Mental Illness Movies

Maura Mackenzie believes the world is hers to conquer. With her career as a concert pianist gaining momentum, it seems her beauty and talent will be...

Justin, a troubled teenager feeling overwhelmed by life, confides in his friends that he wants to take his own life. As his parents Deborah and Randy...

The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the...

In this shocking account based on a true story, newlywed Laurie Wade finds her marriage, and eventually the rest of her life, shattered by her...

Filmed over five weeks at the Warrendale residential treatment center near Toronto, "Warrendale" observes twelve emotionally disturbed children and...

A traumatic event – a sudden suicide attempt – opens a gap in the everyday life of a family of three. Their lives change fundamentally,...

Working undercover to expose a corrupt judge, an investigative journalist confronts his secret past plus his mother's mental illness and must choose...

During a group therapy session, one man's withdrawn presence reveals the unseen weight of depression and how it hides in plain sight.

Trapped inside a fortified home owned by a mysterious couple, a young boy quickly learns the true nature of the homicidal inhabitants, and secret...

Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teenage mental health clinic, taking pleasure in making the other patients uncomfortable. But when he is forced...

Nostalgic comic drama in which Cyril and Amos, two veterans of the Normandy landings, return to France to visit the grave of their wartime buddy....

To take control of his life, Travis Wilker must conquer the hallucinations that plagued his childhood.

Crownsville Hospital: From Lunacy to Legacy is a feature-length documentary film highlighting the history of the Crownsville State Mental Hospital in...

A young man tries to be open about his darkest times, before he moves on with his life.

Having lived his entire life under the watchful eye of his overbearing mother, Albert must fend for himself when an unidentified automobile suddenly...

Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the...

Teenage boy is unable to deal with his schizophrenic father.

While everyone knows you can't fight City Hall, there are those who, for whatever reason, can't resist the challenge. Three slightly disturbed...

A young teenager struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the rest of her family.