The Road Inside (2014)

From Amazon:  "The movie is a road trip movie about three young people finding themselves by addressing overdue personal and inter-personal issues.

The thing that sets it apart is that the main cast of characters have some form of mental issue: Tourette's, anorexia/bulimia, OCD. It's interesting because not many films address how mental illness affects family and other relationships."

Greenberg (2009)

From NetFlix: At a crossroads in his life in New York, Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) takes some time to figure things out and travels to Los Angeles, where he house-sits for his brother and forges an unlikely bond with his brother's assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig). Acclaimed director Noah Baumbach's (The Squid and the Whale, Margot at the Wedding) finely observed relationship comedy also stars Jennifer Jason Leigh and Rhys Ifans.  2010  117 minutes


The Movie Slut's review says it all.  For her other reviews click "Movie Slut."
Here's what we know about Roger Greenberg.
+ He's just been released from a mental hospital.
+ He functions — sort of — on a cocktail of pills.
+ He lives in New York, but is house-sitting in Southern California.
+ His college rock band was about to sign a record deal when he backed out.
+ He doesn't know the name of his best friend's son.
+ At the moment, he's busy doing nothing except writing letters of complaint to Starbucks and American Airlines, a pet taxi and Mayor Bloomberg.
And in this eponymous movie, he's played by Ben Stiller, who's superb as a 40-year-old narcissistic, paranoid, anxiety-riven, socially inept Peter Pan.
Greenberg, the man and the movie, are both sad and funny. Movie-goers will laugh, not at him or with him — he's not laughing — but because we see something of ourselves in this lost soul, and because we know that at least some of his nuttiness is a sane reaction to an insane world.

DJE:  I'm not sure of Greenberg's exact DSM diagnoses, but they include OCD, anxiety, narcissism and others.  I agree with the Movie Slut"  worth seeing.

Dirty Filthy Love (2004)

NetFlix: Michael Sheen and Shirley Henderson star in this sensitive romantic comedy about a man who struggles with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Tourette's Syndrome. Unable to control his behavior, Mark (Michael Sheen) loses his job, his wife and his home before he finally joins a support group. Feeling less alone in the world, Mark bonds with the quirky members in his therapy sessions and begins a relationship with his group leader, Charlotte. 2004, 94 minutes Trailer

Recommended by Lorainne Brill

2/1/09 Just saw this -- impressive film -- well worth viewing. So much more to this film than the above blurb suggests.

As Good as it Gets

Chronic grouch and acerbic author Melvin Udall (Jack Nicholson) lives in an obsessive- compulsive fog, sidestepping sidewalk cracks and rigidly following his routine of daily breakfasts in the bistro where the only waitress he'll abide is stressed-out single mother Carol Connelly (Helen Hunt). But Melvin's structured world crumbles when his gay neighbor (Greg Kinnear) needs a dog sitter, and only longtime antagonist Melvin will fill the bill. … 138 minues