List of films about mental disorders

Many films have portrayed mental disorders or used them as backdrops for other themes. This is a list of some of those films, sorted by disorder, regardless of whether or not the disorder is portrayed accurately. Thus, though 50 First Dates presents a case of anterograde amnesia, the type depicted does not actually exist.

Similarly, dissociative identity disorder, formerly called "multiple identity disorder", is one of the most controversial psychiatric disorders, with no clear consensus on diagnostic criteria or treatment. Most films purporting to represent dissociative identity disorder would not leave that impression.

Owing to the nature of drama, extreme and florid manifestations of any given disorder tend to prevail over the more subtle ones typical of the average case. For example, people with agoraphobia are generally portrayed in drama as recluses who never, or almost never, venture from their homes; in reality, this is rare and extreme, not typical of the agoraphobic population.

General list

Title	Year released	IMDB rating (2017)	Mental disorder
Girl, Interrupted	1999	7.1	Borderline personality disorder, among others
Finding Nemo	2003	8.1	Anterograde amnesia, Attention Deficit Disorder, posttraumatic stress disorder
Winter Sleepers	1997	7.3	Anterograde amnesia
How To Train Your Dragon	2010	8.1	Attention Deficit Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Clean Slate	1994	5.6	Anterograde amnesia
Fight Club	1999	8.8	Dissociative identity disorder
A Beautiful Mind	2001	8.2	Schizophrenia
Memento	2000	8.5	Anterograde amnesia
What Dreams May Come	1998	7.0	Depression
The Night Listener	2006	5.9	Factitious disorder
Awakenings	1990	7.8
Sideways	2004	7.5
Julien Donkey Boy	1999	6.7
Silver Linings Playbook	2012	7.8	Depression & bipolar
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	8.7
Rain Man	1988	8.0	Autism spectrum disorder
Black Swan	2010	8.0
Shutter Island	2010	8.1
Lars and the Real Girl	2007	7.4
What's Eating Gilbert Grape	1993	7.8	Autism spectrum disorder
The Three Faces of Eve	1957	7.2	Dissociative identity disorder
American Psycho	2000	7.6	Antisocial Personality Disorder
Donnie Darko	2001	8.1
The Silence of the Lambs	1991	8.6	Antisocial Personality Disorder
The Aviator	2004	7.5	obsessive-compulsive disorder
The Soloist	2009	6.7

Amnesia

Anterograde amnesia

A person with anterograde amnesia is unable to form new memories.

• Clean Slate – 1994
• Winter Sleepers – 1997
• Memento – 2000
• Finding Nemo – 2003
• 50 First Dates – 2004
• Ghajini – 2005
• The Lookout – 2007
• Ghajini – 2008
• The Music Never Stopped – 2011
• Naduvula Konjam Pakkatha Kaanom – 2012
• Remember Sunday – 2013
• Medulla Oblongata – 2014
• Before I Go To Sleep – 2014
• Finding Dory – 2016

Retrograde amnesia

"A much-used plot device, retrograde amnesia occurs when a person forgets part or all of his or her past."

• The Mummy (1932)
• Random Harvest (1942), in which Ronald Colman's character suffers from the condition not once but twice.
• Crime Doctor – 1943
• Anastasia – 1956
• Paris, Texas – 1984
• The Muppets Take Manhattan – 1984
• Morning Patrol – 1987
• Overboard – 1987
• RoboCop – 1987
• Innale – 1990
• Regarding Henry – 1991
• The Addams Family – 1991
• The English Patient – 1996
• Anastasia – 1997
• Dark City – 1998
• The Mummy Returns – 2001
• Mulholland Drive – 2001
• The Majestic – 2001
• The Bourne Identity – 2002
• Finding Nemo – 2003
• The Number 23 – 2007
• Rumba – 2008
• Unknown – 2011
• Jab Tak Hai Jaan – 2012
• The Vow – 2012
• Fast and Furious 6 – 2013
• Mumbai Police – 2013
• Trance (2013 film) – 2013
• Furious 7 – 2015

Psychogenic amnesia

"Psychogenic amnesia, also known as dissociative amnesia, is memory loss caused by psychological stress."

• Spellbound – 1945
• The Snake Pit – 1948
• Shadow on the Wall – 1950
• Marnie – 1964
• Mirage – 1965
• Mister Buddwing – 1966
• The Machinist (2004) – insomnia and PTSD inducing or co-morbid with hallucinations, delusions, paranoia, and dissociative disorder
• Shutter Island (2010) – considered dissociative disorders

Lacunar amnesia

Lacunar amnesia is the loss of memory about one specific event.

• What Lies Beneath – 2000
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004
• Mysterious Skin – 2004
• Trance – 2013
• Dream Lock – 2015

Anxiety disorders

• Ordinary People – 1980
• Copycat – 1995
• Mrs Dalloway – 1997
• Elling – 2001
• Punch-Drunk Love – 2002
• White Oleander – 2002
• The Village – 2004
• 2 Coelhos – 2012
• Nerve – 2013

Agoraphobia

• Grey Gardens – 1975
• On the Right Track – 1981
• Inside Out – 1986
• What About Bob? – 1991
• The Fear Inside – 1992
• Copycat – 1995
• Naked Fear – 1999
• Frozen with Fear – 2000
• Finding Forrester – 2000
• I Am Sam – 2001
• Public Domain – 2003
• Ocean's Twelve – 2004
• The Aviator – 2004
• The Benchwarmers – 2006
• N.H.K. ni Yōkoso! – 2006
• Nim's Island – 2008
• Restraint – 2008
• Tokyo! – 2008
• The Uninvited – 2008
• Bunny and the Bull – 2009
• Mary and Max – 2009
• Devil – 2010
• Columbus Circle – 2011
• Protect the Boss – 2011
• Citadel – 2012
• Los Últimos Días – 2013 – increasing numbers of people contract a form of agoraphobia, called "the Panic", which can be fatal if they venture outside
• Phobia – 2016
• Sparrows Dance – 2012
• The Best Offer – 2013
• The Last Days – 2014
• Shrew's Nest – 2014
• Big Sky – 2015
• Within – 2016

Social anxiety disorder

• Elling – 2001
• Shrek – 2001
• Adaptation – 2002
• Bubble – 2006
• Ali's Eight Days – 2009
• The King's Speech – 2010
• Nerve – 2012

Attention Deficit Disorder

• The Sound of Music - 1965
• Mrs. Doubtfire - 1993
• Emma - 1996
• Finding Nemo - 2003
• Juno - 2007
• How to Train Your Dragon - 2010
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief - 2010
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 - 2014
• Finding Dory - 2016
• Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie - 2017
• Despicable Me 3 - 2017

Autism Spectrum Disorder

• Together Brothers – 1974
• Being There – 1979
• The Boy Who Could Fly – 1986
• Rain Man – 1988
• House of Cards – 1993
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape – 1993
• Cube – 1997
• Mercury Rising – 1998
• Pi – 1998
• Molly – 1999
• Bless the Child – 2000
• Elling – 2001
• Miracle Run – 2004
• Marathon – 2005
• Mozart and the Whale – 2005
• Snow Cake – 2006
• Ben X – 2007
• Her Name is Sabine (Elle s'appelle Sabine) – 2007
• The Black Balloon – 2008
• The Daisy Chain – 2008
• Dark Floors – 2008
• Adam – 2009
• Alexander the Great – 2010
• Dear John – 2010
• My Name Is Khan – 2010
• Ocean Heaven – 2010
• Simple Simon – 2010
• Temple Grandin – 2010
• Mabul – 2011
• Drive – 2011
• Exodus Fall – 2011
• Dr. Pomerantz – 2011
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – 2011
• Fly Away – 2011
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 2011
• Barfi! – 2012
• NightLights – 2012
• The Story of Luke – 2012
• The Drop – 2014
• The Imitation Game – 2014
• Nightcrawler – 2014
• A Brilliant Young Mind – 2015
• Jack of the Red Hearts – 2015
• Pawn Sacrifice – 2015
• The Big Short – 2015
• The Sense of Wonder – 2015
• The Darkness – 2016
• The Accountant – 2016
• Power Rangers – 2017
• Mozart and the Whale – 2005
• Snow Cake – 2006
• Ben X – 2007
• Adam – 2009
• Mary and Max – 2009
• Temple Grandin – 2010
• My Name Is Khan – 2010
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 2011
• Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close – 2011
• The Big Short – 2015

Avoidant personality disorder

• Cul-de-Sac – 1966: character of George
• The Godfather – 1972: character of Fredo Corleone
• The Glass Menagerie – 1973
• The Godfather Part II – 1974: character of Fredo Corleone
• Zelig – 1983
• Back to the Future – 1985: character of George McFly
• Fargo – 1996: characters of Jerry Lundegaard and Mike Yanagita

