Movies about Adults who have Down syndrome

Shorty is an inspirational documentary film produced by Danny Aiello about Walter Shorty Simms, a 55-year old man with Down syndrome, and the Hampden-Sydney Tigers football team s #1 fan. This season in particular is very special to Shorty.

MONICA & DAVID is the love story of two adults with Down syndrome and the family who strives to support their needs. Monica and David are blissfully in love and want what other adults have an independent life. Full of humor, romance and everyday family drama, the film uses intimate fly-on-the wall footage to reveal the complexity of their story. While Monica and David are capable beyond expectations, their parents, afraid of mainstream rejection of adults with intellectual disabilities, have trouble letting go.

Directed and produced by Monica s cousin, first-time filmmaker Alexandra Codina, MONICA & DAVID is a crowd-pleasing romance that swerves around the mind and goes straight for the heartstrings.

Proving everyone is equal in their need for -- and ability to feel -- love, Daniel (Pablo Pinedo), a thirty-something office worker with Down's syndrome, embarks on a romance with Laura (Lola Due¤as), a neurotic but "normal" co-worker. Despite their apparent differences, Laura is attracted to Daniel, who is the first European with Down's to graduate from a university.

Directed by Sarah R. Lotfi. With Dan Cheatham, Connor Long, Alex Riegelmann, Harold Schyberg. In Spring of 1945, the Wehrmacht forces are weary from retreat, while the Allies are closing in. A single Austrian captain attempts to guide what is left of his platoon behind the Russian lines to surrender to the Americans.

A baseball player whose professional career was cut short due to his personal problems is suddenly awakened and invigorated by a young-man with Down syndrome who works at the local grocery store.

Directed by Roderick E. Stevens. With Connor Long, Kevin Coubal, Nicole Carter Lyde, Alexander Mason. Inspired by the real story of a spirited young man with Down syndrome determined to convince his brother to teach him how to drive.