Movies: Mental institution

Marusya is 16 and, like many Russian teenagers, is determined to end her life. Then she meets her soulmate in another millennial, Kimi. They spend a decade filming the euphoria and anxiety, the happiness and misery of their youth, muzzled by a violen...

A young woman just released from a mental institution returns home to her mansion and faces a new set of horrors....

Cautionary anti-drug film based on a true story about the effects on Jean Stapleton and Arthur Hill when their teenage son (John Putch, Stapleton's real-life son) gets spaced out on a marijuana joint laced with PCP, or "angel dust," and the family is...

Epilogue to the TV series Lost....

The story of Scottish psychiatrist RD Laing and his unique community at Kingsley Hall, East London in the 1960s....

A young woman collapses on the disco dance floor of what's revealed to be strychnine poisoning. Assuming that this is an attempt at suicide, her boyfriend and doctor have her committed to the Fifth Floor, an asylum with obviously crazy inmates and a ...

What starts out as a fantasy, could just be reality....

Bobo, a young man, kills two criminals in self-defense. Afterwards, upon his lawyer's advice, he turns himself to the police. He ends up in a mental hospital from which he soon escapes and meets with his girlfriend. The police and a young ambitious r...

In 2004 the Oregon State Hospital, former site of the film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, revealed the existence of thousands of corroded copper urns, each containing cremated human remains. Photographer David Maisel captured these beautifully uniq...

Two bodies and one mind, this is the extraordinary story of one pair of conjoined twins in today's world....

A terrified young man is being pursued by a mysterious man in black. He hides out in a nearby mental hospital, but can he escape his fate?...

Marisa and Judy need mental help, but find themselves in a poorly managed clinic. While Marisa's husband cares for her and helps her out, Judy's brother cares more about his idea of family honor and the protection of his investments in factories, lea...

Obsession, sex, and illusion are depicted in a series of parallel stories. The Lost Door opens while Kristina is being interrogated in a psychiatric hospital where she has been committed. Catherine, a young psychiatrist has been assigned by the court...

Dr. Dupont arrives at a mental facility to apply for a staff position. World famous Dr. Quilly interviews her, and has her sign papers. She is thrilled to get the job, and is shown her room. However, confusion with her room being on the same floor as...

Five years after being hospitalised, Derek is released into the care of his cousin, April. But Derek believes he's possessed, and a series of encounters leaves April to question if this is mental illness or something more sinister....

Luke Parker, a brilliant young psychiatrist has always relied on analysis and logic. But his amazing mind can't fathom the call of his destiny. Luke's patient, William Titus embodies why 'lunar' is the root of 'lunatic.' He's a serial killer, but mor...

A significant number of American children and teenagers - from all social backgrounds - suffer from mental disorders, schizophrenia, autism and emotional problems, leading them to isolation from society while treating their issues in mental health fa...

The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C....

Bold and sultry Françoise gets hired by a magazine to lead investigations in the mysterious world of sex. Until she gets caught in the web of sadistic Dr. Vilard, who runs a very strange mental institution....

Kira and Mads try to work out their marriage, after Kira has been two years in a mental institution, but is she really ready for the real world?...