| Love & Mercy (2014) | 7.4 | |
| Irma Vep (1996) | 7.0 | |
| American Psycho (2000) | 7.6 | |
| The Experiment (2001) | 7.7 | |
| The Hours (2002) | 7.5 |
Nervous breakdown movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant nervous breakdown movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, psychological, interesting, weird, thought provoking and serious films and TV shows about / with nervous breakdown, storytelling, mentor, dialogue, mental illness, catastrophe, loneliness, twists and turns, insanity and brutality plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Comedy genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as nervous breakdown: Wakefield (2016), Force Majeure (2014), Acrimony (2018), Take Shelter (2011), Secret Window (2004), Moon (2009), The End of Innocence (1990), Carnival of Souls (1962), A Beautiful Mind (2001), The Shining (1980).
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List of nervous breakdown movies
19K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man's nervous breakdown causes him to leave his wife and live in his attic for several months.
Style:
serious, psychological, suspense, depressing, sad ...
Plot:
loneliness, jealousy, missing person, marriage, nervous breakdown, street life, attic, midlife crisis, mental disorder, hiding, neighbor, absent father ...
Place:
grand central station manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, France, Norway, Denmark, Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Style:
dark comedy, tense, art house, neurotic, emotional ...
Plot:
nordic, avalanche, cowardice, ski resort, marital strife, passive aggressive behavior, nervous breakdown, family vacation, family holiday, tourism, mountain, vacation gone wrong ...
Time:
2010s, year 2014
Place:
alps, scandinavia, europe
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11K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A faithful wife takes action when it becomes clear to her that her devious husband has betrayed her.
Style:
rom com, emotional, tragic ending, rough, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
attempted murder, nervous breakdown, depression, divorce, courtroom, female psychopath, deception, financial problem, revenge, unfaithful husband, borderline personality disorder, husband wife relationship ...
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115K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.
Style:
psychological, dark, ambiguous ending, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
mental illness, nightmare, schizophrenia, obsession, insanity, paranoia, nervous breakdown, dream, delusion, character study, premonition, couple relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 1986, 21st century
Place:
ohio, columbus ohio, peru, usa
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220K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, dark, suspense ...
Plot:
psychology, twists and turns, insanity, split personality, stephen king, isolation, losing-it hero, obsession, plot twist, haunted house, macabre, writer's life ...
Time:
year 2004, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
mississippi, usa, tennessee, new york state
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392K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, loneliness, space travel, outer space, astronaut, space, twists and turns, solitude, space and aliens, human clone, cloning ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Seemingly autobiographical story of a woman overwhelmed with trying to please everyone except herself, and not finding any answers until she's admitted to a rehab center by her parents. Eventually here is where she finds her answers.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, psychological, emotional ...
Plot:
nervous breakdown, rehabilitation center, rehabilitation, drug abuse, mental institution, parents and children, family problems, life is a bitch, doctors and patients, addiction, family relations, power relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish ...
Style:
atmospheric, cult classic, dark, gothic, creepy ...
Plot:
carnival, afterlife, female protagonist, ghost, supernatural, car accident, surrealism, nervous breakdown, american horror, boarding house, spirit, coffee ...
Time:
year 1962
Place:
salt lake city utah, utah, usa, kansas
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, imagination, scientist, prodigy, nobel prize, imaginary friend, mathematician ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 1940s, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
harvard university, boston, new jersey, detroit, persia ...
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
Style:
psychological, suspense, scary, disturbing, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, hotel, insanity, supernatural, psychopath, stephen king, ghost, snow, imaginary friend, danger, evil, haunting ...
Time:
20th century, year 1980, 80s, 1920s, 70s
Place:
colorado, denver colorado, persia, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Col. Vincent Kane is a military psychiatrist who takes charge of an army mental hospital situated in a secluded castle. Among Kane's many eccentric patients is Capt. Billy Cutshaw, a troubled astronaut in the midst of an existential crisis. ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
astronaut, atheism, mental illness, insanity, therapy, psychotherapy, nervous breakdown, nightmare, psychiatric hospital, castle, religion, insane asylum ...
Time:
year 1980, year 2016, 80s
Place:
vietnam, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
dark comedy, detective, independent film, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
chiropractor, wrestling, revenge, wrestler, nervous breakdown, fight, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, father son reconciliation, murder, biker, villain ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Escape from Alcatraz tells the story of the only three men ever to escape from the infamous maximum security prison at Alcatraz. In 29 years, the seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and "Birdman" Robert ...
Style:
atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, exciting, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
prison, prison escape, alcatraz, escape, prison life, freedom, jail, island, prison warden, harassment, prison guard, convict ...
Time:
year 1960, 20th century, year 1979, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place:
san francisco, bay area, usa, canada
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235K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain. As an overwhelming terror begins taking over her life, Rose must confront her troubling past ...
Style:
psychological, psychological horror, suspense, scary, mysterious ...
