Movies (114) tagged by 'Mental Illness'
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Sybil (1976)
The true story of a young woman named Sybil, whose childhood was so harrowing to her that she developed at least 13 different personalities.
Idioterne (1998)
A group of perfectly intelligent young people decide to react to society's cult of an aimless, non-creative and non-responsible form of intelligence by living t...
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
McMurphy thinks he can get out of doing work while in prison by pretending to be mad. His plan backfires when he is sent to a mental asylum. He tries to liven ...
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Based on the novel written by Stephen Chbosky, this is about 15-year-old Charlie (Logan Lerman), an endearing and naive outsider, coping with first love (Emma W...
The Hours (2003)
Recuperating from a nervous breakdown, Virginia Woolf begins work on her depression-themed novel "Mrs. Dalloway", which goes on to play a key role not only in ...
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
In the classic play by Tennessee Williams, brought to the screen by Elia Kazan, faded Southern belle Blanche DuBois (Vivien Leigh) comes to visit her pregnant...
Analyze That (2003)
The mafia's Paul Vitti (De Niro) is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel (C...
The Dream Team (1989)
Mike is a tad delusional. Harry believes he's a doctor. Jack is an ad executive who believes Jesus is speaking to him. Albert is an adult who occasionally wets...
To Die For (2006)
A cable-TV weather girl who'll do anything to become a celebrity seduces a high school student and convinces him to kill her go-nowhere husband in this black co...
Stateside (2004)
In the 1970's, the irresponsible teenager Mark Deloach of a wealthy and powerful family causes an accident crashing his car and seriously wounding a priest and...
Birdy (1985)
Two friends arrive back from Vietnam, scarred in different ways. One has physical injuries, the other has mental problems that make him yearn to be a bird, a s...
Suffering Man's Charity (2007)
Jonathan Vandermark, is a music teacher with a weakness for young men with great aspirations and without a penny to his name. When one man, Sebastian enters h...
Now, Voyager (1942)
Charlotte Vale suffers under the domination of her Boston matron mother until Dr. Jaquith gets her to visit his sanitarium where she is transformed from frump t...
Secret Cutting (2000)
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Peacock (2010)
John Skillpa, a quiet bank clerk living in tiny Peacock, Nebraska, prefers to live an invisible life. This might have to do with John's secret: he has another p...
The Saint of Fort Washington (1993)
Matthew, a young schizophrenic, finds himself out on the street when a slumlord tears down his apartment building. Soon, he finds himself in even more dire str...
Dans ma peau (2002)
As a result of a deep wound to her leg following a fall, Esther becomes obsessed with her body and skin. At first she merely caresses her arms and traces the ...
The Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Romulus is mentally ill, a troglodyte in a New York City park. He's also a gifted composer and the father of a city cop. On Valentine's Day, a young man freezes...
Dying of the Light (2014)
Evan Lake refuses to retire from his career in the CIA and goes rogue to hunt down his terrorist who tortured him during a mission gone awry years ago.
The Baby (1973) (1973)
A social worker who recently lost her husband investigates the strange Wadsworth family. The Wadsworths might not seem too unusual to hear about them at first -...
Angels of the Universe (2000)
David Attenborough presents a programme that delves into the current state of the planet- he journeys across the globe to demystify what is happening to the p...
The Prey(1984) (1984)
Six campers jaunt off to North Point, where they're promptly stalked and killed by a ghoulish man who ultimately is just looking for a little love.
Edge of Sanity (1989)
When Henry Jekyll's experiments with cocaine have gotten out of control, he transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As Hyde he searches the London streets at ni...
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Peter Falk is a blue collar man trying to deal with his wife's mental instability. He fights to keep a semblance of normality in the face of her bizarre behavi...
The Locusts (1997)
A drifter enters a small town looking for employment. While working at the local cattle ranch, he meets and falls in love with the beautiful Kitty and becomes i...
Welcome to Marwen (2018)
A victim of a brutal attack finds a unique and beautiful therapeutic outlet to help him through his recovery process.
A Sister's Nightmare (2013)
Police officer Jane Rydert's life goes into a tailspin the day her older sister, Cassidy, shows up at her door after sixteen years of confinement in a psychiatr...
Secret Ceremony (1968)
A young nymphette takes an aging prostitute into her home, where they pose as mother and daughter, until the girl's stepfather arrives and menaces the whole s...
Steal This Movie (2002)
The life and times of 60's counterculture icon Abbie Hoffman- founder of the Yippie Party, street theater maven, and leader of more protests t...
Cool Cat Saves the Kids (2015)
Cool Cat is the Coolest Cat in the world and Butch the Bully hates him for it. Butch the Bully tries to bully Cool Cat and his friends.
Mental: A History of the Madhouse (2010)
The global financial meltdown, at a cost of over $20 trillion, resulted in millions of people losing their homes and jobs. Through extensive res...
Leolo (1992)
Young Leo Lauzon is torn between two worlds - the squalid Montreal tenement that he inhabits with his severely dysfunctional (and largely insane) family, and th...
The October Man (1947)
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead o...
Cause for Alarm! (1951)
Invalid George Jones is both physically and mentally ill. He mistakenly believes his wife Ellen and his doctor are having an affair and also planning to kill h...
Bettie Page Reveals All (2012)
The world's greatest pinup model and cult icon, Bettie Page, recounts the true story of how her free expression overcame government witch-hunts to help launch A...
The Doctor and the Devils (1985)
Grave robbers supply a doctor with bodies to test on.
Ghosts of Edendale (2003)
A young couple moves into a neighborhood obsessed with the frightening silent movie history that took place 80 years before. As the boyfriend also becomes obse...
Bombay Beach (2011)
Bombay Beach is one of the poorest communities in southern California located on the shores of the Salton Sea, a man-made sea stranded in the middle of the Colo...
Dominique (1980)
Wealthy and greedy David Ballard wants his wife Dominique out of his life... permanently. He begins subjecting her to cruel mind games, hoping to drive the po...
White Rabbit (2013)
A bullied high school student starts having visions of a rabbit that he killed when he was a kid, soon putting him in a state where his imagination threatens to...
Lust for Life (1956)
The life of brilliant but tortured artist Vincent van Gogh.
Hut in the Woods (2011)
Two misfit boys find each other, building a small cabin in the woods to create a new life. Their daily struggle for survival creates a strong bond between them ...
Jaco (2015)
'JACO' tells the story of Jaco Pastorius, a self-taught, larger-than-life musician who changed the course of modern music. Never-before-seen archive unveils the...
The Screaming Skull (1958)
Newlyweds Eric and Jenni Whitlock retire to his desolate mansion, where Eric's first wife Marianne died from a mysterious freak accident. Jenni, who has a hist...
Marie Krøyer (2012)
At the beginning of the 20th century, Marie is married to Denmark's world famous painter P.S. Krøyer. They are among the country's most admired and famous coupl...
Bloody Wednesday (1987)
This movie is about a guy who is friends with a talking bear.
Oficio de tinieblas (1981)
Set in 1934, and meant to dramatize social injustices, this melodrama examines an official's attempt at land reform. The landowners are against any reform and a...
Te Gek Om Los te Lopen (1981)
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The Manor (2018)
"The Manor," is the macabre tale of mental patient, Amy Hunter (Christina Robinson) and the horrific events that follow her release from Psychiatrist, Dr. Tryvn...
Autopilot (2010)
The haunting story of a man released from a mental institution 16 years after accidentally being responsible for the death of his mother.
The Dark Horse (2014)
The Dark Horse is an emotionally-charged and inspiring drama about a man who searches for the courage to lead, despite his own adversities - finding purpose and...
A Cry in the Night (1956)
A deranged man kidnaps the nubile daughter of a police captain.
David and Lisa (1962)
The emotional story of a young man in a mental institution for teens who begins to understand his psychosis in the environment of others with mental and emotion...
Madeline's Madeline (2018)
A theatre director's latest project takes on a life of its own when her young star takes her performance too seriously.
Maladies (2012)
A talented and successful actor retires at a young age due to a perceived mental illness. Now living in a small town with his deranged sister and his best frien...
Inconceivable (2016)
A woman interprets a kiss at a high school reunion as an invitation to follow her ex across the country and supplant his current family.
Flickan, mamman och demonerna (2016)
A single mother's mental health is failing, and her young daughter has to deal with her rapidly switching moods and bizarre outbursts.
Elling (2001)
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kje...
The Last Time I Saw Richard (2014)
In 1995, Jonah is proud to be the loner at the teen mental health clinic. But when a new patient, Richard, is admitted and the boys are forced to share a room, ...
Chasing Holden (2003)
A troubled young man (Qualls) goes on a journey to meet an author whom he feels has a strong hold on his life.
My Name Is Alan and I Paint Pictures (2007)
What makes an artist? What drives someone to create a painting, a composition or write a novel? While many academic categories of art exist, not every artist ea...
The Hitler Family (2005)
This film provides history about members of Adolf Hitler's family of origin and surviving members of his family up to the date of it's release. It highlights su...
The Girl from Trieste (1982)
An aging artist sees a beautiful young woman drowning near the beach and helps her. They become lovers. At first he is smitten by her youth, beauty and free spi...
Anita - Tänze des Lasters (1987)
In modern-day Berlin (1987), Frau Kutowski goes insane, believing herself to be the (real-life) notorious Anita Berber, a nude art dancer/drug addict/scandalous...
Act of Violence (1949)
An embittered, vengeful POW stalks his former commanding officer who betrayed his men's planned escape attempt from a Nazi prison camp.
No Letting Go (2015)
What would you do to save your child? A young teenager struggles with a debilitating mental illness as his mom risks everything to save him without losing the r...
Tuxedo Joe (2007)
An aspiring comedic actor with a promising future has his life and career turned upside down after he is diagnosed with a mental illness.
