My favorite movies featuring troubled people
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- DirectorBill MaherStarsCharlize TheronNick StahlAnnaSophia RobbThe drama follows a twelve-year-old girl's struggle to come to terms with her mother's abandonment.
- DirectorShawn KuStarsMichael SheenMaria BelloKyle GallnerA married couple on the verge of separation are leveled by the news their 18-year-old son committed a mass shooting at his college, then took his own life.
- DirectorScott McGeheeDavid SiegelStarsJulianne MooreAlexander SkarsgårdSteve CooganIn New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsChristian BaleJennifer Jason LeighAitana Sánchez-GijónAn industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.
- DirectorEric SchaefferStarsAnnabella SciorraWillie GarsonChris PerfettiA woman recalls her life and musical career choices in New York City through the years.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsAdrien BrodyChristina HendricksMarcia Gay HardenA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.
- DirectorStephen DaldryStarsThomas HornTom HanksSandra BullockA nine-year-old amateur inventor, Francophile, and pacifist searches New York City for the lock that matches a mysterious key left behind by his father, who died in the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001.
- DirectorRoss PartridgeStarsRoss PartridgeOona LaurenceJess WeixlerWhen a man meets a young girl in a parking lot he attempts to help her avoid a bleak destiny by initiating her into the beauty of the outside world. The journey shakes them in ways neither expects.
- DirectorGabriele MuccinoStarsRussell CroweAmanda SeyfriedAaron PaulA Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown; 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge her own connections.
- DirectorWoody AllenStarsDiane KeatonGeraldine PageKristin GriffithThree sisters find their lives spinning out of control in the wake of their parents' sudden, unexpected divorce.
- DirectorM. Night ShyamalanStarsBruce WillisHaley Joel OsmentToni ColletteMalcolm Crowe, a child psychologist, starts treating a young boy, Cole, who encounters dead people and convinces him to help them. In turn, Cole helps Malcolm reconcile with his estranged wife.
- DirectorPaddy ConsidineStarsPeter MullanArchie LalJag SangheraJoseph, a man plagued by violence and a rage that is driving him to self-destruction, earns a chance of redemption that appears in the form of Hannah, a Christian charity shop worker.
- DirectorAlan ParkerStarsBob GeldofChristine HargreavesJames LaurensonA confined but troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.
- DirectorVincent ShermanStarsJoan CrawfordWendell CoreyLucile WatsonHarriet Craig enjoys married life but constantly tries to control those around her. She does not even trust her husband Walter and always checks up on him.
- DirectorTodd LouisoStarsPhilip Seymour HoffmanAnnie MorganKathy BatesA depressed widower spends his time huffing gasoline fumes, buying toy planes and acting reckless in public while avoiding reading his wife's suicide note.
- DirectorJohan RenckStarsMaria BelloRufus SewellJason PatricAn unhappy wife orders a guy she meets over the Internet to kill her, but the two of them fall in love.
- DirectorFritz LangStarsBarbara StanwyckRobert RyanPaul DouglasMae Doyle comes back to her hometown a cynical woman. Her brother Joe fears that his love, fish cannery worker Peggy, may wind up like Mae. Mae marries Jerry and has a baby; she is happy but restless, drawn to Jerry's friend Earl.
- DirectorDavid LeanStarsCelia JohnsonTrevor HowardStanley HollowayMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.
- DirectorAntony DarnboroughTerence FisherStarsCelia JohnsonNoël CowardMargaret LeightonThis movie begins with a scene in which Barbara (Celia Johnson) rings Leonora (Margaret Leighton) to tell her that something has happened to Chris (Noël Coward). At this point, we don't know who Chris is or what has happened, only that he has lost conciousness. The movie then flashes back a year, to when old friends Barbara and Leonora meet again after having lost contact for many years. Time has not strained their relationship it seems, and Barbara invites Leonora to her house a few days later to meet her husband. Her husband Chris, a pompous, austere psychologist, gets off to a bad start with Leonora. The two despise each other until one night when Barbara has to leave town to look after her mother. Because of this, she is unable to go to the play she had arranged to go with Leonora to. Chris reluctantly decides to go in place of Barbara, and the two hit it off and begin a relationship.
