Movies like Session 9
If Session 9's mix of schizophrenia, massachusetts and psychology stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Session 9's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Stonehearst Asylum
2014 · Directed by Brad Anderson · 112 min6.9
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Brad Anderson · Also mystery and horror
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
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A Beautiful Mind
2001 · Directed by Ron Howard · 135 min7.9
Why you'll like itWith Josh Lucas · Shares: schizophrenia, massachusetts · From the same decade (2000s)
From the heights of notoriety to the depths of depravity, John Forbes Nash Jr. experiences it all. As a brilliant but socially awkward mathematician, he made a groundbreaking discovery early in his career and stands on…
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Mulholland Drive
2001 · Directed by David Lynch · 147 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: schizophrenia · Also drama and mystery · From the same decade (2000s)
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher…
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The Professor and the Madman
2019 · Directed by Farhad Safinia · 124 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: lunatic asylum · Also drama and mystery
Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum,…
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Fear of Rain
2021 · Directed by Castille Landon · 109 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: mental illness · Also horror and drama
A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal life, without exposing their own tragic secrets, and the only person…
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The Jacket
2005 · Directed by John Maybury · 103 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: psychology · Also drama and mystery · From the same decade (2000s)
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
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Smile
2022 · Directed by Parker Finn · 115 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: mental illness · Also horror and mystery
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
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Hell House LLC
2015 · Directed by Stephen Cognetti · 91 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: cell phone · Also horror and mystery
Five years after an unexplained malfunction causes the death of 15 tour-goers and staff on the opening night of a Halloween haunted house tour, a documentary crew travels back to the scene of the tragedy to find out…
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Ghost Stories
2018 · Directed by Andy Nyman · 98 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: tunnel · Also horror and drama
Professor Philip Goodman devotes his life to exposing phony psychics and fraudulent supernatural shenanigans. His skepticism soon gets put to the test when he receives news of three chilling and inexplicable cases --…
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Caveat
2021 · Directed by Damian McCarthy · 88 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: schizophrenia · Also horror and mystery
A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
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Mirrors
2008 · Directed by Alexandre Aja · 111 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: schizophrenia · Also horror and mystery · From the same decade (2000s)
An ex-cop and his family are the target of an evil force that is using mirrors as a gateway into their home.
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Shutter Island
2010 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 138 min8.2
Why you'll like itAlso drama and mystery
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.