Mental Illness Movies

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...

The pure joy that makes the old home videos so enchanting is crushed by the mother's tired voice as she recalls that time. Though the Lithuanian...

A film about unconditional love. Fragments from the life of a man who cares for his mother with dementia.

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

Burt, a WW2 veteran suffering from battle fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live...

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...

An obese woman recently released from an insane asylum kills anyone who attempts to get her to stop eating.

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...

A woman stalked by depression makes some extreme decisions.

Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed...

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...

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

Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri Aygün, the film tells the relationship of a mentally-ill woman and the doctor whom she loved in her...

Gina, 15, lives in a city on the edge of the forest. She admires her father, unpredictable and whimsical, able to take his children at night in the...

A woman tormented by her depression and the monster in the mirror seeks refuge and finds a rare moment of honesty with herself.

In a city where young people disappear, Anya goes through the process of losing her best friend, Mayra, after she transfers to another school. Anya's...

Short subject documentary by Julien Nitzberg about the legendary "psychobilly" musician and infamous wild man Hasil Adkins. Filming takes place in...

A young, unwed, pregnant girl is made an offer she can't refuse. Marry a rich young man with a wealthy estate to please his dying mother, and she'll...

Sparked by the impending 25th anniversary of the Academy award-winning film Shine, this documentary explores the power of the musical brain....