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May 03, 2016, 03:43 PM
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I hope I don't sound weird, does anyone like, or know of, movies with characters with mental illness? I saw one a couple of nights ago called Enter The Dangerous Mind (aka 'Snap'). It's a little scary and violent in some parts, but I can understand why it was made that way.
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May 03, 2016, 03:48 PM
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I loved the movie Phoebe in Wonderland.
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May 03, 2016, 03:57 PM
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A Beautiful Mind
Great movie. It's about John Nash, Jr and he had schizophrenia |
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May 03, 2016, 04:06 PM
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I always loved 'Girl, Interrupted' with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie.
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#5
May 03, 2016, 04:19 PM
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Beautiful mind is one of the best movies ever. It inspires me and gives me tremendous hope, or can trigger me, depending on when I watch or think about it. He figured out a way to "know" his hallucinations aren't real, saved his beautiful marriage, kept working beyond all obstacles in front of him. Great movie.
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May 03, 2016, 04:30 PM
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Another vote for Girl Interrupted. Benny and Joon is another good one.
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May 03, 2016, 05:01 PM
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I loved Benny and Joon too!!
Another movie (well, it's a four hour mini series) done in the 70s with Sally Field and Joan Woodward called 'Sybil' is a good watch. The total character suffers from multiple personalities. I don't know if this strictly counts as a movie about mental illness but I also highly recommend Donnie Darko. The title character is often considered a paranoid schizophrenic.
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Bipolar I Borderline Personality Disorder ADHD Generalized Anxiety Disorder "You," he said, "are a terribly real thing in a terribly false world, and that, I believe, is why you are in so much pain.” ― Emilie Autumn, The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls |
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May 03, 2016, 07:14 PM
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Quote:
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May 03, 2016, 07:33 PM
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Silver Linings Playbook was good from what I can remember.
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May 03, 2016, 07:38 PM
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Infinitely Polar Bear. Watched it for the second time yesterday. (I've actually been putting together a post about it today, but computer froze. Hopefully I can finish it tonight.)
I also liked The Soloist with Jamie Fox playing a man with schizophrenia. Another vote for Benny and Joon. Sweet movie. (Ye gawds, I hated SLP. But I shall refrain...  )
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May 03, 2016, 08:34 PM
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I like thirteen. And I like manic. It's a movie about a kid with an anger problem who gets put in the psych ward. There's violence in it though so be prepared for that.
I also like more light hearted stuff like analyze this and that movie with jack Nicholson....omg what was it...where he has ocd...as good as it gets.
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May 04, 2016, 08:47 AM
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The one that flew over the cuckoo's nest I like. Also mentioned are Silver Lingings with Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawerance and Girl Interrupted and Thirteen. Stephen Fry's documentary is good too
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May 04, 2016, 12:43 PM
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Benny and Join was really cute from what I remember, but I don't think they had mental illness so much as they were developmentally delayed... Which is very different. Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly though.
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May 04, 2016, 02:06 PM
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Quote:
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"Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you can see the top." -Wildflower http://missracgel.wixsite.com/bearhugs |
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May 04, 2016, 03:41 PM
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A great classic is Ingmar Bergman's Through A Glass Darkly.
I love Girl, Interrupted and Benny and Joon, too. |
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May 04, 2016, 04:34 PM
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I just want to add another vote for A Beautiful Mind, even if you don't have schizophrenia or want to watch a movie about schizo, it's just an incredible movie on its own, very powerful and moving.
Silver Linings Playbook was good but a little cheesy at times, I felt.
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May 05, 2016, 05:08 AM
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Or is everyone on this forum too young to have seen it?
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May 26, 2016, 09:35 PM
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Quote:
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