Depression Movies

A depressed filmmaker takes on a new project that might help him break into the mainstream or drive him further into despair and reclusivity.

Every day in Finland alone, two people commit suicide. Thousands of people are affected by suicide yearly. Once I Dreamt of Life is a feature length...

This audio-visual tone poem uses the language of filmmaking to offer a first-hand evocation of the turbulent psychological effects one can experience...

A drug-addicted alcoholic shaves his head, yells at his housemate, gets fired, and ODs. It's a comedy.

A recreation of what it feels like to live with the hidden issues of depression, anxiety, inclusion, bulimia, drug addiction, and abusive...

Mariana, a melancholic young woman, lives what she thinks is the last day of her life, when she meets Alex, a curious young man, who will make her...

Beatriz is depressed but she doesn’t know it. Every weekend she is out partying with her friend Laura. But she feels something is amiss, a...

The lives of vastly separate people collide in interweaving stories of liberty, identity, tolerance, responsibility and class.

A young girl is confronted by her father’s depression.

Games You Can’t Win explores “empathy” gaming, a new video game movement in which developers are sharing some of their most...

Night at the bakery. When everyone else is sleeping, Erik the baker works alone. All is quiet except for the sound of his radio, always tuned to the...

After losing both his parents Ralph struggles with a depression. A year later he decides to slowly reduce his medicines with the help of his...

A man is invited to his friend's house party.

This 3-minute short film by Iain Delavan was created at a dark time in his life. In his usual abstract and expressive style, Delavan depicts an...

As David's mundane life takes the best of him, he finds himself standing at the end of the line.

A look at past diary entries reveals a teenage girl's struggles with body image and depression