Baby Jane (2019)
Jonna (19) is leaving her small town just after finishing her education, going to the big city, enjoying big city life until she is attacked by a man at night. ...
Louis Theroux: Talking to Anorexia (2017)
Louis meets different people suffering from anorexia and sees how it impacts their family as well as their personal health.
Roseanne Cancelled by ABC After Roseanne Barr Calls George Soros Out (2018)
Roseanne Cancelled by ABC After Roseanne Barr Calls George Soros Out
Angela (1995)
The ten year-old Angela and her little sister Ellie move to an old house in the countryside with her parents Mae and Andrew. Their mother has mental illness and...
Black Marigolds (2013)
Writer Ryan Cole and his Wife Kate go to an off season vacation house where he intends to finish his second novel. But their plans are changed by a devastating ...
Love and Fury (2016)
In 1980's Helsinki, a city about to burst with young energy and rebellion, two young writers determined to conquer the world fall madly in love. For Inka, the l...
The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021)
English artist Louis Wain rises to prominence at the end of the 19th century for his surreal cat paintings that seemed to reflect his declining sanity.
Paper Tiger (2021)
An immigrant mother fears her mentally-ill teenaged son is turning into a school shooter.
Home Before Dark (1958)
Simmons is magnetic as Charlotte, her lovely, delicate face reflecting the inner turmoil of a woman battling for sanity after she walks out of a mental institut...
Lilian's Story (1996)
For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her b...
World of Compulsive Hoarders (2007)
A look at compulsive hoarding, and how this mental condition has affected the lives of four sufferers in particular.
Crazy Moon (1987)
A rich young kleptomaniac and a deaf store worker form a relationship after an ordeal with a stolen mannequin.
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
A young woman, Karin, has recently returned to the family island after spending some time in a mental hospital. On the island with her is her lonely brother and...
Sátántangó (1994)
Plotting on a payment they are about to receive, residents of a collapsing collective farm see their plans turn into desolation when they discover that Irimiás,...
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
True story of the life of Jimmy Piersall, who battled mental illness to achieve stardom in major league baseball.
Private Worlds (1935)
The work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disappro...
Maniac on the Loose (2008)
A patient described as "Extremely Dangerous" has escaped from the local psychiatric hospital. Fearing that he'll lose his job if word gets out, the head of the ...
Whispering City (1947)
When a nagging wife commits suicide, her husband is threatened with a murder frame by his lawyer, unless he kills a certain female reporter for him.
Crazy People (1990)
A bitter ad executive who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the ...
Separation (1968)
Separation concerns the inner life of a woman during a period of breakdown - marital, and possibly mental. Her past and (possible?) future are revealed through ...
Out of Mind, Out of Sight (2014)
Profiles four residents of the Brockville Mental Health Centre, a forensic psychiatric hospital for people who have committed violent crimes.
The Painted Lady (1912)
A lonely young woman lives with her strict father who forbids her to wear make-up. One day at an ice cream social, she meets a young man you seems interested in...
Paper Spiders (2020)
A bittersweet story about coming of age in the shadow of mental illness.
Fourteen (2019)
Over the course of a decade, a young woman becomes increasingly dysfunctional due to undiagnosed mental illness, or perhaps to drugs, while her more stable frie...
The Drummer and the Keeper (2017)
An unlikely friendship develops between the bipolar drummer of a rock band and an institutionalized teen suffering from Asperger's syndrome.
All She Ever Wanted (1996)
The Stockmans are the perfect couple...young, successful, and deeply in love...but they have one problem: They want children. Since Rachel suffers from severe b...
Joe Cinque's Consolation (2016)
On 26 October 1997, Australian National University student Anu Singh killed her boyfriend, Joe Cinque, by lacing his coffee with Rohypnol and injecting him with...
Shadey (1985)
A young man discovers that not only does he have the ability to read minds, but that if he holds a camera next to his head he can transmit the thoughts he sees ...
El gato desaparece (2011)
Luis, a recognized university professor is out of the psychiatric clinic where he spent the last three years, hospitalized after a psychotic episode that led hi...
Prima della rivoluzione (1965)
Following the death of his friend, an Italian youth grows increasingly closer to his young aunt.
The Deadly Trap (1971)
Jill is surprised and angry when her computer-genius boyfriend decides to quit his job in a big company for unclear reasons. But when her children disapear myst...
The Inside Outtakes - Bo Burnham (2022)
Exactly one year after the release of the one man show, "Bo Burnham: Inside" (made in one room, by one person, throughout the pandemic,) comes a serie...
The Good Mother (2013)
After her best friend dies, a teen discovers that the girl's mother deliberately made her sick.
Lost in the Wash (2005)
In the process of a talkshow interview, a famous screenwriter finds himself hopelessly entangled in the lives of the characters in his screenplay as those chara...
5000 Blankets (2022)
When her husband has a mental breakdown and goes missing, a woman and her young son set out to find him on the streets, sparking a movement that inspires a city...
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