Mental Health Movies

Discover STRoNG, as strong as they are fragile, a new documentary which takes a modest look at mental health and depression in high-level sport...

Directed by Helen Tadesse, often recognized as Ethiopia’s first female feature film director, the film centers on a teenage girl trying to live...

a girl struggles to grasp a sense of reality, as the world around her becomes illusive and dream-like.

There is a strong link between singing and mental illness. This documentary tries to break down some prejudices by focusing on the music industry...

A withdrawn man's quiet birdwatching routine is disrupted by a lost dog, unearthing memories and forging an unlikely bond that challenges his...

This short experimental diary film reveals my struggles with mental illness in my adolescence and queer adulthood while simultaneously reflecting...

Brett and Jake meet in a bar and decide to drown their sorrows in whiskey, forgetting the past, ignoring the future, and exploring life, love, and...

We are in a room where people tell each other experiences that are not actually told to each other. These are experiences that they have had...

A talented painter, Max, in the height of his career is working on his masterpiece. He is convinced by his wife, Connie, to attend a therapy session...

A poetic journey of memory and fantasy told through the eyes of four versions of an artist as she creates her own self-identity.

Michael has learned how to pass — composed, controlled, unremarkable. Living with Dermatillomania, he hides behind carefully built habits in a...

Told through the eyes of an Australian news reporter, Eammon Ashton-Atkinson, who moved to the UK to escape depression, the documentary, follows 3...

Inner peace and self-fulfillment are possible for each of us. Two modern day monks set off on an international journey to film a diverse range of...

In June 2023, Barnaby Webber, Grace O'Malley-Kumar and Ian Coates were stabbed to death by Valdo Calocane. Reporter Navtej Johal investigates his...

Jimmy is a young man who is going through a very difficult time in his life. He meets Joe, who works for a private company that offers free health...

After her fall, Sophie is aiming to the surface, but she's unable to trust her entourage anymore.

Based on a fictionalized 2015 memoir from psychiatric nurse Mary Dorsan, the text embeds within a teenage psychiatric ward over the course of a year,...

Silent Cry tells the tragic story of Marcella, a young girl who lost her battle with depression in 2021.

The concert was recorded with a black-and-white video camera and a single microphone on June 13, 1978.