Mental Illness Movies

After Dontre Hamilton, a black, unarmed man diagnosed with schizophrenia, was shot 14 times and killed by police in Milwaukee, his family embarks on...

An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims...

Shattered by a lifetime of isolation and self loathing due to his mentally ill mother's psychological abuse, a son's obsession to reunite with her...

In this shockingly dark but utterly poignant comedy from Alison Becker and Kimmy Gatewood, a depressed woman contemplates ending her life, if she...

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...

Initially airing on HBO's "America Undercover" series, this riveting documentary focuses on three families shattered by the psychiatric disorder of...

In this farewell letter to Ana (aka Anorexia), I reveal the suffering associated with this illness. I express my desire to regain my freedom and...

A documentary, divided into "chapters", about the life of the inmates of the asylum on Leros. From the point of view that the mentally ill are...

16-year-old Aaron is an obsessive applicant to the Australian Army. He is rejected due to his Mental incapability's and relieves his anger through...

Abby, a woman consumed by neglected OCD, finds herself trapped in a web of psychosis. Haunted by her inner demons, Abby battles debilitating...

About confusion and fear of the incomprehensible, deviations, and about mental illness as a phenomenon.

Scrabble is a religion. I'll tell you how I found my religion.

Manuela is a woman who leads an extremely gridded life, always following a list of tasks that gives meaning to her existence. The moment that list...

Jordan finds herself trapped only with the mysterious instruction from the phone that leads her to shocking revelations as she tries to escape the...

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.

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...