The Peanuts Movie – 2015: character of Charlie Brown

Bipolar disorder

See also: Category:Films about bipolar disorder

Borderline personality disorder

• Jules and Jim – 1962: Catherine (Jeanne Moreau)
• Play Misty for Me – 1971: Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar – 1977
• Betty Blue – 1986
• Ulladakkam – 1991
• Bitter Moon – 1992 character of Mimi
• Single White Female – 1992 Hedra Carlson, Jennifer Jason Leigh
• Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer – 1993
• Darr – 1993 character of Rahul
• Falling Down – 1993 character of William "D-Fens" Foster
• Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life – 1993 Jeffrey Dahmer
• The Crush – 1993 Darion/Adrian Forrester, Alicia Silverstone
• Casino – 1995 character of Ginger
• Mad Love – 1995
• Breaking the Waves – 1996
• Fear – 1996 David McCall, Mark Wahlberg
• Malicious – 1996
• The Cable Guy – 1996
• Cruel Intentions – 1999 Katheryn Merteuil, Sarah Michelle Gellar
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999 Susanna Kaysen, Winona Ryder; Lisa Rowe Angelina Jolie
• Me, Myself & Irene – 2000
• Lost and Delirious – 2001
• Moksha – 2001 character of Vikram Sehgal
• Original Sin – 2001
• Prozac Nation – 2001
• La Pianiste – 2001
• Dahmer – 2002
• One Hour Photo – 2002
• Swimfan – 2002
• White Oleander – 2002 Ingrid Magnussen, Michelle Pfeiffer; Astrid Magnussen, Alison Lohman; Starr Thomas, Robin Wright
• Monster – 2003
• Thirteen – 2003
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004
• Head-On – 2004
• Wicker Park – 2004 character of Alex Denver
• Ankahee – 2006
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend – 2006 Jenny Johnson/G-Girl, Uma Thurman
• Notes on a Scandal – 2006
• The Tracey Fragments – 2007
• Borderline – 2008
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona – 2008
• Chloe – 2009
• Cracks – 2009 character of Miss G
• Dev.D – 2009 character of Dev Singh Dhillon
• Mr. Nobody (film) – 2009
• Black Swan – character of Nina Sayers and her mother Erica as well as Beth MacIntyre – 2010
• No Strings Attached – 2011
• Shame – 2011
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – 2011
• The Roommate – 2011 Rebecca, Leighton Meester
• Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 character of Tiffany Maxwell
• A Mother's Nightmare – 2013
• Blue Jasmine – 2013
• Nautanki Saala! – 2013 character of Mandar Lele
• Raanjhanaa – 2013 character of Kundan Shankar
• Side Effects – 2013
• Truth – 2013
• Girlhood – 2014
• The Skeleton Twins – 2014
• Welcome to Me – 2014 character of Alice Klieg
• Boy Next Door – 2015

Conduct disorder

• A Clockwork Orange – 1971
• The Crush – 1993
• The Good Son – 1993
• The Butterfly Effect – 2004

Delusional disorder; and psychotic disorder not otherwise specified

• Dracula – 1931
• Repulsion – 1965
• The Ninth Configuration – 1980 with an extreme introjective identification twist
• The King of Comedy – 1983
• Misery – 1990
• Singapore Sling – 1990
• Bulletproof Heart – 1994
• In the Mouth of Madness – 1994
• Invisible Child – 1999
• A Beautiful Mind – 2001
• Donnie Darko – 2001
• Swimfan – 2002
• The Machinist – 2004
• A Scanner Darkly – 2006
• Lars and the Real Girl – 2007
• Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter – 2014
• They Look Like People – 2015
• Anomalisa – 2015

Dementia

• Nebraska – 2013
• Remember – 2015

Alzheimer's disease

• On Golden Pond – 1981
• Driving Miss Daisy – 1989
• Mars Attacks! – 1996
• El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) – 2001
• En sång för Martin (A Song For Martin) – 2001
• Iris – 2001
• A Time to Remember – 2003
• De Zaak Alzheimer (The Memory of a Killer) – 2003
• A Moment to Remember (Nae meorisokui jiwoogae) – 2004
• The Notebook – 2004
• Black – 2005
• Thanmatra – 2005
• Away from Her – 2006
• Lovely, Still – 2008
• U Me Aur Hum – 2008
• A Separation – 2011
• Before We Forget – 2011
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes – 2011
• Terri – 2011
• The Iron Lady – 2011
• Wrinkles – 2011
• 50/50 – 2011
• Amour – 2012
• Robot and Frank – 2012
• Nebraska – 2013
• Honig im Kopf (Head Full Of Honey) – 2014
• Still Alice – 2014

Depression

• Bride of Frankenstein – 1935
• Abe Lincoln in Illinois – 1940
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – 1947
• The Wrong Man – 1956
• The Apartment – 1960
• The Fire Within – 1963
• The Slender Thread – 1965
• Interiors – 1978
• Ordinary People – 1980
• Dead Ringers – 1988
• An Angel at My Table – 1990
• Edward Scissorhands – 1990
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape – 1993
• Forrest Gump – 1994
• Leaving Las Vegas – 1995
• Mazhayethum Munpe – 1995
• The Butcher Boy – 1997
• Gods and Monsters – 1998
• Rushmore – 1998
• What Dreams May Come – 1998
• American Beauty – 1999
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999
• The Virgin Suicides – 1999
• On the Edge – 2001
• Prozac Nation – 2001
• The Royal Tenenbaums – 2001
• About a Boy – 2002
• Love Liza – 2002
• Ice Age - 2002
• The Hours – 2002
• House of Sand and Fog – 2003
• Sylvia – 2003
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon – 2004
• The Butterfly Effect – 2004
• Finding Neverland – 2004
• Little Miss Sunshine – 2006
• Wristcutters: A Love Story – 2006
• Downloading Nancy – 2008
• Goodbye Solo – 2008
• Revolutionary Road – 2008
• Wendy and Lucy – 2008
• A Single Man – 2009
• Antichrist – 2009
• Helen – 2009
• My Suicide – 2009
• Shrink – 2009
• Veronika Decides to Die – 2009
• Chatroom – 2010
• It's Kind of a Funny Story – 2010
• Remember Me – 2010
• Winter's Bone – 2010
• Detachment – 2011
• I Melt with You – 2011
• Melancholia – 2011
• Oslo, 31. august – 2011
• Suicide Room – 2011
• The Beaver – 2011
• We Have a Pope – 2011
• Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (My SO Has Depression) – 2011
• Rust and Bone – 2012
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – 2012 major depression with psychotic features
• Lincoln – 2012
• Side Effects – 2013
• The Secret Life of Walter Mitty – 2013
• Cake – 2014
• Rocks in My Pockets – 2014
• Two Days, One Night – 2014
• Inside Out - 2015
• The End of the Tour – 2015
• The Sea of Trees – 2015

