Fave psychology-related movies

[winnie]

I thought it would be fun to find out what everybody's favorite psych-related movies are. I mean movies featuring a psychologist, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, therapist, mental hospital, Freudian dream sequence or whatever...

I'll go first. One of my faves is a real old one (1938): "Carefree" with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, featuring Fred as the analyst and Ginger as the recalcitrant patient. Lots of sub-Freudian wisecracks, surreal dream sequences, and (if my memory serves) Fred trying to hypnotise himself in the mirror... What could be better?! Oy vey! 😛

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[jpaquette]

Silence of the Lambs (Dr. Hannibal Lecter)

 

[twiggers]

Well not a movie but close.....The Sopranos!!!!!

 

[Sanman]

good will hunting, memento, and identity was alright as well

 

[twiggers]

memento was such a weird movie.....had to watch it for a psych class...not a favorite but a good psychological thriller.

If we're going towards psychological disorders how about 50 First Dates? heehee or even Finding Nemo (Ellen Degeneres' fish)...Bourne Supremacy as well.

I just love seeing how they are representing various disorders.

 

[PublicHealth]

Donnie Darko

 

[amimi]

One Flew Over the ****oo's Nest

(the book is soooo much better. It's by Ken Kesey.)

 

[50960]

apocalypse now...the redux version! "The horror, the horror". 😉

 

[OldPsychDoc]

"What About Bob?"

 

[Becky1005]

Nurse Betty

 

[Flutterbyu]

I just watched "The Three Faces of Eve" last night - definitely a classic.

I saw a pretty bad one about a month ago with Courtney Cox and David Arquette. Courtney's character impersonates her therapist after the therapist has a nervous breakdown. Kind of ironic, seeing as Monica was totally on the fringe of having OCD on Friends.

Beautiful Mind was a great movie and I also liked Matchstick Men.

 

[MJD503]

Manic...Amazing movie, Don Cheadle is The Man!

 

[PublicHealth]

Beautiful Mind was a great movie

It may have been a great movie, but it is a mostly inaccurate portrayal of John Nash's life and psychopathology:

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?BeautifulMind

http://www.neurotodayonline.com/pt/re/neurotoday/abstract.00132985-200207000-00010.htm;jsessionid=C24VFHqkkwzjlxK7QLdQ8VnaxLRQxIiolp0cy7MZZ8mD9OvWCTeX!-2129639439!-949856031!9001!-1

 

[Flutterbyu]

It may have been a great movie, but it is a mostly inaccurate portrayal of John Nash's life and psychopathology:

well well well, you learn something new everyday 🙂

 

[winnie]

I just watched "The Three Faces of Eve" last night - definitely a classic.

Yeah, I like that one too! Joanne Woodward is great in it, really funny and sympathetic. I think it was made in the late 50s -- surprising, really, that it took another 20 years or so for the dissociative identity disorder/ multpersonality disorder bandwagon to really leave the station...

Did anyone see the British documentary about Aileen Wuornos, the woman "Monster" is based on? Gosh, what a compelling character she was. Often, very likeable. And what a childhood! Incredibly sad...

 

[lazure]

Those of you wanting to work with teenagers, see Thirteen.
Good Will Hunting annoyed me for bad portrayal of a psychologist at work.

 

[DreamSummer]

Spellbound!!! Old movie, but I loved it!

 

[hdu]

Without specific order):
Shine
Rain man
The bad seed
Suddenly, last summer
The madness of king George
Most of Jack Nicholson movies (exception: angry management)
Machbecht (The Kurosawa version)
Batman (the first one)
Lord of the Rings II (The Golum!!!)

O owe you one!

PS: Certainly I agree with 3 faces of Eve, Beautiful Mind, and others that have been posted!

 

[hdu]

Without specific order):
Shine
Rain man
The bad seed
Suddenly, last summer
The madness of king George
Most of Jack Nicholson movies (exception: angry management)
Machbecht (The Kurosawa version)
Batman (the first one)
Lord of the Rings II (The Golum!!!)

PS1: I am going to take some time to think in number 10...

PS2: Certainly I agree with Memento (amazing!), 3 faces of Eve, Beautiful Mind, and others that have been posted!