Mental Illness Movies

The haunting story of a man released from a mental institution 16 years after accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.

Seven years ago, a mysterious monster was found deep in a rural coal mine. Since then, rumors of a plague spread through the small town, and people...

A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally,...

a girl who's struggling to grasp a sense of reality, strains to feel bonded to the people surrounding her, as she falls deeper into her own illusive...

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

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 young worker enjoying an affair with an upper class beauty, Adelaida, is drafted by the Spanish Army to fight in the Cuban War of Independence....

Adolf Hitler faces himself and must come to terms with his infamous career in an imaginary post-war subterranean bunker where he reviews historical...

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

When Rasmus was 15, his mother and siblings moved from the island Bornholm and left Rasmus with his mentally ill father. Influenced by his father's...

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...

About the young film critic Gerd, who dream of interviewing actors like Jean Gabin and Jean-Louis Barrault and to one day direct a movie.

When casual hook-ups become too debilitating, a man suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder seeks out different ways to purge himself of the...

Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner was granted unprecedented access to the Brockville facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to...

A bullied student sees visions of a rabbit he was forced to kill as a child, and those visions propel him into a state where his imagination causes...

A mother struggles to connect with her mentally unstable daughter during visiting hours at a children's psych ward.

In the 1980s, writer, poet, radio personality and football enthusiast Franck Venaille is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He decides to travel the...

Recently released from the psych ward, Allen struggles to cope with his depression which leads him to strange occurrences that quickly spiral into a...

For a thirtieth birthday, two estranged brothers spend a weekend in the Oregon high desert. One arrives with a rental house, a bottle of whiskey, and...