The following movies are great to see in order to increase your understanding of psychology. (In most cases I am only linking to the movie trailers, you will have to find the movie yourself)
One flew over the cucko's nest A great movie that relates to ethical issues and reliability/validity issues of diagnosis. Girls interrupted A movie with Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie about life in a mental institution A beautiful mind A movie based on the life of John Nash, a Noble Prize Winner who suffered from schizophrenia The Wave, part 1 A movie based on a true story that relates to social identity theory Die Welle A German remake of The Wave. Das Experiment A German movie based on the Zimbardo Prison Experiment The Experiment An American movie based on the Zimbardo Prison Experiment Memento A thriller about a man suffering from a similar type of amnesia as H.M. and Clive Wearing Rain Man A movie about a character who is based on Kim Peek, a savant with exceptional memory The three faces of Eve A movie based on a true story about a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder Sybil A TV series based on a true story about a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder I never promised you a rose garden A movie based on a true story about a woman suffering from Schizophrenia Mocking birds don't sing A movie based on the true story of Genie High anxiety A not so serious comedy by Mel Brooks about a murder in a mental institution Limitless A new movie that relates to the coming future of mind enhancing drugs Inception An action movie that relates to stages of consciousness and dreams Black Swan A thriller about a ballet dancer suffering from Schizophrenia Shutter island A thriller that relates to treatment of abnormality in the 1950s and An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge A short movie based on a short story by Ambrose Pierce that relates to consciousness Fisher king A movie that relates to depression, violence and schizophrenia.
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