Mental Illness Movies

Whilst working at a funeral parlour, a lonely mortician develops a dark obsession with a local man.

Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing...

A rebellious teenager and a "border-line" young nurse will learn to tame each other and get a fresh start in life...

A mental hospital, faced with a severe decrease in funding, is forced to release mass-murderer Ethel Janowski into a halfway house. Ethel is...

After going through a breakup and moving back home, James navigates through a "quarter life crisis" while dealing with mental illness, a spandex...

Mae Driver, once driven and full of aspirations, now lives day to day needling away her time until she can escape into sleep. With the aid of a dated...

Jordon (Michael Charles Wagner) reconnects with mother Wendy (Lisa Ludwig), in the midst of a mental health crisis, over the course of an afternoon...

The story of young composer, Johannes Brahms, and his relationship with, Robert and Clara Schumann, the famous music couple that aided in his rise to...

Alex has a deeply troubled mind. He also has a seriously dysfunctional - not to say incestuous - family. Why then, has he returned from his merchant...

Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?

In all of his existences, KOBE KOTORO embarks on an everlasting odyssey through the home of his mind. A transformative journey in hopes to find...

Alex, an experienced surgeon, makes a mistake in the diagnosis of his seven-year-old godson. The boy dies on the operating table. Stunned, the man...

The film follows a thirty-year-old man’s efforts to introduce radical changes in his own life: to start visiting a therapist and preparing for...

A solitary artist experiences a succession of psychological states that gradually blur her perception of reality.

A man struggles with guilt and his own perception of reality as he goes about his normal daily life.

A young woman lives by herself surrounded by silence and subtle unease. Her days unfold in gentle routines and small rituals yet dark omens begin to...

In a country ravaged by generational trauma, a psychiatrist trains grandmothers to treat depression within their communities.

A documentary part of CBS reports. The plight of mental patients fit for discharge, but who find themselves thrust into communities unprepared to...

About the young film critic Gerd, who dream of interviewing actors like Jean Gabin and Jean-Louis Barrault and to one day direct a movie.

A mentally tormented girl, Lucia, grapples with suppressed memories that threaten her grip on reality. As she confronts the dark truths of her past,...