Dysthymia

• American Splendor – 2003
• Revolutionary Road – 2008

Dissociative identity disorder

Previously called "Multiple Personality Disorder."

• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 1931
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – 1941
• House of Dracula – 1945
• A Double Life – 1947
• The Son of Dr. Jekyll – 1951
• Monkey Business – 1952
• Psycho – 1960
• The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll – 1960
• The Nutty Professor – 1963
• Persona – 1966
• Sybil – 1976
• The Tenant – 1976
• Dressed to Kill – 1980
• Happy Birthday to Me – 1981
• My Bloody Valentine – 1981
• Psycho II – 1983
• Birdy – 1984
• Psycho III – 1983
• Angel Heart – 1987
• Psycho IV – 1990
• The Fisher King – 1991
• Raising Cain – 1992
• Manichitrathazhu – 1993
• Color of Night – 1994
• Never Talk to Strangers – 1995
• Primal Fear – 1996
• The Nutty Professor – 1996
• Perfect Blue – 1997
• Psycho – 1998
• Fight Club – 1999
• The Hurricane – 1999
• Me, Myself and Irene – 2000
• Nutty Professor II: The Klumps – 2000
• Nurse Betty – 2000
• Passion of Mind – 2000
• Spider-Man – 2002
• The Hours – 2002
• A Tale of Two Sisters – 2003
• Identity – 2003
• Secret Window – 2004
• The Machinist – 2004
• Chandramukhi – 2005
• Hide and Seek – 2005
• X-Men: The Last Stand – 2006
• Bhool Bhulaiyaa – 2007
• Mad Detective – 2007
• Numb – 2007
• Sybil – 2007
• Thr3e – 2007
• Dark Floors – 2008
• My Bloody Valentine 3D – 2009
• The Uninvited – 2009
• United States of Tara – 2009 (TV series)
• Black Swan – 2010
• Frankie and Alice – 2010
• Peacock – 2010
• Shutter Island – 2010
• Dream House – 2011
• Sucker Punch – 2011
• The Ward – 2011
• Wilfred – 2011 (TV series)
• Birdman – 2014
• Rhodora X – 2014
• Bates Motel – 2013 (TV series)
• Split – 2016
• The Mummy – 2017

Eating disorders

• La Grande Bouffe – 1973
• The Best Little Girl in the World – 1981
• Kate's Secret – 1986
• Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story – 1987
• An Anorexic's Tale: The Brief Life of Catherine – 1988
• The Karen Carpenter Story – 1989
• Life Is Sweet – 1990
• Uncle Bun – 1991 (Malayalam)
• For the Love of Nancy – 1994
• 301, 302 – 1995
• Dying to be Perfect: The Ellen Hart Pena Story – 1996
• When Friendship Kills – 1996
• Perfect Body – 1997
• A Girl is a Girl – 1999
• Cruel Intentions – 1999
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999
• NOVA: Dying to Be Thin – 2000 (documentary)
• Sharing the Secret – 2000
• Center Stage – 2000
• Slender Existence – 2000 (short film)
• Dying to Dance – 2001
• Love on a Diet – 2001
• Elephant – 2003
• Hunger Point – 2003
• Perfect Illusions: Eating Disorders and the Family – 2003 (documentary)
• The Devil Wears Prada – 2006
• Thin – 2006
• Dana: The 8 Year Old Anorexic – 2007 (documentary)
• Skins – 2007 (TV series)
• To Be Fat Like Me – 2007
• Glee – 2009 (TV series)
• Black Swan – 2010
• Pretty Little Liars – 2010
• Sharing the Secret – 2010
• Rigodon – 2012
• Compulsion – 2013
• Starving In Suburbia – 2014
• God Help The Girl – 2015
• The Road Within – 2015

Erotomania

• Fatal Attraction – 1987
• The Crush – 1993
• The In Crowd – 2000
• Obsessed – 2002
• He loves me... He loves me not – 2002
• Enduring Love – 2004
• Obsessed – 2009

Factitious disorder

• The Night Listener (film) – 2006

Folie à deux

"Recent psychiatric classifications refer to the syndrome as shared psychotic disorder (DSM-IV) (297.3) and induced delusional disorder (F24) in the ICD-10."

