If you are studying psychology and you like movie marathons, then you have the best combination to spend a Saturday afternoon at home watching movies that you will love from minute 1. In cinema, not everything is comedy or horror, there are also other genres with more complex themes that not everyone is capable of understanding or deepening when they see them.
There are stories that will catch you from the moment you start to see them and that will make you work mentally, to the point where processing information from the movie can become a personal challenge. Movies dedicated to mental disorders, past trauma, mental processes… they become very interesting for psychology students or for anyone who simply likes to know more about these topics. If you are one of those people who like psychology or thinking about things over and over again, you are going to love this list of movies ... make the popcorn!
Multiple (2017)
Kevin (James McAvoy) has a hard time dealing with people ... But within his being there are no less than 23 different personalities. There is a dominant personality that is Dennis and he is in charge of kidnapping three teenagers, although some of their personalities conflict with this fact. There is only one person who can understand what is happening ... but if you want to know more, you will have to see the movie!
Memo (2000)
Although this film is almost 20 years old, it is a film that ages very well and that when you see it, you will like it. Leonard Shelby (Guy Pierce) suffers from anterograde amnesia (brain trauma that does not allow new memories). The last thing he remembers is the murder of his wife and he only lives to catch the culprit. The movie seems confusing and will make you think about what is really going on ...
Fight Club (1999)
The Fight Club is 20 years old but it is one of those movies that never go out of style… that you will always want to see over and over again. Even future generations, when they grow up, will also see this movie and realize how much it can bring to them. It is about a man who suffers from insomnia and during a flight he meets a soap salesman named Tyler Durden. The protagonist is left without a job and since he does not know where to go he calls Tyler ... and that's when it all begins.
The sixth sense (1999)
The moment of the premiere of this film marked a before and after in terms of films of this style. It is a film that will not leave you indifferent and that will undoubtedly make you feel the world of ghosts in a different way. The film is about a psychologist starting to work with a nine-year-old boy because he says that he sees people who have already died and this causes him to have relationship problems with other children. What can happen to the characters in this story? You have to see it!
Mr Nobody (2004)
Neo Nobody is the last human on Earth and on his 118th birthday, he is interviewed by a journalist to find out what his life was like. You will be able to know how his life was and what happens when he chooses one path in his life and not another. It is a film that will make you think about life's decisions, about what you wanted to have done and didn't do or what you did despite the consequences ... What are the decisions you have made in your life?
The Truman Show
Truman Burbank has always lived in a small town in the United States where it seems that everyone gets along ... But it seems that Truman does not know a truth that the rest of the world does ... What will the Truman Show be about? You will have to see it to find out.
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
A 7-year-old girl is classified for a beauty pageant and caravanned with her unconventional family to participate. The family trip for several days causes different circumstances that put coexistence to the test. This film studies family relationships when the members are very different ... But the difference can lead to happiness, even if it is by fulfilling a common goal: that the little one be happy!
Identity (2003)
This film is a combination of genres such as psychological suspense and horror. It tells the story of a group of strangers with different lifestyles who suffer a series of events that lead to their death. Everything happens in a motel where they must take refuge from a storm ... This story is about a disorder that must be discovered because it is linked to everything strange that happens.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Randle McMurphy avoids going to jail on the grounds of insanity, in order to pass his sentence in a less negative way. In the rehabilitation center, he fosters a rebellion of patients against the oppressive norms of the center. It is a film that has been around for many years but remains a reference film for many. It refers to and a critique of what psychiatric institutions were like in the 60s, when electroshock was common.s within treatments in patients. In addition to this, it also addresses issues about disorders, personality and moods of patients.
With these 9 films you can spend a weekend watching great films that will give you a lot on a personal level and also in your knowledge. You will know new stories that will contribute much more than a simple plot. You will be able to think and reflect on your life and also on what the human mind is like. With which of all these movies will you start your marathon? Choose well because when you start watching the movies you will not be able to stop and you will want to see them all, and it will be worth it! But remember not to stay only with the story or the plot of the film, what is worth it is for you to think about what it brings you on a psychological level and what benefit you can get from the film for your personal growth.