The Dark Knight All three of the Chris Nolan Batman movies are studies in madness. http://youtu.be/A9DHw9xdAys JOKER: You. You just couldn't let me go, could you? This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible, aren't you? Huh? You won't kill me out of some misplaced sense of self-righteousness. And I won't kill you because you're just too much fun. I think you and I are destined to do this forever. BATMAN: You'll be in a padded cell forever. JOKER: Maybe we could share one. You know, they'll be doubling up the rate this city's inhabitants are losing their minds. BATMAN: This city just showed you that it's full of people ready to believe in good. JOKER: Until their spirit breaks completely. Until they get a good look at the real Harvey Dent, and all the heroic things he's done. You didn't think I'd risk losing the battle for Gotham's soul in a fist fight with you. No. You need an ace in the hole. Mine's Harvey. BATMAN: What did you do? JOKER: I took Gotham's white knight and I brought him down to our level. It wasn't hard. You see, madness, as you know, is like gravity. All it takes is a little push.

Network (1976) "Woe is us, we're in a lot of trouble!" Written by: Paddy Chayefsky The beauty of this film is that it's a study in madness, but the character of Howard Beale, the supposedly insane former newscaster, is really the only sane person in the story. http://youtu.be/MTN3s2iVKKI HOWARD BEALE: But, man, you're never gonna get any truth from us. We'll tell you anything you want to hear. We lie like hell. We'll tell you that, uh, Kojak always gets the killer, and that nobody ever gets cancer at Archie Bunker's house, and no matter how much trouble the hero is in, don't worry, just look at your watch; at the end of the hour he's going to win. We'll tell you any shit you want to hear. We deal in *illusions*, man! None of it is true! But you people sit there, day after day, night after night, all ages, colors, creeds... We're all you know. You're beginning to believe the illusions we're spinning here. You're beginning to think that the tube is reality, and that your own lives are unreal. You do whatever the tube tells you! You dress like a tube, you eat like a tube, you raise your children like a tube, you even *think* like a tube! This is mass madness, you maniacs! In God's name, you people are the real thing! *WE* are the illusion! So turn off your television sets. Turn them off now. Turn them off right now. Turn them off and leave them off! Turn them off right in the middle of the sentence I'm speaking to you now! TURN THEM OFF... [collapses in a prophetic swoon as the audience erupts in thunderous applause]

From the movie Inception Youtube: http://youtu.be/iCTAJ00nIlI Mal: [Sitting on the ledge, to Cobb] I'm asking you to take a leap of faith. Cobb: No I can't. You know I can't do that. Take a second, think about our children. Think about James. Think about Phillipa now. Mal: If I go without you they'll take them away anyways. Cobb: What does that mean? Mal: I filed a letter with our attourney explaining how I'm fearful for my safety. How you've threatened to kill me. Cobb: Why did you do that? Mal: I love you, Dom. Cobb: Why did you... why-why would you do that? Mal: I freed you from the guilt of choosing to leave them. We're going home to our real children. Cobb: No, no, no, no. Mal you listen to me, alright? Mal look at me, please. Mal: [Closing her eyes] You're waiting for a train... Cobb: Mal, goddammit! Don't do this! Mal: A train that will take you far away... Cobb: James and Phillipa are waiting! Mal: You know where you hope this train will take you... Cobb: They're waiting for us! Mal: But you can't know for sure... Cobb: Mal, look at me! Mal: Yet it doesn't matter... Cobb: Mal, goddammit! Mal: Because you'll be together. Cobb: Sweetheart! Look at me! Mal: [Jumps off of the ledge] Cobb: Mal, no! Jesus Christ! Having been led to believe that her world was real while they were in Limbo she is driven mad when Cobb implants the idea that her world is not real. Causing her death literally haunts him throughout the dream stages. Or was she the only sane person and Cobb and the others are still in a dream world where unbelievable things seem to happen?