Therapeutic & Psychological Themes In The Movies:

Mental Illness:
Black Swan
Don Juan De Marco
Fatal Attraction
Hours, The
House of Cards
It’s Kind of a Funny Story
King of Comedy, The
King of Hearts
Lars and the Real Girl
Mr. Jones
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Silver Linings Playbook
Young Adult

Multiple Personality:
A Double Life
A Tale of Two Sisters
Amar Akbar Anthony
Angel Heart
Anniyan
Birdman
Black Swan
Chandramukhi
Color of Night
Dark Floors
David & LOisa
Dream House
Fight Club
Fisher King, The
Frankie & Alice
Frankie and Alice
Glass
Hangover Square
House of Dracula
Hulk
Hurricane, The
Identity
Jamaica Inn
Machinist, The
Manichitrathazhu
Me, Myself and Irene
Mummy, The
My Bloody Valentine 3D
Never Talk to Strangers
Numb
Nurse Betty
Nutty Professor, The
Passion of Mind
Peacock
Perfect Blue
Primal Fear
Psycho
Psycho IV
Raising Cain
Rhodora X
Secret Window
Shutter Island
Spider-Man
Split
Sucker Punch
Sybil
Three Faces of Eve, The
Uninvited, The
Voices Within
Waking Madison
Waking Madison
Ward, The

Narcissistic Personality Disorder:
American Horror Story
Citizen Kane
Few Good Men
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Mommie Dearest
Once Were Warriors
Wall Street
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps

Nurture vs Nature:
Three Identical Strangers

Non-Traditional Therapy:
Good will Hunting
Harold and Maude

OCD:
A Therapy
As Good as it Gets
Breaking the Waves
Equus
Mahanubhavudu
Matchstick Man
Misery
Number 23, The
Secretary
Silver Linings Playbook
The Aviator
What About Bob?

Out of Office:
Analyze This
Hot Springs
Jimmy P.
Mad to be Normal
What about Bob

Panic Disorder:
Sopranos, The

Pace of Life:
Groundhog Day
Multiplicity
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing

Passive Aggressive:
Oui, Mais

Phobias:
Agoraphobia: Copy Cat
Germ-Phobia: As Good as it Gets
Paranoid Personality Disorder:
Conspiracy Theory
Escobar: Paradise Lost
Pawn Sacrifice
Repulsion
Vadakkunokkiyantram

Prejudice (coping with):
A Single Man
Bagdad Cafe
BlacKkKlansman
Brokeback Mountain
Color Purple, The
Crash, The
Dance Me Outside
Flags of our Fathers
Fried Green Tomatoes
Grand Canyon
Help, The
Imitation Game
Invictus
Get on the Bus
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
How to Fold a Flag
In the Heat of the Night
Jungle Fever
Leave No Trace
Letters From Iwo Jima
Milk
Mississippi’s Burning
Outsider, The
Philadelphia
Pride and Prejudice
Restrepo
Ryan White Story, The
Skins
To Kill a Mockingbird
Traffic
Visitor, The
WAR
Windtalkers

Psych. of Modern Tech-Digital Age:
Citizenfour
Her
Social Network, The

Post-Traumatic Growth:
Bucket List
Good Will Hunting
Pursuit of Happiness, The
Rudy
Seabiscuit
Secretariat
Seven Pounds
Shawshank Redemption
Unbroken

Power Differential (Client’s Power):
Analyze This
Elephant Song
House of Games
In Treatment
Mr. Robot
Silence of the Lamb
Soprano
What about Bob

PTSD:
American Sniper
An Act of War
Best Years of Our Lives, The
Born On The Fourth of July
Coming Home
Deer Hunter, The
Don’t Say a Word
First Blood
Forrest Gump
Haider
Hurt Locker, The
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
In Country
Iron Man 3
Jacob’s Ladder
Kung Fu Panda 2
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Mystic River
Naaigal Jaakirathai
On My Block
Ordinary People
Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian
Saving Private Ryan
Thank You For Your Service
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Valley of Elah

Relationships & Love:
Accidental Tourist, The
As Good as it Gets
Before Midnight
Before Sunset
Blade Runner 2049
Blue Valentine
Closer
Crimes of the Heart
Descendents, The
Eat Drink Man Woman
Education, An
English Patient, The
Enough Said
Father of the Bride
Frankie and Johnnie
Gathering, The
Good Mother, The
High Fidelity
Hot Spells
Joy Luck Club
Juliet, Naked
Kids Are All Right, The
King’s Speech, The
Last Chance Harvey
Last Hangman, The
Little Miss Sunshine
Lost in Translation
Memories of Me
Moonstruck
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Once
Ordinary People
Parenthood
Phantom Thread
Philadelphia Story
Postcards From the Edge
Pretty Woman
Safe Passage
Secret Lives of Dentists
Sideways
Singles
Sliding Doors
Stanley and Iris
Story of Us, The
Soul Food
Steel Magnolias
Two Family House
Under the Tuscan Sun
Victor, Victoria
Walk on the Moon, A
War of the Roses
Way We Were, The
We Have a Pope
When Harry Met Sally
You Can Count on Me

