List of films featuring mental disorders

Many films have portrayed mental disorders or used it as a backdrop for other themes. Here is a list of some of these films, sorted by disorder, regardless of whether the disorder is portrayed accurately or not. For example, although 50 First Dates presents a case of anterograde amnesia, the type depicted does not really exist. In particular, 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 person with that disorder. For example, people with agoraphobia are typically portrayed in drama as recluses who never or almost never leave their homes; in reality, this is rare and extreme, not typical, among the agoraphobic population.

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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)

Retrograde amnesia

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

• I Love You Again (1940)
• Sullivan's Travels (1941)
• Random Harvest (1942), in which Ronald Colman's character suffers from the condition not once but twice.
• Crime Doctor (1943)
• Anastasia (1956)
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984)
• Paris, Texas (1984)
• Morning Patrol (1987)
• Overboard (1987)
• RoboCop (1987)
• Innale (1990)
• The Addams Family (1991)
• Regarding Henry (1991)
• The English Patient (1996)
• Anastasia (1997)
• Dark City (1998)
• The Majestic (2001)
• Mulholland Drive (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)
• 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)
• 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 yôkoso! (2006)
• Nim's Island (2008)
• Restraint (2008)
• Tokyo! (2008)
• The Uninvited (2008)
• Bunny and the Bull (2009)
• Devil (2010)
• Columbus Circle (2011)
• Protect the Boss (2011)
• Citadel (2012)
• Sparrows Dance (2012)^[1]
• The Best Offer (2013)
• The Last Days (2014)
• Shrew's Nest (2014)
• Big Sky (2015)^[2]

Obsessive–compulsive disorder

• Secrets of a Soul (1926)
• Cat People (1942)
• The Collector (1965)
• Sleeping With The Enemy (1991)
• What About Bob? (1991)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• Ormacheppu (1998)
• K-PAX (2001)
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Dirty Filthy Love (2004)
• Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)
• Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)
• OC87 (2010)
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• North 24 Kaatham (2013)
• Run & Jump (2013)
• Burnt (2015)

Post-traumatic stress disorder

• The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
• Mine Own Executioner (1947)
• Suddenly, Last Summer (1959)
• Captain Newman, M.D. (1963)
• Marnie (1964)
• Red Desert (1964)
• 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)
• Combat Shock (1986)
• Platoon (1986)
• Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
• Jacob's Ladder (1990)
• The Rookie (1990)
• The Prince of Tides (1991)
• Fearless (1993)
• Above the Rim (1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• The Lion King (1994)
• The War (1994)
• Copycat (1995)
• Dead Presidents (1995)
• The English Patient (1996)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• When Andrew Came Home (2000)
• Frida (2002)
• Mystic River (2003)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Mysterious Skin (2004)
• Speak (2004)
• Harsh Times (2005)
• Lucid (2005)
• Black Snake Moan (2006)
• Danika (2006)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• In the Valley of Elah (2007)
• Reign Over Me (2007)
• 7 Pounds (2008)
• Stop Loss (2008)
• Waltz with Bashir (2008)
• Brothers (2009)
• Precious (2009)
• 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)
• The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
• American Sniper (2014)
• Cake (2014)
• Wild (2014)
• Room (2015)
• Disorder (2015)

Social anxiety disorder

• Elling (2001)
• Shrek (2001)
• Adaptation (2002)
• Bubble (2006)
• Ali's Eight Days (2009)
• The King's Speech (2010)
• Nerve (2012)
• Mr. Robot (2015, TV series)

Autism spectrum disorders

• 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)
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005)
• Marathon (2005)
• Mozart and the Whale (2005)
• Snow Cake (2006)
• Ben X (2007)
• Her Name is Sabine (Elle s'appelle Sabine) (2007)
• The Big Bang Theory (2007 TV series) Character of Sheldon Cooper
• The Black Balloon (2008)
• The Daisy Chain (2008)
• Dark Floors (2008)
• Adam (2009)
• Mary and Max (2009)
• Alexander the Great (2010)
• Dear John (2010)
• Loving Lampposts (documentary, 2010)
• My Name Is Khan (2010)
• Ocean Heaven (2010)
• "Simple Simon" (2010)
• Temple Grandin (2010)
• Sherlock (TV series) (2010)
• Drive (2011)
• Exodus Fall (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)
• Hannibal (TV series) (2013)
• The Drop (2014)
• The Imitation Game (2014)
• Nightcrawler (2014)
• A Brilliant Young Mind (2015)
• Pawn Sacrifice (2015)
• The Big Short (2015)

Mood Disorders

Bipolar Disorder

• Fear Strikes Out (1957)
• Splendor in the Grass (1961)
• A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
• Blind Date (1987)
• Mr. Jones (1993)
• Sidhartha (1998)
• Steal This Movie (2000)
• Manic (2001)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
• The Hours (2002)
• The Devil and Daniel Johnston (2005)
• Margot at the Wedding (2007)
• Michael Clayton (2007)
• The Informant! (2009)
• Mr. Nobody (2009)
• Observe and Report (2009)
• The Big C (2010, TV series)
• Biutiful (2010)
• Dad's in Heaven with Nixon (2010)
• OC87 (2010)
• Shameless (2011, TV series)
• Union Square (2011)
• 3 (2012)
• Aarohanam (2012)
• Homeland (2012, TV series)
• Of Two Minds (2012)
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Surviving Family (Film) (2012)
• American Hustle (2013)
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
• Filth (2013)
• Bipolar (2014)
• Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)
• Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
• To Write Love on Her Arms (2015)

Major Depressive Disorder

• It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
• The Wrong Man (1957)
• The Fire Within (1963)
• Interiors (1978)
• Ordinary People (1980)
• Dead Ringers (1988)
• An Angel at My Table (1990)
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
• Mazhayethum Munpe (1995)
• Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy (1996)
• The Butcher Boy (1997)
• Sue (1997)^[3]
• 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)
• The Hours (2002)
• Love Liza (2002)
• House of Sand and Fog (2003)
• The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004)
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
• Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
• Downloading Nancy (2008)
• Goodbye Solo (2008)
• Antichrist (2009)
• Helen (2009)
• My Suicide (2009)
• Shrink (2009)
• A Single Man (2009)
• Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
• Chatroom (2010)
• It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
• Winter's Bone (2010)
• Remember Me (2010)
• The Beaver (2011)
• Detachment (2011)
• I Melt with You (2011)
• Melancholia (2011)
• Oslo, 31. august (2011)
• Suicide Room (2011)
• Tsure ga Utsu ni Narimashite (My SO Has Depression) (2011)^[4]
• We Have a Pope (2011)
• Rust and Bone (2012)
• Lincoln (2012)
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - major depression with psychotic features
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
• Side Effects (2013)
• Cake (2014)
• Two Days, One Night (2014)
• Rocks in My Pockets (2014)
• Inside Out (2015)
• The End of the Tour (2015)

Dysthymia

• American Splendor* (2003)
• Revolutionary Road (2008)

Conduct disorder

• The Bad Seed (1956)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• The Good Son (1993)
• The Butterfly Effect (2004)

Delusional disorder and other psychotic disorders not otherwise specified

• Sunset Boulevard (1950)
• 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)
• A Scanner Darkly (2006)
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
• Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter (2014)
• They Look Like People (2015)

Erotomania

• The In Crowd (2000)
• Obsessed (2002)
• He loves me... He loves me not (2002)
• Enduring Love (2004)
• Obsessed (2009)

Dementia

Alzheimer's disease

• On Golden Pond (1981)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• En sång för Martin (A Song For Martin) (2001)
• Iris (2001)
• El hijo de la novia (Son of the Bride) (2001)
• De Zaak Alzheimer (The Memory of a Killer) (2003)
• A Time to Remember (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)
• Before We Forget (2011)
• The Iron Lady (2011)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• A Separation (2011)
• Terri (2011)
• Wrinkles (2011)
• Amour (2012)
• Robot and Frank (2012)
• Nebraska (2013)
• Honig im Kopf (Head Full Of Honey) (2014)
• Still Alice (2014)

Dissociative disorders

See also psychogenic amnesia (dissociative amnesia)

• Hangover Square (1945)
• A Double Life (1947)
• Lizzie (1957)
• The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
• Psycho (1960)
• David and Lisa (1962)
• Persona (1966)
• Sybil (1976)
• The Tenant (1976)
• Birdy (1984)
• Angel Heart (1987)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Raising Cain (1992)
• Manichitrathazhu (1993)
• Color of Night (1994)
• Never Talk to Strangers (1995)
• Primal Fear (1996)
• Shattered Mind (1996)
• Perfect Blue (1997)
• David and Lisa (1998)
• Psycho (1998)
• Fight Club (1999)
• The Hurricane (1999)
• Nurse Betty (2000)
• Passion of Mind (2000)
• The Hours (2002)
• Identity (2003)
• A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
• The Machinist (2004)
• Secret Window (2004)
• Anniyan (2005, Tamil)
• Chandramukhi (2005)
• Hide and Seek (2005)
• 2:37 (2006)
• Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007)
• Mad Detective (2007)
• Numb (2007)
• Thr3e (2007)
• Dark Floors (2008)
• 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)

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)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999)
• A Girl is a Girl (1999)
• NOVA: Dying to Be Thin (2000, documentary)
• Sharing the Secret (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 (2007-2013, TV series)
• To Be Fat Like Me (2007)
• Glee (2009-2015, TV series)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Pretty Little Liars (2010)
• Sharing the Secret (2010)
• Rigodon (2012)
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• Compulsion (2013)
• Starving In Suburbia (2014)
• God Help The Girl (2015)
• The Road Within (2015)

Hypersexuality

• Rathinirvedam (1978)
• Thakara (1979)
• Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
• Desatanakkili Karayarilla (1986)
• Shame (2011)
• Nymphomaniac (2013)

Pervasive Developmental Disorders

• 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)

Paraphilias

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)
• V for Vendetta (2006)
• Achchamundu! Achchamundu! (2009)
• 5 Sundarikal (2013; segment: Sethulakshmi)

Personality disorders

Antisocial personality disorder

• Gaslight (1944)
• Brighton Rock (1947)
• Rope (1948) - Brandon character
• Cape Fear (1962)
• Lolita (1962)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• The Oscar (1966)^[5]
• The Italian Job (1969)
• A Clockwork Orange (1971)
• Get Carter (1971)
• Dirty Harry (1971)
• Frenzy (1972)
• Paper Moon (1973)
• Themroc (1973)
• Black Christmas (1974)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
• Halloween (1978)
• Scum (1979)
• Pink Floyd – The Wall (1982)
• A Killer in the Family (1983)
• The Burning Bed (1984)
• The Deliberate Stranger (1986)
• Manhunter (1986)
• Poomukhappadiyil Ninneyum Kathu (1986)
• Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988)
• A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
• Small Sacrifices (1989)
• Goodfellas (1990)
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1990)
• The Krays (1990)
• Beauty and the Beast (1991)
• Cape Fear (1991)
• The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
• Reservoir Dogs (1992)
• The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
• Carlito's Way (1993)
• Kalifornia (1993)
• Natural Born Killers (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• Casino (1995)
• Copycat (1995)
• Escape from Terror: The Teresa Stamper Story (1995)
• Seven (1995)
• Fargo (1996)
• Freeway (1996)
• Matilda (1996)
• Raja Hindustani (1996)
• Scream (1996)
• In the Company of Men (1997)
• Lolita (1997)
• American History X (1998)
• Clay Pigeons (1998)
• Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
• Wild Things (1998)
• In Too Deep (1999)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• Sexy Beast (2000)
• Hannibal (2001)
• Training Day (2001)
• Catch Me If You Can (2002)
• Red Dragon (2002)
• Gacy (2003)
• Monster (2003)
• Adam & Paul (2004)
• Saw (2004)
• The Business (2005)
• The Devil's Rejects (2005)
• Hostel (2005)
• Match Point (2005)
• Red Eye (2005)
• Black Christmas (2006)
• The Departed (2006)
• A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints (2006) - many characters experiencing extreme conduct behavior, this movie is one of the best portraits of non textbook antisocials seen today in society
• Like Minds (2006)
• Halloween (2007)
• Hannibal Rising (2007)
• No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Bigga than Ben (2008)
• Changeling (2008)
• Lakeview Terrace (2008)
• Madea Goes to Jail (2008)
• The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2009)
• The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
• Precious (2009)
• The Stepfather (2009)
• Tony (2009)
• Brighton Rock (2010)
• The Killer Inside Me (2010)
• The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
• We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
• Drive (2011 film) (2011)
• Starred Up (2013)
• Stoker (2013)
• The Sacrament (2013)
• Birdman (2014)
• Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Miss Meadows (2014)
• Nightcrawler (2014)
• Rob the Mob (2014)
• Whiplash(2014)
• Premam (2015)
• Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (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

Borderline personality disorder

• Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
• Sunset Boulevard (film) (1950)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Play Misty for Me (1971)
• Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)
• Mommie Dearest (1981)
• Betty Blue (1986)
• Fatal Attraction (1987)
• Misery (1990)
• Ulladakkam (1991)
• Bitter Moon (1992) - character of Mimi
• Single White Female (1992)
• The Crush (1993)
• Darr (1993) - character of Rahul
• Falling Down (1993)
• Jeffrey Dahmer: The Secret Life (1993)
• Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993)
• Casino (1995) - character of Ginger
• Mad Love (1995)
• The Cable Guy (1996)
• Fear (1996)
• Malicious (1996)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999)
• Me, Myself & Irene (2000)
• Lost and Delirious (2001)
• Moksha (2001) - character of Vikram Sehgal
• Original Sin (2001)
• La Pianiste (2001)
• Prozac Nation (2001)
• Dahmer (2002)
• One Hour Photo (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) - character of Anakin Skywalker ^[6]
• Swimfan (2002)
• White Oleander (2002)
• Monster (2003)
• Thirteen (2003)
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
• Head-On (2004)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)^[6]
• Wicker Park (2004) - character of Alex Denver
• Ankahee (2006)
• My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
• Notes on a Scandal (2006)
• The Tracey Fragments (2007)
• Borderline (2008)
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
• Chloe (2009)
• Dev.D (2009) - character of Dev Singh Dhillon
• Black Swan (2010) Erica (mother)
• No Strings Attached (2011)
• The Roommate (2011)
• Shame (2011)^[7]
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012) - character of Tiffany Maxwell
• Filth (2013)
• A Mother's Nightmare (2013)
• Nautanki Saala! (2013) - character of Mandar Lele
• Raanjhanaa (2013) - character of Kundan Shankar
• Side Effects (2013)
• Truth (2013)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• The Skeleton Twins (2014)
• Girlhood (2014)
• Welcome to Me (2014)
• Boy Next Door (2015)

Histrionic personality disorder

• Gone with the Wind (1939)
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• Thaniyavarthanam (1987)
• Small Sacrifices (1989)
• Mean Girls - character of Regina (2004)
• Breathe (2014)
• Being Julia (2004)
• The Great Gatsby (2013) - Character of Daisy Buchanan

Narcissistic personality disorder

• Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
• A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
• What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
• Ordinary People (1980) see in Beth Jarrett
• Arthur (1981)
• Scarface (1983)
• Wall Street (1987)
• Heathers (1988)
• Small Sacrifices (1989)
• Basic Instinct (1992)
• To Die For (1995)
• Matilda (1996)
• Cruel Intentions (1999)
• Magnolia (1999)
• The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
• American Psycho (2000)
• Zoolander (2001)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• Queen of the Damned (2002)
• Phone Booth (2003)
• Mean Girls (2004)
• Basic Instinct 2 (2006)
• Norbit (2007)
• Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
• Step Brothers (2008)
• Dorian Gray (2009)
• Get Him to the Greek (2010)
• Arthur (2011)
• Bad Teacher (2011)
• Beastly (2011)
• Blue Jasmine (2013)
• Hits (2014)
• Men, Women & Children (2014)
• True Story (2015)

Obsessive-compulsive personality disorder

• David and Lisa (1962)
• What About Bob? (1991)
• As Good as It Gets (1997)
• Matchstick Men (2003)
• The Aviator (2004)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
• North 24 Kaatham (2013)
• The Road Within (2015)

Schizoid personality disorder

• The Remains of the Day (1993)
• Schramm: Into the Mind of a Serial Killer (1993)
• Shrek (2001)

Paranoid personality disorder

• Vadakkunokkiyantram (1989)
• Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)

Schizoaffective disorder

• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
• Shine (1996)
• Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala (1998)
• Love & Mercy (2014)^[8]

