Mental Illness Movies

Mental discomfort is a field yet to be discovered. Where is the borderline between peculiarity and mental illness?

About confusion and fear of the incomprehensible, deviations, and about mental illness as a phenomenon.

Four-time Emmy winner John Kastner was granted unprecedented access to the Brockville facility for 18 months, allowing 46 patients and 75 staff to...

'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...

In this short film, a father (Ben Cable) tries to explain his wife's mental illness to his daughter (Sierra Nottingham).

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...

​HomeBound is the story of Jamie Rockwell (Katie Vincent), a woman burdened by severe agoraphobia. After losing her therapy dog, she must...

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

The directorial debut of Sergei Potapov, a well-known director of original performances in his homeland, is capable of deeply touching any spectator....

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

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

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...

An insight into the mind of a mentally ill and drug-addicted artist.

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

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...

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

What if, instead of bombs, we dropped watermelons? Dreamy and hopeful, this animated short sweeps us up into a colourful world where layers of...