Mental Illness Movies

Lee Dong-hwi, a washed-up comedy actor, aspires to change his image as a serious drama actor. Fortunately, he lands the role of a majestic king in a...

During a group therapy session, one man's withdrawn presence reveals the unseen weight of depression and how it hides in plain sight.

To get closer to each other, a mother takes her son to a house by the sea to celebrate his birthday. But something is not right, neither of them...

A troubled young man is the caregiver for both his terminally-ill mother and his mentally-ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his...

A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.

How many imaginary deathly diseases can you have before you die from fear and anxiety? This short documentary answers this question by trying to show...

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

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...

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...

In Peru, Sergio García Locatelli visits both those places where human life is fragile and personal fate is uncertain and those where death...

A combat veteran returns home after a tour of duty overseas, only to be wrongly convicted of his girlfriend’s disappearance. After his release...

Seventeen-year-old Darcie believes she is responsible for the drowning of her younger sister, Stella. As she begins seeing visions of Stella that...

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

About the young film critic Gerd, who dream of interviewing actors like Jean Gabin and Jean-Louis Barrault and to one day direct a movie.

Thomas Harrison is determined to start his own alternative band after the suicide of Kurt Cobain—it's an obsession that blinds him to what's...

During a 48hr observation at a psych facility, Jack meets Wendy, a young woman with a unique obsession.

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...