Top 50 Films About Mental Illness

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Created by BaalMan.

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Based on several lists available on Internet.

Methodology:

Eligibility: Lists with 10 to 30 entries.
Not eligible: too specific lists such as "available on Netflix", documentaries only, "best of the decade", etc. and lists made by users in imdb, mubi, icm, etc

Distribution of points:
For ranked lists:
#1: 20 points
#2: 18 points and so on until #10: 2 points
#11 or lower: 1 point
Not ranked lists: points are splitted equally.
For instance: lists with 15 entries: 20+18+...+2+1+1+1+1+1=115 / 15 = 7.67 => 8 points for each film.
Tied films split the points
Bonus for each additional entry: 2 points

Tie-brake rules:
#1: Total of points
#2: Number of entries
#3: Year of release
#4: Alphabetical order

About this list:
Lists used: 60
Nominated films: 320

My Top 10 (based on nominated films) (in alphabetical order)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Donnie Darko (2001)
Estamira (2004)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
M (1931)
Ordet (1955)
Såsom i en Spegel (1961)
Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Sunset Blvd. (1950)


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  1. 1 new

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    1975, in 35 top lists Check
  2. 2 new

    A Beautiful Mind

    2001, in 12 top lists Check
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    Silver Linings Playbook

    2012, in 7 top lists Check
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    Girl, Interrupted

    1999, in 0 top lists Check
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    Rain Man

    1988, in 14 top lists Check
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    Black Swan

    2010, in 12 top lists Check
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    Fight Club

    1999, in 19 top lists Check
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    Shutter Island

    2010, in 8 top lists Check
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    Psycho

    1960, in 39 top lists Check
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    Melancholia

    2011, in 10 top lists Check
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    As Good as It Gets

    1997, in 9 top lists Check
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    The Soloist

    2009, in 0 top lists Check
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    Memento

    2000, in 27 top lists Check
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    We Need to Talk About Kevin

    2011, in 5 top lists Check
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    Lars and the Real Girl

    2007, in 1 top list Check
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    The Hours

    2002, in 7 top lists Check
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    American Psycho

    2000, in 12 top lists Check
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    Benny & Joon

    1993, in 0 top lists Check
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    Donnie Darko

    2001, in 21 top lists Check
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    What's Eating Gilbert Grape

    1993, in 1 top list Check
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    It's Kind of a Funny Story

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    2012, in 2 top lists Check
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    Ordinary People

    1980, in 9 top lists Check
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    Si può fare

    2008 — a.k.a. We Can Do That, in 0 top lists Check
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    Forrest Gump

    1994, in 25 top lists Check
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    Inside Out

    2015, in 18 top lists Check
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    An Angel at My Table

    1990, in 8 top lists Check
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    A Clockwork Orange

    1971, in 37 top lists Check
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    The Shining

    1980, in 28 top lists Check
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    Twelve Monkeys

    1995 — a.k.a. 12 Monkeys, in 14 top lists Check
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    Frankie & Alice

    2010, in 0 top lists Check
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    À la folie... pas du tout

    2002 — a.k.a. He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not, in 0 top lists Check
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    Requiem for a Dream

    2000, in 21 top lists Check
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    Still Alice

    2014, in 0 top lists Check
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    Bicho de Sete Cabeças

    2000 — a.k.a. Brainstorm, in 1 top list Check
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    Wristcutters: A Love Story

    2006, in 1 top list Check
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    What About Bob?

    1991, in 1 top list Check
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    The Virgin Suicides

    1999, in 6 top lists Check
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    Little Miss Sunshine

    2006, in 7 top lists Check
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    Shine

    1996, in 6 top lists Check
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    Spider

    2002, in 5 top lists Check
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    Fatal Attraction

    1987, in 11 top lists Check
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    The Aviator

    2004, in 8 top lists Check
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    Prozac Nation

    2001, in 0 top lists Check
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    A Woman Under the Influence

    1974, in 14 top lists Check
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    The Machinist

    2004, in 1 top list Check
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    Franklyn

    2008, in 0 top lists Check
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    Brødre

    2004 — a.k.a. Brothers, in 0 top lists Check
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    Good Will Hunting

    1997, in 12 top lists Check
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    A Dangerous Method

    2011, in 0 top lists Check
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