Miles, a young boy with exceptional musical talent and Tourette’s Syndrome, has a life changing encounter when he meets Tyrone, a musician who also suffers from Tourette’s.

Miles is a 12-year-old boy with exceptional talent for piano and suffers from Tourette’s Syndrome (TS).  At school, bullies harass him because of his tics.  He prefers to spend his time at the local jazz club where Tyrone Park, a jazz saxophonist, asks him to join in, but Miles’ tics intensify and he is unable to play. Later, he impresses Tyrone with his talent.  Miles and his mother, Laura, learn that Tyrone has TS as well and a romantic relationship develops between Laura and Tyrone.  After a stressful encounter with his dad and a fight between Laura and Tyrone, Miles has a severe tic episode.  He runs off with his mother’s gun intending to commit suicide, but is found by Tyrone who helps him work out his troubles. 

Neuropsychological Review
Ariana Tart-Zelvin   

The Tic Code gives a fairly realistic portrayal of Tourette’s Syndrome through the two main characters with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS). Young Miles has simple vocal and motor tics.

A young woman challenged by Tourette’s Syndrome and other struggles, meets a man and takes a road trip that spirals out of control.

 Marcie, a young woman with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), meets Seth while shop-lifting and the two spontaneously take off to Canada in this dark romantic drama. When denied in their attempt to obtain Haldol without a prescription, they steal L-Dopa instead, which worsen Marcie’s symptoms. Marcie’s rage attacks, portrayed as being caused by TS, continually land them in deeper trouble until the situation escalates to an unfortunate ending.


Neuropsychological Review
Ariana Tart-Zelvin


Niagara, Niagara is a dark romantic drama about two teenagers that run away with each other. One of the main characters, Marcie, has a severe case of Tourette’s Syndrome (TS) and is not medicated for the majority of the film... 

A young man follows his passion to become an elementary school teacher while coping with challenges associated with his Tourette’s Syndrome.

Brad Cohen, a young man with Tourette’s Syndrome (TS), dreams of a career in teaching.  But, as a child, kids teased him and adults scolded him for his outbursts and tics.  Despite the poor understanding of his condition by most and his father’s lack of acceptance Brad is determined to be a teacher.  When he gets a chance to be a second grade teacher he can finally teach others about TS and show he’s got what it takes to be teacher of the year. Based on a true story. 

Neuropsychological Review
Ariana Tart-Zelvin

In flashbacks throughout the film, Front of the Class highlights a number of tic-related school problems. In one case, Brad is sent out of a test when his motor tics become severe.

A young girl, Phoebe, tries to play Alice in a school play as her Tourette’s and Obsessive Compulsive symptoms cause her to spiral.

Nine year old Phoebe is considered odd because of her undiagnosed symptoms related to tics, verbal outbursts obsessions and compulsions.  She is a misfit in school until she is cast in the lead of Alice in Wonderland.  Despite a new purpose  and her mother's attempts to understand and find therapy,  Phoebe’s symptoms escalate.  In the end, both Phoebe and her mother come to terms with Phoebe's problems and Phoebe is diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome.