Sybil (1976), Sisters (1973), You're Gonna Miss Me (2005), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Machinist (2004), Lost Highway (1997), Jacob's Ladder (1990), The Ruling Class (1972) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Schizophrenia movies.
Storyline: Fisher, an ex-cop, returns to his old beat somewhere in northern Europe after a thirteen-year hiatus in Cairo. His former mentor and role model, author of a treatise called "The Element of Crime", asks him to solve a series of murders involving lottery ticket sellers. Guided by the theories put forth in the book, Fischer retraces the steps of a suspect, Harry Grey, as recorded in a three-year-old police surveillance report.—Eddi Sommer <eddi@gmd.de>
Plot Keywords: film noir, crime, psychological thriller, detective, surrealism, european cinema, stylized ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: This mostly unrelated sequel to Cat People (1942) has Amy, the young daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed. Amy is a very imaginative child who has trouble differentiating fantasy from reality, and has no friends her own age as a result. She makes an imaginary friend though, her father's dead first wife Irena. At about the same time, she befriends Julia Farren, an aging reclusive actress who is alienated from her own daughter Barbara.—Ken Yousten <kyousten@bev.net>
Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, supernatural, film noir, mystery, fantasy, classic ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Magician's assistant Corky (Sir Anthony Hopkins) performs disastrously at his first solo appearance. He is given a ventriloquist dummy called "Fats" to improve his act, and within a few years, Corky is at the height of fame. However, Fats has developed a mind of his own, and wants to control his master.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, mystery, psychological, supernatural, schizophrenia, hallucination ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, mystery, surrealism, schizophrenia, hallucination, nonlinear narrative, fate ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience his increasingly fragile grip on reality.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, drama, mystery, schizophrenia, memory, trauma, hallucination ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Darryl Revok is the most powerful of all the scanners, and is the head of the underground scanner movement for world domination. Scanners have great psychic power, strong enough to control minds; they can inflict enormous pain/damage on their victims. Doctor Paul Ruth finds a scanner that Revok hasn't, and converts him to their cause - to destroy the underground movement.
Plot Keywords: sci-fi, horror, thriller, body horror, telepathy, mind control, violence ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: In 2005, the only thing hurting Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez more than his face from a recent bike accident was his pressing need for story ideas. That is when he discovers Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill, homeless street musician who possesses extraordinary talent, even through his half-broken instruments. Inspired by his story, Lopez writes an acclaimed series of articles about Ayers and attempts to do more to help both him and the rest of the underclass of LA have a better life. However, Lopez's good intentions run headlong in the hard realities of the strength of Ayers' personal demons and the larger social injustices facing the homeless. Regardless, Lopez and Ayers must find a way to conquer their deepest anxieties and frustrations to hope for a brighter future for both of them.
Plot Keywords: music, mental illness, homelessness, friendship, redemption, los angeles, journalist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Carla Moran awakens one night to find herself being beaten and raped by an unseen presence. Terrified of what's happening to her, and shunned by friends and family who think she's lost her mind, she seeks help from parapsychologists. The researchers soon discover that evil spiritual force has been drawn to Carla and is responsible for the violent attacks. The question now, however, is how do they stop it? Based on a supposedly true story.
Plot Keywords: horror, supernatural, paranormal, psychological thriller, demonic possession, based on true events, female protagonist ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The spirits of several women, all murdered at age 22, reside in Ana's mind.
Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, surrealism, female coming-of-age, sexual awakening, schizophrenia, female director, spanish cinema ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: On the morning of January 30, 1889, the Archduke Rodolphe de Habsbourg and his mistress Marie Vetsera were found dead. The remains of Rodolphe are discreetly repatriated to Hofburg, while that of Mary is hastily thrown into the depths of a tomb.—Ulf Kjell Gür
Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, psychological, film noir, crime, drama, horror ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: psychological thriller, mental illness, female protagonist, suspense, family secret, career woman, mental breakdown ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Frank Zito misses his mother, who was killed in a car accident years before. She was abusive to him, and made money selling her body, but Frank still misses her. He tries to keep her from leaving him, and reform her evil ways, by killing young women and putting their scalps on mannequins which he displays around his apartment. Photographer Anna D'Antoni takes a picture of him in the park, and he pursues and befriends her. Is she the one he has been looking for or just another mother wannabe?
Plot Keywords: horror, thriller, psychological, serial killer, new york, slasher, gory ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Based very loosely on the intricate novel by Joanne Greenberg. A young woman's devotion to a childhood fantasy kingdom has taken over her entire life and causes her endless pain and degradation. Placed in a mental hospital, she has the great good fortune to have a truly caring therapist who tries to help her accept reality, even though reality isn't so great either.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@bluemarble.net>
Plot Keywords: mental illness, adolescent, trauma, fantasy world, self-redemption, family conflict, schizophrenia ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: An asbestos abatement crew wins the bid for an abandoned insane asylum. What should be a straightforward, if rather rushed, job, is complicated by the personal histories of the crew. In particular, Hank is dating Phil's old girlfriend, and Gordon's new baby seems to be unnerving him more than should be expected. Things get more complicated as would-be lawyer Mike plays the tapes from a former patient with multiple personalities, including the mysterious Simon who does not appear until Session 9, and as Hank disappears after finding some old coins.
Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, supernatural, mental asylum, mystery, dark, atmospheric horror ...
Movie Details Click Here !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: psychological drama, black comedy, mental health, family relationships, social marginalization, self-redemption, british film ...
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