14 movies and documentaries about Bipolar Disorder
He Bipolar disorder It can be one of the most mythical mood disorders, and it can certainly be difficult to understand.
However, the world of cinema and documentaries has several examples that help to understand what this class of mood and behavioral problems consists of.. They can be a good way to learn how bipolarity arises and how he presents himself through the acts of the person who experiences him.
Movies and documentaries about bipolarity
Below you can see a list of documentaries and films on Bipolar Disorder, which capture different facets of his symptom picture. They are not ordered by quality or age.
1. beautiful
A Mexican and Spanish production directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and starring Javier Bardem. In her the relationship of a young man with death is narrated with a melancholic and subtle tone.
2. Crazy Love
This movie starring Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell narrates the romantic relationship between two young people, marked by the emotional ups and downs typical of Bipolar Disorder and the way they flee from family and mental health institutions.
3. The Flying Scotsman
A review of the story of Graeme Obree, a well-known Scottish cyclist who presented Bipolar Disorder and, despite the problems that this entails, he managed to become an elite athlete.
4. mr jones
One of the clearest descriptions of Bipolar Disorder that can be found in a movie, thanks to the work of Richard Gere. Here, he represents a man with strong emotional ups and downs and sudden mood swings who has a complex relationship with his psychiatrist (Lena Olin).
5. Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive
A television documentary divided into two parts, about how this English comedian, writer and actor lives his mental disorder. This, in particular, is a mood disorder known as cyclothymia, which is a mild form of Bipolar Disorder.
6. Van Gogh: painted with words
A docudrama about the life of the famous Dutch painter, played here by the famous actor Benedict Cumberbach. The way in which the phases of Van Gogh's tormented life are presented are a good description of the symptoms of Bipolar Disorder.
7. The hours
A film structured through 3 different eras and 3 different women that star in each of them and that, in some way, are united by the work of the writer Virginia Woolf.
8. Normal Life
Like other movies about Bipolar Disorder like Crazy Love, it focuses on the relationship of two people, one of whom experiences bipolarity. In this case it is about a policeman and a young woman whose mental stability is compromised.
9. Wilbur wants to commit suicide
Wilbur is a man who, at first glance, seems not to lack charm or humor. However, the idea of committing suicide is gaining more and more strength in his life, product of a pessimism that follows him wherever he goes.
10. Michael Clayton
It is not in itself a film about Bipolar Disorder, but one of the characters that appear in it has this mood disorder. It's about one of the lawyers, Arthur Edens.
11. blue sky
This film talks about a marriage formed by a woman with mental instability that evolves into depression (Jessica Lange) and a US Army soldier who, in addition to suffering strong pressures at his job, finds himself increasingly socially isolated.
12. The good side of things
A story that explores the personal side of those who experience this disorder firsthand. Two people with relationship problems meet and, without realizing it, they see that despite being the very different experiences they have had to go through make them find themselves in the adversity.
13. Two worlds
A metaphor about the unstable character that occurs in people with bipolarity.
14. go for all
This film, shot in the 1980s, reflects the stigma of the disorder and adds a dose of humanity that patients had to express to cope with a hostile environment.