Depression movies and TV shows – page 3

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American Splendor (2003)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
Style: realistic, stylized, dark comedy, independent film, sincere ...
Plot: artist, writer's life, biopic, depression, loneliness, superhero, art, loser, comic book, antisocial behavior, character study, childhood ...
Time: 20th century, year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 60s ...
Place: usa, ohio, new york, cleveland ohio
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The Oh in Ohio (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Priscilla and Jack appear to be the perfect couple, but they have a secret: She is sexually frustrated. They separate in the hope of resolving the situation. While Jack moves into a bachelor pad and begins an affair with a student, Priscilla ...
Style: light, stylized, sex comedy, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: date night
Plot: orgasm, infidelity, depression, sexual dysfunction, adultery, high school, fall in love, love triangle, female masturbation, age difference, lesbian cunnilingus, love ...
Time: year 2006
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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 7.7
 202K
Adaptation. (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story: A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style: satirical, absurd, black comedy, mind bending, dark comedy ...
Plot: twins, filmmaking, depression, writer's block, writers, imagination, mentally unstable, loser, existentialism, obsession, siblings relations, eccentricity ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place: florida, new york, california, usa
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Revolutionary Road (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel by Richard Yates.
Style: bad ending, depressing, heartbreaking, crying, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: adultery, marriage, abortion, mental illness, infidelity, dysfunctional family, depression, death of wife, under the surface, family problems, cheating wife, midlife crisis ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1955, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place: usa, new york, paris france, connecticut
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 6.8
 9K
Mumford (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In the small town of Mumford, a psychologist of the same name moves in and quickly becomes very popular, despite a questionable past.
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, psychological, melancholic ...
Plot: therapy, small town, depression, starting over, mental illness, friendship, psychologist, character study, life philosophy, happy ending, loneliness, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place: phoenix arizona, china, west virginia
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The Skeleton Twins (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Estranged twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront the reasons their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them, they realize the key to fixing their lives may ...
Style: depressing, melancholic, psychological, dark comedy, emotional ...
Plot: estrangement, adultery, suicide attempt, siblings, depression, dysfunctional family, gay, lgbt, infidelity, siblings relations, suicide, mental illness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: britain, usa, los angeles, new york
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 6.7
 5K
Come Undone (2000)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Story of two gorgeous, young French boys who begin a passionate relationship that boils over and threatens to destroy both their lives. Shy Mathieu is 18-years-old and on summer vacation in the south of France. He spends his days lazily sunning ...
Style: emotional, touching, meditative, lyrical, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, depression, suicide attempt, male nudity, teenage life, gay teenager, first gay sexual experience, youth, gay romance, dysfunctional family, love affair, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: south of france, europe, frankfurt germany, brittany
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 5.7
 27K
Aftermath (2017)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake, his mind as he happens to be the air traffic controller, who fails to avert the nightmare. Rage and revenge engulfs Roman ...
Style: psychological, sincere, suspenseful, touching, tense ...
Plot: depression, air traffic controller, guilt, airplane crash, revenge, investigation, tragedy, grief, loss of wife, death, lawyer, vigilante ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: germany
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Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, UK, Sweden, France
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The strange comedy film of two close brothers; one, Wilbur, who wants to kill himself, and the other, Harbour, who tries to prevent this. When their father dies leaving them his bookstore they meet a woman who makes their lives a bit better yet with ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: suicide attempt, depression, redemption, love triangle, mental illness, suicide, fall in love, family relations, human nature, hopes, dark humor, parents and children ...
Time: year 2002, 21st century
Place: scotland, glasgow scotland, europe
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March Comes in Like a Lion (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Rei is a 17-year old professional shōgi player, who lives by himself, not having a real family, and has scarcely any friends. Among his acquaintances is a family, which consists of a young woman, Akari, and two young girls, Hinata and Momo, and who ...
Style: anime, sincere, semi serious, adult animation, seinen ...
Plot: slice of life, depression, bullying, competition, high school life, everyday life, sister sister relationship, dysfunctional family, tournament, coming of age, game, death of sister ...
