Neurology and Psychiatry in the Cinema
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The following bibliographies are compiled from the biomedical literature, input from
neuropsychiatric pharmacists, and Internet databases.
Note: the cinema bibliographies are not fully vetted and may contain category and
content inaccuracies, content not suitable for educational settings, and plots in which
the medical condition is only a tangential component.
Table of Contents
I.
Bibliography of Published Articles Related to Neuro- and Psycho-cinema
II.
Bibliography of Neuro-cinema
III.
Bibliography of Psycho-cinema
I. Bibliography of Articles Related to Neuro- and Psycho-cinema
Akram A, O'Brien A, O'Neill A, Latham R. Crossing the line--learning psychiatry at the
movies. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;21(3):267-8.
Alexander M. The couple's odyssey: Hollywood's take on love relationships. Int Rev
Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;21(3):183-8.
Bair D. Comments on the film My Name was Sabina Spielrein. J Anal Psychol. 2004
Jun;49(3):443-5.
Baxandale S, O'Toole A. Epilepsy myths: Alive and foaming in the 21st century.
Epilepsy Behav. 2007 Sep;11(2):192-6.
Baxendale S. Epilepsy at the movies: possession to presidential assassination. Lancet
Neurol. 2003 Dec;2(12):764-70.
Baxendale S. Memories aren't made of this: amnesia at the movies.
BMJ. 2004 Dec 18;329(7480):1480-3.
Bhagar HA. Should cinema be used for medical student education in psychiatry? Med
Educ. 2005 Sep;39(9):972-3.
Bhugra D. Mad tales from Bollywood: the impact of social, political, and economic
climate on the portrayal of mental illness in Hindi films. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2005
Oct;112(4):250-6.
Byrne P. Oedipus wrecked - psychiatry in the movies.
Br J Psychiatry. 2010 Jul;197(1):44.
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Damjanović A, Vuković O, Jovanović AA, Jasović-Gasić M. Psychiatry and movies.
Psychiatr Danub. 2009 Jun;21(2):230-5.
Dastoor DP. Film review: the subjective experience of Alzheimer's disease. Am J
Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 1991;6:40–42.
Datta V. Madness and the movies: an undergraduate module for medical students. Int
Rev Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;21(3):261-6.
de Carlo K. Ogres and Angels in the madhouse. Mental health nursing identities in film.
Int J Ment Health Nurs. 2007 Oct;16(5):338-48.
Ford SF, Larner AJ. Neurology at the Movies. ACNR 2009 Sept/Oct;9(4):48-49.
Fountoulakis K, Kogiopoulos K, Nimatoudis I, Iacovides A, Nikolaou T, Ierodiakonou C.
The concept of mental disorder in Greek cinema. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 1998
Oct;98(4):336-40.
Fritz GK, Poe RO. The role of a cinema seminar in psychiatric education. Am J
Psychiatry. 1979 Feb;136(2):207-10.
Gabbard G. The psychoanalyst at the movies. Int J Psychoanal. 1997 Jun;78 ( Pt
3):429-34.
Gabbard GO, Gabbard K. The female psychoanalyst in the movies. J Am Psychoanal
Assoc. 1989;37(4):1031-49.
Gharaibeh NM. The psychiatrist's image in commercially available American movies.
Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2005 Apr;111(4):316-9.
Jukić V, Brecić P, Savić A. Movies in education of psychiatry residents. Psychiatr
Danub. 2010 Jun;22(2):304-7.
Karenberg A. Multiple sclerosis on-screen: from disaster to coping. Mult Scler. 2008
May;14(4):530-40.
Kerson TS, Kerson LA. Truly enthralling: epileptiform events in film and on television-why they persist and what we can do about them. Soc Work Health Care.
2008;47(3):320-37.
Kerson TS, Kerson LA. Implacable images: why epileptiform events continue to be
featured in film and television.
Epileptic Disord. 2006 Jun;8(2):103-13.
Kerson TS, Kerson JF, Kerson LA. She can have a seizure maybe; then we can watch:
the portrayal of epilepsy in film. Soc Work Health Care. 2000;30(3):95-115.
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Kerson JF, Kerson TS, Kerson LA. The depiction of seizures in film. Epilepsia. 1999
Aug;40(8):1163-7.
