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Top 10 Movies with Mental Illnesses

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Mental Illness movies are a beautiful catalyst for the mysterious and unknown world of the mind.  Not only are theses topics generating multimillion-dollar box offices, but are a bridge to the inside look of a community frequently misunderstood and misinterpreted. Often times these film seem to be just an outlet of suspension and thrill, but have a double purpose of creating a voice for discussion and crafting curiosity for the masses. What a great opportunity for us viewers to experience a story line that we often miss out on. But please — remember these motion pictures can only get you half the way, with half the truth. So I challenge you to indulge yourself yet deeper, to discuss more, to inform all, and to create knowledge of illnesses which affects 22% of Americans.

Here is a list with the top 10 Movies about Mental Illness including the illness featured in the film. Please follow the links for more information on films.

1. A beautiful Mind (Schizophrenia):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0268978/

2. Shutter Island (Delusional Disorder):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1130884/

3. The Hours (Depression):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107146/

4. Girl, Interrupted (Borderline Personality Disorder):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0172493/

5. Ordinary People (Anxiety Disorder):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081283/

6. Psycho (Dissociative Disorder):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/

7. What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? (Autism):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108550/

8. Fight Club (Multiple Personality Disorder):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/

9. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Assorted Mental Illness):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073486/

10. The Fisher King (Suicidal Psychopathic Depression):

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/

Sources: http://slices-of-life.com/2011/10/13/top-10-movies-about-mental-illness/#.T1g0DpdWo6w

                 www.IMDB.com

  • Pam Terzian

    IMDb originated with a Usenet posting by British film fan and professional computer programmer Col Needham entitled “Those Eyes”, about actresses with beautiful eyes. Others with similar interests soon responded with additions or different lists of their own. Needham subsequently started a (male) “Actors List”, while Dave Knight began a “Directors List”, and Andy Krieg took over “THE LIST”, which would later be renamed the “Actress List”. Both lists had been restricted to people who were alive and working, but soon retired people were added, so Needham started what was then (but did not remain) a separate “Dead Actors/Actresses List”. The goal of the participants now was to make the lists as inclusive as possible. By late 1990, the lists included almost 10,000 movies and television series correlated with actors and actresses appearing therein.^::.

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