Mental Illness Movies

The first time Regina tried to kill herself, she was 5 years old. Now she's 45 and hell-bent on trying to live.

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

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

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

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...

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...

FC Pol Positiu are on a 2 year unbeaten streak in a league made up of players with mental illnesses. On their journeys as a unit and as individuals...

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...

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

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...

Mental discomfort is a field yet to be discovered. Where is the borderline between peculiarity and mental illness?

A young woman, Jamie, is waiting in a coffee shop for a date when an unexpected arrival sends her spinning into paranoia.

Devi is an 8-year-old child who is thought to have an imaginary friend, but as time goes by the imaginary friend does not go away and causes concern...

A grieving father's world unravels when he discovers his wife secretly raising their deceased son's hidden twin, forcing him to confront buried...

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

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

In this short film, a father (Ben Cable) tries to explain his wife's mental illness to his daughter (Sierra Nottingham).

Manuela is a woman who leads an extremely gridded life, always following a list of tasks that gives meaning to her existence. The moment that list...