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Movies with descriptions are clickable. New descriptions and reviews are added regularly. 
Search by disorder and age categories under reviews. See recommended movies for teaching here.

Amnesia

50 First Dates (2004)
Anastasia (1997)
Bourne Identity (2002)
Clean Slate (1994)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
For the Good of Others (El Mal Ajeno, in Spanish) (2010)
Finding Nemo (2003)
Majestic, The (2001)
Memento (2000)
Novo (in French) (2002)
Regarding Henry (1991)
Santa Who (2000)
Unknown White Male (2005)
Vow, The (2012)
                                            More Amnesia movies

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Adam (2009)
Ben X (2007)
Imitation Game, The (2014)
Mary and I (Maria y Yo, in Spanish) (2010) 
Mary and Max (2009)     
Mozart and the Whale (2005)
My Name is Khan (2010) 
Paradox Lake (2001)
Rain Man (1988)
Snowcake (2006)
Story of Luke, The (2012)
Temple Grandin (2010)
When I Saw You (Palestinian, 2013)

Brain Injury

Concussion (2015)
Harder They Fall, The (1956)
Life on Liberty Street (2004)
Lookout, The (2007)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Post Concussion (2000)
Raging Bull (1980)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)

Brain Tumor

City of No Limits, The (2002)
Dark Victory (1939)
Death Be Not Proud (1975)
Music Never Stopped, The (2011)

Dementia

A Song for Martin (2001)
Awakenings (1990)
Awaking from a Dream (Amanecer de un Sueño, in Spanish) (2009)
Away from Her (2006)
Do You Remember Love? (1985)
Iris (2001)
Iron Lady (2012)
Memories of Me (1988)
Nebraska (2014)
Old Cats (Gatos Viejos, in Spanish) (2010)
Still Alice (2014)

Sleep/Dreaming/Consciousness

Descendents, The (2011) (Coma)
Inception (2010)
Inside Out (2015)

Insomnia (2002)
Limitless (2011)
Lucy (2014)
My Own Private Idaho (1991)
Robot and Frank (2012)
Sleepwalk with Me (2012)
Take Shelter (2011)
Trance (2013)
Waking Life (2001)

Stroke

Amour (2012)
Diving Bell and the Butterfly, The (2007)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Flawless (1999)
Straight Story, The (1999)
St. Vincent (2014)

Tourette's Syndrome

Alive and Ticking (2011)
Big White, The (2005)
Dirty Filthy Love (2004)
Front of the Class (2008)
Maze (2000)
Niagra, Niagra (1997)
Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
Son of the Sunshine (2009)
Tic Code, The (1999)
Trainwreck: my life as an idiot (2007)
Vincent Wants to Sea (Vincent Will Meer, in German) (2010)

Other Neurological Disorders

Agnosia (In Spanish) (2010) (Agnosia)
Faces in the Crowd (2011) (Prosopagnosia)
I Know Who You Are (Se Quien Eres, in Spanish) (2008) (Korsakoff's syndrome)
Lorenzo's Oil (1992) (ALD)
Pride of the Yankees (1942) (ALS)
Theory of Everything, The (2014) (MND/ALS)

Zombie/Horror/Comedy

Atomic Brain, The (1964)
Brain That Wouldn't Die, The (1962)
Donovan's Brain (1953)
Man with Two Brains (1983)
                                            more Zombie/Horror/Comedy movies
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