Mental Illness Movies

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...

What causes mental illness? Do our thoughts, moods, and behaviours depend upon what we eat? Psychiatrists Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond met in...

"My uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of them both, must decide...

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

Tono is continuously harassed by her mother, who is uncannily cruel and authoritarian. His obsession with a woman's voice recorded on cassette and...

A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking...

A twinless twin struggles with her identity while a sheeted being attempts to rescue her.

"Breaking the Silence" is a fresh, new-look documentary film dedicated to everyone around the world who suffers quietly and in the shadows - alone,...

Paola, a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder enters a journey of self discovery finding clues about a new identity that appears through art

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

A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a...

A young woman is struggling with her mental health, as it begins to slowly push her over the edge.

War and Peace of Mind explores what war does to the human mind and how both, the individuals and the nation as a whole, survive it psychologically....

A psychotic young man causes trouble during a Christmas gathering with his parents.

If you could look in on the breakdown of a relationship without them knowing, would you?

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...

An emotional film about how we respond to tragedy.

A young man falls in love with a young woman with borderline personality disorder, but it will upset the relationship despite her mental illness.