Movies and TV shows with autistic characters
by cosmoglass | created - 28 Nov 2021 | updated - 15 Feb 2023 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
R | 88 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi
An anthropologist from an alien planet provides voice-over commentary for a documentary at human courtship, mating, and reproduction.
Director: Jeff Abugov | Stars: David Hyde Pierce, Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra, Markus Redmond
Votes: 6,530
The alien narrator describes neurotypical courtship rituals with the same perspective that many autistics have. Temple Grandin famously described herself as being like 'an anthropologist on/from Mars'.
2. Fishy (2003)
10 min | Drama, Short, Fantasy
Glenda, an unemployed misfit, falls in love with Freddie, her goldfish. As her search for work flounders, her love for Freddie deepens and she feels her place is at his side...
Director: Deva Palmier | Stars: Shirley Henderson, Anne Lacey
Votes: 48
Shirley Henderson's Glenda correctly realises that turning into a goldfish is a better idea than living in the meaningless and noisy neurotypical world. However...
3.
Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode:
The View from Olympus
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A driver for a ride sharing company is intentionally run over by a city cab, Sherlock and Joan wonder if it's a case of professional jealousy. A romance Sherlock has with a longtime Irregular complicates when she makes a shocking request.
Director: Seith Mann | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 874
Holmes: "You know, it hurts, Agatha. All this. Everything I see, everything I hear, touch, smell...the conclusions that I'm able to draw. The things that are revealed to me. The ugliness. My work focuses me. It helps. You say that I'm using my gifts. I say I'm just treating them. So I cannot, in good conscience, pass all of that onto someone else. Sorry."
4. Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000–2024)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.
Stars: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman
Votes: 147,673
5.
Elementary (2012–2019)
Episode:
Heroine
(2013)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
While recovering from his gun shot wounds, Holmes eschews painkillers while working on a case of a Greek shipping magnate - involving an assassination and currency manipulation - before his final showdown with Moriarty.
Director: John Polson | Stars: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Jon Michael Hill, Aidan Quinn
Votes: 1,733
Moriarty: “Same old Sherlock. You look at people and you see puzzles. I see games. You? You’re a game I’ll win every time.”
6.
Cracker (1993–1996)
Episode:
The Big Crunch: Part 2
(1994)
TV-14 | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Joanne Barnes dies in the hospital following her ordeal with the Trants, and one of Michael Trant's factory workers, Dean Saunders, is framed for the murder.
Director: Julian Jarrold | Stars: Samantha Morton, Ellie Haddington, Roger Sloman, Geraldine Somerville
Votes: 235
7. Magnificent 7 (2005 TV Movie)
85 min | Drama
Inspired by the life of Jacqui Jackson. Helena Bonham Carter stars as Maggi, a mother with seven children - three 'normal' daughters and four sons who are each, in one form or another, autistic.
Director: Kenneth Glenaan | Stars: Helena Bonham Carter, Thomas Redford, Christopher Parkinson, Joshua Thurston
Votes: 334
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