Psychology is a science that studies the features, formation and development of mental processes, states and properties. The best psychological films reveal the characteristics of psychological processes, experiences of heroes. Films of the genre of psychology are useful not only for those who are interested in this science, but for any viewers who want to know more deeply the human psyche.
Top 10 Psychological Movies
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest . This film is considered one of the best psychological films in the world. She talks about a hero named Patrick McMurphy who, in order to avoid a prison, imitates a mental disorder and gets to the clinic. The order reigning in this medical establishment, cause in it strong protest and pity to patients who have already reconciled to such state of affairs. The end of the revolt against the system can be seen in the end of this legendary psychological film.
- "Silence of the Lambs . " This is another well-known film related to psychology, and not an ordinary person, but a maniac. A young FBI graduate, Clarissa Starling, has to take part in the investigation of the case of the brutal murder of young girls. A maniac, a former psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, helps her get off on the trail of the criminal. The peculiar game of the main characters' intellects leads to the capture of the criminal and the extremely unpredictable ending.
- "Black Swan" . This psychological thriller tells about a young talented ballerina Nina Sayers, who gets the main role in the ballet Swan Lake. Trying to achieve perfection in her role, Nina does not pay attention either to intimidating hallucinations or to the changes taking place with her. The split personality that develops in the main heroine leads to a tragic ending.
- «Island of the Damned / Shutter Island» . The action of this film genre psychology takes place in a psychiatric hospital. The protagonist - Teddy Daniels, together with his partner investigates the escape of one of the patients of the institution. In the end, all the mysterious and ominous events taking place on the island, where the hospital is located, are a dramatization, designed to help Teddy return from the fictional world to the real.
- "Lovely Bones" . The main heroine of this psychological drama is 14-year-old Suzy Salmon. All her dreams and hopes are broken in a moment, when she is killed. The soul of Suzi rushes, watches over the sufferings of his loved ones and dreams to punish the murderer. After quite a long time, the rushing soul still finds peace, and the murderer is punished by destiny itself.
- "Substitution / Changeling" . The thriller is based on real events, which makes this psychological film one of the best. The main character Christine Collins lost his son. The police after a while returns her boy, but completely different. Trying to achieve the resumption of the search for his son, Christine passes through the hell of a psychiatric hospital, the lack of understanding and indifference of the authorities.
- "Oldboy / Oldboy" . The usual life of Joe - the main character of this psychological thriller - is interrupted on the day when he after another booze comes to his senses in a closed room without windows. For 20 years in prison, Joe passes through outbursts of rage and attacks of indifference, he wakes up a sense of revenge. After the release of freedom before the hero is one task - to find out who and why he did it. The ending of this film is shocking.
- "The King says! / The King's Speech » . This psychological film tells the story of King George VI of Great Britain, who had to undergo a long course of treatment against stuttering from the famous
speech therapist Lionel Log. Getting rid of a speech defect leads to positive personal changes in George VI. - The Jacket . This film tells about a man who was subjected to moral and physical abuse in a psychiatric clinic. Because of this, he acquired the opportunity to travel to the future with the help of the subconscious . This deep film strikes a special energy.
- "American crime / An American Crime . " This film is also based on real events and is not able to leave spectators indifferent. The film tells the story of the death of a tortured girl - Sylvia Likens, the torturers of which were ordinary people. What woke up in ordinary citizens such cruelty, you learn by watching this movie.