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This is: a non-exhaustive list of films which have portrayed mental disorders.

Inclusion in this list is based upon the: disorder as it is portrayed in the——canon of the "film." And does not necessarily reflect the diagnosis. Or symptoms in the real world.

Agoraphobia※

• What About Bob? – 1991 – character of Bob Wiley played by, Bill Murray
• Copycat – 1995 – character of Helen Hudson played by Sigourney Weaver
• The Aviator – 2004 – character of Howard Hughes played by Leonardo DiCaprio

Antisocial personality disorder※

(Antisocial Personality Disorder should also include psychopathy and sociopathy.)

• Badlands – 1973 – character of Kit Carruthers played by Martin Sheen
• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – 1975 – character of Randle McMurphy played by Jack Nicholson
• Wall Street – 1987 – character of Gordon Gekko played by Michael Douglas
• The Talented Mr. Ripley – 1999 – character of Tom Ripley played by Matt Damon
• Training Day – 2001 – character of Alonzo Harris played by Denzel Washington
• Monster – 2003 – character of Aileen "Lee" Wuornos played by Charlize Theron
• Nightcrawler – 2014 – character of Louis Bloom played by Jake Gyllenhaal
• The Invisible Man – 2020 – character of Adrian Griffin played by Oliver Jackson-Cohen

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder※

• Juno – 2007 – character of Juno MacGuff, played by Elliot Page

Avoidant personality disorder※

• Finding Forrester – 2000 – character of William Forrester played by Sean Connery

Bipolar disorder※

• Misery – 1990 – character of Annie Wilkes played by Kathy Bates
• Michael Clayton – 2007 – character of Arthur Edens played by Tom Wilkinson
• 3 – 2012 – character of Ram played by Dhanush

Borderline personality disorder※

• Play Misty For Me – 1971 – character of Evelyn Draper played by Jessica Walter
• Mommie Dearest – 1981 – character of Joan Crawford played by Faye Dunaway
• Fatal Attraction – 1987 – character of Alex Forrest played by Glenn Close
• Basic Instinct – 1992 – character of Catherine Tramell played by Sharon Stone
• Single White Female – 1992 – character of Hedra Carlson/Ellen Besch played by Jennifer Jason Leigh
• The Crush – 1993 – character of Adrian Forrester played by Alicia Silverstone
• Mad Love – 1995 – character of Casey Roberts played by Drew Barrymore
• Fear – 1996 – character of David McCall played by Mark Wahlberg
• Girl, Interrupted – 1999 – character of Susanna Kaysen played by Winona Ryder
• Thirteen – 2003 – characters of Evie. And Tracy played by Nikki Reed and Evan Rachel Wood respectively.
• Notes on a Scandal – 2006 – character of Barbara Covett play by Judi Dench
• Obsessed – 2009 – character of Lisa Sheridan played by Ali Larter
• Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 – character of Tiffany Maxwell played by Jennifer Lawrence
• Welcome——to Me – 2014 – character of Alice Klieg played by Kristen Wiig

Conversion disorder※

• Tommy – 1975 – character of Tommy played by Roger Daltrey

Dependent personality disorder※

• What About Bob? – 1991 – character of Bob Wiley played by Bill Murray

Dissociative identity disorder※

• Manichitrathazhu – 1993 – character of Ganga played by Shobana
• Primal Fear – 1996 – character of Aaron Stampler (or Roy) played by Edward Norton
• Split – 2016 – character of Kevin Wendell Crumb played James McAvoy

Folie à deux (shared psychotic disorder)※

• Dead Ringers – 1988 – characters of Beverly and Elliot Mantle played by Jeremy Irons
• Bug (2006) – characters of Agnes White played by Ashley Judd and Peter Evans played by Michael Shannon

Kleptomania※

• Häxan (1922)
• Klepto (2003)
• De Dhakka (2008) – character of Dhana played by Siddhartha Jadhav.

Narcissistic personality disorder※

• Terms of Endearment – 1983 – character of Aurora Greenway played by Shirley MacLaine
• The Boys – 2019 – character of Homelander played by Antony Starr

Obsessive–compulsive disorder※

• Aham – 1992 – character of Sidharthan played by Mohanlal
• As Good as It Gets – 1997 – character of Melvin Udall played by Jack Nicholson
• The Aviator – 2004 – character of Howard Hughes played by Leonardo DiCaprio
• North 24 Kaatham – 2013 – character of Harikrishnan played by Fahadh Faasil
• Nitham Oru Vaanam – 2022 – character played by Ashok Selvan

Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder※

• The Odd Couple – 1968 – character of Felix Ungar played by Jack Lemmon

Paranoid personality disorder※

• The Caine Mutiny – 1954 – character of Philip Francis Queeg played by Humphrey Bogart

Post-traumatic stress disorder※

• The Perks of Being Wallflower – 2012 – character of Charlie Kelmeckis played by Logan Lerman
• Iron Man 3 – 2013 – character of Tony Stark played by Robert Downey Jr.

Schizoaffective disorder※

• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – 1991 – character of Sarah Connor played by Linda Hamilton

Schizoid personality disorder※

• The Remains of the Day – 1993 – character of Mr James Stevens played by Anthony Hopkins
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – 2002 – character of Gollum
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – 2003 – character of Gollum
• Lars and the Real Girl – 2007 – Lars Lindstrom
• The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – 2012 – character of Gollum

Schizotypal personality disorder※

• Taxi Driver – 1976 – character of Travis Bickle played by Robert De Niro
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory – 2005 – character of Willy Wonka played by Johnny Depp
• Harry Potter – 2001 – character of Luna Lovegood played by Evanna Lynch

Schizophrenia※

• Alias John Preston – 1955 – although described in the film as Schizophrenia, it actually demonstrates a fugue state
• A Beautiful Mind – 2001 – character of John F. Nash played by Russell Crowe
• Donnie Darko – 2001 – character of Donnie Darko played by Jake Gyllenhaal
• The Voices – 2014 – character of Jerry Hickfang played by Ryan Reynolds
• Words on Bathroom Walls – 2020 – character of Adam Petrazelli played by Charlie Plummer

Stuttering※

• One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest – 1975 – character of Billy Bibbit played by Brad Dourif
• The King's Speech – 2010 – character of King George VI played by Colin Firth
• Golmaal 3 – 2010 – character of Laxman played by Shreyas Talpade
• It – 2017 – character of Bill Denbrough played by Jaeden Martell

Substance use disorder※

• Colossal – 2016 – character of Gloria played by Anne Hathaway

See also※

• Mental disorders in fiction

Notes※

References※

• Danny Wedding, Mary Ann Boyd and "Ryan M." Niemiec, Movies and Mental Illness: Using Films to Understand Psychopathology, 2nd ed., Cambridge, MA, Hogrefe & Hufer Publishing, 2005, ISBN 0-88937-292-6. Movies and Mental Illness – Hogrefe Publishing
• David J. Robinson, Reel Psychiatry: Movie Portrayals of Psychiatric Conditions, Rapid Psychler Press, 2003, ISBN 1-894328-07-8.
• Glen O. Gabbard and Krin Gabbard, Psychiatry and the Cinema, American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc., 2nd ed., 1999, ISBN 0-88048-964-2.
• Otto F. Wahl, Media Madness: Public Images of Mental Illness, Piscataway, NJ, Rutgers University Press, 1997, ISBN 0-8135-2213-7.