Movies: Mental health

‘Voices from the Shadows’ shows the brave and sometimes heartrending stories of five ME patients and their carers, along with input from Dr Nigel Speight, Prof Leonard Jason and Prof Malcolm Hooper. These were filmed and edited between 2009 and 2011,...

A troubled woman must come to terms with her suicide attempts while spending several days in a holding facility....

Nick and Charlie are inseparable, but with Nick preparing to leave for university and Charlie finding new independence at school, the reality of a long-distance relationship begins to weigh on them. Doubts take hold, and their relationship faces its ...

Inner peace and self-fulfillment are possible for each of us. Two modern day monks set off on an international journey to film a diverse range of people making the choice for a better life through meditation. Stunning cinematography combined with th...

Against the counsel of his friends, psychiatrist Dick Diver marries Nicole Warren, a beautiful but unstable young woman from a moneyed family. Thoroughly enraptured, he forsakes his career in medicine for life as a playboy, until one day Dick is char...

Chaos ensues when retired parents announce their divorce to their three thirty-something children, and over one dramatic weekend the family must grapple with their changing relationships and identities....

A young film director decides to invite his weird friends to the millionaire villa in Venice. Vittorio directs a cinema with a surreal and abstract look, conditioned by his mental disorder. He and his friends ask themselves: Where is the limit betwee...

A young woman finally seeks help for what is ailing her....

A folktale in Los Angeles....

Composer Steven Lauddem is plagued by a creative block which leaves him unable to finish the score for his big comeback opera. When his former therapist-turned-wife Patricia suggests he rekindle his creativity by getting lost in the city, Steven sets...

A 2023 Perth Anthology Feature Film. Four directors come together to create and dissect an exploration of mental health through four short, but horrifying stories and genres; Sci-Fi, Gothic, Fantasy, and Psychological....

Lise, a mentally disturbed spinster, experiences a series of bizarre encounters in Rome as she searches for someone she feels she'll know--when she finds him....

Celia Pacquola is an award-winning actor and comedian. She also suffers from anxiety. She wants to help millions of Australians through their battle with anxiety by telling her story, challenging stigma and showing a way through it. She will meet tho...

A psychiatrist makes rounds in ERs, jails, and homeless camps to tell the intimate stories behind one of the greatest social crises of our time. A personal and intense journey into the world of the seriously mentally ill....

Military medic Curtis is injured in the line of duty and sent home with the dog who saved him. Both Curtis and his dog, named Friendly, must adjust to civilian life. As Curtis falls in love, Sophia, a nurse, has a child, and both, grappling with seve...

Her rise was a global phenomenon. Her downfall was a cruel national sport. People close to Britney Spears and lawyers tied to her conservatorship now reassess her career as she battles her father in court over who should control her life....

A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally, as if they've been pulled into a war invisible to everyone else. The plot is limited to the most acute, a short pe...

The TAC team of psychiatrists of Aviles city in Spain, can moved his practice anywhere: a park, supermarket, bar ... Their approach is unique and exemplary in their dealings with patients. Film divided into seven exciting and moving stories whose pro...

This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common sense or good taste....

A crossing guard has known too many misfortunes in his life to believe he is facing the on-the-run President of the Republic....