Film Medical Theme: Troubles Obsessionnels Compulsifs (TOC)

As Good As It Gets

Language : English

Year : 1997

Medical Theme : Obsessive compulsive disorders

Actors : Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight, Yeardley Smith, Lupe Ontiveros, Bibi Osterwald, Ross Bleckner, Bernadette Balagtas, Jaffe Cohen

Storyline: New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

Matchstick Men

Language : English

Year : 2003

Medical Theme : Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Actors : Nicolas Cage, Sam Rockwell, Alison Lohman, Bruce Altman, Bruce McGill, Jenny O'Hara, Steve Eastin, Beth Grant, Sheila Kelley, Fran Kranz, Tim Kelleher, Nigel Gibbs, Bill Saito, Tim Maculan, Stoney Westmoreland

Storyline: Roy and Frank, are swindling "water filtration systems, these days. Unsuspecting people pay ten times their value to buy them and win bogus prizes like cars, jewelry and overseas vacations. These scams add up to a lucrative sum. Roy is an obsessive-compulsive agoraphobic with no personal relationships and is forced by circumstances to seek the help of a psychoanalyst for therapy. His therapy brings out the revelation that he has a teenage daughter, whom he suspected of not being his. Angela wants to meet her father whom she never knew. Roy's peaceful routine is upset by Angela's appearance, but he soon enjoys his relationship with her and Angela seems fascinated by her father's questionable career.

The Aviator

Language : English

Year : 2005

Medical Theme : Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Actors : Leonardo DiCaprio, Cate Blanchett, Kate Beckinsale, John C. Reilly, Alec Baldwin, Alan Alda. Ian Holm, Danny Huston, Gwen Stefani, Adam Scott, Matt Ross, Kelli Garner, Frances Conroy, Brent Spiner

Storyline: Young Hughes was so obsessed with perfection in the aerial sequences that he waits forever for perfect conditions, right down to cloud formations. The Aviator ends in 1946, when Hughes was still a dashing young man and romancing actresses like Ava Gardner and Katharine Hepburn

Raging Bull

Language : English

Year : 1980

Medical Theme : Obsessive-compulsive disorder

Actors : Robert De Niro, Cathy Moriarty, Joe Pesci

Storyline: Raging Bull is a biographical film about Jake LaMotta, a former middle weight world champion, who shot to fame after defeating legendary Sugar Ray Robinson when Sugar was at his peak. Jake however lost to Sugar the next time they fought each other and Sugar successfully retained his title. The film, apart from portraying Jake’s genius, also shows us his troubled personal life in depth. His problems with his wife and how it makes him angry when she even speaks about other men and his obsessive possessive nature make a large part of the story. Jake ends up divorcing his wife and spends the rest of his life in loneliness and bankruptcy, after he lost all most all the money he had made when he was successful.

Citizen Kane

Language : English

Year : 1941

Medical Theme : Obsessive compulsive disorder

Actors : Orson Welles, Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore

Storyline : Citizen Kane is one of the most critically acclaimed films the world has ever seen and even today it is considered by most critics as one of the greatest films ever made. The film centers around the life of a reclusive media tycoon, Charles Foster Kane and the film is made mostly of flashbacks, where Kane’s friends are seen narrating his story after he is dead. Kane enters the media business when he is twenty-five and rapidly grows to becomes a powerful wealthy man. But the problem is, as Kane grows wealthier he slowly starts to compromise on his values and as a result he becomes lonely, fearful and avoids all human contacts, while living alone in his grand mansion.

Casanova

Language : English

Year : 2005

Medical Theme : Obsessive compulsive disorder

Actors : Heath Ledger, Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons

Storyline : Casanova is a romantic comedy film and it is based on the life of Giacomo Casanova. In the film, Casanova is a young man and throughout the film he does what he is famously known for doing- seducing beautiful young women and constantly getting into trouble with the law. Casanova when living such a carefree and pleasure seeking life, comes across Francesca Bruni and he falls in love with her, without bothering to take into consideration their differences. Francesca is a strong woman and she hates the kind of men who are incapable of strong feelings and who are content with low worldly pleasures and who live their lives without having a worthy purpose. But Casanova is determined and in the process, he even changes himself considerably. But to unite with Francesca, Casanova must do more than just change his personality-he needs to fight the entire French government along with his lover.

Dirty Filthy Love

Language : English

Year : 2004

Medical Theme : Tourette Syndrome/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Actors : Michael Sheen, Adrian Bower, Anastasia Griffith, Claudie Blakley

Storyline : A man's life falls apart as a result of his affliction with Tourette Syndrome Mark Furness, once a successful Architect, finds it increasingly difficult to control his "habits" such as climbing stairs in a strange sequence, swearing involuntarily and washing himself compulsively. His wife, Stevie asks him to leave home. He even loses his job when he swears at his boss. He was told that the symptoms were of obsessive- compulsive disorder and he goes into depression when his condition worsens. But Charlotte, whom he met in the hospital and promised help, accepts him as he is and provides the support for Mark to continue his battle