Movies: Mental illness

A woman who had been raped and whose family wiped out by the collaborators of the occupying forces during the bloody "liberation war" of Bangladesh in 1971 now roams the streets, 30 years later, as a mad person....

A mentally tormented girl, Lucia, grapples with suppressed memories that threaten her grip on reality. As she confronts the dark truths of her past, these revelations shatter her present, unveiling a haunting narrative of struggle and discovery....

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Social media corrupts the mind of a young University student--but can he escape the psychological torment of alienation?...

A documentary part of CBS reports. The plight of mental patients fit for discharge, but who find themselves thrust into communities unprepared to treat or accept them is the focus of this documentary narrated by Bill Moyers. The dilemma of being as s...

In a city where young people disappear, Anya goes through the process of losing her best friend, Mayra, after she transfers to another school. Anya's loneliness and sadness attract Orion, an alien who attaches to her head, but which no one else sees....

Sara does not belong to this world, but in a last effort she sets out on a journey in search of her only important person....

An emotional film about how we respond to tragedy....

A depressed man spirals as he struggles to open up about his mental health. James, a mid-20s modern day man, has battled with anxiety and depression for an unknown amount of time. It’s unclear what caused is and the solution is even more ambiguous. ...

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 first time Regina tried to kill herself, she was 5 years old. Now she's 45 and hell-bent on trying to live....

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 and felt that the person who found his phone was actually following him into his room....

A former Israeli soldier experiences an emotional breakdown when his old friend shows up in his apartment, an encounter that forces him to deal with regret and guilt from the past....

This film recreates the true story of Tom Sukanen, an eccentric Finnish immigrant who homesteaded in Saskatchewan in the 1920s and 1930s. Sukanen spent ten years building and moving overland a huge iron ship that was to carry him back to his native F...

A patient, charged with a murder they cannot remember, find themselves subjected to a 51-50 psychiatric hold in an institution. There, they uncover a chilling truth: the facility is dedicated to treating disorders stemming from supernatural causes....

Under a night sky, four friends play a friendly game of poker. As time progresses, some win, some lose, but it is all fun and games. In the end, things may not be as they appear. Watch to uncover the truth behind what was going on all along....

Coming out of an accident with amnesia, Sophie Bauer tries to reshape herself in the eyes of those who knew her best....

"My uncle is schizophrenic and my grandmother suffers from a terminal illness. My grandfather, who is unable to take care of them both, must decide between his wife and his son." So begins Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez's remarkable documentary about a fami...

A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process....

Two strangers meet on a bridge where they have both come to commit suicide....