Mental Illness Movies

In Peru, Sergio García Locatelli visits both those places where human life is fragile and personal fate is uncertain and those where death...

To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to...

Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo's complex.

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

A combat veteran returns home after a tour of duty overseas, only to be wrongly convicted of his girlfriend’s disappearance. After his release...

Two strangers meet on a bridge where they have both come to commit suicide.

Americans of various walks of live share their experience of schizophrenia.

Follows a Serbian refugees mother and daughter, as they struggle to navigate the many obstacles facing newcomers to Canada.

Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations. Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances....

David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old...

Filmmaker Paul Gallasch is 30 and still lives at home with his mentally ill mother. When he meets the woman of his dreams, Paul decides that if he's...

A woman stalked by depression makes some extreme decisions.

A psychologist who, upon receiving patients suffering from mental illness, is reminded of their own past traumatic memories and decides to consult...

This short animated film looks at the relationship between social spaces and taboos surrounding mental illness and other forms of marginalization....

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...

Gibbi Westgermany is the name of a former sailor with a Mick Jagger look—leather jacket over the bare chest—who roams the Hamburg...

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of...

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

Eva lives cut off from the outside world in het sterile blue apartment. She's allergic to just about everything. Are her allergies caused by a...