Mental Illness Movies

A short form exploration of the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression, the world’s biggest health...

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...

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...

A landmark documentary style short film that features compelling and dramatic first-person accounts of people living with, and recovering from,...

When casual hook-ups become too debilitating, a man suffering from Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder seeks out different ways to purge himself of the...

Scrabble is a religion. I'll tell you how I found my religion.

In a country ravaged by generational trauma, a psychiatrist trains grandmothers to treat depression within their communities.

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

A documentary about Tanjuska who is a 12-year-old White-Russian schoolgirl, with a face like an icon. Two years ago she stopped eating, then talking...

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

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

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims...

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...

Thousands of New Yorkers with severe mental illnesses won the chance to live independently in supported housing, following a 2014 federal court...

A man who lost his phone saw someone setting up and filming him with his lost phone while he went about his daily life. He started to get suspicious...

A sensationalist television show unravels the sordid story of Luciano Fernández and analyzes the possible motives that led him to murder a...

Mae Driver, once driven and full of aspirations, now lives day to day needling away her time until she can escape into sleep. With the aid of a dated...

A grieving father's world unravels when he discovers his wife secretly raising their deceased son's hidden twin, forcing him to confront buried...

Two brothers, Lou and Miles, have one last chance to reconnect on the drive home after Miles has been released from a long-term psychiatric care...