Mental Illness Movies

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

Ariadna, an elderly woman, is overwhelmed by the pressure of leaving her sister in a nursing home, without having enough money. After robbing a...

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

Based on the 1963 novel by Sylvia Plath, a young woman's summer in New York sees her working for a Mademoiselle-like magazine, return home to New...

Olivia West has always been committed to the welfare of her fragile patients who are institutionalized in her hospital. But when she loses subsidies...

Failing at another job, Fiadh must return home to take care of her mother, "Mental" Maggie. When the strange goings on appear to be more than her...

The story of who psychiatrists are today, what they do, and what they value has been told by almost everyone but them. Psychiatrists are notoriously...

On the Franco-belgian border, there's a unique place that takes in children with mental and social problems. Day after day, the adults try to...

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

Remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror comedy.

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

Psychotropic drugs. It’s the story of big money-drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. The cost in human...

"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...

Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three families shattered by the psychiatric disorder of...

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

Fleeting moments is a 3 minute short film made by the solely by the director to show the effect of grief and depression on a person's perception of...

Mara, an exhausted, anxious insomniac, is continuously plagued by familiar looking visions.

An elderly woman makes the acquaintance of a strange and disturbed little girl in this haunting film based on the Truman Capote short story 'Miriam.'

A mysteriously injured young woman is looked after by a troubled ex-soldier in his secluded cabin, becoming trapped in a strange and disturbing cycle...

Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing...