“Goyo” is the new dramatic film, starring Nicolas Furtado (El Marginal) and Nancy Dupláa (Graduados), which premiered on Netflix and has already become a trend within the romantic comedy genre.
The story follows a young museum guide with autism who lives by a very strict routine. Until he falls in love with a colleague and must face a whirlwind of new and intense emotions.
Marcos Carnevale (Elsa & Fred) directed and wrote the story, which many wondered if it is based on true events. Here, check out 10 movies and series of the same style to stream in the United States…
How to watch the top 10 TV shows and films like Goyo
- Rain Man (1988)
When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and that his father’s $3 million fortune is being left to the mental institution in which Raymond lives.
Motivated by his father’s money, Charlie checks Raymond out of the facility in order to return with him to Los Angeles. The brothers’ cross-country trip ends up changing both their lives.
Available on Fubo, Max, Tubi and MGM+ App.
- Mozart and the Whale (2005)
A love story between two savants with Asperger’s syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.
Available on Freevee.
- Keep the Change (2017)
When aspiring filmmaker David is mandated by a judge to attend a social program at the Jewish Community Center, he is sure of one thing: he doesn’t belong there. But when he’s assigned to visit the Brooklyn Bridge with the vivacious Sarah, sparks fly and his convictions are tested.
Their budding relationship must weather Sarah’s romantic past, David’s judgmental mother, and their own pre-conceptions of what love is supposed to look like.
Available on Kanopy and Hoopla.
- The Good Doctor (2017 – 2024)
Shaun Murphy, a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome, relocates from a quiet country life to join a prestigious hospital’s surgical unit. Unable to personally connect with those around him, Shaun uses his extraordinary medical gifts to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues.
Available on Hulu, Fubo and ABC.
- Atypical (2017 – 2021)
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
Available on Netflix.
- A Brilliant Young Mind or X+Y (2014)
A socially awkward teenage math prodigy finds new confidence and new friendships when he lands a spot on the British squad at the International Mathematics Olympiad.
Available on STARZ.
- Mary and Max (2009)
A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.
Available on Prime Video, AMC+ and Kanopy.
- Everything’s Gonna Be Okay (2020 – 2021)
Nicholas, a neurotic 25-year-old, hasn’t been particularly present in his siblings’ lives, but when their single dad reveals that he is terminally ill, the girls have to cope with not only a devastating loss but also the realization that Nicholas is the one who will have to rise to the occasion, move in and hold it all together.
Available on Hulu.
- Young Sheldon (2017 – 2024)
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Available on Fubo, Max, Netflix and TBS.
- The Story of Luke (2012)
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.
Available on Tubi, Kanopy and Hoopla.
