Mental Illness Movies

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...

An elderly nursing home resident faces down nightfall, neglectful nurses, and the things that come for him in the night... armed with only a straw...

Moullet explores the causes and consequences of cases of mental disorders that were especially numerous in the Southern Alps.

Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?

Three sisters had a hit song years ago, but now deal with a family member's schizophrenia.

A partially autobiographical film about Leona, an actress living in a communal household with her husband, her son, two models, and three drag queens.

A young Woman named Lilith begins to have haunting visions caused by a malevolent being. As these hauntings continue, she slowly loses more of...

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

The painter Else Kant is in crisis – both artistically and personally. She is dissatisfied with her work and suffers from severe hallucinations...

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

In a country ravaged by generational trauma, a psychiatrist trains grandmothers to treat depression within their communities.

A relationship between two college students is put to the test when one of them falls into depression.

Billy is a film buff who films himself non-stop. During a film shoot, he meets Lawrence Côté-Collins and the two become friends. One...

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

A troubled young man is the caregiver for both his terminally-ill mother and his mentally-ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his...

If you could look in on the breakdown of a relationship without them knowing, would you?

A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.

A human drama by director Ryôta Sakamaki which realistically depicts the daily lives of three men and women suffering from panic disorder,...

A mentally unstable woman loses her daughter's custody to her mother. Things get even more complicated when her husband has a car accident and...