The Story of Luke

The Story of Luke

NR 2013 · 95 min · ★ 6.9 · Drama, Comedy

Sheltered by his grandparents, Luke, a young man with autism, is thrust into a world that doesn't expect anything from him. But Luke is on a quest for a job and true love. And he isn't taking no for an answer.

Directed by Alonso Mayo · Written by Alonso Mayo

Your Rating

Where to Watch

Streaming

Rent or Buy

Cast

Make it a double feature

4h 20m together

The Story of Luke

My Name Is Khan

A close match in mood and era.

More from Alonso MayoSee all →

Wednesday Afternoon

Wednesday Afternoon · 2004

Wednesday Afternoon

There is no right or wrong in the world that Miguel, an East L.A. teenager, and his father live in, only choices. One's an American, the other an immigrant, and though they are son and father, they are separated by a culture that threatens to tear them apart.

Fixed

Allan is a married father of three whose sex life takes another hit when his wife can no longer take the pill. He soon finds himself with an appointment for a vasectomy and a nagging identity crisis. Although he is by all reasonable accounts a good, responsible man, the thought of getting "fixed" drives him to lose himself to an action-packed midlife crisis along with his best friends. Allan will refuse to grow up anymore.

Transformations

Transformations · 2018

Transformations

Four Kansas men prepare to go full drag for a pageant-style charity gala, and in the process, learn a thing or two about their drag queen mentors.

Viva la Causa

Viva la Causa · 2008

Viva la Causa tells the story of a small group of abused California farm workers who, led by Cesar Chavez, put themselves on the line after launching a strike and a national boycott against the multimillion-dollar California grape industry.

More Like This

Adam

MovieDramaRomance

Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.

My Name Is Khan

My Name Is Khan · 2010

My Name Is Khan

MovieDramaRomance

Rizwan Khan, a Muslim from the Borivali section of Mumbai, has Asperger's syndrome. He marries a Hindu single mother, Mandira, in San Francisco. After 9/11, Rizwan is detained by authorities at LAX who treat him as a terrorist because of his condition and his race.

Mozart and the Whale

Mozart and the Whale · 2005

Mozart and the Whale

MovieDramaComedy

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

The Boy Who Could Fly

The Boy Who Could Fly · 1986

The Boy Who Could Fly

MovieDramaFamily

Milly and Louis, and their recently-widowed mom, Charlene, move to a new neighborhood. Once there, they all deal with a variety of personal problems, but Milly finds a friend in Eric, her autistic next door neighbor. Eric has a fascination with flight, and as the story progresses, he exerts an enthralling force of change on all those around him.

I Used to Be Famous

I Used to Be Famous · 2022

I Used to Be Famous

MovieComedyDrama

A former boy band star unexpectedly gets a second shot at success when he forms a bond with a gifted young drummer.

The Black Balloon

The Black Balloon · 2008

The Black Balloon

Thomas is turning 16. His dad's in the army and they've just moved to a town in New South Wales; his mom is pregnant; his older brother, Charlie, who's autistic, has his own adolescent sexual issues. Thomas finds Charlie an embarrassment in public, so when Thomas is attracted to Jackie, a girl in his swim class, Charlie presents any number of obstacles when she drops by their house, when the three of them go for a walk, and during a family birthday dinner. Can Thomas find a way to enter the world of teen romance and still be his brother's keeper, or is Charlie's disability going to prove more than Thomas can handle?

Mercury Rising

Mercury Rising · 1998

MovieActionCrime

Renegade FBI agent Art Jeffries protects a nine-year-old autistic boy who has cracked the government's new "unbreakable" code.

Rate this film

Your ratings make Midnight smarter