Mental Illness Movies

After a man dons a pair of fake vampire teeth for a Halloween party, he soon comes to find that he can't take them off again.

"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...

Hyun-dong is a hikikomori. He lives off of the joy of assembling and displaying Gundams in his only space, his home. Then one day, he makes a big...

Mental discomfort is a field yet to be discovered. Where is the borderline between peculiarity and mental illness?

Based on a true story, this is a subtle tale of re-affirmation of the identity of the artist following the Armenian Diaspora. It is an encounter with...

Faceless is a documentary film about the workings of an inpatient psychiatry unit, seen through the eyes of both the patients trying to get well and...

Schizophrenia. It may be one word, but it immediately conjures up multiple connotations. Mad. Incurable. Violent. Suicidal. Chemical imbalances....

What if, instead of bombs, we dropped watermelons? Dreamy and hopeful, this animated short sweeps us up into a colourful world where layers of...

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....

Anker is released from prison after a fourteen year sentence for robbery. Anker’s brother, Manfred, is the only one who knows where the money...

Remake of Wes Craven's 1991 horror comedy.

An elderly woman makes the acquaintance of a strange and disturbed little girl in this haunting film based on the Truman Capote short story 'Miriam.'

This short animated film looks at the relationship between social spaces and taboos surrounding mental illness and other forms of marginalization....

Bunky Blum is picked on in school. His only peace comes during lunch hour, when he and his mentally ill Mother eat McDonalds and visit a talking...

Scott Panetti was tried for the capital murder of his parents-in-law on September 8, 1992 in Gillespie County, Texas. He was subsequently sentenced...

Drama student Bethany McKabe is starring in a student short film helmed by her friends that’s being shot over Halloween. The premise being what...

A troubled young man is the caregiver for both his terminally-ill mother and his mentally-ill sister. When he makes a desperate attempt to save his...