Levin HW, Schlozman S. Napoleon Dynamite: Asperger's disorder or Geek NOS? Acad
Psychiatry. 2006 Sep-Oct;30(5):430-5.
Macfarlane S. "Antwone Fisher": how dangerous is "Dr Wonderful"? Australas
Psychiatry. 2004 Jun;12(2):176-8.
McDonald A, Walter G. The portrayal of ECT in American movies. J ECT. 2001
Dec;17(4):264-74.
Robinson DJ. Reel psychiatry. Int Rev Psychiatry. 2009 Jun;21(3):245-60.
Rosen A, Walter G, Politis T, Shortland M. From shunned to shining: doctors, madness
and psychiatry in Australian and New Zealand cinema. Med J Aust. 1997 Dec 115;167(11-12):640-4.
Schill T, Harsch J, Ritter K. Countertransference in the movies: effects on beliefs about
psychiatric treatment. Psychol Rep. 1990 Oct;67(2):399-402.
Segers K. Degenerative dementias and their medical care in the movies. Alzheimer Dis
Assoc Disord. 2007 Jan-Mar;21(1):55-9.
Shortland M. Screen memories: towards a history of psychiatry and psychoanalysis in
the movies. Br J Hist Sci. 1987 Oct;20(67):421-52.
Walter G, McDonald A, Rey JM, Rosen A. Medical student knowledge and attitudes
regarding ECT prior to and after viewing ECT scenes from movies. J ECT. 2002
Mar;18(1):43-6.
Welch M, Racine T. A psycho for every generation. Nurs Inq. 1999 Sep;6(3):216-9.
Wijdicks EF, Wijdicks CA. The portrayal of coma in contemporary motion pictures.
Neurology. 2006 May 9;66(9):1300-3.
II. Bibliography of Neuro-Cinema
Dementia
The Forgetting: A Portrait of Alzheimer’s. – 2004. PBS Emmy-award winning
documentary available at http://www.pbs.org/theforgetting/watch/index.html
The Memory Loss Tapes / Grandpa, Do You Know Who I am? / Momentum in Science /
Caregivers. HBO series of 4 documentaries in THE ALZHEIMER'S PROJECT. "The
Memory Loss Tapes", provides up-close and personal look at seven individuals living
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with Alzheimer's, across the full spectrum of the progression of the disease.
"Momentum In Science" is a two-part state-of-the-science film that takes viewers inside
the laboratories and clinics of 25 leading scientists and physicians, revealing some of
the most cutting-edge research advances. "'Grandpa, Do You Know Who I Am?' with
Maria Shriver captures what it means to be a child or grandchild of one with
Alzheimer's, while "Caregivers" highlights the sacrifices and successes of people who
experience their loved one's descent into dementia. Available at
http://www.hbo.com/alzheimers/the-films.html
Ariana – 2004. 30 minute short film. About a gay man and his grandmother with
dementia.
Aurora Borealis – 2005. R. Joshua Jackson, Donald Sutherland, Juliette Lewis. A young
man helps take care of his grandfather who has Alzheimer’s disease. Meanwhile, he
falls in love with a young woman who is his grandfather’s home assistant.
Away from Her – 2006. PG-13. Julie Christie. Man’s wife has Alzheimer’s dementia and
is placed in long-term care facility; slowly loses memory of him.
Cortex – 2008. A retired detective with Alzhiemer’s solves mysteries at a clinic.
Diagnosis - 2004. Short 4 minute film. A young woman wakes up in a bar and tells the
bartender she was just diagnosed with dementia. Available at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7t3pJtwx_c
Do You Remember Love? – 1985. Joanne Woodward. Television movie about a
professor who develops Alzheimer’s and how it affects her life and family.
Encantada – 2008. Short 13 minute story about young boy whose grandmother
develops Alzheimer’s disease.
Folks! – 1992. PG.Tom Selleck, Don Ameche. Comedy about a man and his father who
has dementia.
Forget me Never – 1999. Mia Farrow. A made for television drama about woman who
develops Alzheimer’s and the effect on her career and family.
Forgetful Not Forgotten – 2009. Documentary about a man and his father's battle with
Alzheimer's and the impact it had on his family. The documentary's focus on the nonmedical impacts of the disease on the family and on the mother, the primary caregiver.
