Movies
This Pixar film about emotions personifies Joy, Sadness, and more.
Inside Out
This TV series follows a mobile army surgical hospital during the Korean War.
MASH*
May is known as this awareness month.
Mental Health Awareness Month
This classic book features a boy escaping into imagination to deal with emotions.
Where the Wild Things Are
This superhero’s alter ego is a mental health counselor.
Moon Knight
This 1986 film features naval aviators and a lot of need for speed.
Top Gun
This 2008 war film features a bomb disposal unit in Iraq.
The Hurt Locker
This emoji is often used to check in with friends’ mental health.
Heart
This memoir by a Navy SEAL explores mental toughness.
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins
This comedian famously said, “I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy.”
Robin Williams
This war film stars Tom Hanks leading a D-Day rescue mission.
Saving Private Ryan
This military drama stars Denzel Washington and covers PTSD post-Gulf War.
Courage Under Fire
This Pixar short shows a volcano singing about love and loneliness.
Lava
This book by Brené Brown explores vulnerability and courage.
Daring Greatly
This film follows a Navy lawyer defending Marines at Guantanamo Bay.
A Few Good Men
In A Beautiful Mind, Russell Crowe plays a mathematician with this disorder.
Schizophrenia
This series shows Navy SEALs navigating combat and family life.
SEAL Team
“It’s okay to not be okay” became popular from this cultural movement.
Mental health awareness
Viktor Frankl’s book blends psychology and Holocaust survival.
Man’s Search for Meaning
This animated Disney film helped normalize anxiety and perfectionism.
Encanto
This film shows a WWII medic who refuses to carry a weapon.
Hacksaw Ridge
This film depicts a lone Navy SEAL’s survival in Afghanistan.
Lone Survivor
This Netflix show sparked conversation about suicide and teen mental health.
13 Reasons Why
This book by Dr. Van der Kolk focuses on how trauma affects the body.
The Body Keeps the Score
This Vietnam War movie features a soldier’s struggle with moral injury.
Platoon