• Bug – 2006

Histrionic personality disorder

• Thaniyavarthanam – 1987
• Small Sacrifices – 1989 Diane Downs, Farrah Fawcett
• Small Sacrifices – 1989
• Postcards from the Edge – 1990
• Beaches – 1991
• The Birdcage – 1996
• America's Sweethearts – 2001
• Chicago – 2002
• Being Julia – 2004
• Mean Girls – 2004 Regina George
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall – 2008
• My Week with Marilyn – 2011
• Young Adult – 2011
• American Hustle – 2013 character of Rosalyn Rosenfeld
• The Great Gatsby – 2013 character of Daisy Buchanan
• Breathe – 2014

Hypersexuality

• Rathinirvedam – 1978
• Thakara – 1979
• Pink Floyd—The Wall – 1982
• Desatanakkili Karayarilla – 1986
• Black Snake Moan – 2006
• Choke – 2008
• Shame – 2011
• Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 character of Tiffany Maxwell, symptom of Borderline personality disorder
• Nymphomaniac – 2013

Intermittent explosive disorder

• Anger Management – 2003 David Buznik, Adam Sandler
• Wedding Crashers – 2005 Sack Lodge, Bradley Cooper
• Goodfellas – 1990 Tommy Devito, Joe Pesci
• Raging Bull – 1980 Jake Lamotta, Robert De Niro
• Teen Wolf – 2011 Liam Dunbar, Dylan Sprayberry
• The Angry Birds Movie – 2016 Red, Jason Sudeikis
• Happy Gilmore – 1996 Happy Gilmore, Adam Sandler
• L.A. Confidential – 1997 Bud White, Russell Crowe
• Internal Affairs – 1990 Raymond Avila, Andy Garcia
• Mystery Men - 1999 Roy / Mr. Furious, Ben Stiller
• Casino -1995 Nicky Santoro, Joe Pesci

Malingering

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – 1975
• The Score – 2001
• Side Effects – 2013

Munchausen syndrome

• Gone Girl – 2014

Munchausen syndrome by proxy

• The Sixth Sense - 1999
• Glass House: The Good Mother – 2006
• The Bridge (2011 TV series) – 2011
• Everything, Everything – 2017

Narcissistic personality disorder

• Wizard of Oz (1925)
• Scarface (1932)
• The Power and the Glory (1933)
• Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
• The Wizard of Oz (1939)
• Gone With the Wind (1939)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Citizen Kane (1941)
• The Little Foxes (1941)
• The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

Obsessive-compulsive disorder

• David and Lisa – 1962
• The Collector – 1965
• The Odd Couple – 1968
• Mommie Dearest – 1981 Joan Crawford, Faye Dunaway
• Turner and Hooch – 1989
• Sleeping with the Enemy – 1991
• What About Bob? – 1991
• As Good as It Gets – 1997
• Ormacheppu – 1998
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999
• K-PAX – 2001
• Matchstick Men – 2003
• Dirty Filthy Love – 2004
• The Aviator – 2004 Howard Hughes, Leonardo DiCaprio
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo – 2005
• Phoebe in Wonderland – 2008
• Black Swan – 2010 Nina Sayers, Natalie Portman
• OC87 – 2010
• Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 character of Patrizio "Pat" Solitano
• North 24 Kaatham – 2013
• Run & Jump – 2013
• The Road Within – 2014
• Burnt – 2015

Paranoid personality disorder

• Vadakkunokkiyantram – 1989
• Escobar: Paradise Lost – 2014
• Pawn Sacrifice – 2014

Pedophilia

• M – 1931
• Germany, Year Zero – 1948
• The Mark – 1961
• The Damned – 1969
• Sweet Movie – 1974
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom – 1975
• Pretty Baby – 1978
• Tras el cristal – 1986
• Singapore Sling – 1990
• Lolita – 1997
• Happiness – 1998
• Arayannangalude Veedu – 2000
• Donnie Darko – 2001
• Fat Girl – 2001
• Kill Bill Volume 1 – 2003
• Mystic River – 2003
• Birth – 2004
• The Butterfly Effect – 2004
• Mysterious Skin – 2004
• The Woodsman – 2004
• Hard Candy – 2005
• Sin City – 2005
• Little Children – 2006
• Achchamundu! Achchamundu! – 2009
• 5 Sundarikal – 2013 (segment: Sethulakshmi)

Personality disorder not otherwise specified

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – 1966
• Taxi Driver – 1976

Pervasive developmental disorder

• Charly – 1968
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle – 1992
• I am Sam – 2001
• Radio – 2003
• In Her Shoes – 2005
• Taare Zameen Par – 2007, Hindi
• Heavy Load – 2008
• The Reader – 2008
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief – 2010
• Mission To Lars – 2012