Relationships, Non-Traditional:
Beginners
Blue Is the Warmest Color
Lobster, The
Mad to Be Normal
Philadelphia
Single Man, A
Words and Pictures

Relationships, Online:
Her
Men, Women and Children

Retirement:
About Schmidt
Artist, The
Baby Boom
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
Broke
Bucket List, The
Gran Torino
Harry and Tonto
On Golden Pond
Quartet

Risk:
Apollo 13
Erin Brockovich
Full Monty, The
Sliding Doors

Sacrifice:
It’s a Wonderful Life
Lord of the Rings
Sophie’s Choice

Sadomasochism:
Fifty Shades of Grey
Misery

Schizoid:
Misery
Mumford
Secretary

Schizophrenia:
55 Steps
A Beautiful Mind
Bug
Clean Shaven
Conspiracy Theory
Dear John
Foxcatcher
Jupiter’s Wife
King of Hearts
Proof
Shine
Soloist, The
Strange Voices
Take Shelter
Through A Glass Darkly
Vadakkumnadhan
Voices, The

Self-Disclosure (by therapists):
Antwone Fisher
Good Will HuntingAntwon
Hector and the Search for Happiness
In Treatment
Jimmy P.
Mad to be Normal
Mr. Robot
What about Bob

Self-Esteem:
Gattaca
My Big Fat Greek Wedding
Other Sister, The
Sliding Doors

Self-Injury:
Girl, Interrupted
Lust for Life
Piano Teacher, The
Secretary
Thirteen

Separation & Divorce:
Kramer vs. Kramer
Story of Us, The
Under the Tuscan Sun

Sexual Abuse:
A Thousand Acres
Bad Education
Black Snake Moan
Cider House Rules
Dolores Clairborne
Mystic River
Precious
Sleepers

Sexual Dual Relationships:
Gypsy
Prince of Tides

Sexuality:
50 Shades of Grey
Bliss
Bull Durham
Kinsey
Prom, The
Sessions, The
Working Girls

Social Justice:
Angela’s Ashes
Constant Gardner
Erin Brockovich
Green Book
Hotel Rwanda
Made in Dagenham
Motorcycle Diaries
Selma

Spirituality and Religion:
Apostle, The
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
Contact
Last Temptation of Christ, The
Razor’s Edge, The
Resurrection

Spirituality and Spiritual Awareness:
Avatar
City of Angels
Hereafter
It’s a Wonderful Life
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Made In Heaven
Powder
What Dreams May Come

