Mental Illness Movies

The story of who psychiatrists are today, what they do, and what they value has been told by almost everyone but them. Psychiatrists are notoriously...

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...

Sélima, 25 years old, barmaid. Nothing special, except for her extreme sensitivity and empathy. It is even said that she is able to absorb...

In part of the HBO's America Undercover series, this documentary provides an insider's view of mental illness, and the use of psychotropic drugs to...

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

Unfortunately, every year eight million people die quietly due to Mental Illness. It's urgent to decrease this number. It's urgent to help. It's...

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

An insight into the mind of a mentally ill and drug-addicted artist.

Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillespie County, Texas. He was subsequently sentenced...

Filmmaker Paul Gallasch is 30 and still lives at home with his mentally ill mother. When he meets the woman of his dreams, Paul decides that if he's...

A patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, find themselves subjected to a 51-50 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a...

The film follows a thirty-year-old man’s efforts to introduce radical changes in his own life: to start visiting a therapist and preparing for...

Jordan finds herself trapped only with the mysterious instruction from the phone that leads her to shocking revelations as she tries to escape the...

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

With nearly two million people living in miserable conditions in Gaza, the Israeli blockade has taken its toll on mental health there. Against the...

Public safety short about the dangers to children who accept rides from strangers

A short form exploration of the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression, the world’s biggest health...

The Burnt House is the story of Megan and Joe, a couple who have recently experienced the death their infant son to SIDS. The tragedy has spawned a...