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We need a movie about a man with depression

posted 14 years ago by davbot
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I know there was "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", although I don't think Randall McMurphy had depression. There was also "Mr Jones" with Richard Gere. But someone should make a movie and/or a novel about men and depression.

[–] MariaLoathesDTWig 14 years ago

a single man (2009)
ordinary people(1980)
jacknife(1989)
etc....

Screws fall out all the time, the world is an imperfect place. (THE BREAKFAST CLUB)

[–] davbot 14 years ago

OK then. But there should be more movies about people with mental illness.

[–] xmagic_dustx 14 years ago

I agree with you on your second post!

Maturity. The very staple of the IMDb message boards.

[–] generouspalmstroke 14 years ago

Don't forget The Machinist.

[–] PiercedDiva 14 years ago

Pink Floyd The Wall dealt with a male musician who was depressed among other things

It's a dog-eat-dog world out there,and I'm wearing Milk-bone underwear

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[–] aquaken 14 years ago

My friend said the same but I didn't see the connection to mental illness. I missed someting. How about "Good Will Hunting"? At the end you know why Will was the way he was.

[–] Emily-65-Roses 13 years ago

The beginning of Patch Adams is where the mental illness part is relevant.

65 Roses = Cystic Fibrosis

[–] cmima 14 years ago

"Control"
"The Hours"

[–] New_Wind 13 years ago

Sideways
Broken flowers
Lost in translation
Fightclub

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[–] cara-macdonald 13 years ago

On PTSD I'd also add
Jacobs Ladder (1990)
...for dealing with loss
Love Liza (2002) - although a flawed film, Phillip Seymour Hoffman blew me away
...for general nervous breakdown etc.
Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind (2004)
Taxi Driver (1976)
American Beauty (1999)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)

[–] Into-TheDark 13 years ago

Wikipedia has a list of films with mental illness...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_mental_illness

[–] Samuraibro 13 years ago

The Soloist, The Butterfly Effect.

All the world will be your enemy, Prince With a Thousand Enemies. And whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first, they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, Prince with the swift warning. Be cunning, full of tricks, and your people shall never be destroyed.

There are those who still know- they're still home. We're still home.

~Proud to be a Gleek!~

You watch me, just watch me. I'm calling, I'm calling. And one day all will know...

La Vie Boheme!

[–] aquaken 13 years ago

I've only red a few posts which list movie about men with depression, but they're all fiction. We need a biography of a real person in today's (or 1960's - up) world who have depression.

[–] emma-lou-who 12 years ago

It's kind of a funny story is based in real life

[–] kylie-hall 13 years ago

"Numb" with Matthew Perry.

It deals 100% directly with a man with a mental disorder that they are unable to identify in the beginning, and the way psychiatry works in this day and age along with how having a mental illness works in a relationship, at work, and in everyday life.

It's amazing. Watch it.

[–] Icecutter_xa 13 years ago

Taxi Driver, Awakenings and maybe Cape Fear.

That's 4 for De Niro in this topic, woah

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[–] Shiny-NZ 13 years ago

^funny

The Deer Hunter

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[–] NicholasDeLima 13 years ago

Dans Paris (Inside Paris)
French movie about two brothers, the oldest one is depressed.

Dedication
Children's book author is a cynical depressed man.

Elizabethtown
Young man feels a failure.

Stay
Young man announces he is going to attempt suicide.

"A night of honesty ends at daybreak"