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Addiction
- 28 Days - starring Sandra Bullock
- Drugstore Cowboy - starring Matt Dillion
- Panic in Needle Park - starring Al Pacino
- When a Man Loves a Woman - starring Andy Garcia and Meg Ryan
- Days of Wine and Roses - starring Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick
- Bar Fly - starring Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway
- The Morning After - starring Jane Fonda and Jeff Bridges
- Lady Sings the Blues - starring Diana Ross and Bily Dee Williams
- Ironweed - starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep
- Clean and Sober - starring Michael Keaton and Morgan Freeman
- Sara T.: Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic - starring Linda Blair
- Not My Kid -starring George Segal and Stockard Channing
- My Name is Bill W. - starring James Woods
- The Boost - starring James Woods and Sean Young
- Leaving Las Vegas - starring Nicholas Cage
- Requiem for a Dream - starring Jared Leto and Ellen Burstyn
- Ray - starring Jamie Foxx
- Blow - starring Johnny Depp and Penelope Cruz
- Gia - starring Angelina Jolie
- Trainspotting - starring Ewan McGregor
- Walk the line - starring Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon
- Traffic - starring Michael Douglas
For more extensive details concerning any of these films please see AllMovie.com or any of the other websites listed under the Other Resources at the bottom of this page.
Domestic Violence (in dating or marriage) and/or Rape
- Frankie and Johnnie - starring Al Pacino
- Sleeping with the Enemy - starring Julia Roberts
- Taking Back My Life: The Nancy Ziegenmeyer Story - starring Patricia Wettig
- Closet Land - starring Madeline Stowe and Alan Rickman
- The Burning Bed - starring Farrah Fawcett and Paul LeMat
- Thelma and Louise - starring Susan Sarondon and Geena Davis
- She Said No- starring Veronica Hamel and Judd Hirsch
- Rape and Marriage: The Rideout Case - starring Mickey Rourke and Linda Hamilton
- The Rape of Richard Beck - starring Richard Krenna
- Men Don't Tell - starring Peter Straus and Judith Light
- Extremities - starring Farrah Fawcett and James Russo
- Cry for Help: The Tracey Thurman Story - starring Nancy McKeon and Dale Midkiff
- The Accused - starring Jodie Foster and Kelly McGillis
- Once Were Warriors - starring Rena Owen and Termuera Morrison
- Bastard Out of Carolina - starring Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Enough - starring Jennifer Lopez
- Dead Before Dawn - Cheryl Ladd and Jameson Parker
- This Boy’s Life - starring Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin, and Leonardo Dicaprio
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- As Good as it Gets - starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt
- What About Bob - starring Bill Murray and Richard Dreyfuss
- Matchstick Men - starring Nicolas Cage
Romantic Relationship Struggles between Men and Women
- When Harry Met Sally - starring Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal
- Frankie and Johnnie - starring Al Pacino and
- Stanley and Iris - starring Robert Diniro and Jane Fonda
- The Accidental Tourist - starring William Hurt and Geena Davis
- As Good as it Gets - starring Jack Nicholson and Helen Hunt
- Pretty Woman - starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
- The Way We Were - starring Barbara Streisand and Robert Redford
Childhood Trauma Themes
- Three Faces of Eve - starring Joane Woodward and Lee J. Cobb
- Sybil - starring Sally Fields and Joanne Woodward
- Something about Amelia - starring Ted Dansen and Glen Close
- Radio Flyer - starring Elija Wood and Joseph Mazzello
- Prince of Tides - starring Barbara Streisand and Nick Nolte
- Nuts - starring Barbara Steisand and Richard Dreyfuss
- Good Will Hunting - starring Matt Damon and Ben Aflect
- I Know My First Name is Steven - starring Cindy Pickett and John Ashton
- Closet Land - starring Madeleine Stowe and Alan Rickman
- Ultimate Betrayal - starring Marlo Thomas and Ellen Harkett
- Mystic River - starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon
- Sleepers - starring Brad Pitt, Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, and Dustin Hoffman
- Mommy Dearest - starring Faye Dunaway
- Antwone Fisher - starring Denzel Washington
- The Butterfly Effect - starring Ashton Kutcher
- Happiness - starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman and Lara Flynn Boyle
- Notes on a Scandal - starring Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench
- Running With Scissors - starring Alex Baldwin and Annette Benning
Coping with Prejudice
- The Ryan White Story - starring George C. Scott and Jessica Parker
- Philadelphia - starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
- The Color Purple - starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner - starring Katherine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier
- Jungle Fever - starring Wesley Snipes and Annabella Sciorro
- To Kill a Mockingbird - starring Gregory Peck and Brock Peters
- Mississippi's Burning - Gene Hackman
- Get on the Bus - Spike Lee film - starring Isaiah Washington