Schizophrenia

• The Snake Pit (1948)
• Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
• Images (1972)
• Friday the 13th (1980)
• Die Berührte (1981)
• Promise (1986)
• Strange Voices (1987)
• Santa Sangre (1989)
• Nightbreed (1990)
• Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• The Fisher King (1991)
• Aham (1992)
• Benny & Joon (1993)
• Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee (1993)
• Angel Baby (1995)
• Clean, Shaven (1995)
• Conspiracy Theory (1997)
• Bhoothakkannadi (1997)
• Arlington Road (1999)
• Julien Donkey-Boy (1999)
• The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)
• The Cell (2000)
• A Beautiful Mind (2001)
• The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
• Donnie Darko (2001)
• K-PAX (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)
• 15 Park Avenue (2005)
• Proof (2005)
• Shabd (film) (2005)
• Stateside (2005)^[9]
• 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)
• Mirrors (2008)
• The Soloist (2009)
• The Uninvited (2009)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Karthik Calling Karthik (2010)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• The Roommate (2011)
• Sucker Punch (2011)
• Take Shelter (2011)
• Of Two Minds (2012)
• Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013)
• Magic Magic (2013)
• Filth (2014)
• Maps to the Stars (2014)
• The Voices (2014)
• Goodnight Mommy (2014)
• It's Okay, That's Love (2014)
• Legend (2015)
• Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
• Tamasha (2015)

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^[10]):

• 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
• The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) - heroin
• 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
• 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
• The Crow (1994) - morphine, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
• Ed Wood (1994) - morphine
• Fresh (1994) - heroin, cocaine, alcohol
• The Basketball Diaries (1995) - heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, inhalants, cannabis
• Leaving Las Vegas (1995) - alcohol
• Trainspotting (1996) - heroin/morphine, dextromoramide, amphetamines, cocaine, pethidine/meperidine (Demerol), opium, methadone, pentobarbital, amobarbital, alcohol, buprenorphine, temazepam, diazepam, phenobarbital, MDMA, cannabis
• Playing God (1997) - morphine, fentanyl, amphetamines
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) - heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, opium, 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
• The Loser Takes It All (2002) - alcohol
• Love Liza (2002) - huffing gasoline
• Pure (2002) - heroin, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
• The Salton Sea (2002) - methamphetamine, alcohol
• Spun (2002) - methamphetamine, amphetamine
• 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
• The Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down (2006) - heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, Viagra, cannabis
• Candy (2006) - heroin/morphine, methadone, MDMA, cannabis
• Factory Girl (2006) - heroin, amphetamines, oxycodone, hydrocodone, temazepam, lorazepam, cannabis
• Lights in the Dusk (2006) - alcohol
• A Scanner Darkly (2006) - amphetamines, methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine
• Love is the Drug (2006) - cocaine, hydrocodone, alcohol, codeine, Viagra, cannabis
• Across the Universe (2007) - morphine, LSD, cannabis
• 28 Days (2008) - alcohol
• Enter the Void (2008) - DMT, methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
• 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)

Miscellaneous and unspecified

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• A Page of Madness (1926)
• The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
• Harvey (1950)
• Lust for Life (1956)
• Head Against the Wall (1958)
• Vertigo (1958)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1966)
• Charly (1968)
• Oil Lamps (1971)
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) - Jack Nicholson's character may or may not actually have a disorder; however, the disorder he portrays to gain admittance to the mental hospital is never specified but believed to be antisocial personality disorder.
• La Casa del Pelícano (1976)
• Face to Face (1976)
• Taxi Driver (1976)
• Apocalypse Now (1979)
• The Wretches Are Still Singing (1979)
• Brazil (1985)
• The Dead Pool (1987)
• The Dream Team (1989)
• Crazy People (1990)
• Soorya Manasam (1992)
• Germinal (1993)
• What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)
• Blue Sky (1994)
• Nell (1994)
• Patch Adams (1998)
• The Other Sister (1999)
• Secret Cutting (2000)
• May (2002)
• Oldboy (2003)
• Garden State (2004)
• Tideland (2005)
• Bug (2006)
• The Night Listener (2006)
• Solace (2006)
• Running with Scissors (2007)
• Codex Atanicus (2008)
• Batman Unmasked - The Psychology of the Dark Knight (2008)
• Dogtooth (2008)
• The Happy Housewife (2010)
• The Perfect Host (2010)
• Take Shelter (2011)
• Seven Psychopaths (2012)
• Safelink (2013, short)
• Starry Eyes (2014) - trichotillomania

See also

• Mental illness in film
• Mental illness in fiction

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