Books or films with narcissistic characters?

[Biscuitsareme]

I've only recently 'discovered' narcissistic behaviour and it's been a real eye-opener to me. Now there are some characters in books and films that really hit me as narcissistic.

I'll go first:

Muriel's Wedding: Muriel's awful awful father

Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell: the Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair
(although Strange and Norrell have traits I suppose)

Any more?

[Bumpotato]

J R Ewing

[FeijoaVodkaLovesHokeyPokey]

Regina and Mr Gold in Once Upon A Time (plus Regina's Mum, Hook and others)

[CCTVmum]

91/2 weeks

Copycat

Gaslighting ( I have not seen this old film but this is where it comes from)

The joker in Batman

these are more psychopathic with nassicism characteristics (goes hand in hand)

[colleysmill]

Gaslight is a marvellous film - very very creepy!

What about the character Svengali in George du Mauriers novel Trilby? I always thought he might be a narc.

[bruffin]

Seventh Veil may not necessarily be a narc but a very psychologically creepy film.

[Lottapianos]

Janice and Livia Soprano for sure

I'm not sure about Don Draper. He cares very deeply for Peggy and for Joan. He does dreadful self-destructive things and hurts people very badly but I do think he feels shame for it deep down. He has moments when he is kind to his children. He's certainly very impulsive and seems hellbent on sabotaging his own happiness and security. He's a fantastic character and I identify with his deep-down, well-hidden sense of aching sadness and loneliness. I'm not sure he's a narcissist but happy to be proved wrong

[SpecialAgentCuntSnake]

Bill from Big Love, absolutely.

I see-saw on Nicki though.

[bruffin]

House in some ways

[NadiaWadia]

Well some of these are probably correct but I think we have to be careful of labelling every not-so-nice person as a narcissist.