Mental Health Movies

15 of the Best Movies Ever Made About Mental Health

Parade Magazine published a blog listing movies about people with mental health issues.

“Hollywood gets it right sometimes. These are 15 of the best movies about mental health, including ‘Silver Linings Playbook,’ ‘Gaslight’ and more.

https://parade.com/666210/samuelmurrian/10-of-the-best-movies-ever-made-about-mental-health/“

In addition to the list in the Parade blog, you might check out the following movies dating back to 1948.  You can probably access them on youtube.com.  Some are free to view while others cost a few dollars.

• 1948 – The Snake Pit
• 1980 – Frances
• 1999 – Girl Interrupted
• 1999 – Silver Linings Playbook
• 1999 – Rain Man
• 2009 – Helen
• 2010 – Kind of a Funny Story
• 2014 – Still Alice
• 2014 – Brain on Fire
• 2014 – My Brother Jacob
• 2014 – Brain on Fire
• 2017 – Mad to be Normal (About R. D. Laing experiments}
• 2017 – 55 Steps 
• 2018 – At Eternity’s Gate
• 2020 – The Girl on the Bridge
• 2022 – The Edge of Her Mind