Posttraumatic stress disorder

• All Quiet on the Western Front – 1930
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang - 1932
• The Road Back – 1937
• The Best Years of Our Lives – 1946
• Mine Own Executioner – 1947
• Home of the Brave – 1949
• The Quiet Man – 1952
• Suddenly, Last Summer – 1959
• The Manchurian Candidate – 1962
• Marnie – 1964
• Ryan's Daughter – 1970
• Chinatown – 1974
• Coming Home – 1978
• The Deer Hunter – 1978
• Ordinary People – 1980
• First Blood – 1982
• Pink Floyd – The Wall – 1982
• Sophie's Choice – 1982
• Sudden Impact – 1983
• Birdy – 1984
• Silent Night, Deadly Night – 1984
• Friday the 13th: A New Beginning – 1985
• Aliens – 1986
• Combat Shock – 1986
• Platoon – 1986
• Empire of the Sun – 1987
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master – 1988
• Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood – 1988
• Born on the Fourth of July – 1989
• Jacob's Ladder – 1990
• The Rookie – 1990
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – 1991
• The Fisher King – 1991
• The Prince of Tides – 1991
• Fearless – 1993
• Above the Rim – 1994
• Forrest Gump – 1994
• The Client – 1994
• The Lion King – 1994
• The War – 1994
• Copycat – 1995
• Dead Presidents – 1995
• Seven – 1995
• Good Will Hunting – 1997
• Saving Private Ryan – 1998
• The Big Lebowski – 1998
• Toy Story 2 – 1999
• When Andrew Came Home – 2000
• X-Men – 2000
• Antwone Fisher – 2002
• Finding Nemo – 2003
• Mystic River – 2003
• Hitler: The Rise of Evil – 2003
• Downfall – 2004
• Mysterious Skin – 2004
• Speak – 2004
• The Machinist – 2004
• Harsh Times – 2005
• Jarhead – 2005
• Lucid – 2005
• Harsh Times – 2005
• Black Snake Moan – 2006
• Danika – 2006
• Hannibal Rising – 2007
• In the Valley of Elah – 2007
• Reign Over Me – 2007
• Shake Hands with the Devil – 2007
• Seven Pounds – 2008
• Stop Loss – 2008
• Waltz with Bashir – 2008
• Brothers – 2009
• Precious – 2009
• Kung Fu Panda 2 – 2011
• Martha Marcy May Marlene – 2011
• The Deep Blue Sea – 2011
• The Master – 2012
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower – 2012
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film – 2013
• Captain Phillips – 2013 character of Richard "Rich" Phillips
• How I Live Now – 2013
• Iron Man 3 – 2013
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – 2013 character of Katniss Everdeen
• American Sniper – 2014
• Cake – 2014
• The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 – 2014 character of Katniss Everdeen
• Wild – 2014
• Disorder – 2015
• Mad Max: Fury Road – 2015
• Room – 2015 character of Joy "Ma" Newsome
• Finding Dory – 2016
• Me Before You – 2016
• Sully – 2016 character of Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
• Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk – 2016
• Dunkirk – 2017

Sadism

• Martha – 1974 Helmut Salomn, Karlheinz Böhm
• The Green Mile – 1999 Percy Wetmore, Doug Hutchinson
• Speed – 1994 Howard Payne, Dennis Hopper

Schizoaffective disorder

• Shine – 1996
• Side Effects – 2013
• Love & Mercy – 2014

Schizoid Personality Disorder

• The Remains of the Day – 1993; James Stephens, Anthony Hopkins
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002 character of Gollum
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003 character of Gollum
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 2012 character of Gollum

Schizophrenia

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari – 1920
• Leave Her to Heaven – 1945
• The Snake Pit – 1948
• Psycho – 1960
• Through a Glass Darkly – 1961
• Lilith – 1964
• Images – 1972
• Black Christmas – 1974
• The Story of Adele H. – 1975
• I Never Promised You a Rose Garden – 1977
• Friday the 13th – 1980
• Sophie's Choice – 1982
• Angst – 1983
• Promise – 1986
• Anantaram – 1987
• Strange Voices – 1987
• Santa Sangre – 1989
• Nightbreed – 1990
• Drop Dead Fred – 1991
• The Fisher King – 1991
• Aham – 1992
• Benny & Joon – 1993
• Clean, Shaven – 1993
• Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee – 1993
• Out of Darkness – 1994
• Angel Baby – 1995
• Bhoothakkannadi – 1997
• Conspiracy Theory – 1997
• Arlington Road – 1999
• Julien Donkey-Boy – 1999
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc – 1999
• The Cell – 2000
• A Beautiful Mind – 2001
• Donnie Darko – 2001
• K-PAX – 2001
• The Caveman's Valentine – 2001
• Das Weisse Rauschen (The White Sound) – 2001
• Igby Goes Down – 2002
• Spider – 2002
• Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story – 2003
• West 47th Street – 2003 documentary
• Keane – 2004
• Spider Forest – 2004
• The Notebook – 2004
• 15 Park Avenue – 2005
• Proof – 2005
• Shabd – 2005
• Stateside – 2005
• Bug – 2006
• Canvas – 2006
• Memoirs of My Nervous Illness – 2006
• I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK – 2006
• Reprise – 2006
• Woh Lamhe – 2006
• Mr. Brooks – 2007
• My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures – 2007
• Savage Grace – 2007
• Skins – 2007
• The Dark Knight – 2008
• Mirrors – 2008
• The Soloist – 2009
• The Uninvited – 2009
• Black Swan – 2010
• Karthik Calling Karthik – 2010
• Shutter Island – 2010
• Sucker Punch – 2011
• Take Shelter – 2011
• The Roommate – 2011
• Pattinte Palazhi – 2011
• Of Two Minds – 2012
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film – 2013
• Filth – 2013
• Magic Magic – 2013
• Foxcatcher – 2014
• Goodnight Mommy – 2014
• It's Okay, That's Love – 2014
• Maps to the Stars – 2014
• The Voices – 2014
• Legend – 2015
• Tamasha – 2015
• Legion – 2017

