Psychology movies and TV shows – page 4
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35K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.
Style:
melancholic, sexual, erotic, sentimental, colorful ...
Plot:
loneliness, guilt, childhood, sex, mother daughter estrangement, depression, hospital, female nudity, death of husband, family drama, mother daughter relationship, autobiography ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016, 80s, 90s
Place:
spain, galicia, portugal, madrid, switzerland
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Two ill-fated men become a comic duo to investigate criminal cases involving a rare brain disease together.
Style:
suspenseful, crime drama, detective, captivating, funny ...
Plot:
investigation, teamwork, psychology, neuroscience, relationships, criminal, brain, team, private detective, counselor, love affair, crime investigation ...
Place:
seoul
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance, War
Country: Italy, France, UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the present days, Maria Spielrein and Fraser are in Russia making a research about the life of Sabina Spielrein. In the beginning of the Twentieth Century, this Russian girl was a patient treated by Dr. Jung and later they fall in love for each ...
Style:
psychological, sexual, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
love affair, mental institution, mental illness, psychology, nazi occupation, tragic hero, power relations, mentally unstable, doctors and patients, society, experimenting, sex scene ...
Time:
1940s, 1930s, 1920s, 20th century, 1900s
Place:
switzerland, russia, europe, zurich switzerland, geneva switzerland ...
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216K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Brandon is a New Yorker who shuns intimacy with women but feeds his desires with a compulsive addiction to sex. When his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment stirring memories of their shared painful past, Brandon's insular life ...
Style:
sexual, erotic, sexy, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
addiction, sex, sex addict, sexuality, nudity, sexual relations, sex scene, sexual dysfunction, male nudity, masturbation, lifestyle, fetish ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, usa, new york, madison square garden manhattan new york city, new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Style:
sexy, gothic, teen, sad, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
suburbs, suicide, depression, suicide attempt, coming of age, overbearing parent, dysfunctional family, teenage life, suicidal, friendship, suburban life, sisters ...
Time:
70s, 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, yale university
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.
Style:
sexy, erotic, psychological thriller, tense, twist ending ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
obsession, infidelity, stalker, adultery, husband wife relationship, sexual obsession, femme fatale, family in danger, crimes of passion, extramarital affair, fatal attraction, mental illness ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The story about the relationship between a manic depressive man, Mr Jones, and the female doctor who takes more than a professional interest in his treatment.
Style:
compassionate, melancholic, realistic, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
bipolar disorder, hospital, psychology, forbidden love, destiny, mental health, addiction, loneliness, adaptation, doctors and patients, rehabilitation, destructive relationship ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
las vegas
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26K
Genre: Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?
Style:
depressing, emotional, realistic, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
vietnam war, mental illness, bird, obsession, best friend, psychology, male friendship, military, friendship, illness, sex scene, mental institution ...
Time:
20th century, year 1984, 60s
Place:
vietnam, philadelphia, usa, asia, atlantic city new jersey ...
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110K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
psychological, depressing, bleak, thought provoking, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, high school life, teen angst, human relationship, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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37K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Adam, a lonely man with Asperger's Syndrome, develops a relationship with his upstairs neighbor, Beth.
Style:
touching, sentimental, sincere, sweet, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, preschool
Plot:
autism, asperger's syndrome, fall in love, shyness, love, happy ending, neighbor, disability, lovers, first love, mental illness, depression ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
new york, california, new jersey, usa, grand central station manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark, Sweden, France, Netherlands, Norway, Iceland, UK, Finland, Italy, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
In a small and conservative Scottish village, a woman's paralytic husband convinces her to have extramarital intercourse so she can tell him about it and give him a reason for living.
Style:
disturbing, sad, bleak, heartbreaking, sexy ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, sex, love story, love, marriage, crazy love, obsession, depression, tragic love, sex with a stranger, melancholy, self sacrifice ...
Time:
90s, 70s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, nebraska, europe, scottish highlands
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another ...
Style:
surreal, touching, emotional, psychological, sweet ...
Plot:
love story, surrealism, love, relationships, escape from reality, cyborgs, androids and robots, psychology, mental illness, antisocial behavior, misfit, schizophrenia ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
south korea, india
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405K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 170 min.
Story:
A biopic depicting the life of filmmaker and aviation pioneer Howard Hughes from 1927 to 1947, during which time he became a successful film producer and an aviation magnate, while simultaneously growing more unstable due to severe ...
Style:
epic, inspirational, realistic, period piece, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, success, aviation, entrepreneurship, businessman, test pilot, entrepreneur, biopic, business, filmmaking, obsessive compulsive disorder, corruption ...
