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? asked in Social SciencePsychology · 1 decade ago

Movies Relating to Mental Disorders?

Hi there,

Anyone know of any good movies relating to any Psychological disorder? It could be anything. I've got quite a lot of time to kill before my term starts so thought renting a bunch of movies relating to my passion was a good idea! :)

Any suggestions given would be appreciated. Thanks in advance guys!

Update:

This looks like a great list!!

L - Psycho movie fest! I like the sound of that. Hell yeah; you're invited. Hahah.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Girl, Interrupted is brilliant, though really sad.

    A beautiful mind is also a really good film.

    Sybil is another (it`s really old, though so you might struggle getting it on DVD).

    Fight Club (know it`s been recommended before, but it`s great)

    What`s eating Gilbert Grape?

    Igby goes down.

    Twelve Monkeys (it`s a really good Brad Pittfilm)

    Misery (cathy bates is brilliant in it)

    Fatal Attraction

    Hannibal, The Silence of the Lambs and Red Dragon are all brilliant (though silence of the lambs is by far the best of the three)

    Se7en is brilliant, too.

    Can I come to your Psycho movie fest?

  • 1 decade ago

    There is a movie made in the 1950's called The Three faces of Eve, I think the female star was Joanne Woodard (not sure) any how she had three personalities. The era took place before much was really known about psychopathology and psychiatry. One dramatic episode was when the star as a 5 year old child was forced to kiss her dead grandfather while he lay in his coffin. Each time she would have a suppressed emotion concerning this she escape to another personality in what is known as a Dissociative Personality Disorder in our modern terminology which was in fact a defense mechanism. You may be fortunate enough to find this book on Yahoo websites, dial in the title.

  • 1 decade ago

    Girl, Interrupted - Borderline personality disorder and more

    One flew over the Cuckoo's Nest - ?

    As good as it gets - OCD I guess

    Sylvia - A Sylvia Plath biopic, depression

    Memento - short term memory loss

    Lost Highway - depending on how you see it, it can be a movie about schizophrenia

    The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick - this is a really interesting German film about a man with I think dissociative personality disorder. The book is even better, though

    Requiem - another German film about a young woman with epilepsy though this is a neurological disorder

    White noise - a really really good German film about schizophrenia (a young man starts hearing voices)

    That's all I can think of right now...

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Beautiful Mind.. It's a good movie starred by Russell Crowe and Jennifer Connelly.

  • 1 decade ago

    Girl, Interrupted

    A Beautiful Mind

    Me, myself and Irene

  • 5 years ago

    #1 Social Reprogramming Method - http://socialanxiety.uzaev.com/?HnjT

  • 1 decade ago

    Secret Window and A Beautiful Mind are great ones. :)

  • amk
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Go for old movies "Admi, Guide , Amanush , Silsila , Kabhi-kabhi , Devdas-Dilip Kumar"

  • 1 decade ago

    dream team starring michale keaton

    rain man starring tom cruise and dustin hoffman

  • 1 decade ago

    Of Mice and Men and then there's one my cousin told me about(sorry, don't know the name) There's a mental person who loves another mental person but their parents won't let them be together.

    Hope I helped! :)

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