Anxiety movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant anxiety movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, captivating, suspense, humorous, weird and clever films and TV shows about / with anxiety, fear, storytelling, mental illness, dialogue, catastrophe, friendship, nude, runaway and anger plots mostly in Drama, Comedy and Thriller genres shot in USA, Italy, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as anxiety: Short Skin (2014), Disorder (2015), Inside Out 2 (2024), Beau Is Afraid (2023), Prescription for Danger (2018), About Alex (2014), Antichrist (2009), The Dirties (2013), Silver Linings Playbook (2012), Leave the World Behind (2023).
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Ever since he was a child, the seventeen-yearold Edoardo has suffered from a malformation of the foreskin that stops him from masturbating and makes him insecure and ill at ease with girls. Shut up in his sexless microcosm, Edoardo reacts with ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, captivating, sexual, psychological ...
Plot:
coming of age, anxiety, sexuality, surgery, teenage love, masturbation, family relations, teenage life, youth, misfit, teenage boy, naked man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
An ex-soldier with PTSD is hired to protect the wife and child of a wealthy Lebanese businessman while he's out of town.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
bodyguard, anxiety, hallucination, surveillance camera, rich man, video surveillance, thunderstorm, ex soldier, party, beach, swimming pool, army ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
afghanistan, maryland, france, mediterranean sea, french riviera
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244K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Teenager Riley's mind headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions! Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear and Disgust, who’ve long been running a successful operation by all accounts, ...
Style:
3d animation, computer animated, feel good, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, teen drama
Plot:
joy, puberty, coming of age, anxiety, anger, teenager, 13 year old, sadness, mind, friendship, memory, fear ...
Place:
san francisco, california
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
An anxious man learns of the death of his mother under mysterious circumstances and upon traveling home makes an alarming discovery about his past. During his journey, he runs into various crazy supernatural threats.
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, anxiety, paranoia, therapist, nightmare, fear, death of mother, domineering mother, childhood trauma, violence, guilt, shame ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Ivy Fisher is at the top of her game; A whip-smart, devastatingly attractive upstart business owner. She is your typical thirty something, with a stalled personal life and overactive career. But during a crucial investor meeting, Ivy's body ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, suspense
Plot:
anxiety, evil doctor, malpractice, doctors and patients, doctor, male female relationship, doctor patient relationship, deception, receptionist, diagnosis, bare chested male, secretary ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A circle of twenty-something friends reunite for a weekend away to console a suicidal member of their group. Yet, despite their best efforts to enjoy themselves, a tinderbox of old jealousies, unrequited love, and widening political differences ...
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, surreal, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
suicide attempt, depression, reunited friends, group of friends, friendship, relationships, friends, anxiety, writer's block, life philosophy, introspection, college graduate ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york state, new york
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144K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Denmark, Germany, France, Sweden, Italy, Poland
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Style:
disturbing, sexy, dark, psychological, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, depression, cruelty, guilt, controversy, fear, violence, woods, female nudity, nudity, black magic, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
school shooting, bullying, found footage, high school, bully, vengeance, misfit, filmmaking, best friend, violence spree, food, high school student ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Style:
romantic, touching, romantic comedy, inspirational, sentimental ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, love, family drama, bipolar disorder, depression, adaptation, character study, social misfits, supportive parent, father son relationship, male female friendship, mental patient ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, peru, usa, pennsylvania, america ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.
Style:
psychological thriller, suspenseful, tense, psychological, sinister ...
Plot:
blackout, catastrophe, chaos, crisis, anxiety, apocalypse, terror, vacation gone wrong, vacation, problem, civil war, social issues ...
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176K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, UK, France, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, psychological, bad ending, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
survival, trapped, buried alive, isolation, confined, claustrophobia, terrorist, captivity, twists and turns, threat, panic, desperation ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 20th century, 2000s, year 2006 ...
Place:
iraq, middle east
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204K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatrist, manipulation, murder, patient, sleepwalking, twists and turns, doctor, mental patient, mental institution, deception ...
Time:
2010s, year 2013, future, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Anka is becoming extremely anxious about her beloved husband Witek, a war correspondent. But where does the border lie between reality and catastrophic visions?
Style:
tense, captivating, psychological thriller, melancholic
Plot:
anxiety, fear, war correspondent, mental illness, life is a bitch, married couple, marital problem, couples, military life, social problems, journalist, relationship problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
poland, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Italy
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
To honor her best friend's last wish, a young woman with severe anxiety confronts her greatest fears to try and reclaim her life — and perhaps find love.
Style:
humorous, captivating, entertaining, emotional, reflective ...
Plot:
mental health, anxiety, friendship, love, love and romance, life & death, friends, death, death of girlfriend, life, personal growth, resilience ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A young man in Calgary, Alberta is multiphobic: nonetheless, he believes that he is the cause of the fear which is killing people around him.
Style:
psychological, satirical, thrilling, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot:
fear, phobia, anxiety, satire, lifestyle, problem, social problems, mental illness, panic, paranoia, guilt, character study ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
David’s life is on the slide: he’s broke, in the middle of a divorce and ‘can’t get it up’. His girlfriend, Alice, is his rock, but the magazine she writes for is going down and the pressure is on to find a story. While job hunting ...
