Most Similar Movies to I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)
If you are looking for movies like I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977), you might like movies tagged with keyword : mental illness, adolescent, trauma, fantasy world, self-redemption, family conflict, schizophrenia, inner struggle, escapism, coming of age, loneliness, recovery, female protagonist, american film, psychological thriller, reality vs fantasy, social outcast, mental health, dark themes, emotional impact .
Sybil (1976), Girl, Interrupted (1999), The Rain People (1969), The Subject Was Roses (1968), Nuts (1987), Neverwas (2005), Veronika Decides to Die (2009) ... Let's take a look at the following list...
Sybil (1976)
This tale of child abuse and and its deep psychological scars, based on a true story, follows Sybil (Sally Field), an introverted student living alone in New York City who suffers from multiple personality disorder. Haunted by nightmares of her past, Sybil starts seeing a psychiatrist named Dr. Cornelia B. Wilbur (Joanne Woodward). When Dr. Wilbur discovers Sybil has over a dozen different personalities, she becomes obsessed with uncovering her patient's tortured childhood in order to heal her.
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
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The Rain People (1969)
When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions.
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The Subject Was Roses (1968)
A World War II veteran (Martin Sheen) comes home to his bickering parents (Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson).
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Nuts (1987)
A public defender (Richard Dreyfuss) takes the case of an unstable New York call girl (Barbra Streisand) up for manslaughter.
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Neverwas (2005)
A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children's author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.
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Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
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Dora or The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents (2015)
When her mother decides to stop administering medication to her mentally challenged daughter, 18-year-old Dora awakes, as if from a deep sleep. Dora discovers her body, her sensuality and finally, sex, too.
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Diane (2018)
A woman fills her days helping others and desperately attempting to bond with her drug-addicted son. But as those around her begin to drift away in the last quarter of her life, she is left to reckon with past choices and long-dormant memories.
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Vox Lux (2018)
An unusual set of circumstances brings unexpected success to a pop star.
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Charlie Says (2018)
The tragic tale of an all-American girl who was transformed into a cold-blooded killer in the summer of 1969.
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Elizabeth Blue (2017)
A young woman, recently released from a mental hospital, is coping with ongoing episodes of schizophrenia.
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Blood Stripe (2016)
A Marine sergeant with mental wounds can no longer bottle up her trauma, and a welcome home party provokes her into an explosive outburst. With nowhere to turn, she runs deep into the woods.
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Somewhere Slow (2013)
When Anna Thompson gets mixed up in a convenience store robbery, she makes a split-second decision to walk out of her life and into the unknown. On her travels, she meets Travis, a teenage drifter on his own journey of self-discovery.
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Spider (2002)
Haunted by his childhood, a psychotic loner (Ralph Fiennes) has difficulty after his release from a mental institution.
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Nancy (2018)
Craving connections with others, a woman creates elaborate identities and hoaxes by using pseudonyms on the internet. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing 30 years earlier, she becomes convinced that these strangers are her parents.
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The Snake Pit (1948)
A detailed chronicle of a woman during her stay in a mental institution.
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The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds (1973)
From the Pullizer Prize winning play by Paul Zindel, this is the story of Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters, Ruth and Matilda. A middle-aged widowed eccentric, Beatrice is looking for her life in the classified ads while all about her is the rubble of an unkempt house. All she needs is the right opportunity, she says puffing on a cigarette. Poorly equipped to surv...Read all
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