Audience:
chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
curse, supernatural power, fear, evil smile, going insane, psychiatric ward, demon, mental illness, paranoia, suicide, female protagonist, mental health ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
After an encounter with UFOs, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen.
Style:
captivating, cerebral, breathtaking, atmospheric, mysterious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens, adult ...
Plot:
ufo, alien, first contact, alien abduction, technology, alien contact, space and aliens, contact, flying saucer, extraterrestrial, chase, airplane ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1977, near future, future
Place:
wyoming, indiana, india, ohio, north america ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, teen, sincere, melancholic, sad ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, teenage love, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, year 1991, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
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131K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets in Chicago.
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, romantic drama, psychological, touching ...
Plot:
death, depression, death of wife, grief, existentialism, father in law son in law relationship, nervous breakdown, self discovery, widower, loss of wife, honesty, car accident ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016
Place:
new york
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A horror movie star returns to his famous role after years in a mental institution. But the character seems to be committing murders independent of his will.
Style:
independent film, psychotronic, grindhouse, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot:
costume party, nervous breakdown, masked killer, murder, movie star, false accusation of murder, whodunit, new year's eve party, red herring, foster parent, insanity, actor ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
scotland yard, england, london
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Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What starts as a poignant medical documentary about Deborah Logan's descent into Alzheimer's disease and her daughter's struggles as caregiver degenerates into a maddening portrayal of dementia at its most frightening, as hair-raising ...
Style:
disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric, suspense, creepy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, mental illness, found footage, kidnapping, possession, hospital, supernatural horror, demon, serial killer, insanity, investigation, illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
virginia
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A Chinese movie actress, in France to star in a remake of "Les Vampires", finds petty intrigues and clashing egos on the set.
Style:
art house, stylized, clever, witty, mind bending ...
Plot:
filmmaking, cat burglar, latex, nervous breakdown, satire, movie actress, actress playing herself, female nudity, culture clash, hotel, paranoia, kung fu ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, los angeles, new york ...
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
A girl on the road to stardom fights the dehumanizing effects of Hollywood life.
Style:
realistic, tense, serious, emotional, cult classic ...
Plot:
hollywood, coming of age, tomboy, secret relationship, marriage proposal, nervous breakdown, movie star, rags to riches, showbiz, naive young woman, mental breakdown, gay husband ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1936
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, arizona
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
The life of reclusive and eccentric Beach Boys songwriter and musician Brian Wilson.
Style:
emotional, factual, intense, talky, melancholic ...
Plot:
musician, mental illness, pop music, music, biopic, songwriter, psychotherapist, drug abuse, medical malpractice, hearing voices, nervous breakdown, relationships ...
Time:
60s, year 1939, year 1992, year 1971, year 1995 ...
Place:
california, los angeles, malibu california, usa, southern california ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Das Experiment is a shocking psycho thriller about the potential for brutality that humans hide. Even more shocking is the fact that it’s based on an actual occurrence—a 1971 psychological experiment at Stanford University that was aborted ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, thought provoking, rough, tense ...
Plot:
prison, experiment, torture, abuse, social experiment, aggression, prison escape, disorder, degradation, warden, psychology, violence ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
germany, canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style:
suspenseful, clever, suspense, political thriller, disturbing ...
Plot:
lawyer, legal, business, twists and turns, conspiracy, guilt, character study, divorce, nervous breakdown, law firm, courtroom, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.
Style:
sexy, tense, humorous, atmospheric, romantic ...
Plot:
filmmaking, art, nervous breakdown, satire, adaptation, director, workplace, actor's life, artists and showbiz, nothing goes right, workplace situations, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1973, future, 70s, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, nice france, french riviera, riviera
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: France, USA
Duration: 142 min.
Story:
An Innuit hunter races his sled home with a fresh-caught halibut. This fish pervades the entire film, in real and imaginary form. Meanwhile, Axel tags fish in New York as a naturalist's gofer. He's happy there, but a messenger arrives to ...
Style:
art house, surreal, melancholic, atmospheric, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
desert, magic realism, car salesman, nervous breakdown, self discovery, surrealism, family relations, fall in love, love and romance, eccentric family, on the road, sex scene ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
arizona, alaska, usa, new york, papua new guinea
Is relevant?
106K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Music
Country: France, USA, Netherlands
Duration: 140 min.
Story:
The story of the famous and influential 1960's rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Style:
psychedelic, sexy, factual, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
rock and roll, music band, musician, drug addiction, addiction, musician's life, life philosophy, music, biopic, drug abuse, rise and fall, hippie ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, year 1965, year 1969 ...
Place:
california, paris france, los angeles, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A God-fearing bluesman takes to a wild young woman who, as a victim of childhood sexual abuse, is looking everywhere for love, but never quite finding it.
Style:
sexy, emotional, cult classic, sexual, erotic ...
Plot:
captive, sex scene, destiny, trauma, nymphomaniac, promiscuous woman, sex addict, outdoor sex, sexual harassment, nervous breakdown, sexualized violence, unfaithful girlfriend ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, southern usa, mississippi, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, north america, san diego california
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