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Psychiatrist Breaks Down Psychopaths From Movies & TV | GQ

GQ | April 11, 2026



Forensic psychiatrist Eric Bender breaks down psychopaths from movies and TV, including ‘American Psycho,’ ‘Star Wars Ep III: Revenge of the Sith,’ ‘Silence of the Lambs,’ ‘You,’ ‘Blue Velvet’ and ‘Misery.’

00:00 Intro
00:34 ‘American Psycho’
02:40 ‘Star Wars Ep III: Revenge of the Sith’
08:43 ‘Silence of the Lambs’
13:03 ‘You’
15:51 ‘Blue Velvet’
17:50 ‘Misery’

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Psychiatrist Breaks Down Psychopaths From Movies & TV | GQ

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  1. @Deguello23

    April 11, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    On regret in psychopaths being selfish, there's a great line in the Nick Cave song "The Curse of Millhaven":

    "They ask me if I feel remorse, and I answer, 'why, of course. There's so much more I could've done if they'd let me.'"

  2. @azynkron

    April 11, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    American Psycho is not a bad movie, but compared to the book, Bateman is a pale copy.
    The book is absolutely brutal and I get why they couldn't film certain scenes, but that raises the question "Why do it at all?".

  3. @LieutenantSheep

    April 11, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    If you’re interested in sociopathy, highly recommend the book Sociopath by Dr Patric Gagne. She’s a sociopath and her book talks about growing up and learning to cope with her difference. It’s very humanizing.

  4. @Persh25

    April 11, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    Can we say that he dress like a killer?. Can we really analyze emotions through fake emotions? Can an actor create a real emotion of a physical problem without live it? There are not real cases that can be analyzed?

  5. @jonathanstempleton7864

    April 11, 2026 at 10:03 pm

    1 in 100 people may qualify as psychopaths but only 1 in 100 psychopaths are dangerous. They are more likely to become chefs, second hand car dealers, bank managers, surgeons, or even police officers. Any role where they can exercise a degree of power or control over the lives of others. They are the people who park their BMW in front of your drive or borrow your pen and don't return it.

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