Gone – 2007. Short 12 minute story of man whose mother develops Alzheimer’s.
Iris – 2001. R. Judi Dench. Fictionalized true story of the lifelong romance between
novelist Iris Murdoch and her husband John Bayley, from their student days through her
battle with Alzheimer's disease.
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The Memory of a Killer – 2003. R. Original title ”De zaak Alzheimer.” A detective duo
tracks aging assassin who begins showing symptoms of Alzheimer's.
The Notebook – 2004. PG-13. An elderly man reads stories from a notebook to his wife
who has Alzheimer’s disease. Recounts their life moments.
On Golden Pond – 1981. PG. Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda, Katherine Hepburn. Movie
about an elderly professor with mild dementia who visits his summer house with his wife
and comes to terms with his daughter.
The Remembering Movies – 2004. A grandson creates movies to recreate his
grandmother's memory in an effort to cure her Alzheimer's Disease.
Safe House – 1998. Patrick Stewart. An ex-spy faces his own mortality, in the shape of
the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
The Savages – 2007. R. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Siblings’ filial responsibility and
caretaking of estranged father who has Alzheimer’s disease.
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A Song for Martin – 2001. PG-13. Story of married couple; husband develops
Alzheimer’s and wife becomes caregiver.
Sonny Boy – 2004. Documentary directed by actress Soleil Moon Frye [Punky Brewster]
that chronicles a two week trip that she took with her father, Virgil, who has Alzheimer’s
disease.
Time to Say Goodbye? – 1997. Story of a doctor with dementia and its progression.
Epilepsy
Cleopatra – 1963. Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison. Ceasar’s epilepsy is
a feature of his character and narrative development.
The Exorcism of Emily Rose – 2005. PG-13. Based on the same true story as in
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Fight for Life – 1987. ABC. Jerry Lewis, Patty Duke, Morgan Freeman. Made for
television movie about an optometrist his wife who have a daughter with epilepsy. They
go overseas to obtain valproate which is not yet available in the US; meanwhile urging
the FDA for expedited approval.
Fighting Choice – 1986. Disney. PG. Beau Bridges, Patrick Dempsey. Teenager with
epilepsy that becomes refractory to medications and seeks neurosurgery against
parents wishes. Takes legal action against parents.
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First do no Harm – 1997. Disney. PG-13. Meryl Streep, Fred Ward. Mother of son with
epilepsy seeks ketogenic diet after traditional therapies fail.
A Matter of Life and Death [aka Stairway to Heaven] - 1946. PG. David Nivens. Soldier
with complex partial epilepsy falls in love; heavenly court to decide his fate. Depiction of
complex partial epilepsy discussed in
http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/46_AMOLAD/AMatterOfFriedOnions.html
Requiem – 2006. Based on a true story, this film is about the exorcism of Anneliese
Michel, a college aged woman with epilepsy [and mental disorder] who stops her
antiepileptic medications and seeks spiritual help. A priest wants to perform an
exorcism.
Migraine Headache
That Beautiful Somewhere – 2006. R. Forensic archaeologist with migraines solves
mystery with detective.
Motor Neuron Disease
Hawking – 2004. BBC. Fictionalized story of a young Stephen Hawking [played by
Benedict Cumberbatch], a physicist with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Hugo Pool – 1997. R. Alyssa Milano. Comedy romance about a female pool cleaner
who falls in love with a young man dying of Lou Gerhig's Disease [ALS].
Jenifer – 2001. Made for television movie based on true story of three sisters who unite
in the face of adversity when one of them is diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's Disease [ALS].
Pride of the Yankees – 1942. Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Babe Ruth. Fictionalized
biopic about baseball player Lou Gehrig.
So Much, So Fast – 2006. Film documentary of a young man diagnosed with
amyotrohic lateral sclerosis [ALS] and his brother’s obsession to find a cure.
Multiple Sclerosis
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes: The Annette Funicello Story – 1995. Made for TV
film covering the life of Annette Funicello from childhood to her diagnosis of multiple
sclerosis.
Dreamland – 2006. PG. A love triangle story in which a young woman has multiple
sclerosis.
Duet for One – 1986. Julie Andrews. Story of classical cellist, Jacqueline Mary du Pré
who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Eden – 1996. R. Joanna Going. Story of a woman with multiple sclerosis, a student who
is infatuated with her, and her professor husband.
