Mental Illness Movie List



Psychology/Mental Illness Movie List

The movies listed below contain many elements of psychology and can be watched and reported on as extra credit provided that you adhere to the policies stated below. You may do one per marking period and is worth up to 25 points. Doing it alone (in and of itself) doesn’t entitle you to all the points.

Format:

1. Any movie rated R must first be cleared through me first with your parent’s written consent. Bring it to me before you try to view. If your parent says no, then you may not turn in that paper.

2. If you think you have another movie that meets criteria for inclusion on this list, you may ask me if you may report on it. The same rule applies as towards a rated R movie.

3. The paper must be in the following format: 2 pages (complete) – don’t just answer the questions, double spaced, #12 Roman Numeral Font, anything other will require you to redo your paper.

4. Summarize the movie(s) with the following questions in mind:

a. What is the main storyline?

b. What aspects of psychology are shown?

c. What mental illnesses are portrayed?

d. How do these illnesses affect the different people in the movie?

e. Are treatments/ways of dealing with the illnesses shown?

f. Are these true representations of mental illnesses?

g. How would you react in a similar situation to someone with that type of mental illness?

|Radio – PG |Mommie Dearest - PG |Vertigo - PG |

|Sybil – PG |The Three Faces of Eve - PG |Benny and Joon - PG |

|As Good As It Gets – PG13 |Awakenings – PG13 |The Other Sister – PG13 |

|Shine – PG13 |The Dream Team – PG13 |The Scout – PG13 |

|The Three Faces of Eve - PG |K-Pax – PG13 |What’s Eating Gilbert Grape – PG13 |

|I am Sam – PG13 |Forrest Gump – PG13 |Of Mice and Men – PG13 |

|The Aviator – PG13 |Patch Adams – PG13 |Inception – PG13 |

|Manchurian Candidate (1962) – PG13 | | |

|Fight Club – R |Red Dragon, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal |Girl, Interrupted – R |

| |– R | |

|Good Will Hunting – R |Rain Man - R |The Prince of Tides – R |

|The Shining – R |Primal Fear – R |Psycho(1960) – R |

|Sling Blade – R |Copycat - R |The Fisher King - R |

|Shutter Island - R |Seven - R | |

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