotel room of Ella to ask for her help.
- DirectorHolger HaaseStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersElla and Christina are going to the church: there is the baptism of Tom , the little son of Christina. Ella is the godmother of Tom and Yannis is the godfather of Tom.Then appears Nils Hagebrecht, the father of Ben: Nils wants to travel with Bem to London and to spend there one week.Christina is quite angry ,because Ben didn't talk with her about this travel; besides Ella knew about the travel and didn't say anything to Christina.But suddenly a local policeman appears, Christina and Ella go the old harbor: there Katrin is blocking the port access with her boat protesting against the construction of a hotel at the seaside.A businessman has been evacuated by helicopter to a hospital because he was suffering appendicitis..Hans Kollkamp, the lawyer and the friend of Katrin has received a demand: Katrin must pay the amount of 50.000 Euros for her action of protest.
- DirectorHolger HaaseStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersThis night Christina, Ella, Ben, Clara and Jannis are in the cafeteria of Christine and they speak bout the video that Clara made for his school about Christina and Ella.Then Ella feels well and decides to spend the night with Jannis.They were enjoying the evening,Jannis wanted to say something to Ella, but Ella didn't want to interrupt this pleasant moment.On the morning Ella wakes up , shakes Jannis and asks him what he wanted to say at night.Jannis answers that his brother-in-law who has a hotel in Thasos (Greece) needs the help of Jannis to restore the hotel and so Jannis invites Ella to spend some months with him in Greece.Ella answers negatively and says that they can remain in contact with video conferences.Ella arrives at at the office of Hans Hollkamp who is happy to have a new piano.Ella is quite bad tempered and answers that she doesn't like to play again piano.At the house Ella meets Nils Hagebrecht, the father of Ben: Christina explains Ella that Nils will stay for some days in the house with her.,m because the house where Nils should live is in a very bad state.
- DirectorHolger HaaseStarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer Reiners
- StarsAnnette FrierJulia RichterRainer ReinersElla Schön" follows the unique story of two contrasting individuals, Ella and Christina, as they share a home and life in the Baltic Sea's fish countries, offering warmth and humor.