Great picks!
Here are some of mine:
Repulsion released in 1965 starred a very young and very beautiful Catherine Deneuve as a sexually repressed woman who suffers from androphobia (fear of men). Her psychosis escalates after a brutal attack. This was Roman Polanski's first film in the English language and he masterfully directs the main character's descent into madness. Catch this one on DVD if you can.
The Snake Pit was released in 1948 and starred Olivia de Havilland, as a woman institutionalized for psychogenic amnesia. This was a landmark film and it brought attention and eventual changes in the treatment of patients in mental institutions. This was a difficult film for me to watch the first time I saw it as a teen. Now, I see the film as a triumph in its vision and in Ms. de Havilland's brave performance.
As Good as it Gets released in 1997 is perhaps my favorite. Jack Nicholson is at his best as a writer with OCD. As a misanthrope and pretty much a "social retard" he befriends a gay artist and a struggling working mom in this romantic-comedy that is sure to warm hearts. He doesn't get cured, but he goes through a transformation, which goes to show that adaptation perhaps is the best he's ever going to get and that can be a good thing. After all we are all a "little crazy" in our own eccentric ways . . . that's called diversity and being human.
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Cori Amoroso
Drama Movies Editor
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