Self-injury

• Secret Cutting – 2000
• The Piano Teache – 2001
• Secretary – 2002
• Thirteen – 2003
• The Loved Ones – 2009
• Chatroom – 2010
• Black Swan – 2010
• To Write Love on Her Arms – 2012
• Short Term 12 – 2013

Substance use disorder

"Drugs listed from most addictive, harmful or destructive to least (from most to least dangerous, based on a 2007 scientific research study."

• Heroes for Sale"" - 1933 morphine
• Mystery of the Wax Museum"" – 1933 morphine
• The Lost Weekend – 1945 alcohol
• Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman – 1947 alcohol
• Night Into Morning – 1951 alcohol
• Come Back, Little Sheba – 1952 alcohol
• "Rear Window" - 1954 Barbiturates, alcohol
• The Man with the Golden Arm – 1955 heroin
• Bigger Than Life – 1956 cortisol
• Monkey on My Back – 1957 morphine
• Days of Wine and Roses – 1962 alcohol
• Long Day's Journey Into Night – 1962 morphine, alcohol
• Valley of the Dolls – 1967 amphetamines (Dexedrine), pethidine/meperidine (Demerol), barbiturates (pentobarbital, secobarbital, amobarbital)
• More – 1969 heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, alcohol (absinthe), cannabis
• A Day at the Beach – 1970 alcohol
• Trash – 1970 heroin
• Jennifer on My Mind – 1971 heroin
• The Panic in Needle Park – 1971 heroin
• Pure Shit – 1975 heroin
• "Airplane!" - 1980 inhalants
• Christiane F. – 1981 heroin, PCP, methaqualone (Mandrax/Quaaludes), alcohol, temazepam, diazepam, MDMA, cannabis
• I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can – 1982 Diazepam (Valium)
• Pink Floyd – The Wall – 1982 marijuana, alcohol, tobacco, steroids
• Veronika Voss – 1982 opiates
• Scarface – 1983 heroin, cocaine, methaqualone (Quaaludes)
• 8 Million Ways to Die – 1986 alcohol
• Sid and Nancy – 1986 heroin, cocaine, methadone
• Morning Patrol – 1987 alcohol
• Drugstore Cowboy – 1989 morphine, oxymorphone, hydromorphone, amphetamines, cocaine, alcohol, temazepam, triazolam, flurazepam, diazepam lorazepam, LSD
• Goodfellas – 1990 heroin, cocaine, amphetamines
• Jungle Fever – 1991 cocaine
• New Jack City – 1991 cocaine
• Rush – 1991 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis
• Ed Wood – 1994 morphine
• Fresh – 1994 heroin, cocaine, alcohol
• The Crow – 1994 morphine, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
• Pulp Fiction – 1994 heroin, cocaine
• When a Man Loves a Woman – 1994 alcohol
• Leaving Las Vegas – 1995 alcohol
• The Basketball Diaries – 1995 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, inhalants, cannabis
• Casino" – 1995 morphine, cocaine, alcohol
• Trainspotting – 1996 heroin/morphine, dextromoramide, amphetamines, cocaine, pethidine/meperidine (Demerol), opium, methadone, pentobarbital (phenobarbitone), amobarbital (sodium amytal), alcohol, buprenorphine, temazepam, diazepam, nitrazepam, phenobarbital, cannabis, cyclizine, codeine, dextropropoxyphene, nalbuphine, pentazocine, buprenorphine, chlormethiazole
• Playing God – 1997 morphine, fentanyl, amphetamines
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas – 1998 amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, inhalants, mescaline, LSD, cannabis
• Gia – 1998 heroin, cocaine, alcohol
• Permanent Midnight – 1998 heroin, cocaine, methadone
• Broken Vessels – 1999 methamphetamine, heroin
• Cruel Intentions – 1999 cocaine, alcohol
• Jesus' Son – 1999 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, opium, alcohol, diazepam, LSD, psilocybin mushrooms
• Magnolia – 1999 morphine, cocaine, MDMA
• 28 Days – 2000 Oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, benzodiazepines
• Almost Famous – 2000 hydrocodone (Vicodin), methaqualone (Quaaludes), LSD, cannabis
• American Psycho – 2000 cocaine, alcohol, temazepam, triazolam, alprazolam, MDMA, cannabis
• In Vanda's Room – 2000 heroin
• Requiem for a Dream – 2000 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, benzodiazepines, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
• Traffic – 2000 heroin, cocaine, cannabis
• Blow – 2001 cocaine, alcohol, LSD, cannabis
• Bully – 2001 methamphetamine, LSD, cannabis
• Hannibal – 2001 morphine, temazepam, midazolam, chloroform
• 24 Hour Party People – 2002 heroin, cocaine, methadone, MDMA
• Love Liza – 2002 huffing gasoline
• Pure – 2002 heroin, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
• Spun – 2002 methamphetamine, amphetamine
• The Loser Takes It All – 2002 alcohol
• The Salton Sea – 2002 methamphetamine, alcohol
• Party Monster – 2003 heroin, cocaine, ketamine, MDMA, LSD
• Wonderland – 2003 methamphetamine, heroin, cocaine, methaqualone (Quaaludes), cannabis
• One Perfect Day – 2004 morphine, amphetamines, codeine, temazepam, MDMA, cannabis
• Get Rich or Die Tryin' – 2005 morphine, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
• A Scanner Darkly – 2006 amphetamines, methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine
• Candy – 2006 heroin/morphine, methadone, MDMA, cannabis
• Factory Girl – 2006 heroin, amphetamines, oxycodone, hydrocodone, temazepam, lorazepam, cannabis
• Lights in the Dusk – 2006 alcohol
• Love is the Drug – 2006 cocaine, hydrocodone, alcohol, codeine, Viagra, cannabis
• Someone To Run With – 2006 heroin, cocaine
• The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down – 2006 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, Viagra, cannabis
• Across the Universe – 2007 morphine, LSD, cannabis
• Enter the Void – 2008 DMT, methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
• American Horror Story – 2011 heroin, cocaine, alcohol
• Anna Karenina – 2012 morphine
• Flight – 2012 heroin, cocaine, alcohol
• On the Road – 2012 morphine, amphetamines, alcohol, cannabis
• The Wolf of Wall Street – 2013 cocaine, alcohol, methaqualone
• I Smile Back – 2015 cocaine, alcohol
• Nee-Na – 2015 alcohol
• To Write Love on Her Arms – 2015 alcohol, cocaine (other drugs not specified)

