Deep Down Trauma Hounds
Trauma and its consequences. Personality Disorders. Psychosis. Mental Illness
The diagnostic categories used here are based on my studies and personal experience but are not intended to substitute for professional evaluation. Furthermore you can't really diagnose movie characters or people you never met.
Diagnostic criteria based on different versions of the DMS, of the PDM, Millon's 15, Psychodynamic theories and others. Some generic terms such as "Childhood Trauma" might be used as well, in order to allow an easier understanding.
Any metaphysic/paranormal explaination for a character's motives are not considered scientific here
The diagnostic categories used here are based on my studies and personal experience but are not intended to substitute for professional evaluation. Furthermore you can't really diagnose movie characters or people you never met.
Diagnostic criteria based on different versions of the DMS, of the PDM, Millon's 15, Psychodynamic theories and others. Some generic terms such as "Childhood Trauma" might be used as well, in order to allow an easier understanding.
Any metaphysic/paranormal explaination for a character's motives are not considered scientific here
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- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.Childhood Trauma, Psychopathy
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.Borderline Personality Disorder, Dissociative Disorders, Sexual Abuse (speculated)
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsNatalie PortmanMila KunisVincent CasselNina is a talented but unstable ballerina on the verge of stardom. Pushed to the breaking point by her artistic director and a seductive rival, Nina's grip on reality slips, plunging her into a waking nightmare.Anorexia Nervosa, Borderline Personality Disorder, Dissociative Disorders
- DirectorClint EastwoodStarsSean PennTim RobbinsKevin BaconThe tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.Childhood Trauma, Pedophilia
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsSheryl LeeRay WiseMädchen AmickLaura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.Sexual Abuse (Incest), Substance Use Disorder
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- DirectorRichard KellyStarsJake GyllenhaalJena MaloneMary McDonnellAfter narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.Schizophrenia, Psychosis
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsWinona RyderAngelina JolieClea DuVallDirectionless teenager Susanna is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life.Borderline Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder, Eating Disorders, Pseudologia Fantastica
- DirectorGeorge SluizerStarsBernard-Pierre DonnadieuGene BervoetsJohanna ter SteegeRex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation. They stop at a busy service station and Saskia is abducted. After three years and no sign of Saskia, Rex begins receiving letters from the abductor.Antisocial Personality Disorder, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- DirectorWes CravenStarsBrandon Quintin AdamsEverett McGillWendy RobieWhen Fool breaks into the home of his family's landlords, he discovers that they have mutilated several boys and kept them imprisoned under stairs. As Fool attempts to flee, he meets their daughter, Alice. Can Fool and Alice escape?Psychological Abuse, Psychopathy, Incest (speculated)
- DirectorAndy MuschiettiStarsBill SkarsgårdJaeden MartellFinn WolfhardIn the summer of 1989, a group of bullied kids band together to destroy a shape-shifting monster, which disguises itself as a clown and preys on the children of Derry, their small Maine town.Childhood Trauma, Phobias, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- DirectorBill PaxtonStarsBill PaxtonMatthew McConaugheyPowers BootheA mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."Psychosis, Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Abuse and Neglect
- DirectorCatherine HardwickeStarsEvan Rachel WoodHolly HunterNikki ReedA thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.Borderline Personality Disorder
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsWoody HarrelsonJuliette LewisO-Lan JonesTwo victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.Sexual Abuse (Incest), Childhood Trauma, Psychopathy /Antisocial Personality Disorder
- StarsJoanne WoodwardSally FieldBrad DavisA young woman whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed sixteen different personalities is treated by a doctor.Dissociative Identity Disorder
- CreatorMarti NoxonStarsAmy AdamsPatricia ClarksonChris MessinaAfter treating her mental illness, crime reporter Camille Preaker returns to her hometown to solve the murder of two young girls. However, she is forced to face and deal with her own demons too.Borderline Personality Disorder, Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Abuse, Childhood Trauma, FDIA (Muchausen Syndrome By Proxy)
- DirectorGus Van SantStarsRobin WilliamsMatt DamonBen AffleckA therapist counsels Will Hunting, a janitor with a genius IQ.Borderline Personality Disorder, Abuse
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsBill PullmanPatricia ArquetteJohn RoseliusAnonymous videotapes presage a musician's murder conviction, and a gangster's girlfriend leads a mechanic astray.Dissociative Identity Disorder, Psychosis
- DirectorThomas VinterbergStarsUlrich ThomsenHenning MoritzenThomas Bo LarsenAt Helge's 60th birthday party, some unpleasant family truths are revealed.Sexual Abuse
- DirectorBarry LevinsonStarsRobert De NiroKevin BaconBrad PittA reporter and a District Attorney help childhood friends who killed a sadistic guard.Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Sexual Abuse, Physical/Psychological Abuse
- DirectorDavid CronenbergStarsJames SpaderHolly HunterElias KoteasA car crash victim suddenly finds himself turned on by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground sub-culture of like-minded souls.Paraphilias (Acrotomophilia, Other non-specified)
- DirectorRyû MurakamiStarsMiho NikaidoYayoi KusamaSayoko AmanoA submissive hooker goes about her trade, suffering abuse at the hands of Japanese salarymen and Yakuza types. She's unhappy about her work, and is apparently trying to find some sort of appeasement for the fact that her lover has married.Sadomasochism (Paraphilias), Self-Defeating Personality
- DirectorRob ReinerStarsJames CaanKathy BatesRichard FarnsworthAfter a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.FDIA (Muchausen Syndrome By Proxy), Borderline Personality Disorder
- DirectorMary HarronStarsChristian BaleJustin TherouxJosh LucasA wealthy New York City investment banking executive, Patrick Bateman, hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he delves deeper into his violent, hedonistic fantasies.Psychopathy and/or Psychosis
- DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsUma ThurmanDavid CarradineDaryl HannahAfter waking from a four-year coma, a former assassin wreaks vengeance on the team of assassins who betrayed her.Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder
