Mental Illness Movies

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

Marwan a superstitious OCD patient knows that his grades will be out in an hour and tries to fight his obsessive thoughts.

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...

Creeping from the halls of the maze brain, corruption and terror is woven by devils born from the denied errors of mankind.

Unfortunately, every year eight million people die quietly due to Mental Illness. It's urgent to decrease this number. It's urgent to help. It's...

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...

Shattered by a lifetime of isolation and self loathing due to his mentally ill mother's psychological abuse, a son's obsession to reunite with 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...

A woman tormented by her depression and the monster in the mirror seeks refuge and finds a rare moment of honesty with herself.

A man struggles with guilt and his own perception of reality as he goes about his normal daily life.

Hyun-dong is a hikikomori. He lives off of the joy of assembling and displaying Gundams in his only space, his home. Then one day, he makes a big...

This short animated film looks at the relationship between social spaces and taboos surrounding mental illness and other forms of marginalization....

The haunting story of a man released from a mental institution 16 years after accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.

With nearly two million people living in miserable conditions in Gaza, the Israeli blockade has taken its toll on mental health there. Against the...

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

The Burnt House is the story of Megan and Joe, a couple who have recently experienced the death their infant son to SIDS. The tragedy has spawned a...