List of films about mental disorders

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
• Phobia – 2016 – character of Mehak Deo played by Radhika Apte

Antisocial personality disorder

• 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
• Falling Down – 1993 – character of William "D-Fens" Foster 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
• Filth - 2013 - character of Bruce Robertson played by James McAvoy

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
• Falling Down – 1993 – character of William "D-Fens" Foster played by Michael Douglas
• 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.
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – 2004 – character of Clementine Kruczynski played by Kate Winslet
• Notes on a Scandal – 2006 – character of Barbara Covett played by Judi Dench
• Obsessed – 2009 – character of Lisa Sheridan played by Ali Larter
• Black Swan – 2010 – character of Nina Sayers played by Natalie Portman
• Silver Linings Playbook – 2012 – character of Tiffany Maxwell played by Jennifer Lawrence
• Filth - 2013 - character of Bruce Robertson played by James McAvoy
• 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 played by Edward Norton
• Fight Club – 1999 – character of the unnamed narrator 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 – characters of Agnes White played by Ashley Judd and Peter Evans played by Michael Shannon
• Joker: Folie à Deux – 2024 – characters of The Joker and Harley Quinn, played by Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga

Kleptomania

• De Dhakka – character of Dhana played by Siddhartha Jadhav.

Narcissistic personality disorder

• Terms of Endearment – 1983 – character of Aurora Greenway played by Shirley MacLaine

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
• Matchstick Men – 2003 – character of Roy Waller played by Nicolas Cage
• 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
• Falling Down – 1993 – character of William "D-Fens" Foster played by Michael Douglas

Post-traumatic stress disorder

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

Psychosis

• Black Swan – 2010 – character of Nina Sayers / White Swan / Odette played by Natalie Portman

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

Schizophrenia

• 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