@TCManiacs Blogs: Psycho & Films about mental illness

Psycho is a 1960 suspense/thriller directed by auteur Alfred Hitchcock, from the screenplay by Joseph Stefano about a psychotic killer. It is based on the novel of the same name by Robert Bloch. It starred Anthony Perkins and Janet Leigh as one of his victims.

The film's popularity has made it a common reference in popular culture.

Psycho has become one of the most recognizable films in cinema history, and is arguably Hitchcock's most well-known film. The iconic shower scene is frequently spoofed, given homage to and referenced in popular culture, complete with the violin screeching sound effects.

Films about mental illness

Spellbound (1945)
Leave Her to Heaven (1945)
The Snake Pit (1948)
Whirlpool (1949)
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Psycho (1960)
David and Lisa (1962)
Repulsion (1965)
Play Misty for Me (1971)
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
The Story of Adele H. (1975)
Sybil (1976)
Ordinary People (1980)
Fatal Attraction (1987)
Dead Ringers (1988)
Camille Claudel (1988)
Rain Man (1988)
Awakenings (1990)
Misery (1990)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Benny & Joon (1993)
The Madness of King George (1993)
This Boy's Life (1993)
Shine (1996)
As Good as It Gets (1997)
Patch Adams (1998)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Fight Club (1999)
Memento (2000)
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
I Am Sam (2001)
Donnie Darko (2002)
The Hours (2002)
Spider (2002)
"À la folie... pas du tout" (2002)
Identity (2003)
The Aviator (2004)
Proof (2005)
Mad Detective (2007)
The Dark Knight (2008)

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