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
Under the Influence - starring Andy Griffith and Thomas Carter
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

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

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

Monk-TV show - starring Tony Shalhoub

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

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

Three Faces of Eve - starring Joaane 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

Coping with Prejudice

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

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
In the Heat of the Night - starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger

Suicide

Night Mother - starring Sissy Spacek and Anne Bankroft

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

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

Websites

http://www.allmovie.com
http://www.aging.ufl.edu/apadiv20/cinema.htm
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).