My top 5 Psychology based films you need to watch!

One flew over the cuckoos nest (1975)

This is one of my favourites, A criminal (played by Jack Nicholson) pleads insanity, thinking that his time served will be easier in a mental institution rather than jail. Once there, he finds this isn’t necessarily the case. It highlights various forms of psychosis, explores psychotherapy and electro-shock therapy as well.

A beautiful mind (2001)

This film is based on the true story of John Forbes Nash (played by Russell Crowe), a Nobel laureate and genius in mathematics, who lives with schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is widely misunderstood by the public, and the movie helps highlight the symptoms commonly associated with this disorder and explores how the disorder impacts daily functioning, family relationships, and social functioning.

Girl Interrupted (1999)

Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American psychological drama film. It is based on Susanna Kaysen’s memoir of the same name, it follows a young woman who, after a suicide attempt, spends 18 months at a psychiatric hospital between 1967 and 1968.

Memento (2000)

Leonard Shelby (played by Guy Pearce), suffers a head injury while trying to prevent the murder of his wife. As a result of his head injury, he develops amnesia and must learn how to overcome the obstacles his condition presents as he seeks to find her murderer.

The depiction of short-term memory loss in this psychological thriller is perhaps the best of any movie ever made. The desperation to remember, the confusion, and the raw emotions that result are on full display.

It’s kind of a funny story (2010)

It’s Kind of a Funny Story is a 2010 American comedy-drama film it is an adaptation of Ned Vizzini’s 2006 novel of the same name. A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

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