Films about hearing voices
Life on Mars (BBC TV, 2006)
Detective inspector Sam Tyler: is he in a coma in 2006 and imagining his experiences? Is he from 1973 and mentally unstable, albeit with remarkably accurate visions of the future, and why is he seeing the past selves of people from his life in 2006? Or, has he somehow travelled back in time from 2006 to 1973?
Stranger than Fiction (2006)
Harold Crick begins to hear an author inside his head narrating his life. The narrator it is extraordinarily accurate, and Harold recognizes the voice as an esteemed author he saw on TV. But when the narration reveals that he is going to die, Harold must find the author of the story, and ultimately his life, to convince her to change the ending of the story before it is too late.
Tarnation (2003)
Filmmaker Jonathan Caouette's documentary on growing up with his schizophrenic mother -- a mixture of snapshots, Super-8, answering machine messages, video diaries, early short films, and more -- culled from 19 years of his life.
A beautiful Mind (2001)
A Beautiful Mind is an Academy Award-winning film inspired by the Nobel Laureate (Economics) mathematician John Nash and his experiences of hearing voices.
Das weisse Rauschen (2001)
Lukas zieht mit 21 Jahren in die Großstadt. Sofort stürzt man sich ins Nachtleben. Doch nach einem Drogentrip beginnt Lukas plötzlich Stimmen zu hören.
Some Voices (2000)
A serious, substantial, and compassionate movie which demands to be seen.
The Beach (2000)
The book 'The Beach' by Alex Garland, made into a film by Danny Boyle in 2000 and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Carlyle has a voice hearing theme.
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Interesting view of a voice hearer and other strange perceptions. Trauma based voice experience rings true.
The Fisher King (1991)
The film has a voice hearing and vision seeing theme, also dealing with coming to terms with trauma and the healing power of relationships
Field of Dreams (1989)
Ray Kinsella is an Iowa farmer with a wife and a little girl. He has never resolved his conflicts with his baseball loving father who died many years before. Ray begins to hear voices and becomes obsessed with an urge to build a baseball stadium in his best cornfield.
Comments
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Can anyone remember that British film made in the late 70's I think, with an actress who used to be in Eastenders when it started? It was brilliant because unusually it shows how the system can destroy a person as opposed to the individual being a pitiful object or recovering because they took their drugs. It shows a bright young woman being diagnosed as Schizophrenic, and by the end of the film she is wheeled into a case conference where she states there is a computer 'controlling me and controlling you', and by that point, you understand exactly what she means! It's one of the few films which depicts how the mental health system can make us ill
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I saw Tarnation earlier this week on Arte (Association Relative à la Télévision Européenne) a Franco-German TV network, which aims to promote quality programming related to the world of arts and culture. Brilliant and disturbing - a must see film!
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Another movie with a voice hearing and vision seeing theme is The Fisher King which deals with coming to terms with trauma and the healing power of relationships
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Two good films about hearing voices are the Sixth Sense and Emily Rose.
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DURING MY period of hearing voices. I cannot count the number of times The Voice told me about the fisher king. and the number of times I WAS HAUNTED ABOUT GOING TO THE LIBRARY, BOOKS ,BOOKS, BOOKS. .I FINALLY READ IT AND DID NOT CONNECT WHY UNTIL MUCH LATER. iT IS EERY HHOW THE VOICES WORK. FOR OR AGAINST YOU. BUT ALWAYS GIVING YOU CHOICES AND DIRECTION. SO IT SEEMS.
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The Sixth Sense was another movie about hearing and seeing dead people and voices. I went to see that movie and I was the only one in the theatre. I got a little scared, because I started to think that maybe I was dead because of the content of the movie. I know I'm alive but it was a little creepy. Just now I thought I heard a voice say "hello" to me, but it turned out it was the owner of the store I had just been at on his cellphone just a few feet away. My mom used to hear voices so sometimes I get a little scared. Would love to hear back from some of you. Thanks.