Mental Illness Movies

A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma.

Rejected by her lover, the only man left in Cheryl's life is the orphaned nephew she has raised as her own son. She'll stop at nothing to keep Billy...

Twentysomething Brooklynites Mara and Jo have been close friends since middle school. Gradually, it becomes apparent that the increasingly unstable...

A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who...

The lives of Jeff, Lauren and Lloyd—three very different people who share one common experience—have been transformed by speaking up for...

Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy...

Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.

This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen...

Tono is continuously harassed by her mother, who is uncannily cruel and authoritarian. His obsession with a woman's voice recorded on cassette and...

Young man, on suspicion of arson, escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the home of his parents.

An accountant beleaguered by personal and professional problems gets involved with a femme fatale and her mysterious psychiatrist.

A young woman who falls in love with her teacher is hit by heartache and challenges she is not prepared for and struggles to escape her dark frame of...

A minor train accident in rural Nebraska gradually unveils a mystery involving the town's reclusive bank clerk.

Something lurks off the coast of Block Island, silently influencing the behavior of fisherman Tom Lynch. After suffering a series of violent...

As a young woman navigates the pressures of daily life, her reality begins to unravel when her mental illness manifests as physical form.

A bodybuilding fever dream fueled by childhood trauma, food porn and acid techno music.

When talented young writer Elizabeth Wurtzel earns a scholarship to Harvard, she sees it as her chance to escape the pressures of her working-class...

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to...

After the death of his wife, retired judge Justin Playfair creates a fantasy world for himself in which he is the legendary detective Sherlock...