Hey everyone, Does anyone know any good movies (preferably under two hours long) that are about mental health disorders? I've recently watched 'Call Me Crazy: A Five Film', documenting schizophrenia, PTSD, severe depression and bipolar disorder, and I watched 'A Beautiful Mind' today too, starring Russell Crowe. It's about a mathematical genius with schizophrenia. Can anyone recommend any more? It might seem weird that this is what I'm asking, but mental health disorders have started to fascinate me since I started studying psych, even though we haven't touched on them yet.
Girl, Interrupted is an amazing movie. It's one of my favourites and I'm surprised I didn't mention it. Never heard of the other two though, I'll put them on my list.
It's Kind Of A Funny story takes a sort of comedic approach to the topic, it's a pretty good film tbh.
Prozac Nation is about depression. Like GI, it's based on an autobiographical novel. I Am Sam is about Autism. Sean Penn won an Oscar for it, I think.
I think I Am Sam will be the first out of the two I'll be watching. My brother's autistic so it'll be fun to see how it's presented in this particular movie.
A word of warning: I Am Sam is not a "fun" movie but it is very well done. If you do want a more light-hearted movie about autism then I'd suggest Rain Man.
Inside Out, for depression. (The animated one. It's surprisingly accurate in its portrayal and analogies)
This was addressed before the site crashed and we lost the posts for it, but I'm grateful for the autism movie suggestions nevertheless.
I don't know any good movies but I have several conditions and if you want to learn more about a mental illness, feel free to ask me questions.