Mental Illness Movies

When the last factory in a small Rust Belt town closes its doors, an unlikely hero emerges in dutiful, quiet Allery Parkes. A career employee of the...

Inspired by true events, college sophomore Clemence Miller is coming home to the suburbs and a bedroom in her family's basement. After dropping out...

A young man recounts the story of the best day he's ever had with the love of his life.

Psycho Joe loves one thing: fast cars! When he gets a job at a local supermarket, Joe meets fellow "petrol head" Dazey, who quickly becomes his idol...

Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who...

As he is about to take his own life, a man encounters a young boy. A conversation unfolds between them.

One day in the life of Thomas who is dealing with his partner Ann's mental illness. A day that calls into question Thomas's desire to keep it all...

A woman who has been institutionalized for 60 years for the "crime" of not conforming to the 1920s image of what a proper young woman should be (in...

A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.

When Sue begins to lose her words and sense of self to Young-onset dementia, her daughter Jess struggles to connect with the mother she once knew. In...

Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the...

Moments from the uncompromisingly bleak existence of a secretary, her intellectually disabled sister, aloof and uneasy teacher boyfriend, bizarre...

Scientist Martin Fellmann is tormented by an irrational fear of knives and the irresistible compulsion to murder his wife. Driven to the brink of...

A program about Ted Gärdestad and his music with archival images from his entire musical career and newly made interviews with people who have...

Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters...

A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier.

Filmmaker Stephen Hosier takes a journey with Richard Csanyi, his childhood friend, as he investigates the life and death of his twin brother Attila,...

4 mental patients formulate the plan to rescue their kidnapped doctor and teach the kidnappers a lesson.

When Ben embarks on a journey of self-discovery, guided by his therapist and fueled by a blossoming romance with Melody, he begins to revisit his...