Split

Poster for Split showing a close-up of James McAvoy’s intense gaze, partially obscured by jagged cracks resembling shattered glass across the image. The tagline reads, “Kevin has 23 distinct personalities. The 24th is about to be unleashed,” highlighting the film’s psychological thriller premise about dissociative identity disorder.

Director: M. Night Shyamalan

Lead Actors: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, Betty Buckley

Release Year: 2016

IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4972582/

Podcast Episode: Episode 021: The Film Where the DID Psychologist Does Everything Wrong—Split (2016) with Lyra Stein

Psychology Concepts: diagnosis, dissociation, dissociative identity disorder, Film Analysis, gender, inaccuracies, mental illness, morality, Psychological Disorders, psychopathology, psychosis, relationships, sociopathy, stigma, therapy, treatment