Suicide

• Germany, Year Zero – 1948
• Dr. Strangelove – 1964
• The Damned – 1969
• Harold and Maude – 1971
• Vase de Noces – 1974
• Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom – 1975
• Ordinary People – 1980
• An Officer and a Gentleman – 1982
• The Big Chill – 1983
• Videodrome – 1983
• Better Off Dead – 1985
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters – 1985
• 'night, Mother – 1986
• Full Metal Jacket – 1987
• Lethal Weapon – 1987
• Heathers – 1988
• Dead Poets Society – 1989
• Thelma and Louise – 1991
• The Client – 1994
• The Shawshank Redemption – 1994
• Leaving Las Vegas – 1995
• Breaking the Waves – 1996
• Hard Core Logo – 1996
• Romeo + Juliet – 1996
• Boogie Nights – 1997
• The Last Time I Committed Suicide – 1997
• Gods and Monsters – 1998
• What Dreams May Come – 1998
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999
• The Virgin Suicides – 1999
• Almost Famous – 2000
• Monster's Ball – 2001
• The Royal Tenenbaums – 2001
• Vanilla Sky – 2001
• The Good Girl – 2002
• The Hours – 2002
• The Rules of Attraction – 2002
• The Chumscrubber – 2005
• Wristcutters: A Love Story – 2006
• Seven Pounds – 2008
• A Single Man – 2009
• Mary and Max – 2009
• To Save a Life – 2009
• World's Greatest Dad – 2009
• Inception – 2010
• Black Swan – 2010
• Detachment – 2011
• Shame – 2011
• Les Miserables – 2012
• A Long Way Down – 2014
• Ida – 2014
• The Skeleton Twins – 2014
• Two Days, One Night – 2014
• Rocks in My Pockets – 2014
• 13 Reasons Why – 2017

See also

• Mental illness in fiction

References

• Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd and Ryan M. Niemiec, Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MA, Hogrefe & Hufer Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-88937-292-6. http://www.hogrefe.com/program/movies-and-mental-illness.html
• David J. Robinson, Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions, Rapid Psychler Press, 2003, ISBN 1-894328-07-8.
• Glen O. Gabbard and Krin Gabbard, Psychiatry and the Cinema, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2nd ed., 1999, ISBN 0-88048-964-2.
• Otto F. Wahl, Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness, Piscataway, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8135-2213-7.