Movies: Mental illness

Alex, an experienced surgeon, makes a mistake in the diagnosis of his seven-year-old godson. The boy dies on the operating table. Stunned, the man tenders his resignation. One autumn morning he is sitting on the riverbank in a favourite place where h...

A young, unwed, pregnant girl is made an offer she can't refuse. Marry a rich young man with a wealthy estate to please his dying mother, and she'll be well taken care of. What she doesn't know is the family has plans to sacrifice her baby!...

“Nobody Leaves Alive” by André Ristum is shot in beautiful but also distancing black and white. Looking at the Venice line-up, this seems to be a trend this year among the maestros of cinema. The film is inspired by true events that took place in the...

Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three families shattered by the psychiatric disorder of schizophrenia. Subjects "Bob," "Missy" and "Steven" have lived for over a decade with schizophrenia. ...

Failing at another job, Fiadh must return home to take care of her mother, "Mental" Maggie. When the strange goings on appear to be more than her mother's eccentricity, she decides to dabble in the field of paranormal investigation....

A man struggles with guilt and his own perception of reality as he goes about his normal daily life....

The lives of Jeff, Lauren and Lloyd—three very different people who share one common experience—have been transformed by speaking up for mental health. These inspiring stories depict what mental health in America really looks like and highlights just...

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Jonas Elrod woke up one day with the ability to see and hear angels, demons and ghosts. Filmed over the course of three years, this documentary follows Jonas and his girlfriend as they try to understand the phenomenon....

When Arnie Silverman, a manic-depressive novelist, begins a bout of self-harm and lies to his girlfriend about it, his best friend and sister’s ex-boyfriend unintentionally lead him on a path to a new romance that could potentially solve his problems...

A landmark documentary style short film that features compelling and dramatic first-person accounts of people living with, and recovering from, Borderline Personality Disorder. The production also features family members as well as leading clinician...

After a suicide attempt, Kate moves in with her estranged working-class Aunt Trish, where she spends the next few weeks roped up in Trish's madcap world as they learn to live with eachother....

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Whilst working at a funeral parlour, a lonely mortician develops a dark obsession with a local man....

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

Remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror comedy....

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It’s the second semester of junior year for Pierce “Sparni” Sparnroft, a gifted jazz vibraphonist studying at Montclair State University in New Jersey. Sparni’s prospects on the vibes were rejuvenated by their new professor, the world-renowned Steve ...

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Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the state facility, including hydrotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy sessions. The film ends with the pati...