Mental Illness Movies

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and...

When three generations of women return to post-Soviet Europe to care for an ailing patriarch, they face a corrupt healthcare system and discover a...

Shattered by a lifetime of isolation and self loathing due to his mentally ill mother's psychological abuse, a son's obsession to reunite with her...

About confusion and fear of the incomprehensible, deviations, and about mental illness as a phenomenon.

A young woman who leads a lonely, mundane existence in the real world but who has the perfect life in her lucid dreams which she can somehow control,...

A young woman is kidnapped by a mentally deranged man who believes she knows the person who calls him on a broken telephone.

A documentary, divided into "chapters", about the life of the inmates of the asylum on Leros. From the point of view that the mentally ill are...

The portrait of a woman who is driven to illness and despair by her circumstances.

Faceless is a documentary film about the workings of an inpatient psychiatry unit, seen through the eyes of both the patients trying to get well and...

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 drama presents a raw and honest portrayal of the impact of a special mental illness. It sheds light on the often-misunderstood terrain of the...

Two estranged brothers, one a drug addict, the other, a schizophrenic, struggle to face their demons in the streets of Baltimore.

Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three families shattered by the psychiatric disorder of...

Bethany and Sam are friends with a brewing romance that is long overdue. With the making of a student film together over Halloween, this romance...

Bubu is a poet who has been committed to state institutions for the insane twelve times. He challenges the meaning of hospital-jails, hybrid...

Social media corrupts the mind of a young University student--but can he escape the psychological torment of alienation?

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims...

A short film about two best friend's day out and what they accomplish in a day. This short film was inspired by a poem created by the writer (Khalid...