Mental Illness Movies

A short film about two best friend's day out and what they accomplish in a day. This short film was inspired by a poem created by the writer (Khalid R...

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

After going through a breakup and moving back home, James navigates through a "quarter life crisis" while dealing with mental illness, a spandex weari...

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 understa...

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

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

Eloise lives alone, shutting others out of her life, committed to her art. The film follows her internal rationale as she is forced to address a haunt...

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 youth.

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 to...

After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on a...

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...

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

A program about Ted Gärdestad and his music with archival images from his entire musical career and newly made interviews with people who have influen...

After a suicide attempt, Kate moves in with her estranged working-class Aunt Trish, where she spends the next few weeks roped up in Trish's madcap wor...

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

A mother struggles with worsening bipolar disorder and the effects that managing her illness has on her family.

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia),I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and vital...

A Tamil-language psychological drama film starring Sivakumar and Rani Chandra. Produced and directed by A. C. Tirulokchandar. adapted from a novel by...

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...

Psychotropic drugs. It’s the story of big money-drugs that fuel a $330 billion psychiatric industry, without a single cure. The cost in human terms is...