Mental Illness Movies

Harry is unable to hold a job due to his mental illness and lives in an abandoned Hollywood hotel haunted by friendly ghosts of the long dead staff....

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...

A rebellious teenager and a "border-line" young nurse will learn to tame each other and get a fresh start in life...

Moullet explores the causes and consequences of cases of mental disorders that were especially numerous in the Southern Alps.

David Ireland's award-winning dark comedy about sectarian hatred in Northern Ireland. Eric Miller, a Belfast loyalist, mistakes his five-week-old...

William's father is dead and his mother is mentally ill, so he lives with his uncle Nils. Nils is on early retirement, making money by buying things...

Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money...

"Beyond Hoarding" takes a fresh look at hoarding through the experiences of people afflicted with this compulsion. Mental health experts shed light...

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

This film, based on a Jim Carroll short story, recounts the tale of Curtis and his encounter with voodoo. Curtis is a drug addict who has become...

A tribute to Karen Anne Carpenter, the late American singer, and drummer whose soft, melancholy voice captivated millions.

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

A Tokyo psychiatrist is hoping to better his career by marrying the daughter of a prominent doctor. The match is threatened however when an...

It's a sensitive, moving doc chronicling the life of Tétrault's brother Philip , a Montreal poet, musician and diagnosed paranoid...

Landlady Fränzi is renting her secluded alpine hut for the first time and prepares everything in minute detail. However, due to an overbooking...

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...

Sixteen-year-old Jann shields his mother Lina from the outside world in a system that has been established over the years. When Jann falls in love...

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

One year after their father's death, Charlie and Betty continue to ignore their grief, each other, and the mysterious creature following them. Their...

A Southern Indiana man endures a fatal night of torture after being arrested for a routine traffic stop.