Mental Health Movies

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.

In the quiet hum of a café, two strangers cross paths - Kabir, a doctor weighed down by unfinished work and unspoken loneliness, and Vaani, an...

Trapped and alone, a young man must confront the pain he's ignored when he finds himself face-to-face with consequence.

A 2023 Perth Anthology Feature Film. Four directors come together to create and dissect an exploration of mental health through four short, but...

Watch “still here.”, a VHS story by filmmaker Marcos Gale about Rocco (Christyan McGray), a boy who walks between silence and memory,...

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.

Matt Maeson shows the mental struggles he faced while creating his sophomore record Never Had To Leave. Blending film with music, Maeson comes to...

The documentary Psychiatry’s Deadliest Scam critiques the DSM, psychiatry’s diagnostic manual, for labeling normal behaviors as mental...

Humans are story-telling creatures. By thinking, we all unconsciously "author" a self-story in our heads. Most often, the characters and plot of our...

A murdered victim of abuse returns to take revenge on humanity, drawn toward a young man whose troubled psyche may draw more similarites to the dead...

One Last Song is a coming-of-age short animation that explores the emotional bond between three best friends Makayla, Kash, and Benjamin with their...

In the aftermath of war, an extraordinary professor brings hope to children haunted by trauma-induced nightmares.

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

After ending his affair, Trevor burdened with guilt and anxiety, embarks on a mission to heal the wounds of betrayal and restore the trust he once...

Kren's second film and the first he cut according to a strictly serial, sequence technique: in various frame sizes, the 48 portraits from the Szondi...

Seedless is a high-energy thriller-meets-dark-comedy that explores the quiet dissonance between how people present themselves and who they truly are.

Manly Feelings is a short film by Chris Blom, about the difficulty that many men face while experiencing, expressing, and sharing the difficult...

Witness the thrilling story of Risk, Levi, Pixie, Mako and Clover and how one bad decision led to another. The hounds of justice seeks a prey, who...