Psychoanalysis movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychoanalysis movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, realistic, thought provoking, serious, talky and disturbing films and TV shows about / with psychoanalysis, psychology, female nudity, psychological drama, psychiatrist, therapist, obsession, woman, nude and storytelling plots mostly in Drama, Romance and Thriller genres shot in USA, France, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychoanalysis: A Dangerous Method (2011), Mahler on the Couch (2010), When Nietzsche Wept (2007), To the Adventure (2008), Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Sibyl (2019), Another Woman (1988), Antichrist (2009), Little Tickles (2018).
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List of psychoanalysis movies
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, philosophical, period piece, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, psychology, psychiatrist, mental illness, historical character, sexual perversion, psychologist, adultery, sex, biopic, introspection, psychiatry ...
Time:
1900s, year 1912, 2010s, victorian era, 19th century ...
Place:
switzerland, europe, central europe, vienna, austria ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, Austria
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Alma Mahler's affair with the young architect Walter Gropius sets in motion a marital drama that forces her husband Gustav Mahler to seek advice from Sigmund Freud.
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, serious, art house
Plot:
psychoanalysis, musician, infidelity, love triangle, couples, love affair, artists and showbiz, couple relations, love and romance, composer, crumbling marriage, doctors and patients ...
Time:
20th century, 1910s, 1900s
Place:
germany, europe, holland, amsterdam, vienna
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Viennese doctor Josef Bruer meets with philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche to help him deal with his despair.
Style:
psychological, serious, talky, realistic, sincere ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, philosopher, doctors and patients, prodigy, downfall, obsession, losing-it hero, introspection, intern, writers, philosophy, psychotherapy ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
austria, europe
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Fed up with her present lifestyle, and more particularly sexually unsatisfied by her boyfriend Fred, Sandrine decides to find a new way in life. Intrigued by her friend Sophie, who tells her about her sexual experimentations, she will find, through ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, sensual, psychological, serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
females talking about sex, sex, infidelity, erotica, lesbian, group sex, female orgasm, lesbianism, strong sexual content, sexuality, sexual pleasure, female sexuality ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france, south of france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the 18th century, an artist is commissioned to paint a young woman's wedding portrait.
Style:
sexy, scenic, touching, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
painter, lesbian, lgbtq, lgbt, painting, portrait, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lgbtqi, love, female protagonist, lesbian sex ...
Time:
18th century, 2010s, ancient times, victorian era, year 2019 ...
Place:
brittany, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
FBI trainee, Clarice Starling ventures into a maximum-security asylum to pick the diseased brain of Hannibal Lecter, a psychiatrist turned homicidal cannibal. Starling needs clues to help her capture a serial killer. But her Faustian relationship ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, suspense, scary, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, investigation, murder, psychology, cannibalism, kidnapping, maniac, murder investigation, mind game, fbi, cannibal ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, baltimore, persia, usa, memphis ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Sibyl, a jaded psychotherapist, returns to her first passion: writing. But her newest patient Margot, a troubled up-and-coming actress, proves to be a source of inspiration that is far too tempting. Fascinated almost to the point of obsession, Sibyl ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, crying, enigmatic ...
Plot:
adultery, sex scene, psychotherapist, psychoanalysis, nudity, aspiring writer, writers, bare breasts, psychoanalyst, drunkenness, female protagonist, inspiration ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
paris france
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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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144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Odette is eight, she likes to dance and draw. Why would she be wary of a friend of her parents who offers to play "Tickling"? Once an adult, Odette frees her word, and plunges body and soul into her career as a dancer, in the whirlwind of ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, captivating, psychological, non-linear
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
pedophile, child rape, child sexual abuse, psychoanalysis, little girl, traumatic childhood, abused child, childhood sexual abuse, pedophilia, trial, dancing, courtroom ...
Time:
80s
Place:
france
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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, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A female Psychologist who has stopped practicing medicine, decides to take the case of Veronica de la Serna, a young woman whose previous therapist has mysteriously disappeared.
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, black and white, surprise ending, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
revenge, psychoanalysis, female pubic hair, atonement, psychology, masturbation, lgbtqi, girl, judiciary, gays and lesbians, psychologist, country house ...
Place:
indiana
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Mike and Kate, a young couple, get the once-in-a lifetime chance to win a cool five million dollars. The challenge: Live for 50 days in a blank space. Sticking it out for thirty days, and the five million are theirs. How difficult can it be?
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, social, disturbing ...
Plot:
seductive woman, isolated place, locked in, psychoanalysis, boredom, couples, secret, relationships, social isolation, family problems, relationship problems, male female relationship ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro, the forty and something years old Mercedes (Lília Cabral) goes to the psychoanalyst and tells the story of her life since she was a girl and lost her mother. Along the three years of analysis, her life changes and she divorces ...
Style:
psychological, realistic, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, introspection, family relations, self discovery, midlife crisis, couples, unfulfillment, parents and children, death of mother, love, gay club, therapy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
rio de janeiro, brazil, latin america
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 341 min.
