Mental Illness Movies

Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing...

The directorial debut of Sergei Potapov, a well-known director of original performances in his homeland, is capable of deeply touching any spectator....

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

James has a good job, a good home, a good wife, but it isn't enough. Ali is single, single-minded, singularly focused on James. They meet in the same...

The app buzzes: a new urgent order. A delivery rider's race against time turns into a claustrophobic nightmare when he gets trapped inside the home...

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...

The story of young composer, Johannes Brahms, and his relationship with, Robert and Clara Schumann, the famous music couple that aided in his rise to...

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

In a small town in northern Norway, Eira tries to follow in the shadow of her brilliant and rebellious older sister Vera. Lately however, something...

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up,...

Nearly 6 million Americans have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and yet little is known about how the illness manifests itself in our brains....

Based on the novel by Güzide Sabri Aygün, the film tells the relationship of a mentally-ill woman and the doctor whom she loved in her...

When Arnie Silverman, a manic-depressive novelist, begins a bout of self-harm and lies to his girlfriend about it, his best friend and sister’s...

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

Two codependent siblings document their unraveling through daily video messages to their absent mother, only to discover that their shared devotion...

A young woman who leads a lonely, mundane existence in the real world but who has the perfect life in her lucid dreams which she can somehow control,...

A man, recently released from a mental hospital, tries to track down his family.

Crown Prince Sado spirals down due to his own insanity and his father King Yeongjo's complex.

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