- In the Heat of the Night - starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger
- Crash - starring Ryan Phillippe, Matt Dillon, Terrence Howard, Ludacris, Don Cheadle, Sandra Bullock, and Brendan Fraser)
- Snow Falling on Cedars - starring Ethan Hawke
- The Hurricane - starring Denzel Washington
- American History X - starring Edward Norton and Edward Furlong
- Remember the Titans - starring Denzel Washington
- School Ties - starring Brendan Fraser and Matt Damon
Suicide
- The Virgin Suicides - starring Kiristin Dunst and Josh Hartnett
- The Hours - starring Nicole Kidman and Meryl Streep
- Love, Liza - starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman
- Permanent Record - starring Keanu Reves
- What Dreams May Come - starring Robin Williams
- Harold and Maude - starring Ruth Gordon
- Housekeeping - starring Christina Lahti
- Dead Poet’s Society - starring Robin Williams
Eating Disorders
- The Karen Carpenter Story - starring Cynthia Gibb and Mitchell Anderson
- Kate's Secret - starring Meredith Baxter Birney and Ed Asner
- Eating - starring Frances Bergen and Lisa Richards
- For the Love on Nancy - starring Tracey Gold and William Devane
- Thin (HBO documentary)
- Dying to be Perfect (HBO original movie)
Family Issues and Relationships
- Crimes of the Heart - starring Sissy Spacek and Jessica Lange
- Father of the Bride - starring Steve Martin and Diane Keaton
- Field of Dreams - starring Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan
- The Good Mother - starring Diane Keaton and Liam Neeson
- The Great Santini - starring Robert Duvall and Blythe Danner
- Hot Spells - starring Shirley Booth and Anthony Quinn
- Memories of Me - starring Billy Crystal and Alan King
- Ordinary People - starring Mary Tyler Moore and Donald Sutherland
- Parenthood - starring steve Martin and Mary Streenburgen
- Postcards From the Edge - starring Meryl Streep and Shirley MacLaine
- Steel Magnolias - starring Sally Fields and Julia Roberts
- War of the Roses - starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner
- The Gathering - starring Ed Asner and Maureen Stapleton
- Soul Food - Spike Lee film - starring Vanessa Williams
Loss
- Adam - starring Daniel Travanti and JoBeth Williams
- Beaches - starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
- Dad - starring Jack Lemmon and Ted Danson
- Dying Young - starring Julia Roberts and Campbell Scott
- Ghost - starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore
- Enchantment - starring David Niven and Teresa Wright
- Six Weeks - starring Dudley Moore and Mary Tyler Moore
- Sleepless in Seatle - starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan
- Steel Magnolias - starring Sally Fields and Julia Roberts
- Stranger in the Family - starring Teri Garr and Neil Patrick Harris
- Terms of Endearment - starring Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger
- Tuesdays with Morrie - starring Jack Lemmon and Hank Azaria
- Angela’s Ashes - starring Emily Watson
- Good Will Hunting - starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon
- My Life - starring Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman
- Message in a Bottle - starring Kevin Costner and Robin Wright Penn
Psychological Thrillers
- Primal Fear - starring Richard Gere and Edward Norton
- On Flew Over the Cockoo's Nest - starring Jack Nicholson
- Magic - starring Anthony Hopkins
- Psycho - starring Anthony Perkins
- Frenzy - Hitchcock
- Vertigo - starring Jimmy Stewart
- Silence of the Lambs - starring Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins
- A Beautiful Mind - starring Russell Crowe and Jennife Connelly
- Memento - starring Guy Pearce
- Misery - starring Kathy Bates and James Caan
- Mystic River - starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, and Kevin Bacon
- Fatal Attraction - starring Michael Douglas and Glenn Close
- Red Dragon - starring Anthony Hopkins and Edward Norton
- Copycat - starring Sigourney Weaver
- Girl, Interrupted - starring Angelina Jolie and Winona Ryder
- What Lies Beneath - starring Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer
- Frailty - starring Bill Paxton
- One Hour Photo - starring Robin Williams
Gay and Lesbian Issues
- Paris is Burning - Documentary
- Philadelphia - starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
- Torch Song Trilogy - starring Anne Bankroft and Mathew Broderick
- Brokeback Mountain - starring Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal
- American Beauty - starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Benning
- In & Out - starring Kevin Kline
- Rent - starring Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal
- The Talented Mr. Ripley - starring Jude Law, Matt Damon, and Gwyneth Paltrow
Other Resources
- http://www.allrovi.com/movies?r=allmovie
- http://www.afionline.org (The American Film Institute)
- http://www.amctv.com (American Movie Classics)
- http://www.film100.com (Film 100)
Books
- The Motion Picture Prescription (1995) Gary Solomon
- Rent 2 films & Lets Talk in the Morning (1998) J. Hesley & G. Hesley.
- Cinematherapy: The Girl's Guide to Movies for Every Mood (1999).
- Video hound: The Golden Retriever: Movies on video & Ways to Track Them Down (2001).