Movies based on psychological disorders?!
Question: Do you know of any good movies based on individuals with a mental disorder? I have to write a movie synopsis for one of my psychology courses and i can't find a movie to write about. Thanks for your help!
Answers: Do you know of any good movies based on individuals with a mental disorder? I have to write a movie synopsis for one of my psychology courses and i can't find a movie to write about. Thanks for your help!
Clock Work Orange (Sociopathy)
Iris (Alzheimer's)
Analyze This (Depression)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Psychotic Break/Narcissistic Personality)
28 Days (Addiction)
As Good As It Gets (OCD)
Benny & Joon (schizophrenia)
Silence of the Lambs (Criminal Psychology/Sociopathy)
The Fisher King (PTSD)
Fatal Attraction (Borderline Personality Disorder)
A Beautiful Mind (schizophrenia)
Memento (amnesia)
Rainman (autism)
Dexter a TV series (Antisocial Personality Disorder)
Passion of Mind (Dissociative Identity Disorder)
Secretary (Sadomasochism)
Hope that helps.
Sybil
Girl, Interrupted
One Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest
Frances
12 Monkeys
Sling Blade
I loved Sybil. It is kind of long but definitely keeps your attention - Sybil is a woman who suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multi-Personality).
On a bonus note, Sybil was played by Sally Fields. :)
A Beautiful Mind- schizophrenia
Equus
A boy has a pathological obsession with horses.
Prozac Nation
Bipolar disorder.
Fight Club and Psycho
Dissociation.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
More than one disorder is featured in this one.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Narcissist...possibly other disorders too (sociopath?).
Also look up "List of films featuring mental illness" in Wikipedia. I'd post the link, but Yahoo gives me an error msg when I do.
A Beautiful Mind
Mommie Dearest
Rain Man
Donnie Darko
Sybil
Se7ven
Identity
A beautiful Mind
Misery
A Clockwork Orange-- based on socio phobia, paranoia, bipolar,...all the mental deceases
What comes to mind immediately
Three Faces of Eve - Starring Joanne Woodward about a woman with multiple personality disorder
Shine - Starring Geoffrey Rush - Schizophrenia
A Beautiful Mind - Russel Crowe - Schizophrenia
Sybil is a TV Miniseries about a woman with mulitple personality disorder - but it's really long...
revolver
Stay - depression, paranoia
Spider - schizophrenia
Taking Lives - don't remember what he has
The Jacket - delusional
Memento - Permanent short-term memory loss
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Rain Man - Autism
I Am Sam - Adult with the mind of a 7 year old
Mercury Rising - Autism (this one might be pushing it)
Michael Clayton - Tom Wilkenson's character has something, but I can't remember what it is; think it's an anxiety disorder of some type.
Beautiful Mind - Schizophrenia
Requiem for a Dream - Drug dependency
As Good As It Gets - OCD
The Notebook - Alzheimer's
Proof - don't remember what they had, but still good
Mr. Jones (Richard Gere) about manic depressive disorders; As good as it gets (Jack Nickelson) about obsessive compulsive disorders
sybil. sally fields' best movie ever!