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An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
2) 12 monkeys
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Cole travels into the past to retrieve samples of a virus so a cure can be designed. He meets a psychiatrist and a mental patient in his search for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys.
3) Proof
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A devoted daughter who comes to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental insanity, with the help of one of her father's former students.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
After fifteen years in a mental asylum, Hilary Fairfield has suddenly regained his sanity, escaped from the institution and come home. But a few things have changed in his absence. For one, his strong-willed daughter Sydney has grown up and is planning to marry. For another, his wife has divorced him and is planning to re-marry. It's enough to drive a man crazy, or a woman, for that matter.
6) Joker
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Warner Bros. Pictures presents Oscar nominee Joaquin Phoenix in the title role, alongside Oscar winner Robert De Niro, and is directed, produced and co-written by Oscar nominee Todd Phillips. The film centers around the iconic arch nemesis and is an original, standalone story not seen before on the big screen. Phillips' exploration of Arthur Fleck, a man disregarded by society, is not only a gritty character study but also a broader cautionary tale....
8) Repulsion
Series
Criterion collection volume 483
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Carol is a fragile, frigid young Belgian beauty cracking up over the course of a terrifying weekend. Left alone by her vacationing sister in their London flat, she finds herself haunted by specters, real and imagined, as her insanity grows to a violent pitch.
9) Benny & Joon
Series
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
11) Queen of Earth
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Catherine has entered a particularly dark period in her life: her father, a famous artist, has recently died, and on the heels of his death she's dumped by her boyfriend James. Looking to recuperate, Catherine heads out to her best friend Virginia's lake house for some much needed relaxation. Tranquility eludes her, however, as she's instantly overcome with memories of time spent at the same house with James the year before.
14) Swallow
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A newly pregnant housewife seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie. However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws' and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica, a condition that has her compulsively swallowing...
15) Angel of mine
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A woman grieving over the death of her daughter loses grip of reality when she begins to think her girl may still be alive.
16) Three Christs
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
[Blu-ray/DVD edition].
Language
English
Description
A therapist arrives at a mental hospital in Ypsilanti, Michigan, in 1959, and takes on the treatment of three men who each believe they are Jesus Christ.
17) Broken diamonds
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the wake of his father's death, a twenty-something writer sees his dream of moving to Paris put in jeopardy when he's forced to temporarily take in his wildly unpredictable, mentally ill sister.
18) Love and mercy
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
19) Marvin's room
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her teenage son for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down.
20) Lilith
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in New England seems to weave a magical spell on a young man with an equally obscure past. Their relationship deepens leading to a shocking conclusion.
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