- DirectorKevin BaconStarsKyra SedgwickDominic Scott KayCampbell ScottA neglected daughter becomes a possessive mother in an emotional journey into the heart and mind of a woman who loved too much.
- DirectorNoah BaumbachStarsNicole KidmanJennifer Jason LeighFlora CrossMargot and her son Claude decide to visit her sister Pauline after she announces that she is marrying less-than-impressive Malcolm.
- DirectorLynne RamsayStarsTilda SwintonJohn C. ReillyEzra MillerKevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
- DirectorBrad GannStarsMichael AngaranoBrendan GleesonEmily VanCampA teenage boy longs to win the attention of his emotionally distant father.
- DirectorDan FogelmanStarsOscar IsaacOlivia WildeAnnette BeningAs a young New York City couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first child, the unexpected twists of their journey create reverberations that echo over continents and through lifetimes.
- DirectorKaryn KusamaStarsNicole KidmanToby KebbellTatiana MaslanyA police detective reconnects with people from an undercover assignment in her distant past in order to make peace.
- DirectorPatty JenkinsStarsCharlize TheronChristina RicciBruce DernBased on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
- DirectorJohn Cameron MitchellStarsNicole KidmanAaron EckhartDianne WiestLife for a happy couple is turned upside down after their young son dies in an accident.
- DirectorAdam SalkyStarsSarah SilvermanJosh CharlesSkylar GaertnerAddicted to drugs and alcohol, a housewife's self-destructive behavior starts to take its toll on her husband and two young children.
- DirectorKenneth LonerganStarsCasey AffleckMichelle WilliamsKyle ChandlerA depressed uncle is asked to take care of his teenage nephew after the boy's father dies.
- DirectorNicole KassellStarsKevin BaconKyra SedgwickYasiin BeyA child molester returns to his hometown after 12 years in prison and attempts to start a new life.
- DirectorRichard FleischerStarsSharyn MoffettRegis ToomeyMadge MeredithAn eight-year-old girl is an unwilling and disturbed witness of parental quarrels in her home, and when the parents finally secure a divorce, the judge decrees that the young girl live with her mother for eight months and her father the other four months. The divided life affects her both mentally and physically.
- DirectorTerry GeorgeStarsJoaquin PhoenixMark RuffaloJennifer ConnellyThe lives of two families change forever after a fatal tragedy takes place on Reservation Road.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsLoretta YoungJoseph CubyRobert BrubakerAn unhappy wife, with a brain tumor, leaves for France without her husband. See ends up on a road trip to Lourdes (filmed on location).
- DirectorChristina ChoeStarsAndrea RiseboroughAnn DowdJ. Smith-CameronNancy becomes increasingly convinced she was kidnapped as a child. When she meets a couple whose daughter went missing thirty years ago, reasonable doubts give way to willful belief.
- DirectorSam LevinsonStarsEllen BarkinEzra MillerEllen BurstynA wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.
- DirectorDaniel BarnzStarsJennifer AnistonAdriana BarrazaAnna KendrickThe acerbic, hilarious Claire Bennett becomes fascinated by the suicide of a woman in her chronic pain support group. As she uncovers the details of Nina's suicide and develops a poignant relationship with Nina's husband, she also grapples with her own, very raw personal tragedy.
- DirectorDustin CookStarsManny MontanaChristopher Rodriguez MarquetteNora-Jane NooneAfter his wife's death, Claude struggles to appear normal while living with a Secret.
- DirectorHaik KocharianStarsLouis CancelmiEvan EnderleDana EskelsonYoung, struggling playwright and theater director, Victor, and his girlfriend Mary are expecting their first child. As Mary's father keeps buying them things they could never afford, Victor's sense of entrapment grows.
- DirectorMark RomanekStarsRobin WilliamsConnie NielsenMichael VartanA mentally unstable photo developer targets an upper middle-class family after his obsession with them becomes more sick and disturbing than any of them could imagine.
