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Reviews are by Keith Oatley except where otherwise specified.
Rating system for movies, adapted from Wedding, Boyd, & Niemiec (2005). Movies and mental illness. Hofgrefe.
ψ Some psychological content, don’t bother with the film
ψψ Mildly interesting psychologically
ψψψ A good film with psychological interest
ψψψψ Recommended strongly both psychologically and artistically
ψψψψψ The highest quality: artistry combined with psychological insight
A serious man ψψ directors Ethan & Joel Coen, review by Maja Djikic
Away from her ψψψψ director Sarah Polley
Blue ψψψψψ dir. Krysztof Kieslowski review K. Oatley, M. Djikic
Crash ψψψ director Paul Haggis
Decalogue 1 to 5 ψψψψ director Krzysztof Kieslowski
Decalogue 6 to 10 ψψψψ director Krzysztof Kieslowski
Fanny and Alexander ψψψψ director Ingmar Bergman
Four months, three weeks & two days ψψψψ director Cristian Mungiu
Gabrielle ψψψψ director Patrice Chéreau
Groundhog day ψψψψ director Harold Ramis, review by Thomas Scheff
I, Robot ψψψψ director Alex Proyas
Lost in translation ψψψψ director Sofia Coppola, review by Thomas Scheff
Pan's labyrinth ψψψψ director Guillermo del Toro
Saraband ψψψψ director Ingmar Bergman
Stranger than fiction ψψψ director Marc Forster
The great new wonderful ψψψ director Danny Leiner
The lives of others ψψψψ director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
The reader ψψψ director Stephen Daldry, review by Thomas Scheff
Vera Drake ψψψψ director Mike Leigh
Waltz with Bashir ψψψψ director Ari Folman, review by Raymond Mar