Dissociative Identity Disorder in Film and Books

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder until 1994, has been documented in film and books for centuries, dating back to the first film version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1908), an adaptation of the 1800s novella, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

"Split" is a 2016 American psychological thriller film written, directed and produced by M. Night Shyamalan, and starring James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley. The film follows a man with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps and imprisons three teenage girls in an isolated underground facility.