Navigating the Complexities of the Mind: 10 Movies About Psychological Disorders
There are many movies that deal with psychological disorders. From schizophrenia to multiple personality disorder, we have compiled a list of films with many psychological disorders. If you are curious about the films that center on different psychological disorders, here you go!
1. Glass (2019)

The last film in the trilogy of Unbreakable (2000), Split (2016) and Glass (2019), the plot of Glass is of great interest to psychological thriller lovers. In the movie, the character Kevin suffers from multiple personality disorder. This movie focuses on one of Kevin's multiple personalities and the most dangerous one, the Beast.
Cast:
James McAvoy
Bruce Willis
Samuel L. Jackson
Anya Taylor-Joy
Sarah Paulson
2. A Beautiful Mind (2002)

The movie about the life of John Nash, a mathematician struggling with schizophrenia, is one of the most important movies about psychological disorders. Although the famous mathematician John Nash is admired by everyone for his intelligence, he has a problem of harmony with his environment. The movie depicts Nash's struggle with schizophrenia and his inability to distinguish between his fictional world and the real reality.
Cast:
Russell Crowe
Ed Harris
Jennifer Connelly
Christopher Plummer
Paul Bettany
Adam Goldberg
Josh Lucas
3. Black Swan (2010)

Black Swan is a movie where everyone loves Natalie Portman's performance. The character Nina, played by Natalie Portman, has many psychological disorders in the movie. But the movie is mainly about schizophrenia. Nina, a ballerina struggling with schizophrenia, is the center of the film, which tells the story of Nina's experiences through the struggle between the black swan and the white swan.
Cast:
Natalie Portman
Mila Kunis
Vincent Cassel
Winona Ryder
Barbara Hershey
Benjamin Millepied
Janet Montgomery
Sebastian Stan
4. Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

In the movie, which deals with multiple psychological disorders, Bradley Cooper plays Pat, who has bipolar disorder. Tiffany, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is a character who struggles with depression.
Cast:
Bradley Cooper
Jennifer Lawrence
Robert De Niro
Jacki Weaver
Chris Tucker
Anupam Kher
John Ortiz
Shea Whigham
Julia Stiles
5. To The Bone (2017)

This movie, which deals with anorexia, one of the psychological disorders, is among the important psychological films with its striking scenes. The film tells the story of Ellen, played by Lily Collins, who goes to a treatment center to treat her eating disorder.
Cast:
Lily Collins
Keanu Reeves
Carrie Preston
Lili Taylor
Alex Sharp
Liana Liberato
Brooke Smith
Leslie Bibb
Kathryn Prescott
6. Shutter Island (2010)

Shutter Island is a movie about two police officers who go to a psychiatric hospital to investigate the disappearance of a patient and the events that unfold. Most of the characters in the movie have psychological disorders. Teddy, the police officer in the movie, has dissociative identity disorder. Teddy's wife also suffers from manic depression. Rachel Solando, the missing patient, has borderline personality disorder.
Cast:
Leonardo DiCaprio
Mark Ruffalo
Ben Kingsley
Max von Sydow
Michelle Williams
Emily Mortimer
Patricia Clarkson
Jackie Earle Haley
Ted Levine
John Carroll Lynch
Elias Koteas
7. Gone Girl (2014)

Amy has antisocial personality disorder in the movie, which deals with the experiences of Nick, who is blamed for the sudden disappearance of his wife Amy. Amy's antisocial personality disorder is explored in depth in the movie, which is based on this disorder.
Cast:
Ben Affleck
Rosamund Pike
Neil Patrick Harris
Tyler Perry
Carrie Coon
Kim Dickens
Patrick Fugit
Missi Pyle
Emily Ratajkowski
Casey Wilson
8. Sylvia (2003)

The movie, which focuses on Sylvia Plath's meeting and marriage with Ted Hughes, also includes the psychological disorders of the famous poet Sylvia. The experiences of Sylvia, who suffered from manic depressive psychological disorder, are portrayed in the movie.
Cast:
Gwyneth Paltrow
Daniel Craig
David Birkin
Alison Bruce
Amira Casar
Blythe Danner
Lucy Davenport
Julian Firth
9. Cake (2014)

Focusing on the story of Claire, who withdraws from society after an accident, the movie is about the suicide of her friend Nina, who was in her therapy group. In Cake, Jennifer Aniston's character Claire struggles with depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Cast:
Jennifer Aniston
Adriana Barraza
Anna Kendrick
Sam Worthington
Mamie Gummer
Felicity Huffman
William H. Macy
Chris Messina
Lucy Punch
Britt Robertson
Paula Cale
Ashley Crow
Manuel Garcia-Rulfo
10. Girl, Interrupted (1999)

The movie is about Susanna, who was placed in a psychiatric hospital after drinking too much alcohol, and what happens after she voluntarily goes to a psychiatric hospital. The movie draws attention to the disorders of both Susanna and the other patients in the hospital. In addition to Susanna's borderline personality disorder, Lisa, whom Susanna meets in the hospital, also suffers from sociopathy.
Cast:
Winona Ryder
Angelina Jolie
Clea DuVall
Brittany Murphy
Elisabeth Moss
Travis Fine
Jared Leto
Jeffrey Tambor
Vanessa Redgrave
Whoopi Goldberg
Angela Bettis
Jillian Armenante
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