Mental Illness Movies

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

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

A young woman is struggling with her mental health, as it begins to slowly push her over the edge.

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 mentally tormented girl, Lucia, grapples with suppressed memories that threaten her grip on reality. As she confronts the dark truths of her past,...

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

Thousands of New Yorkers with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live independently in supported housing, following a 2014 federal court...

After an unproductive appointment, the Subject returns home as their bottled up emotions reach a boiling point.

In an attempt to connect with his fiancee who's she's locked in a Sanitarium, Pavlos tries to enter in his own will without thinking of the...

In early times, evil spirits were thought to possess people and make them act in strange and frightening ways. By the 1800's, the study of this...

What if, instead of bombs, we dropped watermelons? Dreamy and hopeful, this animated short sweeps us up into a colourful world where layers of...

When a young man becomes so lonely, his personality splits and takes on a persona for itself.

'When' discusses the filmmaker's experience with mental illness and how it has impacted her perception of the world around her. It mainly focuses on...