Mental Illness Movies

Based on a true story, this is a subtle tale of re-affirmation of the identity of the artist following the Armenian Diaspora. It is an encounter with...

Two strangers meet on a bridge where they have both come to commit suicide.

A mentally unstable homeless man attempts to save his new and only friend from the world and drug dealers that make his life a living hell.

Joe wants to be a rapper. Max wants to be a filmmaker. They go to a secluded house in rural Virginia to document the production of Joe's demo CD. But...

When Tita, the heart of her family, begins to lose her memory to Alzheimer’s, her niece looks back at years of family footage to understand the...

In 1983, the director's 24-year-old sister developed symptoms of schizophrenia. Her parents couldn't accept it—refusing to seek treatment for...

A mysteriously injured young woman is looked after by a troubled ex-soldier in his secluded cabin, becoming trapped in a strange and disturbing cycle...

In January 2017, a video showing a young Gambian man named Pateh Sabally drowning in the waters of Venice’s Grand Canal went viral on social...

Documentary about the two of the greatest Swedish artists of the 19th century, Ernst Josefson and Carl Fredrik Hill, and how their lives were changed...

A documentary part of CBS reports. The plight of mental patients fit for discharge, but who find themselves thrust into communities unprepared to...

An unsuccessful meeting with her estranged father leaves Noel questioning whether or not he deserves a role in her life.

Rinka Sugita is a key member of an ad agency’s marketing department. As she races back and forth between photo shoots and meetings, the shy...

The film follows a young man caught between conflict and reconciliation within his family. Haunted by past mistakes and unresolved emotions, he finds...

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...

A relationship between two college students is put to the test when one of them falls into depression.

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

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of...

A series of interrelated stories that bring Nena, Sean and Alan together. Alan, gentle and insecure, yearns for acceptance and connection. Vibrant...

An officers kadett is dismissed because of his strange behavior. At work he is considered deranged. At home he is dominated by his mother and...

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