"old" movies that can be ASD based

[ChrisC1983]

so with all the shows doing autism specials now....... i started looking at shows and movies to see if other characters had ASD instead of just being weird people

i ended up watching a movie called "Ghost Town" from 2008... about a dentist who has a crush on this girl.. she ends up being married but anyway... the "ghost town" part being because he can see/talk to ghosts and thats why he was able to get her because he's otherwise a very unpopular guy.

the dramatic part just kicked in... the girl called him a stalker (but not such direct wording) and his ghost friend called him an asshole because of how he acted and because he appears selfish and all... but you could also see the character just having ASD. granted the selfish thing isn't common (and yes he's selfish to me).. but he fixes that anyway

i did miss the first 20ish minutes of it i think so maybe i missed an intro story... but thats beside the point

 

[ASD_Geek]

This is an interesting topic. I'll have to give it some thought

 

[Progster]

There's a series called Parenthood with a couple of Aspie characters in it... Asperger's seems to be quite a major theme in the series.
There's a film called White Frog, and another Chinese one called Ocean Heaven. Then there's one with an Aspie character who learns to play Baseball, I can't recall the title right now. Mary and Max, Mozart and the Whale, Snowcake, The Black Balloon, Salmon fishinf in the Yemen, and possibly my favourite, The Story of Luke.

 

[ASD_Geek]

I liked the Max and Hank characters in Parenthood.