Documentary, TV Movie
This documentary follows three people with autism at pivotal moments on the rocky road to being accepted as an adult. They are all fighting for independence and responsibility, but being frustrated by the shackles imposed on them by their disability, their families and the preconceived ideas of mainstream society.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
The Late Shift
To Brave Alaska
Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2 + 2 = Murder
Death Stalk
Secret Liaison
Golden Eels
Best and Most Beautiful Things
Asperger's Are Us
Coming Out Alive
I'm Not in Love - The Story of 10cc
If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
A Cry for Help
The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
The Longest Night
Glitz
The Veteran
Tent City, U.S.A
Snatched
Poodle Springs
SIMILAR MOVIES
The Boy Who Talked to Badgers
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1975
A young boy gets along better with the animals he befriends around his family's Canadian farm than with the people he lives with.The Late Shift
IMDB 6.4 | Feb , 1996
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."To Brave Alaska
IMDB 5.2 | Nov , 1996
True story of a yuppie couple's Alaskan trip turning into a wilderness survival struggle.Hailey Dean Mysteries: 2 + 2 = Murder
IMDB 6.7 | Jun , 2018
Hailey attends her niece's school recital only to learn that the beloved music teacher has vanished. Hailey soon discovers several startling secrets amongst the staff, as well as a link between the missing young teacher and the school’s reconstruction funds.Death Stalk
IMDB 5.9 | Jan , 1975
The whitewater raft trip of two couples is interrupted by a visit from four prison escapees who take the women hostage to aid in their escape. The husbands break free from their bonds and raft down the river in hopes of rescuing their wives.Secret Liaison
IMDB 4.8 | Oct , 2013
When her sister is accused of a brutal murder, a former D.A. tries to clear her name and finds herself thrust into a dangerous mystery of infidelity and betrayal that may lead all the way to one of the city's most powerful men.Golden Eels
IMDB 6.6 | Feb , 2007
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. There, the boy became friends with a local fisherman and learned to catch the golden eels. Eventually, his father and mother were arrested by the Nazis and the boy stayed with the fisherman.Best and Most Beautiful Things
IMDB 5.8 | May , 2016
Off a dirt road in rural Maine, a precocious 20-year-old woman named Michelle Smith lives with her mother Julie. Michelle is quirky and charming, legally blind and diagnosed on the autism spectrum, with big dreams and varied passions. Searching for connection, Michelle explores love and empowerment outside the limits of “normal” through a provocative fringe community. Will she take the leap to experience the wide world for herself? Michelle’s joyful story of self-discovery celebrates outcasts everywhere.Asperger's Are Us
IMDB 5.5 | Nov , 2016
For the members of the comedy troupe Asperger’s Are Us, it’s easier to associate with a faceless audience than with their own families. No matter who the crowd, best friends Noah, New Michael, Jack and Ethan have one simple mantra: “We would much rather the audience appreciate us as comedians than people who have overcome adversity.” In this coming-of-age heartfelt documentary, this band of brothers finds themselves at a crossroad. With real life pulling them apart, they decide to plan one ambitious farewell show before they all go their separate ways. People with Asperger’s don’t deal well with uncertainty, and this is the most uncertain time in their lives.Coming Out Alive
IMDB 2 | Sep , 1980
A woman hires a contract-killer when her ex-husband kidnaps her son.I'm Not in Love - The Story of 10cc
IMDB 8.5 | Dec , 2015
In celebration of the 40th anniversary of smash hit I'm Not in Love, the original members of 10cc - Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme - reunite to tell their story. The documentary shares the secrets to some of their most successful records, from the writing and the recording to the tours and the tensions.With contributions from an impressive array of music industry legends including 10cc's band manager Harvey Lisberg, lyricist Sir Tim Rice, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini, legendary producer Trevor Horn, Stewart Copeland (the Police), Graham Nash (the Hollies) and Dan Gillespie Sells (the Feeling), not only does this film highlight the diversity of these four brilliant musicians' songwriting talent, but it also delves into the influence they had, as well as the politics beneath their acrimonious split in 1976, at the height of their fame.If It Ain't Stiff: The Stiff Records Story
IMDB 7 | Dec , 2007
Adrian Edmondson narrates a documentary chronicling the story of Stiff Records, a tiny independent that took music out of the boardroom and gave it back to the fans. Stiff's successes included Nick Lowe, the Damned, Elvis Costello, Ian Dury, Madness, Tracey Ullman and the Pogues. Contributors include Captain Sensible, Jonathan Ross, Suggs, Shane MacGowan and label founders Jake Riviera and Dave Robinson.A Cry for Help
IMDB 7.2 | Feb , 1975
A talk-radio host, who specializes in abusing and insulting his audience, gets a call from a disturbed teenage girl who says she is going to commit suicide. After first encouraging her, he has a change of heart and frantically tries to get his listeners to help find the girl before she makes good on her threat.The Old Man Who Cried Wolf
IMDB 6 | Oct , 1970
Emile Pulska is visiting his old friend Abe Stillman. During the visit they are attacked and Emile is struck senseless. When he wakes up he is told that Abe is dead, dead by natural causes, the doctors tell him. When Emile insists that they were attacked, his relatives try to give him psychiatric help. Emile decides to try to find the killers himself, but someone is watching his every step...The Longest Night
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 1972
The daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a custom-built, ventilated coffin while her family and the police search for her. But the battery that powers the ventilation is running out of juice and the ransom drop has been botched. This movie was originally shown as an ABC Movie of the Week on September 12, 1972. The story is based on the 1968 kidnapping of Barbara Mackle by Gary Krist.Glitz
IMDB 4.3 | Sep , 1988
Vincent Marra is a Miami cop on medical leave in Puerto Rico, where he's being stalked by a sex offender he testified against.The Veteran
IMDB 4.2 | Jan , 2006
Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he once committed while in the line of duty.Tent City, U.S.A
IMDB 7.3 | Apr , 2012
A documentary view of an encampment of homeless people on the outskirts of Nashville, Tennessee in the Southern United States.Snatched
IMDB 5.2 | Jan , 1973
The wives of three wealthy men are kidnapped and held for a $3 million ransom, but one of the men doesn't want to pay his share.Poodle Springs
IMDB 5.5 | Jul , 1998
Private eye Philip Marlowe and his bride move to a desert town, where he uncovers a land scheme.