Mental Illness Movies

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...

Júlia, tries to keep up appearances and routine, while questioning her own sanity.

On the Franco-belgian border, there's a unique place that takes in children with mental and social problems. Day after day, the adults try to...

Working undercover to expose a corrupt judge, an investigative journalist confronts his secret past plus his mother's mental illness and must choose...

Burt, a WW2 veteran suffering from battle fatigue, is deathly afraid of rain and confined to an asylum, but showing improvement. He wants to live...

A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.

This short animated film looks at the relationship between social spaces and taboos surrounding mental illness and other forms of marginalization....

Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations. Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances....

An Uruguayan diplomat brings his new wife with him on a business trip to Poland in the summer immediately preceding the outbreak of World War II.

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

Samuel is the primary carer for his father - a paranoid schizophrenic. A chance encounter with a young woman disrupts their carefully constructed...

Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly...

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

In a city where young people disappear, Anya goes through the process of losing her best friend, Mayra, after she transfers to another school. Anya's...

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

A young, unwed, pregnant girl is made an offer she can't refuse. Marry a rich young man with a wealthy estate to please his dying mother, and she'll...

Fact-based story about a woman whose life is shattered by a poetry-spouting stalker who manages to evade her police protectors.

After the sudden death of his wife, the film's protagonist, Mr. Jochec, must take on the responsibility of caring for his two teenage...

It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State...

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