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Top 15 philosophy-psychopathology films

My top 15 philosophical films relevant to psychopathology:
Lord of the Rings trilogy (see 'LOTR', here: http://www.uea.ac.uk/~j339/publications.htm )
Prospero's Books
Hiroshima mon amour
L'annee dernier en Marienbad
Manhunter
Fight club
Breaking the waves
Festen
Vertigo
Donnie Darko
 
   And fiteen more runners-up:
The Turin Horse
Inception
Gummo
Julien Donkey-Boy
Harvey
Dark city
My best fiend
Exotica
Aguirre
One flew over the cuckoo's nest
Seconds
Titicut follies
Silence of the Lambs
Shutter Island
Zentropa (also called 'Europa')
 
 [Note, the 'runners-up are not necessarily worse films overall; some of them are clearly better than some of the films in the 'Top' list. But the 'Top' 15 are my top 15 philosophical films relevant to psychopathology]
 
Comments welcome, with your additions / suggestions!

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