Mental Illness Movies

Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed...

It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State...

In an apartment a single and psychotic mother locks in herself and her daughter. Here, the demons are in control. Ti can hear her mother talking to...

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...

After accidentally killing his fiancee, Anand becomes insane and is admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Tanvi, his doctor, falls in love with him,...

A true story of a young woman whose abusive childhood results in her developing a multiple personality disorder.

Sixteen-year-old Jann shields his mother Lina from the outside world in a system that has been established over the years. When Jann falls in love...

Justin, a troubled teenager feeling overwhelmed by life, confides in his friends that he wants to take his own life. As his parents Deborah and Randy...

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre...

Lee Dong-hwi, a washed-up comedy actor, aspires to change his image as a serious drama actor. Fortunately, he lands the role of a majestic king in a...

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.

For Yasuko every day is a challenge. Due to her mental illness and hypersomnia, simple things like household chores and holding a job seem...

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be...

As a result of the 2008 documentary"Generation Rx," thousands of people wrote director Kevin P. Miller to share their experiences on psychiatric...

In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston...

The Attempt Of A Child Who Doesn't Know That He Died And Trying To Live With His Parents. The Mental Pressure Of A Mother And Father Due To The Death...

When a mysterious "John Doe" wakes up in a morgue and wanders into a psychiatric ward, a devoted doctor and curious medical examiner must slowly...

Burned-out B-movie actress Maria, depressed and frustrated with her loveless marriage to an ambitious film director, Carter Lang, who would rather...

Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain—it's an obsession that blinds him to what's...

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up,...