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Freak City – 1999. Made for TV film about a young woman is diagnosed with multiple
sclerosis and enters a nursing home.
Go Now – 1995. R. Story of young man who is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
Depicts symptomatology of MS in detail.
Hilary and Jackie – 1998. R. Emily Watson, Rachel Griffins. Ficitionalized real-life story
of two classical musician sisters, Hilary du Pré and Jacqueline Mary du Pré [who is
diagnosed with multiple sclerosis].
A Prayer Before Birth – 1991. Short film about the director, a young black lesbian, and
her struggles to come to terms with her multiple sclerosis.
In Sickness and in Health – 1992. Lesley Ann Warren. The mother of a family has
multiple scleroses and hires a caretaker.
Parkinsonism
Awakenings – 1990. PG-13. Robin Williams, Robert DiNiro. Fictionalized true story of
Dr. Oliver Sacks, his patients with postencephalitic parkinsonsim, and the effects of
levodopa. The disorder and drug effects are central to this movie. Very good
fictionalized depiction of parkinsonism symptoms and clinical effects of levodopa
[efficacy and side effects of motor complications and psychosis]. Based on the novel of
same name by Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Brain Transplant – 1992. PBS./Nova. Sequel to "The Case of the Frozen Addicts", in
which fetal tissue transplants are given to reverse Parkinson's disease.
The Case of the Frozen Addict – 1986. PBS/Nova Documentary. Young individuals
mysteriously develop parkinsonism [due to injection of a bad batch of designer narcotic
drug]. Story of how Dr. Bill Langston and others solve the medical mystery and findings
result in medical breakthrough for PD research. Retold in Dr. Langston’s book of same
name [1995].
Love and Other Drugs – 2010. R. Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway. Story about a
pharmaceutical rep who falls in love with woman with young-onset PD.
Saving Millie – 2005. CBS. A made for TV movie drama based on the best-selling book
and real-life journey of political journalist Mort Kondracke. The movie recounts his
inspiring love story with his activist wife, Milly, and the dramatic change in their lives in
the years after she is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Shaken: Journey into the mind of a Parkinson’s patient. 2008. Documentary drama of
man with young-onset PD and undergoes DBS. Partial video clip at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFtgV1vqwiE
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10 Years, 10 Mountains – 2010. Documentary featuring mountain climbers scaling 10
peaks to raise awareness and funds for PD and AD research; interspersed with footage
of a real-life PD patient, Ken Glowienke, undergoing DBS.
Stroke
The Butterfly and the Diving Bell – 2007. PG-13. Man sufffers stroke and locked-in
syndrome. Based on true story.
Stroke – 2000. Story of a poet who suffers debilitating stroke and requires care from
brother.
Neuromuscular Disorders
Darius Goes West – 2007. Documentary about Darius Weems, a fifteen-year-old living
with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), who leaves home for the first time in his life.
Extraordinary Measures – 2010. PG. Brendan Fraser, Keri Russell, Harrison Ford.
Parents of children with Pompe disease and efforts with scientist to find enzyme cure.
Lorenzo’s Oil – 1992. PG-13. Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon. Parents of child with
adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) and search for cure.
My Left Foot - 1989. R. Daniel Day Lewis. The story of Christy Brown, who was born
with cerebral palsy. He learned to paint and write with his only controllable limb - his left
foot.
Miscellaneous Neurological
Dying to Sleep. Discovery Channel documentary about a very rare, fatal prion disease
called fatal familial insomnia. Patients experience perpetual insomnia. Available at
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dying-to-sleep/
III. Bibliograpy of Psycho-Cinema
Amnesia
Memento – 2000. R. Guy Pearce. A man develops anterograde amnesia after a
traumatic event. Many medical experts have cited Memento as one of the most realistic
and accurate depictions of anterograde amnesia in any motion picture.
The Music Never Stopped – 2011. PG. Man with brain tumor resection experiences
anterograde amnesia and his response to music therapy. Based on the short story, The
Last Hippie, by Dr. Oliver Sacks.
Autism / Mental Develoment
Adam – 2009. PG-13. Hugh Dancy, Rose Bryne. Adam, a man with Asperger’s,
develops a relationship with a woman.
