Mental Health Movies

After her most recent stint in a mental institution puts her on the path to self discovery, Deborah, a young screenwriter, is released and seeks...

The complex and controversial history of the mental institution in the U.S. through a detailed study of St. Elizabeths Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker, Honorable but Broken highlights the highs and significant lows -- the emotional toll of the job, lack of mental...

In order to prepare himself for rejection, Mark Cronin makes a film documenting all the possible ways he can get rejected by his crush. Along the...

A young man sets out to challenge the world and himself after a hard partying. Along his manic journey, he encounters his Sancho Panza, the party...

Alice Miller (1923-2010) psychologist and researcher, became world famous for her books about child abuse and its consequences. But how was it like...

A girl who's living abroad, alone for the first time, misses her cat.

A young Nigerian student and poet, abused and neglected by his cruel stepmother, finds solace in friendship. His wrongful arrest tests his...

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

One woman and her family trek the broken mental health system in an effort to save her brother as he descends into madness. Beginning as a testimony...

Addy is having a perfectly normal day until her online girlfriend surprises her with a proposed first meeting. She should be over the moon. Except...

Damon Smith has estimated that he has spent around 50,000 hours of his life, so far, participating in absurd ritualistic behaviours associated with...

Dutch ice freediver Kiki Bosch swims in the world's coldest waters without a wetsuit as therapy for a trauma she experienced, and to inspire others.

It offers a nuanced look at life in the women's ward of a psychiatric clinic, where most patients have been convicted of a crime.

Inspired by the student revolutions of 1968, two women in Germany and Japan set out to plot world revolution as leaders of the Baader Meinhof Group...

In just sixty years, South Korea went from being one of the poorest countries on the Asian continent to having the 12th largest economy in the entire...

A tormented man struggling with his inner demons, seeks desperately a way to be at peace with himself.

In Fear, documentary filmmaker Michiel van Erp creates a collage of inhabitants of the city of Amsterdam who struggle with various anxiety disorders....