Movie List Whose Plots are Circled Around Mental Illness

Meloncholly-By The Smashing Pumpkins

1. 1948-The Snake Pit ( Novel is Available if you Cannot Find)

2. 1956-Lust for Life-The Story of Vincent Vangogh

3. 1961-Splender in the Grass

4. 1966-A Fine Madness

5. 1974-A Woman Under the Influence

6. 1975-One Flew Over the Cukoo's nest

7. 1982-Francis

8. 1983-Committed

9. 1990-Vincent &Theo

10. 1991-What about Bob?(comedy)

11. 1991-The Fisher King-(Robin Williams stars)

12. 1995-Angel baby

13. 1995-Tom and Viv-(About T.S. Elliot and his wife)

14. 1995 -Mr. Jones (I highly recommend)(very realistic)

15. 1996-Basquait (Comparisons to Vangogh are Evident)

16. 1996-Angela (2 sisters and a mother that are bipolar)

Highly Recommended reading...

1. A Brilliant Madness- Patty Duke (Biography)

2. Just Call Me Anna- Patty Duke (Biograpy)

3. A Quiet Mind-Kay Jamison, ph.d (Biography)

4. Undercurrants-Martha Manning (Biography)

5. We Heard the Angels of Madness-Diane & Lisa Berger-(Biography)

6. MoodSwing-(Bipolar Information)-Ronald R. Fieve,Md (He also has bipolar)

7. The Power is Within-Louise L Hay-(Helping Yourself Heal)

8. Overcoming Depression-D.F. Papolos/J Papolos

9. Touched With Fire: Manic Depressive Illness and the Artistic Temperment-Kay Jamison

10. The Broken Brain-N.C. Anderson

11. Mood Disorders Across the Life Span-Kenneth I. Shulman

12. Lithium Treatment of Manic Depressive Illness:A Practical Guide-Mogens Schou

13. Care of the Soul-Thomas Moore

14. Darkness Visible-A Memoir of Madness-William Styron

15. A Reason to Live-Melody Beattie

16. On the Edge of Darkness-Kathy Cronkite

17. You Are Not Alone-Julia Thorne with Larry Rothstein

18. You Mean I Don't Have to Feel This Way?-Collette Dowling

More to come...As I keep reading, or as books and movies get recommended to me.