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Autism: The Musical – 2007.HBO documentary of a grou of autistic children preparing
for a musical.
Charly – 1968. Based on book Flowers for Algernon about a mentally retarded man who
undergoes experimental surgery to improve his intelligence.
Forrest Gump – 1994. PG-13. Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise. Movie about a
simple man with good intentions and the people in his life. Forrest is blessed with an
amazing life events.
I Am Sam – 2001. PG-13. Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning. A mentally
retarded man fights for custody of his 7-year-old daughter.
Mozart and the Whale – 2005. PG-13. Josh Hartnett. Love story about a man and
woman, both with Asperger’s.
Normal People Scare Me – 2005. A 10-minute documentary featuring first-person
accounts of life with autism. Available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYus8VVCKk
Radio - 2003. PG-13. Cuba Gooding Jr; Ed Harris. Based on true story of Radio, James
Robert Kennedy, who has a developmental disablility, and his relationship with Coach
James Robert Kennedy, who took him under his wing.
Rainman – 1988. R. Dustin Hoffman, Tom Cruise. Movie about a
salesman/hustler/bookie and his autistic savant brother.
The Soloist – 2009. PG-13. Jamie Foxx, Robert Downey Jr. Story of mentally ill,
homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary musical talent.
Temple Grandin – 2010. Claire Danes. Based on Temple Grandin, PhD, an autistic
woman who became an expert in the field of animal husbandry. Dr. Oliver Sacks
describes her in his short story “An Anthropologist on Mars."
What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – 1993. PG-13. Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Juliette
Lewis. Story of older brother with a mentally disabled younger brother.
Depression / Bipolar
Boy interrupted – 2008. HBO documentary of teenager suicide.
It’s Kind of a Funny Story – 2010. PG-13. A clinically depressed teenager gets a new
start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Mad Love – 1995. PG-13. Drew Barrymore, Chris O’Donnell. High school kids in love.
The girl has clinical depression and attempts suicide. The couple runaway together and
clinical depression recurs.
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Mental – 2009. Fox Television. A discontinued TV series about a psychiatrist who uses
unconventional methods. He has a sister with schizophrenia and who himself maybe
clinically depressed. TV series is available in DVD.
Mr. Jones - 1993. R. Richard Gere. Movie of a manic depressive man and love
relationship with his female doctor.
Girl Interuppted – 1999. R. Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie and Whoopi Goldberg. Based
on real-lfie writer Susanna Kaysen's autobiographical account of her 18-month stay at
McLean Hospital back in the 1960s and her interactions with other patients and staff.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
The Three Faces of Eve – 1957. Based on the true story of Chris Costner Sizemore,
aka Eve White, a woman who suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID).
Fight Club – 1999. R. Edward Norton, Brad Pitt. Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Drug Addiction
Ben: Diary of a Heroin Addict – 2008. Short documentary available at
http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ben-diary-heroin-addict/
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – 1998. R. Johnny Depp. Drug addiction.
Requeim for a Dream – 2000. R. Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly. Drug
addiction.
Trainspotting – 1996. R. Ewan McGregor. Drug addiction.
Love Liza – 2002. R. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Man seeks solace after wife’s suicide.
Turns to gasoline fume abuse and other.
Owning Mahoney – 2003. R. Philip Seymour Hoffman. Based on the story of the largest
one-man bank fraud in Canadian history. Gambling addiction.
Phobias
Repulsion – 1965. Roman Polanski psychological thrhiller starring Catherine Deneuve
as a woman with androphobia [fear of men] who turns psychotic and eventually
catatonic.
Vertigo – 1958. Movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock about a retired detective with
acrophobia [fear of heights] who is hired to follow a woman who exhibits peculiar
behavior.
What about Bob? – 1991. PG-13. Richard Dreyfuss, Bill Murray. Comedy about a
multiphobic patient and his psychiatrist.
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Post Traumatic / Post War Stress Disorder
All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930. Story of young German soldiers and WWI.
The Best Years of Our Lives – 1946. Myrna Loy, Fredric March. Three WWII veterans
return home and face readjustment issues.
Brothers – 2009. R. Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman and Tobey Maguire. Afghanistan
veteran and POW returns home and has problems.
