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Films featuring mental health and illness

Lark

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What do you think are some good films featuring mental health and illness that you've seen? I think that The Soloist is among the best that I've seen, and possibly also Fight Club, I've always thought of that as a movie about a guy who experiences some sort of psychotic break or psychosis like schizophrenia.
 

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I think A Beautiful Mind revolved around a brilliant Mathematician, John Nash, having Schizophrenia.
 

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I recommend "The Machinist". It's pretty clear from the start that the main character is on the verge of a total mental break down, suffering from extreme insomnia and paranoia. The film revolves around slowly revealing what led him to this state.
 

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Silver Linings Playbook
 

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Silence of the Lambs

It's about an incarcerated flesh eating psychopathic psychiatrist who assists an FBI agent to capture a gay serial killer.

Ironically the flesh eating psychopathic psychiatrist is a anti hero of the movie.
 

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Shine
The Hours
Pi
Girl, Interrupted
Shutter Island
Taxi Driver
 

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Girl, Interrupted is a good one.
 

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Mommy Dearest
 

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I considered mentioning Donnie Darko but it's unclear whether he's mentally ill or if something supernatural/sci-fi-ish is actually going on.
 

Lark

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I considered mentioning Donnie Darko but it's unclear whether he's mentally ill or if something supernatural/sci-fi-ish is actually going on.

Yeah, I always thought there was a greater possibility that he was prey to some freakish supernatural event than just being screwy but it does feature some therapy sessions, hypnotherapy etc. I guess, in a pretty cynical fashion though.

K-Pax is another excellent call, I read the books and loved the movie but I'm pretty sure that he is meant to be an alien as opposed to some mad guy, in both stories, on screen and in the book.
 
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As Good As It Gets: Jack Nicholson & Helen Hunt

United States of Tara. Not a movie, but an award-winning black humor/drama TV series that lasted 3 years: Toni Collette stars as a wife and mother with Multiple Personality Disorder. The first season is kind of playful with the subject; seasons 2 and 3 turn considerably darker. The TV series was written by Diablo Cody (she also wrote the move “Juno”).
 

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Harvey. Unless pookas are real.
 

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Black Swan is one of my favorites.
 

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Side Effects...as a warning. It's shit.
 
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