Movies: Mental health

Two best friends are trapped in their home by Martial Law while the world around them falls apart....

Preston Thornton, an Army veteran, was experiencing paranoid delusions at his home. After calling the Veteran's Crisis line, deputies arrived to transport Preston to a hospital, and tragedy followed....

Filmed across two years and five different cities, Dear Will Carne tells the story of an invisible illness....

A teenager struggles with his identity after an unresolved family relationship....

Ashley, a school girl, is struggling with exam stress and bullying....

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A dark entity lingers over Elsie. A daily struggle, impaired thoughts and emotions causing her to lose contact with external reality....

“Set against the rattle of shopping carts and the white noise of L.A. traffic... “Disco’d” is an unvarnished, moving look at the lives affected by the rising crisis of homelessness.” —Los Angeles Times...

A documentary tracking the daily lives, struggles and triumphs of some young Irish people living with schizophrenia. They speak openly about what it's like to live with such a severe mental health disorder and struggle with delusional thoughts and th...

A found footage film about suicidal ideation. Text written by Hannelore Commers....

Eva is hospitalized at her request for depressive syndrome. It is a way, for her who passes into adulthood, to protect herself from an external world which anxiates and frightens her....

Chasing The Lion is the story of Lionel Sanders' ascent from drug abuse and mental illness to one of the best up-and-coming long-distance triathletes in the world....

Young people with family problems find themselves involved in manipulation through a social network, where life itself is at stake....

Over the course of one night, Juanita, a teacher battling depression teams up with her delinquent student to retrieve something important for her. Will they find solace in each other?...

After her fall, Sophie is aiming to the surface, but she's unable to trust her entourage anymore....

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

This film is not about statistics, or science, or theories, or practices. It’s about mental health and courageously sharing our stories so others will know they are not alone. It’s about what’s happened to us, what will happen to our children, and br...

Filmmaker Gentamu McKinney and medical professionals recall experiences with mental illness and provide insight into the unique mental health struggles faced by the black community....

When Rasmus was 15, his mother and siblings moved from the island Bornholm and left Rasmus with his mentally ill father. Influenced by his father's insecurity, anger and failure, Rasmus chooses to move from Bornholm at the age of 18. Two years later,...

A day in the life of a pathetic clown, as his mental issues begin to consume him and cause his final performance to spiral out of control....