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These are all movies about doctors and hospitals and med students, etc. These are movies of all genres, from comedies and romantic movies to dark thrillers and horrors.
- Bedlam (1946) | Mark Robson
- Don Juan Demarco (1994) | Jeremy Leven
- Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970) | Werner Herzog
- House of Fools (2002) | Andrei Konchalovsky
- Girl, Interrupted (1999) | James Mangold & Jonathan Kahn
- Unsane (2018) | Steven Soderbergh
- Dogra Magra (1988) | Toshio Matsumoto
- Brainstorm (2001) | Laís Bodanzky
- Session 9 (2001) | Brad Anderson
- I’m A Cyborg, But That’S OK (2006) | Park Chan-Wook
One of 18thcentury England’s greatest shame was the insane asylum, commonly referred to by Londoners as ‘Bedlam.’ Mark Robson’s horror thriller tracks the experiences of a spirited young girl, Nell’s (Anna Lee) efforts to expose the cruelty & reform ‘bedlam’. But, the sadistic Sims (Boris Karloff), running the asylum, commits the girl into the inst...
In Jeremy Leven’s oddball fantasy, Johnny Depp plays a delusional young man who is convinced that he is the world’s greatest lover, Don Juan. His magnetic eyes and steamy words make some women believe that, including the nurses at the psychiatric institution, he has been committed to (“Have you ever loved a woman until milk leaked from her?”asks Do...
Werner Herzog’s controversial picture is largely set inside the confines of an institution that’s situated in a small island town with a barren landscape. It doesn’t mention what kind of institution its inmates are rebelling against. Some interpret it as a penal institution, and some consider it a mental asylum. But that’s just one of the metaphori...
An anti-war allegory employing the inmates of an abandoned asylum is, of course, not a fresh cinematic subject. Philippe de Broca’s famous quirky comedy King of Richards (1966) is set in a deserted small town where the neglected inmates of a psychiatric institution take over the town. The scenario gets playful when a lone Scottish soldier is sent t...
American author Susanna Kaysen’s memoir relates her brief stay (during the 1960s) in a psychiatric hospital after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. In James Mangold’s movie adaptation, Winona Rydergives the powerful angst-ridden portrayal of Susanna, while Angelina Jolie plays the charming sociopath Lisa.
Steven Soderbergh’s taut iPhone-shot thriller, embellished with a yellowish color palette, perfectly brings out the dread of the central character stuck in a psychiatric institution. Claire Foy plays Sawyer Valentini, who moves and gets a new job to escape her stalker. But an unexpected turn of events leads Sawyer to be involuntarily committed to a...
Based on Yumeno Kyusaku’s famous novel, the movie version, directed by Toshio Matsumoto, deals with the experiences of a young insane man, Kure Ichiro, confined to an Eastern philosophy talking psychiatric doctors of a mental asylum. Like the young protagonist who killed his fiance on the day of marriage, we are also haunted by many unanswered ques...
Brazilian film-maker Lais Bodanzky’s painful docu-drama, similar to “Girl, Interrupted”, chronicles author Mr. Carrano’s stay in a hellish mental asylum for a detox program. Middle-class teenager Neto (Rodrigo Santaro—played as Xerxes in “300”) is a normal boy, but feels alienated from his family and hangs out with friends for music & drugs. The fa...
Brad Anderson’s horror/mystery is like his future work “The Machinist,” which is a peek into the dark side of human psychology. But, the majestic & rotting Danvers State Hospital plays a vital role in its protagonist’s sinistral downfall. It is almost inconceivable to think of the film’s effectiveness without the terrifying atmosphere of the asylum...
Acclaimed Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook’s offbeat romantic drama, set in a mental asylum, tells the story of Young-goon, who, driven crazy by her assembly line work, thinks of herself as a cyborg and tries to charge herself by plugging into the mains. In the mental hospital, she stubbornly refuses food in favor of a battery charge. In comes anoth...
- End Game (2018) Directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, ‘End Game’ is a short documentary film. The movie revolves around Dr. Pantilat and other physicians’ efforts to challenge the orthodox perception of life and death so that patients fighting terminal illnesses can find meaning even in the last moment of life.
- Doctor G (2022) Ayushmann Khurrana is one of the few actors in the Indian film industry who is always willing to do offbeat films where grounded stories are the main star.
- Paddleton (2019) Mark Duplass and Ray Romano take us on a tour that is emotive and heartbreaking for its intimate nature. The Netflix original movie, ‘Paddleton’ follows the neighbors, played by Duplass and Romano.
- On Body and Soul (2017) ‘On Body and Soul’ is a poetic depiction of an enigmatic love story set against the backdrop of a depressing Budapest. When the older introvert, Endre, meets the new mysteriously shy recruit in the office, Maria, ‘On Body and Soul‘ takes a turn for a psychological journey.
2008 1h 24m R 5.0 (7.4K) Rate A young woman tries to find her injured boyfriend in a bizarre and dangerous hospital. Director Adam Gierasch Stars Jessica Lowndes Ross Kohn Ross McCall
Nov 18, 2023 · Cancer and terminal illnesses are hard subjects for movie directors, but these films prove cathartic and insightful when done well.
Mar 22, 2015 · Augustine was placed in his care at the famous Salpetriere Hospital after she suffered from strange, sexually charged epileptic fits and was then unable to open her left eye.
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1989 1h 57m PG. 7.3 (63K) Rate. 56 Metascore. A young beautician, newly arrived in a small Louisiana town, finds work at the local salon, where a small group of women share a close bond of friendship, and welcome her into the fold.
