Mental Illness Movies

James has a good job, a good home, a good wife, but it isn't enough. Ali is single, single-minded, singularly focused on James. They meet in the same...

In a small town in northern Norway, Eira tries to follow in the shadow of her brilliant and rebellious older sister Vera. Lately however, something is...

A romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut engage in a summer-long challenge that may just upend everything...

Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the state...

In this short film, a father (Ben Cable) tries to explain his wife's mental illness to his daughter (Sierra Nottingham).

After being released from a psychiatric ward, a young man attempts to lead a normal life.

A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking a...

A film about a man walking a paper-thin line between hopelessness and euphoria, testing and pushing the boundaries of conventions and impulse.

A former Israeli soldier experiences an emotional breakdown when his old friend shows up in his apartment, an encounter that forces him to deal with r...

After a close friends suicide; Will, a Punk and Post-Punk musician living in the US is struggling with doubts about his relationship, his identity and...

Marco is 30 years old and currently seeing a therapist because has unexpected rage.

Two lesbian lovers are forced to flee their hometown after a brutal murder changes their lives forever.

A short form exploration of the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression, the world’s biggest health problem.

Vetri (Ajmal),Professor (Mano) and Ganesh run away from Chennai to Ooty, where they meet a lawyer Sujatha (Radhika Apte). For Sujatha it is love at f...

Short subject documentary by Julien Nitzberg about the legendary "psychobilly" musician and infamous wild man Hasil Adkins. Filming takes place in Adk...

"Breaking the Silence" is a fresh, new-look documentary film dedicated to everyone around the world who suffers quietly and in the shadows - alone, wo...