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Autistic Lives at the Oscars

These are the Oscar nominated films that depict autistic characters. I am only including films where a major character is explicitly stated to be autistic, or if there is almost no doubt that they are even if the word itself is never used. Whether the performer was actually autistic, whether the performer was nominated for an Oscar, whether the director or writers were autistic, whether the film is a good representation of autistic lives, none of that is taken into consideration. Only if an autistic character has a major impact on the film.

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  • A Long Way from Nowhere
  • Being There
  • Rain Man
  • What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  • Nell
  • I Am Sam
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Autism Is a World
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
  • Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • The Imitation Game
  • The Big Short
  • Life, Animated
  • Roman J. Israel, Esq.
  • On Body and Soul
  • Bugonia