#4. Canvas (2006)

Storyline: In a small coastal town, contractor John Marino (Joe Pantoliano) struggles to understand his wife, Mary (Marcia Gay Harden), when she starts behaving strangely. After a doctor's visit, they discover she has schizophrenia. Nothing the doctors do helps, however, so John must live with his wife's incurable mental illness, while also helping their confused child Chris (Devon Gearhart) make sense of it. But as Mary's mental state declines, John finds an unexpected source of comfort in his son.

Plot Keywords: schizophrenic, husband, son, psychiatrist, bleak, melodramatic, tender ...

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#5. Split (2016)

Storyline: Though Kevin (James McAvoy) has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher (Betty Buckley), there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all of the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him -- as well as everyone around him -- as the walls between his compartments shatter.

Plot Keywords: schizophrenic, psychiatrist, kidnapper, teen girl, police officer, parent, chilling ...

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#6. 15 Park Avenue (2005)

Storyline: An exploration of the impact of schizophrenia on a young woman and her family in today's Calcutta. The narrative pivots around the relationship of two sisters, older sister Anjali is a successful professor with a powerful personality. She is the anchoring rock for her family and carer for her sister Meethi whose progression into schizophrenia has been speed ed up by traumatic experiences. Anjali has always dominated the life of her attractive younger sister, and jealously warded off Meethi's handsome fiancé Jojo with fear of Meethi's impending illness. Years later when Meethi and Anjali are on holiday in the Hills there is a chance meeting with Jojo, now with his new wife and children. He is shocked to discover that Meethi does not now recognize him, but lives in a world visited by an imaginary husband and children of her own.—gavin@sunny_deol2009@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: sister, mother, father, fiancé, doctor, schizophrenic, emotional ...

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#7. Outrageous! (1977)

Storyline: Robin Turner is a gay hairdresser. He hates his job. He loves old movies and will do his customers' hair in the style of an iconic movie star if they'll let him, and even if they don't. At his apartment, he is harboring his medically diagnosed schizophrenic friend, Liza Connors, who can no longer stand being institutionalized. After Liza convinces Robin to attend a drag ball dressed as Tallulah Bankhead, Robin begins to feel liberated. On Liza's further urging, Robin accepts a local club's offer to work as a female impersonator, he doing his own singing unlike most drag queens. As he progresses with his female impersonation work to great aplomb, he takes a shot at making it big in New York City. The money will have to come in since despite medical warnings to her not to do it, Liza has become pregnant (not Robin's baby), she deciding to have and keep the baby.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: hairdresser, drag queen, schizophrenic, agent, cab driver, positive, emotional ...

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#8. Beware My Lovely (1952)

Storyline: Helen Gordon hires Howard Wilton as a handyman to do chores around her house. She doesn't know what she's let herself in for. Insecure and paranoid, Wilton thinks everyone, including Helen, is against him. He suffers from memory lapses and extreme mood swings. She's soon a prisoner in her own house after Wilton locks the doors and tears out the telephone. His mood swings from violence to complacency but after Helen gets a message to the police via a telephone repairman, she finds he is still in the house.—garykmcd

Plot Keywords: schizophrenic, murderer, widow, tenant, veteran, handyman, tense ...

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#9. The Ground Beneath My Feet (2019)

Storyline: Not yet 30, Lola controls her personal life with the same ruthless efficiency she uses to optimize profits in her job as a high-powered business consultant. No one knows about her older sister Conny or her family's history of mental illness. But when a tragic event forces Conny back into Lola's life and her secrets begin to unravel, Lola's grip on reality seems to slips away.

Plot Keywords: career woman, schizophrenic, boss, colleague, bleak, brooding, disturbing ...

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#10. Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)

Storyline: In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: schizophrenic, daughter, mother, gypsy, thief, husband, sultry ...

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#11. Eternal Beauty (2019)

Storyline: This movie follows Jane (Sally Hawkins) who, after being left at the altar, had a breakdown spiralled into a chaotic episode of schizophrenia lasting twenty years in which love (both real and imagined) and family relationships collide. Things change when she begins a darkly comic romance with Mike (David Thewlis), a failed musician and fellow lost soul.

Plot Keywords: doctor, schizophrenic, musician, family, family member, amusing, campy ...

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#12. Dorothy Mills (2008)

Storyline: Jane Morton, a psychiatrist from Dublin in deep mourning following the accidental death of her husband and son, is assigned to work on the case of Dorothy Mills, a teenaged girl in a small village who tried to strangle a baby. After miraculously surviving a car accident, Jane discovers a village darkened by strange events and meets a very nervous Dorothy, who swears she never touched the baby. After analyzing the teenager, Jane makes a diagnosis of multiple personality disorder until the day that Dorothy speaks with the voice of David, Jane's dead son.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: psychologist, teen girl, pastor, townsperson, schizophrenic, chilling, tense ...

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#13. Forever Lulu (2000)

Storyline: After escaping from a San Francisco mental hospital, Lulu McAfee (Melanie Griffith) heads to Los Angeles to reunite with her long-lost love, Ben Clifton (Patrick Swayze). When she sees him, she reveals what she claims is the truth about the past: She gave birth to a son after their breakup, but put the baby up for adoption at the onset of her schizophrenia. The unstable Lulu then pressures Ben into taking a road trip with her to see their son on his 16th birthday.

Plot Keywords: schizophrenic, mother, wife, psychiatrist, son, old flame, emotional ...

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