Mental Illness Movies

Shattered by a lifetime of isolation and self loathing due to his mentally ill mother's psychological abuse, a son's obsession to reunite with her...

The film follows a young man caught between conflict and reconciliation within his family. Haunted by past mistakes and unresolved emotions, he finds...

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

The portrait of a woman who is driven to illness and despair by her circumstances.

This film follows a young man who believes he's a girl, drifting through his days dressing up, whispering to fake babies, talking to pieces of...

Visible Light is a dreamlike exploration on the nature of reality as perceived by a schizophrenic man.

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

Bubu is a poet who has been committed to state institutions for the insane twelve times. He challenges the meaning of hospital-jails, hybrid...

Scrabble is a religion. I'll tell you how I found my religion.

When three generations of women return to post-Soviet Europe to care for an ailing patriarch, they face a corrupt healthcare system and discover a...

The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.

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

Bethany and Sam are friends with a brewing romance that is long overdue. With the making of a student film together over Halloween, this romance...

After an unproductive appointment, the Subject returns home as their bottled up emotions reach a boiling point.

"My uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of them both, must decide...

Healing a Nation (Twoub Mantal) tells the painful story of Jean-Richard Saintal, a former social worker from the Cité Soleil region of...

Sofia is diagnosed with a mental illness. Is only what we can see and hear real?

After the devastating suicide of her best friend Coli, 15 year old Natalie turns to journaling to cope with her overwhelming grief. Struggling with...