- DirectorJeff NicholsStarsMichael ShannonJessica ChastainShea WhighamPlagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsCharlize TheronPatrick WilsonPatton OswaltSoon after her divorce, a fiction writer returns to her home in small-town Minnesota, looking to rekindle a romance with her ex-boyfriend who is now happily married and has a newborn daughter.
- DirectorRufus NorrisStarsCharlie BootyLily JamesTim RothThree suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsMary Elizabeth WinsteadAaron PaulNick OffermanA married couple whose bond is built on a mutual love of alcohol gets their relationship put to the test when the wife decides to get sober.
- DirectorDito MontielStarsRobin WilliamsRoberto AguireKathy BakerA devoted husband in a marriage of convenience is forced to confront his secret life.
- DirectorVincent GalloStarsVincent GalloChristina RicciBen GazzaraAfter being released from prison, Billy is set to visit his parents with his wife, whom he does not actually have. This provokes Billy to act out, as he kidnaps a girl and forces her to act as his wife for the visit.
- DirectorAlex PettyferStarsAlex PettyferJennifer MorrisonNicola Peltz BeckhamIn 1993, Harley's dad is shot dead and his mom goes to prison. He has to earn money and look after his 3 kid sisters. No college. Over 2 years, family secrets are slowly revealed. Will a good therapist be enough?
- DirectorJodie FosterStarsMel GibsonJodie FosterAnton YelchinA troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communication.
- DirectorSandra NettelbeckStarsAshley JuddGoran VisnjicLauren Lee SmithA talented professor is forced to come to terms with her clinical depression.
- DirectorRobert AldrichStarsJoan CrawfordCliff RobertsonVera MilesA lonely middle-aged woman meets a younger man, but their relationship is threatened after the man's troubled past reveals itself.
- DirectorSarah PolleyStarsMichelle WilliamsSeth RogenSarah SilvermanA happily married woman falls for the artist who lives across the street.
- DirectorJames MotternStarsMichelle MonaghanNathan FillionBenjamin BrattA trucker, leading a life free of depth and on the way to nowhere, is forced to make a decision about her aggressive loner 11-year-old son whom she openly deserted ten years previously.
- DirectorMike FiggisJon AmielStarsRichard GereLena OlinAnne BancroftAfter being arrested during a manic episode, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder is treated by a psychiatrist who begins to develop romantic feelings towards him.
- DirectorPascal PayantStarsAbbey SiegworthMatthew BilodeauMike MarkoffA therapist spirals into obsession when evidence emerges that her new patient may in fact be the child she surrendered 17 years ago.
- DirectorGuillermo ArriagaStarsCharlize TheronJohn CorbettJosé María YazpikA drama with a two-tiered storyline concerning a mother and daughter who try to form a bond after the young woman's difficult childhood.
- DirectorWaris HusseinStarsEllen BurstynLen CariouZach GalliganPromising student Rick Brogan discovers that his father, whom he idolizes, is cheating on his mother. Heartbroken, he finds comfort in the arms of his old crush, but her father opposes the relationship, which pushes Rick over the edge.
- DirectorDavid LascherStarsReid ScottSerinda SwanGrace KaufmanAfter Susan is tragically widowed, she can no longer care for Niki, her delinquent daughter. Niki is sent to live with her brother Billy, and the two begin forging a healthy bond until her mental troubles persist.
- DirectorTodd PhillipsStarsJoaquin PhoenixRobert De NiroZazie BeetzDuring the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
- DirectorReed MoranoStarsOlivia WildeLuke WilsonGiovanni RibisiA year after their son goes missing, a couple handle the loss in varying ways, growing apart from one another and their reality.
- DirectorJames PonsoldtStarsNick NolteTrevor MorganTimothy HuttonAn aging, disillusioned alcoholic (Nolte) gets a younger friend (Morgan) and wants him to pose as his son at a school reunion.
- DirectorNick CorporonStarsTuc WatkinsDevon GrayeDerek PhillipsA lonely, middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.
- DirectorHarris GoldbergStarsMatthew PerryLynn CollinsKevin PollakA chronically-depressed screenwriter desperately tries to cure his condition when he meets the girl of his dreams.
