If you want observe people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) or strong narcissistic traits, look no further than your TV set. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are many memorable movie characters who display the basic characteristics of narcissism<\/a>: the grandiose and overinflated sense of self, lack of empathy, exploitation of others with no remorse, and excessive self-focus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Listed below are some of the more well-known narcissists portrayed in the movies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Movie:<\/strong> The Devil Wears Prada Movie:<\/strong> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Reading Suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Celebrity is as celebrity does. Remember that.” *turn and smile* <\/p>\n\n\n\n He goes to such lengths as to fake his fame and risk the deaths of many students just to keep his ego fed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Movie:<\/strong> The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Movie:<\/strong> American Psycho Movie:<\/strong> Dinner for Schmucks Movie:<\/strong> The American Pie Trilogy But he’s not without his insecurities underneath it all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n He’s probably not a true narcissist as the rest on this list–it’s much more of a front, at least partially. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But there’s no doubting he thinks highly of himself, and he’s funny while he thinks so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Movie:<\/strong> Zoolander And I plan on finding out what that is.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Movie:<\/strong> Forgetting Sarah Marshall\/Get Him to the Greek Movie:<\/strong> The Princess Bride Movie:<\/strong> Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy MOVIE:<\/strong> Gaslight Although the film is a bit dated now (it was made in the 1940s) it is still extremely gripping and terrifying. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The narcissist in this film, Gregory Anton, is trying to deliberately send his new wife insane in order to inherit from her. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An absolute must-watch for anybody interested in learning more about malignant NPD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOVIE:<\/strong> Mommie Dearest This is a chillingly accurate portrayal of the hell of being raised by a narcissist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MOVIE:<\/strong> White Oleander MOVIE:<\/strong> Gone With the Wind \u2022 American Beauty (narcissistic mother) Reading Suggestions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n http:\/\/www.narcissism101.com\/NarcissistsinMedia\/narcissistsinmov.html If you want observe people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) or strong narcissistic traits, look no further than your TV set. There are many memorable movie characters who display the basic characteristics of narcissism:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[599],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thenarcissisticlife.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Miranda Priestly<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Meryl Streep
About:<\/strong> Now this is an NPD character that sticks with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGilderoy Lockhart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Kenneth Branagh
About:<\/strong> This is the definition of narcissism. Lockhart is hilarious. One of the comical moments from the series is when Lockhart is talking to Harry during his detention and says “Fame is a fickle friend, Harry. <\/p>\n\n\n\nZaphod Beeblebrox<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Sam Rockwell
About:<\/strong> Zaphod (and Sam Rockwell) is great and Rockwell plays him well- he’s fun for the role he has.<\/p>\n\n\n\nPatrick Bateman<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Christian Bale
About:<\/strong> Bale plays the role with what appears to be ease. He’s a completely memorable character with some very iconic scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\nKieran Vollard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Jemaine Clements
About:<\/strong> Whether or not you liked the movie, most have agreed that Jamaine Clements was the best part.<\/p>\n\n\n\nSteve Stifler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Seann William Scott
About:<\/strong> Stifler thinks he’s hot stuff, almost obnoxiously so. <\/p>\n\n\n\nDerek Zoolander<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Ben Stiller
About:<\/strong> “I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. <\/p>\n\n\n\nAldous Snow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played by:<\/strong> Russell Brand
About:<\/strong> Russell Brand was hilarious in them–clearly the best part of the movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\nVizzini<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Wallace Shawn
About:<\/strong> Vizzini: “I can’t compete with you physically, and you’re no match for my brains.” Westley: “You’re that smart?” Vizzini: “Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato? Aristotle? Socrates?” Westley: “Yes.” Vizzini: “Morons.”<\/p>\n\n\n\nRon Burgundy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Will Ferrell
About:<\/strong> The narcissism is right there in the title of the film! He’s a fun character, wrapped up in his own little world.<\/p>\n\n\n\nGregory Anton<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played by:<\/strong> Charles Boyer
ABOUT:<\/strong> This classic movie is where the term gaslighting comes from, to indicate how an N (or another abuser) lies to you to make you doubt your experience of reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\nJoan Crawford<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played By:<\/strong> Faye Dunaway
ABOUT:<\/strong> A classic film. It’s the real-life story of total narcissist Joan Crawford and her daughter Christina.<\/p>\n\n\n\nIngrid<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played by:<\/strong> Michelle Pfeiffer
ABOUT:<\/strong> Michelle Pfeiffer plays the narcissistic mother in this amazing film, and by all accounts does a terrific job.<\/p>\n\n\n\nScarlett O\u2019Hara<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Played by:<\/strong> Vivien Leigh
ABOUT:<\/strong> Scarlett O’Hara is a total narcissist in this classic tale.<\/p>\n\n\n\nOther Movies Portraying Narcissistic Characters<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 East of Eden (narcissistic father)
\u2022 Ordinary People (narcissistic mother)
\u2022 Mermaids (Cher as Mrs. Flax)
\u2022 Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? (narcissistic sister)
\u2022 Sybil (narcissistic mother)
\u2022 The Little Foxes (narcissistic mother)
\u2022 Flowers in the Attic (narcissistic mother)
\u2022 Matilda (both parents are narcissists)
\u2022 Coraline (both \u201cother\u201d parents are narcissists)
\u2022 Precious (narcissistic mother)
\u2022 Girl Interrupted (Angelina Jolie)
\u2022 Life or Something Like It (Angelina Jolie)<\/p>\n\n\n\nReferences:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
http:\/\/dementeddoorknob.blogspot.com\/2010\/10\/top-10-favorite-narcissistic-characters.html
http:\/\/daughtersofnarcissisticmothers.com\/movies-featuring-npd.html
http:\/\/www.outofthefog.net\/Movies.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"