Best and Worst Movie Portrayals of Mental Illness and its Treatment Psychmovies.com Survey Click here for a detailed summary of the study, which was presented at the 2009 meeting of the American Psychological Association. This will open in a new window. Best Portrayal of Mental Illness in the Movies1) A Beautiful Mind (46%)2) Ordinary People (19%) 3) Girl, Interrupted (18%) 4) As Good As It Gets (17%) 5) Rain Man (11%) 6) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (6%) 7) Sybil (5%) 8) Silence of the Lambs (2%) 9) Memento (2%) Worst Portrayal of Mental Illness In the Movies 1) Me, Myself, and Irene (57%) 2) Psycho (19%) 3) Analyze This (17%) 4) What About Bob? (15%) 5) Silence of the Lambs (14%) 6) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (6%) 7) The Prince of Tides (4%) Best Portrayal of Treatment/Treating Professional in the Movies 1) Good Will Hunting (27%) 2) Ordinary People (22%) 3) A Beautiful Mind (19%) 4) Awakenings (17%) 5) Patch Adams (12%) 6) K-Pax (12%) 7) Girl, Interrupted (10%) 8) Sybil (8%) 9) As Good As It Gets (5%) Worst Portrayal of Treatment/Treating Professional in the Movies 1) The Prince of Tides (35%) 2) What About Bob? (32%) 3) Analyze This (22%) 4) Color of Night (22%) 5) Silence of the Lambs (20%) 6) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (19%) |