Stress Management:
Happy

Substance Use Disorder:
8 Million Ways to Die – alcohol
24 Hour Party People – heroin, cocaine, methadone, MDMA
28 Days – Oxycodone, hydrocodone, codeine, benzodiazepines, alcohol
A Day at the Beach – alcohol
A Scanner Darkly – amphetamines, methamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine
Across the Universe – morphine, LSD, cannabis
Airplane! – cocaine, amphetamines, inhalants, alcohol
Almost Famous – hydrocodone (Vicodin), alcohol, LSD, cannabis
American Psycho – cocaine, alcohol, temazepam, steroids, MDMA, cannabis
Apartment, The – barbiturates
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – heroin, cocaine, hydrocodone, alcohol, cannabis
Basketball Diaries, The – heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, cannabis
Big Chill, The – cocaine, methaqualone (Quaaludes), alcohol, cannabis
Bigger Than Life – cortisol
Boys & Girls Guide to Getting Down, The – heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, Viagra, cannabis
Bringing Out the Dead – heroin, alcohol
Broken Vessels – methamphetamine, heroin
Candy – heroin/morphine, methadone, MDMA, cannabis
Casino – morphine, cocaine, alcohol
Christiane F. –heroin, PCP, alcohol, temazepam, diazepam, MDMA, cannabis
Crow, The – morphine, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
Cruel Intentions – cocaine, alcohol
Days of Wine and Roses – alcohol
Dead Ringers – hydromorphone, amphetamines, barbiturates, alcohol
Departed, The – cocaine, lorazepam
Easy Rider – cocaine, alcohol, LSD, cannabis
Ed Wood – morphine
Enter the Void – methamphetamine, cocaine, alcohol, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
Factory Girl – heroin, oxycodone, hydrocodone, amphetamines, temazepam, lorazepam, cannabis
Flight – heroin, cocaine, alcohol
Fresh – heroin, cocaine, alcohol
Get Rich or Die Tryin’ – morphine, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
Goodfellas – heroin, cocaine, amphetamines
Hangover, The – cocaine, flunitrazepam (Rohypnol), alcohol, MDMA
Hannibal – morphine, temazepam
Heroes for Sale – morphine
I Smile Back – cocaine, alcohol
In Vanda’s Room – heroin
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – methamphetamine, cocaine, inhalants, alcohol, ketamine, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
Jennifer on My Mind – heroin
Jesus’ Son – heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, opium, alcohol, diazepam, LSD,
Jungle Fever – cocaine
Leaving Las Vegas – alcohol
Less Than Zero – cocaine, alcohol
Lights in the Dusk – alcohol
Long Day’s Journey Into Night – morphine, alcohol
Loser Takes It All, The – alcohol
Lost Weekend, The – alcohol
Love is the Drug – cocaine, hydrocodone, alcohol, codeine, Viagra, cannabis
Love Liza – huffing gasoline
Magnolia – morphine, cocaine, MDMA
Man with the Golden Arm, The – heroin
Monkey on My Back – morphine
More –heroin, amphetamines, barbiturates, alcohol, LSD, cannabis
Morning Patrol – alcohol
Mystery of the Wax Museum – morphine, alcohol
Nee-Na – alcohol
New Jack City – cocaine
On the Road –morphine, amphetamines, alcohol, cannabis
One Perfect Day – morphine, amphetamines, codeine, temazepam, MDMA, cannabis
Orange County – morphine, amphetamines, alcohol, MDMA, cannabis
Panic in Needle Park, The – heroin
Permanent Midnight – heroin, cocaine, methadone
Playing God – morphine, fentanyl, amphetamines
Postcards from the Edge – heroin, cocaine
Pulp Fiction – heroin, cocaine
Pure Shit – heroin
Pure – heroin, cocaine, alcohol, cannabis
Requiem for a Dream – heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, barbiturates, alcohol, benzodiazepines, MDMA, LSD, cannabis
Rush – 1991 heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, cannabis
Salton Sea, The – methamphetamine, alcohol
Scarface – heroin, cocaine, methaqualone (Quaaludes)
Sherlock Holmes – morphine, cocaine
Shining, The – alcohol
Sid and Nancy – heroin, cocaine, methadone
Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman – alcohol
Someone To Run With – heroin, cocaine
Spun – methamphetamine, amphetamine
Struggle, The – alcohol
Taxi Driver – opioids, alcohol
Thirteen – cocaine, inhalants, alcohol, LSD, cannabis
To Write Love on Her Arms – alcohol, cocaine
Trainspotting – heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, methadone, amobarbital, alcohol
Trash – heroin
Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll, The – opium, alcohol
Udta Punjab – Cocaine, alcohol
Valley of the Dolls – amphetamines, barbiturates
Way Back, The (2020 film) – 2020 alcohol
When a Man Loves a Woman – alcohol
Wolf of Wall Street, The – cocaine, alcohol
Zodiac – cocaine, alcohol, diazepam, cannabis

Suicide:
Red Desert

Therapist – Own Struggle w/ M.H.
Awakening
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hector and the Search for Happiness
Mad to be Normal
What about Bob

Touch
Good Will Hunting

Tourette’s Syndrome:
Road Within, The

Trauma:
See Abuse, PTSD, War

Victimhood:
American Psycho
Bones
Hannibal
Law & Order
Munich
Paradise Now
Se7en
Serbian
Split
Tell Me Your Secrets
The Wolf of Wall Street
Unafraid
Victim

Vocational Issues:
Company Man, The
Erin Brockovich
Full Monty, The
Jerry Maguire
Patch Adams
Up in the Air

War (Horrors of and Aftermath):
A Very Long Engagement
American Sniper
Black Hawk Down
Casualties Of War
Cold Mountain
Courage Under Fire
Dear John
Dr. Strangelove
Full Metal Jacket
Gettysburg
Gone with the Wind
Hamburger Hill
Hurt Locker
Lincoln
Lions For Lambs
MASH
Paths of Glory
Pianist, The
Platoon
Saving Private Ryan
Zero Dark Thirty

Willpower:
Bend it Like Beckham
Blind Side, The
Bohemian Rhapsody
Cast Away
Cinderella Man
Fighter, The
Gladiator
Good Night and Good Luck
Horse Whisperer, The
Hugo
Invictus
Julie & Julia
King’s Speech, The
Lorenzo’s Oil
Million Dollar Baby
Moneyball
Pianist, The
Piano, The
Princess Bride, The
Ray
Seabiscuit
Shawshank Redemption
Social Network, The
Whiplash