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 6.9
 63K
Tully (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.
Style: psychological, social, surprise ending, sex comedy, indie film ...
Plot: motherhood, family relations, mother, nanny, depression, plot twist, baby, parents and children, sister in law, baby girl, autism, female protagonist ...
Time: 1950s, year 1977, 80s, 2010s
Place: usa, new york, portland oregon, saudi arabia, phoenix arizona ...
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 7.1
 20K
Wendy and Lucy (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Wendy, a near-penniless drifter, is traveling to Alaska in search of work, and her only companion is her dog, Lucy. Already perilously close to losing everything, Wendy hits a bigger bump in the road when her old car breaks down and she is arrested ...
Style: touching, sad, road movie, psychological, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dog, depression, owner dog relationship, small town, friendship, solitude, life philosophy, on the road, character study, dysfunctional family, travel, social problems ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, 21st century
Place: oregon, alaska, portland oregon, usa
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 8.5
 20K
Please Like Me (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: After breaking up with his girlfriend, Josh comes to the realization that he is homosexual. With the support of his now ex girlfriend Claire, and his best friend and house mate Tom, Josh must help his mother with her battle with depression and the ...
Style: humorous, realistic, sincere, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: gay, roommate, sexuality, friendship, lgbt, depression, homosexual, suicide attempt, low self esteem, gay relationship, dating, self discovery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, indiana
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 6.9
 50K
Gia (1998)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Gia Carangi travels to New York City with dreams of becoming a fashion model. Within minutes of arriving, she meets Wilhelmina Cooper, a wise and high-powered agent who takes Gia under her wing. With Cooper's help and her own natural instincts, ...
Style: psychological, melancholic, erotic, sexy, rough ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night
Plot: lesbian, fashion, addiction, aids, drug abuse, drug addiction, heroin, mental illness, model, supermodel, lesbian romance, fashion industry ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: new york
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Ordinary People (1980)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Beth, Calvin, and their son Conrad are living in the aftermath of the death of the other son. Conrad is overcome by grief and misplaced guilt to the extent of a suicide attempt. He is in therapy. Beth had always preferred his brother and is having ...
Style: depressing, realistic, compassionate, sentimental, crying ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, therapy, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, depression, grief, suicide, coming of age, father son relationship, alienation, psychotherapy, psychoanalysis ...
Time: 20th century, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, middle east, houston texas ...
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Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.
Style: psychological, depressing, surreal, independent film, confusing ...
Plot: depression, existentialism, death, theater, magic realism, schizophrenic, obsession, writers, twists and turns, philosophy, writer's life, loneliness ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 90s, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, berlin germany, manhattan new york city
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The Fire Within (1963)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Alain Leroy is a recovering alcoholic who decides to end his life, but first decides to visit his friends in Paris one last time, in an attempt at finding a reason to continue living.
Style: philosophical, art house, depressing, independent film, existential ...
Plot: suicide, depression, addiction, existentialism, melancholy, alcoholism, drinking, solitude, character study, european, loneliness, mental illness ...
Time: year 1963, 60s
Place: paris france, france, europe, versailles
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The Fault in Our Stars (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story: Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style: touching, emotional, romantic, sentimental, sad ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, love story, youth, first love, teenage life, dealing with death, adolescence, coping, coming of age ...
Time: year 2014, 21st century
Place: amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
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To Write Love on Her Arms (2012)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The story follows 19-year-old Renee who has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. But Renee’s life is that of a darker tale: she’s a young woman battling addiction, depression and self-injury. In a ...
Style: touching, sincere, uplifting, serious, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: depression, life is a bitch, redemption, youth, addiction, rehabilitation, self harm, coming of age, biopic, hopes, music, disability ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, miami, usa, orlando florida
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The Station Agent (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own personal loss.
Style: tragicomedy, humorous, touching, sentimental, sincere ...
Audience: family friendly, chick flick
Plot: loneliness, bittersweet, friendship, depression, small town, melancholy, society, loss, solitude, prejudice, grief, railway ...
