Mental Illness Movies

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

Marked by childhood trauma, three women from different generations living with an eating disorder try to get back to life.

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

A taxi driver kicks a homeless woman out of his car. It'll be a long night until he can make amends.

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

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...

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

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...

When a young man becomes so lonely, his personality splits and takes on a persona for itself.

'When' discusses the filmmaker's experience with mental illness and how it has impacted her perception of the world around her. It mainly focuses on...

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

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...