Highest-Rated Movies about 'Nervous Breakdown', Sort by Popularity

Victoria (2015), Red Desert (1964), The Princess and the Warrior (2000), The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971), The Woman Next Door (1981), An American Crime (2007), The Killing of Sister George (1968), What About Bob? (1991) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Nervous Breakdown movies.

#16. Wakefield (2016)

Storyline: Howard has a loving wife (Garner), two daughters, a prestigious job as a Manhattan lawyer, and a comfortable home in the suburbs. But inwardly he's suffocating, and eventually he snaps and goes into hiding in his garage attic leaving his family to wonder what happened to him. He observes them from his window - an outsider spying in on his own life - as the days of exile stretch into months. Is it possible to go back to the way things were?

Plot Keywords: lawyer, wife, child, doctor, ex-boyfriend, client, brooding ...

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#17. The Mirror Crack'd (1980)

Storyline: The year is 1953. The small English village of St. Mary Mead, home to Miss Jane Marple (Dame Angela Lansbury), is delighted when a big American movie company arrives to make a movie telling of the relationship between Jane Grey and Elisabeth I, starring the famous actresses Marina Rudd (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and Lola Brewster (Kim Novak). Marina arrives with her husband, Jason (Rock Hudson), and when she discovers that Lola is going to be in the movie with her, she hits the roof as Lola and Marina loathe each other on sight. Marina has been getting death threats, and at a party at the manor house, Heather Babcock (Maureen Bennett), after boring Marina with a long story, drinks a cocktail made for Marina, and dies from poisoning. Everybody believes that Marina is the target, but the Police Officer investigating the case, Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock (Edward Fox) isn't sure, so he asks Miss Jane Marple, his aunt, to investigate.—Lee Horton <Leeh@tcp.co.uk>

Plot Keywords: movie star, miss marple, husband, fan, son, aunt, tense ...

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#18. The Survivors (1983)

Storyline: Sonny Paluso and Donald Quinelle are two unfortunate people who have just lost their jobs; Sonny's gas station has been blown away and Donald has just been fired by his boss's parrot! But that day, their lives change when they prevent a robber from holding up a bar, and they become heroes. Unfortunately, Jack (the robber) gets away, and when he sees Donald's face on the TV, he decides to go after them. In the meantime, Donald becomes obsessed with guns and leaves for the mountains to join a survivalist group...—Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: executive, gas station owner, hit man, veteran, fiancée, survivalist, offbeat ...

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#19. American Dreamz (2006)

Storyline: Martin Tweed is the host of a talent show called American Dreamz, and whilst he despises each new season, it's a hit with the ratings. Tweed decides it's time for a new and interesting batch of contestants, and sends out his team to find the weirdest bunch possible. Whilst all this is happening, the President of the United States is becoming more and more depressed, and relies on his Chief of Staff to talk him through everything, even into appearing as a judge on the TV show. Perfect news for the terrorists who use the talent contest as a way to reach the President.

Plot Keywords: president, chief of staff, tv personality, host, singer, terrorist, madcap ...

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#20. Modern Problems (1981)

Storyline: Air traffic controller Max Fiedler is unhappy with his career and his second marriage. An exposure to toxic waste gives him the power of telekinesis. He comes to a crossroads at a beachhouse he shares with his wife, his ex, and a voodoo priestess.—<rth@ece.arizona.edu>

Plot Keywords: air traffic controller, girlfriend, vietnam vet, ex-wife, author, amusing, outlandish ...

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#21. The Hearse (1980)

Storyline: Jane Hardy decides to stay the summer in the house her aunt left her when she died, to try and recoup from a bad divorce. Little does she know, her aunt practiced witchcraft and is still thought of very badly by the town's citizens. As soon as she moves in, she is haunted by a old black hearse and its creepy driver. Is she going insane or is she truly being menaced? She meets a friendly young man and becomes involved with him, but is he and the creepy driver one and the same?—<VRSC26B@PRODIGY.COM>

Plot Keywords: divorcée, niece, ghost, devil worshipper, driver, suitor, creepy ...

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#22. Lucy in the Sky (2019)

Storyline: In LUCY IN THE SKY, Natalie Portman plays Lucy Cola, a strong woman whose determination and drive as an astronaut take her to space, where she's deeply moved by the transcendent experience of seeing her life from afar. Back home as Lucy's world suddenly feels too small, her connection with reality slowly unravels.—Fox Searchlight Pictures

Plot Keywords: astronaut, husband, family, colleague, dreamy, emotional, engaging ...

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#23. Dr. T & the Women (2000)

Storyline: Dr. Sullivan Travis "Dr. T." is a wealthy Dallas gynecologist for some of the wealthiest women in Texas who finds his idealist life beginning to fall apart starting when his wife, Kate, suffers a nervous breakdown and is committed to the state mental hospital. Dr. T's eldest daughter, Dee Dee, is planning to go through with her approaching wedding despite the secret that she's a lesbian and is romantically involved with Marilyn, the maid of honor. Dr T's youngest daughter, Connie, is a conspiracy theorist freak who has her own agenda to everything, while Dr. T's loyal secretary, Carolyn, has romantic feelings for him, which are not mutual. Dr. T's sister-in-law, Peggy, meddles in every situation she stumbles into, while one woman, Bree, a golf instructor, is the only one who offers him any comfort and salvation.

Plot Keywords: gynecologist, wife, beautiful woman, amusing, offbeat, quirky, doctor's office ...

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#24. Madhouse (1974)

Storyline: The career of horror icon Paul Toombes (Vincent Price) ends in scandal when his fiancée dies under mysterious circumstances. Freed from the mental hospital where he had been committed, the recovered Toombes and screenwriter Herbert Flay (Peter Cushing) intend to revive his most popular character, Dr. Death, for a television series. But the dead bodies start piling up -- all of them killed in ways that mimic the victims in Toombes' films -- and to clear his name he must find the real killer.

Plot Keywords: movie star, screenwriter, doctor, police officer, victim, chilling, campy ...

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