Coming Home – 1978. Jane Fonda, John Voight, Bruce Dern. Set during the Vietnam
war, story of a military wife who falls in love with a paraplegic veteran.
The Deer Hunter -1978. R. Robert De Niro, Christoper Walken. Story of three soldiers
and their experiences during the Vietnam war and return home.
Flags of Our Fathers – 2006. R. Ryan Phillipe. The life stories of the six WWII soldiers
who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima. Demonstrates life long sequelae of war
trauma.
Hurt Locker – 2008. R. Jeremy Renner. Story of Army soldiers in bomb squad during
Iraq war.
Mrs. Dalloway – 1997. PG-13. Vanessa Redgrave, Rupert Graves. Subplot involves
WWI veteran with shell shock / PTSD.
Stop Loss – 2008. R. Ryan Phillippe. Iraq war veteran returns home and then is ordered
back to duty.
The Thin Red Line – 1998. R. Sean Penn, Nick Nolte. WWII soldiers and the battle of
Guadalcanal.
Psychopaths
American Psycho – 2000. R. Christian Bale. Move about a psychopath.
Gacy – 2003. R. Based on true story of John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer psychopath.
Primal Fear – 1996. R. Richard Gere, Crime drama thriller in which Edward Norton
plays a clever psychopath.
The Silence of the Lambs – 2001. Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins. Story of a serial
psychopath.
Schizophrenia Spectrum
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A Beautiful Mind – 2001. PG-13. Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly.
Fictionalized biopic of mathematician John Nash and his lifelong struggles with
schizophrenia.
Black Swan – 2010. R. Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis. A ballet dancer becomes mentally
unstable as she prepares for “Swan Lake.”
The Caine Mutiny – 1954. Humphrey Bogart. Mutiny aboard a military ship after the
captain becomes mentally unstable.
Conspiracy Theory – 1997. R. Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts. A mentally unstable taxi driver
with a multitude of government conspiracy theories.
Out of Darkness – 1994. Diana Ross. Made for TV movie about a woman with paranoid
schizophrenia, multiple hospitalizations, and eventually is treated with clozapine.
Psycho – 1960. Anthony Perkins. Psychological thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Loosely based on crimes of Wisconsin psychopath Ed Gein.
Psycho – 1998 remake of 1960 movie of same name.
Heavenly Creatures – 1994. R. Kate Winslet. Based on the true story of Juliet Hulme
and Pauline Parker and a plot that results in murder. Story of folie a deux [shared
psychosis].
Miscellaneous Psychiatry
0.9 Ampere – 2008. Documentary that discusses the history and use of ECT.
Antwone Fisher – 2002. PG-13. Denzel Washington. A young navy man with aggressive
tendencies sees a psychiatrist.
Don't Say A Word – 2001. R. Michael Douglas, Brittany Murphy. A psychological thriller
about a psychiatrist and institutionalized young woman and efforts to save the
psychiatrist’s kidnapped daughter.
The Eyes of Van Gogh – 2005. Vincent van Gogh, in desperate search for a cure from
attacks that increasingly plague him, voluntarily enters an insane asylum.
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – 1992. R. Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorria. A
mentally unstable woman seeks revenge against a family. She blames the family for her
husband’s suicide.
My Name is Sabina Spielrein – 2002. This movie relates, the story of a young woman,
Sabina Spielrein, a patient of Carl Gustav Jung and her attachement to him. Countertransference.
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One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest – 1975. R. Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher and
Danny DeVito. Story of a convict who feigns mental disturbance, is admitted to a
psychiatric facility for evaluation, his fellow inpatients, the staff, and his rebellious
activities within the facility.
Play Misty for Me – 1971. R. Clint Eastwood. A radio DJ is stalked by an infatuated and
obsessed woman.
Shutter Island – 2010. R. Leonardo DiCaprio. Psychologial thriller about a U.S. marshal
who investigates mysteries at a psychiatric facility or so he thinks.
Single White Female – 1992. R. Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh. Story of two
woman; one is mentally disturbed and develops an obsession for the other woman.
Titicut Follies – 1967. Black and white documentary film about the treatment of inmates
/ patients at Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane, a Massachusetts
Correctional Institution in Bridgewater, Massachusetts.
Acknowledgements:
Jack J. Chen, PharmD
Members - College of Psychiatric and Neurologic Pharmacists
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