- DirectorLou HoweStarsRory CulkinDavid CallDeirdre O'ConnellA troubled young man searches obsessively for his first love, risking everything in an increasingly desperate pursuit.
- DirectorMarc MeyersStarsRoss LynchAlex WolffAnne HecheA young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.
- DirectorSavvas ChristouStarsWilliam KircherTori KosticJolene AndersenA teenage runaway who's trapped by a delusional man, pretends to be his daughter in order to escape.
- DirectorLenny AbrahamsonStarsBrie LarsonJacob TremblaySean BridgersA little boy is held captive in a room with his mother since his birth, so he has never known the world outside.
- DirectorChristopher J. HansenStarsCora Vander BroekMatthew BrumlowRyan ArtzbergerA feature film about a woman grieving the loss of her son after he disappeared two years ago - until a mysterious man with a camera enters her life.
- DirectorKatherine OostmanNancy StaffordStarsHannah AllineAbi Van AndelDanny VinsonAmanda's life might not be ideal--her ex-boyfriend is taking her money, her boss is threatening to fire her, and her landlord won't fix her apartment--but she's absolutely fine. She has things under control--until her estranged father comes back into her life, diagnosed with a fatal liver disease. Amanda discovers that she's a donor match and must make a choice: should she save her father who abused her, or walk away and let him die? The decision forces her to come face-to-face with who she really is.
- DirectorKasra FarahaniStarsJames CaanLogan MillerKeir GilchristA pair of mischievous high school kids create the illusion of a haunting on an unsuspecting elderly neighbor while keeping his every reaction under surveillance. A series of coincidences leads to tragedy.
- DirectorShawn ChristensenStarsLogan LermanElle FanningKyle ChandlerSidney Hall finds accidental success and unexpected love at an early age, then disappears without a trace.
- DirectorSam Taylor-JohnsonStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonKristin Scott ThomasAnne-Marie DuffA chronicle of John Lennon's first years, focused mainly in his adolescence and his relationship with his stern aunt Mimi, who raised him, and his absentee mother Julia, who re-entered his life at a crucial moment in his young life.
- DirectorHarry Bromley DavenportStarsMelissa ErricoMichael LernerJoe RegalbutoBased on the actual events of one of the most horrific cases of child abuse ever to be documented, this haunting drama tells the tale of a young girl that was locked in a room for over 12 years.
- DirectorAdrian CruzStarsBrad CarterMichael Shamus WilesJacqueline WrightOver the course of one torturous night, a suicidal woman and the violent home intruder that saved her life test the limits of human endurance and the boundaries of forgiveness.
- DirectorAlison EastwoodStarsKevin BaconMarcia Gay HardenMiles HeizerA deadly collision between a train and car lead to an unlikely bond between the train engineer and a young boy who escapes the carnage.
- DirectorGustav MöllerStarsJakob CedergrenJessica DinnageOmar ShargawiA police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsMickey RourkeMarisa TomeiEvan Rachel WoodA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.
- DirectorSafy NebbouStarsJuliette BinocheNicole GarciaFrançois CivilClaire, a 50-year-old divorced teacher, creates a fake Facebook profile of a 24-year-old woman to catfish Alex, the roommate of her former lover, Ludo.
- DirectorSteve PinkStarsAmber MidthunderTaylor GrayBethany Anne LindAlbee and Walker, a couple on the verge of divorce. Albee wants out, while Walker wants to make it work, no matter the damage. A weekend in the mountains to work through a book that might save their relationship via total, brutal honesty.
- DirectorShana FesteStarsCarey MulliganAaron Taylor-JohnsonPierce BrosnanA drama that is centered around a troubled teenage girl and a family that is trying to get over the loss of their son.
- DirectorJohn CromwellStarsDorothy McGuireRobert YoungHerbert MarshallA plain maid and a wounded war veteran are transformed by their love for each other while residing in an enchanted honeymoon cottage.
- DirectorArie PosinStarsAnnette BeningEd HarrisRobin WilliamsA widow falls for a guy who bears a striking resemblance to her late husband.
