movies about mental illness

[Guest boo]

hmm, so i decided i want to watch any good films that involve some kind of mental disorder.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_mental_disorders

 

had a look at this list. which seems to be lacking stuff. lost highway.. ferris bueller's day off.. probably many more. it has some medium-level shit like the jacket and the machinist. ended up watching Manic which was ok. about to watch Hesher and Sucker Punch,which i have feel won't be that great.

 

but yeah, list your favourite ones. doesn't matter how obvious.

 

 

 

edit: oh yeah, there was a british TV drama set in a mental institution. i saw when it aired, at some point in my teens. anyone know what it's called? enjoyed it at the time,curious to see if it was actually good.

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deuce bigalow: european gigolo

[Guest Frankie5fingers]

some of my favorites that i can rememeber:

 

Forest Gump

The Aviator

Rain Man
Radio

[manmower]

Repulsion and Persona are the ones that immediately come to mind. Really good movies (and I bet both are already on that Wikipedia list).

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[Guest M360]

Akira

[Guest boo]

lol where did i post it?

Do you want me to move this thread to the General Banter forum?

[olo]

White Chicks (2004)

[Guest RadarJammer]

 

 

The Royal Shakespeare Company production of "Marat/Sade" ("The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum at Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdeg5j8UMxA

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Dead Man's Shoes

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Spider

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Taxi Driver

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Betty Blue

One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest

[triachus]

[Guest disparaissant]

hey now, don't insult the mentally ill

[olo]

 

Again, this just. doesn't. make. sense.

 

Why this show? There are a hundred kids shows on with the same message. Why Ponies? Why?

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i'm crying inside

[Guest disparaissant]

Again, this just. doesn't. make. sense.

 

Why this show? There are a hundred kids shows on with the same message. Why Ponies? Why?

well, if that link to reddit that hoodie oh so helpfully provided in the bronies thread is any indication, they're really fucking easy to sexualize. *shudders*

[olo]

 

Again, this just. doesn't. make. sense.

 

Why this show? There are a hundred kids shows on with the same message. Why Ponies? Why?

well, if that link to reddit that hoodie oh so helpfully provided in the bronies thread is any indication, they're really fucking easy to sexualize. *shudders*

 

 

I'm too old for this shit. Must be a youth thing. *retires to lazyboy & opens miller highlife*

[Nebraska]

[futureimage]

It's Kind of a Funny Story is one of Zach Galifinakis' best performances ever.

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not about mental illness but neurological one

 

[Guest]

Driller Killer

[LimpyLoo]

When you see medical shows, people are always getting CPR, and one study showed that CPR works on TV about 80% of the time. And now everyone thinks CPR is effective, whereas really only about 5% of the time does CPR yield "favorable results" and the rest of the time the person either dies or is revived to a vegatative state (often with broken ribs from the CPR). But anyway TV has warped our view of CPR.

 

And I think mental illness has suffered a similar fate in TV and film. Like with CPR, we only really see the exceptional cases...

 

 

Anyway, just a thought.

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The Hours

 

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Sybil

 

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