TV show
Story:
Inspired by the true story of Marty and the therapist who turned his life around...then took it over. When he first meets Dr. Ike, Marty just wants to get better at boundaries. Over 30 years, he'll learn all about them—and what happens when ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, funny, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
psychotherapist, psychological trauma, domination, psychological manipulation, self discovery, psychotherapy, power relations, character change, mental illness, behavior control, character study, doctor patient relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 20th century, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 5 min.
TV show
Story:
Web Therapy is an improvised online series starring Lisa Kudrow as Fiona Wallice, a therapist who has conceived of a new form of therapy: the titular "web therapy".
Style:
humorous, entertaining, psychological, captivating, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
therapy, psychotherapy, therapist, satire, psychotherapist, psychoanalysis, doctors and patients, unconventional method, social satire, psychoanalyst, psychology, doctor ...
Time:
2000s
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4K
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
This pseudo-biographical movie depicts 5 years from 1885 on in the life of the Viennan psychologist Freud (1856-1939). At this time, most of his colleagues refuse to cure hysteric patients, because they believe they're just simulating to gain ...
Style:
thought provoking, psychological, spiritual, philosophical, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, therapy, psychiatry, psychotherapy, art, mental disorder, dream, european history, psychiatrist, cognitive science, family drama, knowledge ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
vienna, central europe, austria
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57K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Marnie is a beautiful kleptomaniac who is in love with businessman Mark Rutland. Marnie who is a compulsive thief is being watched by her new boss Mark who suspects her of stealing from him and thus decides to blackmail her in the most unusual way. ...
Style:
psychological, suspenseful, enigmatic, sexual, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
twists and turns, kleptomania, sexualized violence, sexual abuse, obsession, psychology, robbery, employer employee relationship, psychoanalysis, horse ranch, compulsive liar, rape ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
philadelphia, baltimore, new jersey, maryland, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Music, War
Country: France
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
A psychologist discovers troubling links between Nazism and modern-day big business.
Style:
psychological, serious, bleak, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
nazism, workplace situations, psychoanalysis, workplace, workplace intrigue, haunted by the past, murder, corporation, trauma, memory, holocaust, gambling ...
Time:
year 2007
Place:
france, paris france, europe, maine
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, Germany, Italy, Portugal
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A Freudian comedy set in Barcelona, 1913, that playfully questions sexual taboos through a Sherlock Holmes-style investigation.
Style:
semi serious, talky, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
transvestism, incest, psychoanalysis, couple relations, couples, opposites attract, missing person, hypnosis, cocaine, prostitute, female nudity, health ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, catalonia
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882K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, character study, dancing, insanity, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, ballerina, surrealism, schizophrenia ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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121K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A school teacher discusses types of government with his class. His students find it too boring to repeatedly go over national socialism and believe that dictatorship cannot be established in modern Germany. He starts an experiment to show how easily ...
Style:
philosophical, political, disturbing, suspense, educational ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
fascism, nazism, suicide, dictator, experiment, bullying, teacher, teachers and students, high school, fanaticism, dictatorship, against humanity ...
Time:
year 2008, 20th century, year 2011
Place:
germany, middle east, israel, europe, berlin germany ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Poland
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
About a psychotherapist and his relationships with his patients and his family.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, realistic, tense ...
Plot:
psychotherapy, psychoanalysis, patient, psychotherapist, doctors and patients, secrets, therapist, mental health, relationships, psychoanalyst, family relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Adapted from the 1951 non-fiction account by psychoanalyst Georges Devereux, “Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian,” the film follows the true story of Picard (Del Toro), a Plains Indian of the Blackfeet nation, as he returns from WWII and begins ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, suspenseful, touching, intellectual ...
Plot:
psychoanalysis, friendship, headache, hospital, doctors and patients, psychologist, soldier, psychiatrist, memory, haunted by the past, anthropologist, ethnicity ...
Time:
year 1948, 20th century, 50s, year 1945
Place:
kansas, usa, france, seattle, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Sky Arts takes famous females from history and puts them in the psychiatrist's chair.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, psychoanalysis, humour, historical figure, historical character, ruler, strongman, female protagonist, sketch, irreverent, character study, confession ...
Time:
20th century, victorian era
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305K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, murder, psychiatrist, death, manipulation, graphic violence, mental patient, fbi ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
George is haunted by the demons of his family's past and tortured by the voices inside his head. He makes one last attempt at recovery by contacting his dead mother's doctor. The doctor's orders; that he attend Bedlam Hospital for a ...
Style:
suspense, brutal, rough, scary, dark
Plot:
psychoanalysis, electroshock therapy, manic depression, schizophrenia, castration, mental patient, rape, pills, mentally unstable, brutality, mental institution, strong violent content ...
Time:
year 1964
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
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121K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two men share an odd friendship while they care for two women who are both in deep comas.
Style:
sexy, psychological, emotional, sincere, surreal ...
Plot:
friendship, rape, sex, hospital, impossible love, suicide, loneliness, obsession, tragic love, male nurse, bromance, insomnia ...
Time:
near future, year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, jordan ...
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