What are your top 5 films about/portraying mental illness?

February 17, 2010 - 2:07 pm 4 Comments


1. Barfuss (Barefoot) 2005 – Love story about a patient with PTSD
2. Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound) 2004 – About Schizophrenia
3. Mr Jones 1993 – Love story between a Bipolar patient and his Psychiatrist
4. Mad Love 1995 – Bipolar girl and normal guy go on a road trip
5. Clean Shaven 1994 – A schizophrenic man trying to get access to his child

4 Responses to “What are your top 5 films about/portraying mental illness?”

  1. S.S.M Says:

    1. Taxi Driver – Travis Bickle is my favourite of all time
    2. Psycho – Norman Bates is my second fave
    3. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
    4. A Beautiful Mind
    5. American Psycho

    (others – Fight Club, The Cell (with Jennifer Lopez), The Madness of King George, Little Man Tate, Field of Dreams, Rain Man, Misery, Analyze This, The Woodsman)
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  2. starsailor Says:

    The Bell Jar
    One flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
    Girl interrupted
    requiem for a dream
    Hamlet
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  3. Crue-K Says:

    1. Barfuss (Barefoot) 2005 – Love story about a patient with PTSD
    2. Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound) 2004 – About Schizophrenia
    3. Mr Jones 1993 – Love story between a Bipolar patient and his Psychiatrist
    4. Mad Love 1995 – Bipolar girl and normal guy go on a road trip
    5. Clean Shaven 1994 – A schizophrenic man trying to get access to his child
    References :

  4. Sam Says:

    - marnie
    - psycho
    -one flew over the cuckoos nest
    - a kind of loving
    -silence of the lambs
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