The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
Though this is a highly-dramatized and unrealistic portrayal of Multiple Personality Disorder, it does succeed in gently shocking viewers, especially through Joanne Woodward's performance as essentially three different characters in one body. The book that it's adapted from is loosely based on a real-life case of a woman with multiple personalities, though the details in the film, including the eventual cause of Eve's condition, are mostly fictional. The movie is presented with a narrator and feels almost clinical at times, with Eve's life and history being read off over the action. In some ways, this is a little annoying, but the clinical feel that it offers fits with the story.
My Netflix rating: 4 stars
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