Time: year 2003, 21st century
Place: new jersey, nebraska, usa, canada, manhattan new york city
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 6.5
 136K
Antichrist (2009)
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, psychological, scary, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Audience: adult
Plot: insanity, depression, cruelty, violence, fear, controversy, woods, masturbation, real sex, witchcraft, nudity, surrealism ...
Time: 21st century
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The Accidental Tourist (1988)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: After the death of his son, Macon Leary, a travel writer, seems to be sleep walking through life. Macon's wife, seems to be having trouble too, and thinks it would be best if the two would just split up. After the break up, Macon meets a ...
Style: touching, sentimental, emotional, depressing, melancholic ...
Plot: travel, dog, grief, depression, dysfunctional marriage, loss of son, writers, dysfunctional family, death of son, loneliness, eccentricity, breakup ...
Time: 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place: usa, paris france, maryland, london, baltimore
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 8.7
 158K
This Is Us (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Follows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that several of them share the same ...
Style: sentimental, sincere, touching, thought provoking, saga ...
Audience: teens
Plot: adoption, childhood memory, childhood, husband wife relationship, parenthood, father son relationship, depression, teenage angst, family relations, siblings, brother brother relationship, self esteem ...
Time: 90s, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, pittsburgh
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Bang Bang You're Dead (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Trevor is a troubled high school student, thanks to the effects of bullying. This is the story of his fight to break free.
Style: realistic, harsh, suspenseful, sincere, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: bullying, school shooting, depression, teacher, bully, school, social misfits, high school, teenage life, violence, childhood, fighting the system ...
Place: oregon
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 7.9
 35K
Bored to Death (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Jonathan Ames, a young Brooklyn writer, is feeling lost. He's just gone through a painful break-up, thanks in part to his drinking, can't write his second novel, and carouses too much with his magazine editor. Rather than face reality, ...
Style: witty, humorous, semi serious, detective, sitcom ...
Plot: investigation, depression, private detective, friendship, lifestyle change, drinking problem, amateur detective, lifestyle, secret, young man, suspicion, investigator ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
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 7.7
 51K
The Past (2013)
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Italy, Belgium
Duration: 130 min.
Story: After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters ...
Style: thought provoking, sincere, captivating, cerebral, art house ...
Plot: divorce, depression, dysfunctional family, coma, infidelity, parenthood, relationships, suicide, childhood, secret, love and romance, haunted by the past ...
Time: year 2013, 90s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: france, iran, middle east, persia, paris france ...
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 6.8
 2K
Kotoko (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Suffering from double vision, a single mother (Cocco) tries to take care of her baby in the grip of terrifying hallucinations. Experiencing a nervous breakdown, she is deemed unfit to take care of her child and has it taken away from her. The only ...
Style: tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, slasher ...
Audience: toddlers
Plot: depression, mental illness, single mother, child custody, nightmare, hallucination, mental breakdown, violence, rivalry, danger, asian prostitute, psychology ...
Place: japan
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 6.7
 86K
Stay (2005)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his ...
Style: surreal, psychological, surprise ending, confusing, gloomy ...
Plot: suicide, surrealism, twists and turns, obsession, mental illness, psychiatrist, suicide attempt, death, unfulfillment, parallel universe, mental institution, mentally unstable ...
Time: year 2005, future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, new jersey
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matching lock.
Style: sentimental, touching, poignant, sad, inspirational ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: childhood, 9/11, autism, asperger's syndrome, boy, child protagonist, grief, orphan, disability, acceptance, single mother, children ...
Time: september 11 2001, 2010s, year 2011, year 2001, 2000s ...
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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 5.9
 20K
Welcome to Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Style: humorous, black comedy, disturbing, talky, surreal ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: mental illness, depression, obsession, borderline personality disorder, loneliness, mental disorder, storytelling, life turned upside down, media, mental health, satire, friendship ...
Time: year 1989, year 1971, year 1996, year 1991, 21st century
Place: usa, palm springs california, california
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