Style:
erotic, sexy, psychological, captivating, romantic comedy ...
Plot:
swinger couple, swinger, swingers, watching sex, swinger party, extramarital affair, adultery, orgy, orgasm, infidelity, male female relationship, family relations ...
Place:
scotland
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries ...
Style:
retro, humorous, sad, laugh out loud, sex comedy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night
Plot:
misunderstanding, marriage, love, husband wife relationship, best friend, doctor, housewife, farce, false confession, hypochondriac, marital problem, nightmare ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 60s
Place:
tokyo, california, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A nebbish of a morgue attendant gets shunted back to the night shift where he is shackled with an obnoxious neophyte partner who dreams of the "one great idea" for success. His life takes a bizarre turn when a prostitute neighbour ...
Style:
funny, humorous, light, talky, intense ...
Plot:
pimp, friendship, prostitution, sex club, elevator, thanksgiving, christmas, extortion, fiance fiancee relationship, anger, neighbor, argument ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1982
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
Style:
sweet, colorful, light, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
friendship, pig, rescue, farm, children, friends who live together, misunderstanding, animal human communication, compassion, spider, rat, cat ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
usa, new england, maine
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142K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Style:
surreal, psychological, avant garde, art house, experimental ...
Plot:
surrealism, baby, existentialism, nightmare, insanity, psychology, dream, loneliness, psychosis, factory, dark humor, eccentricity ...
Time:
70s, year 1977, 20th century
Place:
america, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy. A chronicle of the minutes of one woman’s life, Cléo from 5 to 7 is a spirited mix of ...
Style:
art house, black and white, contemplative, psychological, atmospheric ...
Plot:
cancer, superstition, soldier, anxiety, feminism, feminist, hospital, women, storytelling, art, character study, fear of death ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 20th century, 1930s
Place:
paris france, france, algeria, czechoslovakia, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The mafia's Paul Vitti is back in prison and will need some serious counseling when he gets out. Naturally, he returns to his analyst Dr. Ben Sobel for help and finds that Sobel needs some serious help himself as he has inherited the family ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, sexy, stylized ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
organized crime, prison, mafia, mob hit, gangster, therapy, childhood trauma, ex convict, death of father, heist, car chase, depression ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, las vegas
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722K
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
In the not so distant future, Theodore, a lonely writer purchases a newly developed operating system designed to meet the user's every needs. To Theodore's surprise, a romantic relationship develops between him and his operating system. ...
Style:
melancholic, philosophical, futuristic, crying, clever ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
loneliness, artificial intelligence, existentialism, philosophy, love, melancholy, computer, cyberspace, impossible love, solitude, love story, relationship problems ...
Time:
near future, future, year 2013, distant future, 2030s ...
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Laura and Marta share a nice apartment. Laura, the youngest one, began to document their life in the house with her camera. Marta undergoes the continual jokes of the friend. One day Laura, poking too much her nose in the privacy of Marta, discovers ...
Style:
captivating, scary, suspense, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot:
found footage, fear, friendship, anxiety, secret, rage, anger, prank, roommate, book, occult, strange behavior ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
rome italy
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23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Toc Toc is a 2017 Spanish comedy film directed by Vicente Villanueva. The movie follows the adventures and misadventures of a group of patients with OCD dated at the same time.
Style:
psychological, humorous, light, entertaining, surreal ...
Plot:
obsessive compulsive disorder, group therapy, dyslexia, socially awkward, anxiety, psychiatrist, self acceptance, obsession, mental disorder, illness, doctor, awkward situation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
spain, france, istanbul turkey, tokyo, paris france ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Preeti Sengupta (Tanushree Dutta) is an airhostess living in with her boyfriend Karan Malhotra (Rohit Roy). They share a nice 2BHK apartment in the northern suburbs of Mumbai and are befriended by their elderly neighbor Madhusudan Tanha (Anupam ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, enigmatic, remake of american film
Plot:
femme fatale, dark past, insanity, bipolar disorder, roommate, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mental illness, breakup, insecurity, anxiety, investigation, friendship ...
Place:
mumbai india
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
Story:
Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Style:
suspenseful, sincere, serious, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
love interest, first love, loneliness, anxiety, college, panic attack, teenage love, writers, family drama, mental health, single father, alcohol abuse ...
Place:
manchester, northern england
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.
Style:
period piece, funny, captivating, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
friendship, high school, grief, teen angst, anxiety, suburbs, video store, coming of age, teenager, creativity, teenage protagonist, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s
Place:
canada, ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Style:
touching, funny, sentimental, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, depression, psychiatric ward, coming of age, mental institution, adolescence, teenage love, teenage life, friendship, suicidal, psychiatry, anxiety ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, year 1999, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, usa, brooklyn new york city, new york
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Pressure from his boss and a skin-cream client produces a talking boil on a British adman's neck.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, ironic, talky, enigmatic ...
Plot:
advertising, workplace, business, satire, creativity, advertising agency, obsession, introspection, mental illness, body horror, advertising executive, psychiatrist ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
paris france, russia, jerusalem
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