Time:
1930s, year 2004, 1920s, 1900s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, connecticut, new york, usa ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Karin hopes to recover from her recent stay at a mental hospital by spending the summer at her family's cottage on a tiny island. Her husband, Martin, cares for her but is frustrated by her physical withdrawal. Her younger bother, Minus, is ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, art house, black and white, serious ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, older sister, religion, insanity, psychology, nordic, existentialism, dysfunctional family, mental disorder, illness, spirituality ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s
Place:
eastern europe, scandinavia
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
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42K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, scary, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
game, mind game, psychology, twists and turns, graphic violence, money, plot twist, greed, manipulation, brutality, mysterious character, on the run ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans, usa, louisiana
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113K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
Style:
light, sincere, saga, humorous, comedy drama ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
autism, coming of age, teenager, lesbian relationship, lesbian, social problems, sapphic, teenage protagonist, high school, penguins, lgbt, asperger's syndrome ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.
Style:
dramatic, entertaining, emotional, psychological thriller, twisted ...
Plot:
twists and turns, con artists, mental illness, heist, cons and scams, plot twist, greed, partner, con men, life philosophy, slick, psychology ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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9K
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, enigmatic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
horse, sex, religion, male nudity, therapy, obsession, mental illness, psychiatrist, psychology, female pubic hair, male pubic hair, mental disorder ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
england, europe, greece, ancient greece
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Canada, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Elizabeth is on the verge of losing her grip on life after she leaves her emotionally fraught home to start college. Quickly, her life takes a turn for the worse: She clashes with her roommate and decides her boyfriend, Rafe, is her sole salvation. ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, sexy, teen, sad ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental illness, depression, coming of age, college, teenage girl, suicide attempt, university, therapy, female nudity, borderline personality disorder, drug, adolescence ...
Time:
80s, 2010s, year 2001, 90s, 2000s
Place:
harvard university, austin texas
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A psychoanalyst and his family go through profound emotional trauma when their son dies in a scuba diving accident.
Style:
touching, sad, sincere, depressing, meditative ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
psychoanalysis, loss of son, regret, family problems, hopes, family in crisis, grief, psychology, parents and children, overcoming, redemption, death in the family ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Marion is a woman who has learned to shield herself from her emotions. She rents an apartment to work undisturbed on her new book, but by some acoustic anomaly she can hear all that is said in the next apartment in which a psychiatrist holds his ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, meditative, talky, depressing ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, writers, eavesdropping, philosophy, depression, psychology, human nature, self discovery, melancholy, psychoanalysis, dysfunctional family, infidelity ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1988
Place:
new york, usa
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684K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
Chuck, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia ditches at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and he washes up on a tiny ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, suspense, emotional, inspirational ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
survival, loneliness, isolation, island, desert island, stranded on an island, courage, determination, solitude, lost at sea, air disaster, survivor ...
Time:
year 2000, 20th century, y2k, year 1999, 2000s ...
Place:
fictional island, moscow russia, persia, america, pacific ocean ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, witty, light, realistic ...
Plot:
happy ending, hitman, hospital, murder, sexy nurse, medical, memory loss, psychology, professional killer, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest ...
Time:
y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, kansas, usa, new mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, sexy, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
insanity, body horror, drug addiction, obsession, identical twins, losing-it hero, twins, mistaken identity, brother brother relationship, love triangle, addiction, schizophrenia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1954, 1950s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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242K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.
Style:
neo noir, surreal, dark, cerebral, sexy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, small town, voyeurism, sadomasochism, sex scene, violence, dark humor, abuse, sex, nightclub, sexual humiliation, serial killer ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
canada
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104K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
Karl Childers is a mentally disabled man who has been in the custody of the state mental hospital since the age of 12 for killing his mother and her lover. Although thoroughly institutionalized, Karl is deemed fit to be released into the outside ...
Style:
independent film, neo noir, sincere, serious, sad ...
Audience:
manly, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
friendship, small town, dysfunctional family, closeted homosexual, murder, mental illness, homosexual, psychiatric hospital, mental retardation, death threat, domestic violence, father figure ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
arkansas, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
clever, suspense, visually stunning, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, violence, sniper, military life, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental ...
Style:
romantic, touching, melancholic, sentimental, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
high school, mental illness, love, on the road, obsessive love, manic depression, mental institution, coming of age, hitchhiking, impulsiveness, teenage love, psychology ...
Time:
y2k, 90s
Place:
seattle, latin america, usa, mexico
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20K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An awkward young teen working at a spa becomes overly attached to her fellow worker, a lonely outcast. They hang out at a bar owned by a strange pregnant artist and her has-been cowboy husband. Amid emotional crises, the three woman steal and trade ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, art house, depressing, visually stunning ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
surrealism, insanity, psychology, suicide attempt, women, feminist, identity, feminism, gender issues, mental disorder, artist, psychotic ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977
Place:
california, usa, texas
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