- DirectorWilliam NicholsonStarsAnnette BeningBill NighyJosh O'ConnorA couple's visit with their son takes a dramatic turn when the father tells him he plans on leaving his mother.
- DirectorJason ReitmanStarsKate WinsletJosh BrolinGattlin GriffithDepressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.
- CreatorPeter FarrellyBobby MortStarsRon LivingstonWill SassoAnja SavcicSam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance-abuse counselor with a bad attitude. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a mess, getting clean is the easy part.
- DirectorRobert ParrishStarsRod SerlingJames DalyHoward SmithTired of his miserable job and wife, a businessman starts dreaming on the train each night, about an old, idyllic town called Willoughby. Soon he has to know whether the town is real and fancies the thought of seeking refuge there.
- DirectorDeborah ChowStarsIsabelle BlaisZach BraffPatrick LabbéZach Braff and Isabelle Biais star in this thought provoking drama about two lives that randomly collide with tragic consequences forcing them to confront loss; love and life and decide if the high cost of living is worth the price.
- DirectorRavin GandhiStarsColin EgglesfieldGideon EmeryHeidi JohanningmeierWhen a serial killer abducts a young woman's fiancé, she must race against the clock to discover the identity of the killer, and more importantly - his motive.
- DirectorRobert CelestinoStarsRick GomezFrank John HughesVinessa ShawHenry Harper is a successful novelist who has it all. But after surviving a recent trauma he finds himself haunted by a dream that terrifies him. Convinced that the only way to understand what the dream means is to write his way through it, Henry decides to go to a remote second home to begin work on his next novel, a thriller. While on his way there he encounters a strangely familiar drifter who confronts him with information that threatens to turn everything he knows to be true, upside down.
- CreatorJoel FieldsJoseph WeisbergStarsSteve CarellDomhnall GleesonLaura NiemiA psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer who demands he help him curb his homicidal urges.
- DirectorMike FiggisStarsNicolas CageElisabeth ShueJulian SandsBen Sanderson, a Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his alcoholism, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
- CreatorAndrew SodroskiJim ClementeTony GittelsonStarsGethin AnthonyArliss HowardKelly JenretteAn in-depth look at how an FBI profiler helped track down the terrorist Ted Kaczynski, the Unabomber.
- DirectorPamela RomanowskyStarsJames FrancoEd HarrisAmber HeardElliot, a troubled former successful writer decides to write about a missing wife and the following murder trial of her husband.
- DirectorShona AuerbachStarsEmily MortimerJack McElhoneGerard ButlerAfter having responded to her son's numerous letters in the guise of his father, a woman hires a stranger to pose as his dad when meeting him.
- DirectorMichel FrancoStarsTim RothAlbertine Kotting McMillanSamuel BottomleyNeil and Alice Bennett are the core of a wealthy family on vacation in Mexico until a distant emergency cuts their trip short. When one relative disrupts the family's tight-knit order, simmering tensions rise to the fore.
- DirectorRudolph MatéStarsJane WymanVan JohnsonPeggie CastleWartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
- DirectorAlex LehmannStarsKaley CuocoPete DavidsonKevin CorriganWhat would you do if you could travel to your loved ones' past, heal their traumas, fix their problems, and change them into the perfect partner?
- DirectorNora FingscheidtStarsSandra BullockViola DavisVincent D'OnofrioA woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
- DirectorTom FordStarsAmy AdamsJake GyllenhaalMichael ShannonA wealthy art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband's novel, a violent thriller she interprets as a symbolic revenge tale.
- DirectorEric SteelStarsEric GeleynseChris BrownSusan GinwallaFilmmakers use hidden cameras to capture the various suicide attempts at the Golden Gate Bridge - the world's most popular suicide destination. Interviews with the victims' loved ones describe their lives and mental health.
- DirectorDaniel GrouStarsClaude LegaultRémy GirardMartin DubreuilA doctor seeks revenge by kidnapping, torturing and killing the man who raped and murdered his young daughter.
- DirectorAndrew HaighStarsCharlotte RamplingTom CourtenayGeraldine JamesA married couple preparing to celebrate their wedding anniversary receives shattering news that promises to forever change the course of their lives.