Top Neurodiversity Movies & TV Shows

Heartbreak High (2022) TV Show

7.2 175 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Australia, Netherlands

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 24

Audience: TV-MA

Story: A fresh look at Hartley High over 20 years on. With her new friends - outsiders Quinni and Darren - Amerie must repair her reputation, while navigating love, sex, and heartbreak.

Plot: transsexuality, sydney, australia, high school, racism, lgbt, reboot, teen drama, ...

Place: australia

Cast

Ben Affleck

Anna Kendrick

J.K. Simmons

Jon Bernthal

The Accountant (2016)

7.1 7.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 128 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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.

Plot: prison, sniper, assassin, autism, military service, money, treasury department, sniper rifle, ...

Cast

Dana Delany

Jeri Ryan

Geoffrey Arend

Windell Middlebrooks

Body of Proof (2011) TV Show

7.1 190 votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America, Hong Kong

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 42

Audience: TV-PG

Story: Dr. Megan Hunt was in a class of her own, a brilliant neurosurgeon at the top of her game. But her world is turned upside down when a devastating car accident puts an end to her time in the operating room. Megan resumes her career as a medical examiner, determined to solve the puzzle of who or what killed the victims.

Plot: philadelphia, pennsylvania, workaholic, proof, autopsy, medical examiner, crime scene, doctor, ...

Cast

Ben Affleck

Jon Bernthal

Cynthia Addai-Robinson

J.K. Simmons

The Accountant² (2025)

7.1 1.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 133 min.

Audience: R

Story: When an old acquaintance is murdered, Wolff is compelled to solve the case. Realizing more extreme measures are necessary, Wolff recruits his estranged and highly lethal brother, Brax, to help. In partnership with Marybeth Medina, they uncover a deadly conspiracy, becoming targets of a ruthless network of killers who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets buried.

Plot: hitman, autism, sequel, conspiracy, whodunit, insecure, accountant, mysterious death, ...

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

7.0 2.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 129 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.

Plot: new york city, based on novel or book, key, autism, death of father, scavenger hunt, young boy, tambourine, ...

Cast

Melissa George

Liam Hemsworth

Emma Lung

Rachael Carpani

Triangle (2009)

6.9 3.0K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: Australia, United Kingdom

Duration: 99 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Jess sets sail on a yacht with a group of friends, she cannot shake the feeling that there is something wrong.

Plot: ship, ocean, key, autism, ghost ship, murder, purgatory, time loop, ...

Place: florida

Cast

Nicole De Boer

Nicky Guadagni

Maurice Dean Wint

David Hewlett

Cube (1998)

6.8 5.3K votes

Genre: Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Canada

Duration: 90 min.

Audience: R

Story: A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. It soon becomes clear that each of them possesses the peculiar skills necessary to escape, if they don't wind up dead first.

Plot: escape, entrapment, riddle, autism, mathematics, claustrophobia, maze, prime number, ...

Touch (2012) TV Show

6.6 328 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 26

Audience: TV-14

Story: Martin Bohm, a widower and single father, is haunted by an inability to connect to his autistic, mute 11-year-old son, Jake. Their relationship and their lives take an extraordinary turn when he discovers his gifted son has the ability to see things that no one else can and the patterns that connect seemingly unrelated events.

Plot: autism, psychic power, single father

Cast

Jodie Foster

Liam Neeson

Natasha Richardson

Richard Libertini

Nell (1994)

6.5 553 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell — a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.

Plot: lake, loss of loved one, twin sister, autism, kaspar-hauser-syndrom, feral child, forest, north carolina, ...

Mercury Rising (1998)

6.3 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: R

Story: Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Plot: assassin, undercover agent, loss of loved one, fbi, autism, bangkok, thailand, national security agency (nsa), ...

Cast

Lucy Deakins

Jay Underwood

Fred Savage

Bonnie Bedelia

The Boy Who Could Fly (1986)

6.3 145 votes

Genre: Drama, Family, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 114 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

Plot: autism, flight, widowed mother, autistic

Cast

Peter Dinklage

Jacob Tremblay

Taylour Paige

Julia Davis

The Toxic Avenger Unrated (2025)

6.0 402 votes

Genre: Action, Comedy, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: NR

Story: When a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt forces who threaten his son, his friends, and his community.

Plot: high school, new jersey, police, single parent, alcohol, gun, smoking, autism, ...

Sahara (2005)

5.9 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: Germany, Morocco

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Seasoned adventurer and treasure hunter Dirk Pitt, a former Navy SEAL, sets out for the African desert with his wisecracking buddy Al in search of a confederate ironclad battleship rumored to have vanished long ago, the main draw being the treasure supposedly hidden within the lost vessel. When the daring duo come across Dr. Eva Rojas, a beautiful scientist who is juggling an escape from a warlord and a mission to stop the spread of a powerful plague, their desert expedition begins to heat up.

Plot: dying and death, civil war, based on novel or book, africa, warlord, rescue mission, treasure hunt, sahara desert, ...

Place: lagos