Mental illness movies and TV shows – page 5
Best films
New films
| The Last Viking (2025) | 7.2 | |
| Together (2025) | 6.7 | |
| Blue Moon (2025) | 6.8 | |
| Caravan (2025) | 6.6 | |
| All in Favor (2025) | 6.4 |
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Described as an 'epic environmental horror' film. Plot TBA.
Style:
dark comedy, psychological horror, atmospheric, bleak, grim ...
Plot:
mental illness, postpartum depression, sexless marriage, car accident, emotional breakdown, hallucination, psychosis, isolation, desolation, character study, slow burn, claustrophobia ...
Place:
montana
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A casual encounter in a train will lead Helga Pato to a circle of insanity, perversion and trash, a lot of trash.
Style:
non-linear, suspense, disturbing, suspenseful, absurd ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
mental illness, female rapist, dog sex, first sexual experience, zoophilia, bestiality, videotaping, split personality, dark humor, family relations, train travel, child abuse ...
Time:
90s
Place:
kosovo, paris france, madrid
Is relevant?
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller set in the world of underground dubstep, Snap is the story of Jim Whitman, a brilliant but painfully introverted musician who develops a crush on a young social worker.
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, tense, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
mental illness, obsession, composer, danger, dangerous attraction, stalking, haunted by the past, character study, psychosis, paranoia, isolation, hallucination ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, america
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
split personality, mental illness, dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder, racist, racism, go go dancer, mental health, dancer, illness, doctors and patients, identity crisis ...
Time:
20th century, year 2010, 70s, year 1957, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, los angeles, savannah georgia
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog ...
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, funny, entertaining, cynical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, mental illness, loser, gay interest, stoner, odd couple, buddies, foe turned friend, lifestyle, suicide attempt, surrealism, slacker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
When Elizabeth returns to her mother's home after her marriage breaks up, she recreates her imaginary childhood friend, Fred, to escape from the trauma of losing her husband and her job. In between the chaos and mayhem that Fred creates, ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, humorous, absurd, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult, teen drama
Plot:
imaginary friend, childhood memory, mental illness, emotional manipulation, friendship, vengeance, personal growth, emotional abuse, absent father, self discovery, mother daughter relationship, adult humor ...
Time:
80s
Place:
minnesota, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their collective art, the lines ...
Style:
psychological, contemplative, unusual plot structure, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, theatre group, depression, theatre director, husband wife relationship, underage drinking, african american, brother sister relationship, public speaking, job, theater ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Is relevant?
19K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Boss is an American political drama television serial created by Farhad Safinia. The series stars Kelsey Grammer as Tom Kane, the mayor of Chicago, who has recently been diagnosed with dementia with Lewy bodies, a degenerative neurological disorder.
Style:
political, clever, cynical, erotic, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, mayor, boss, political intrigue, career, mental illness, dishonesty, power struggle, ambitious, corruption, ambition, boss and employee ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
48 hours in the life of a burnt-out paramedic. Once called Father Frank for his efforts to rescue lives, Frank sees the ghosts of those he failed to save around every turn. He has tried everything he can to get fired, calling in sick, delaying ...
Style:
psychological, bleak, serious, cerebral, dark comedy ...
Plot:
medical, mental illness, ambulance, hospital, redemption, paramedic, insomnia, hallucination, character study, crime gone awry, rescue, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, empire state building manhattan new york city, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The teenager Christina, her younger brother Bobby, and their father James Tarling moves to a rented house in a small town in Washington to be close to Christina's mother Joanne, who is interned in an asylum. The house is being repaired by Howie ...
Style:
slasher, psychological, suspenseful, rough, scary ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, psychopath, mental illness, psychiatric hospital, house, small town, serial killer, amateur detective, teenage girl, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, female protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Place:
washington state
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.
Style:
dark comedy, depressing, talky, black comedy, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
mental illness, high school, small town, emotional breakdown, drinking, hometown, divorce, depression, borderline personality disorder, thirtysomething life, hate crime, old love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota, new jersey, california
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, obsession, dream, alternate reality, parallel universe, hollywood, filmmaking, lesbian sex, nightmare ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california, mulholland drive
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The life you love may be your own.... The wife of a much older man finds herself attracted to their neighbour's son, who is closer to her age.
Style:
melancholic, stylized, sensual, sweet, offbeat ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
age difference, mental illness, depression, marriage, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional family, love and romance, starting over, parents and children, haunted by the past, family problems, retirement ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 2000s, year 2009, 20th century ...
Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
38K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalized wife, while a series of brutal attacks committed by a brood of mutant children coincides with the husband's investigation.
Style:
creepy, cult classic, disturbing, suspenseful, slasher ...
Plot:
body horror, mental illness, killer child, murder, creepy child, childhood trauma, child abuse, psychiatrist, transformation, strangulation, supernatural, mutant ...
Time:
year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Explores sisters, in their twenties, their parents, and family dysfunctions. Kay is gangly and slightly askew, consulting a fortune teller and then falling in love with a man because of a mole on his face and a lock of hair; then, falling out of ...
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, surreal, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
mental illness, woman urinating, dysfunctional family, male nudity, feminist, sisters, women, treehouse, obsession, woman peeing, death of sister, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
australia, new zealand
Is relevant?
32K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In a remote woodland cabin, a small town doctor discovers Nell - a beautiful young hermit woman with many secrets.
Style:
sentimental, touching, psychological, compassionate, serious ...
Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
isolation, feral child, mental illness, twins, childhood, disability, child born of rape, mother daughter relationship, loneliness, secrets, self discovery, doctors and patients ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
King George III's erratic behaviour leads to a plot in Parliament to have him declared insane and removed from the throne.
Style:
costume drama, period piece, political, talky, clever ...
Plot:
monarchy, politics, biopic, royalty, nobility, aristocracy, mental illness, royal court, monarch, king of england, british monarchy, royal family ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 1994, georgian era, victorian era ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, north america, london
Is relevant?
990
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A woman claims she had an affair with a married neurosurgeon and stands trial for allegedly harassing him.
Style:
sensual, erotic, sexual, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
dangerous attraction, obsession, mind game, mental illness, doctor, infidelity, manipulation, doctors and patients, psychiatrist, fatal attraction, medical, woman seduces a man ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A portrait of the effects of schizophrenia on family life is the central focus.
Style:
disturbing, experimental, art house, surreal, controversial ...
Plot:
mental illness, schizophrenia, dysfunctional family, dogme 95, abusive father, dogma, surrealism, misfit, skating, extreme, eccentricity, male nudity ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, alabama
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Film adaptation of street tough Jim Carroll's epistle about his kaleidoscopic free fall into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Style:
rough, emotional, teen, harsh, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug abuse, basketball, downfall, drug, teenage life, life is a bitch, drug overdose, teenager, high school, drug addiction ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, 60s, year 1995 ...
Place:
boston, new york, seattle, usa, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When his mother, who has sheltered him his entire 40 years, dies, Elling, a sensitive, would-be poet, is sent to live in a state institution. There he meets Kjell Bjarne, a gentle giant and female-obsessed virgin in his 40s. After two years, the men ...
Style:
touching, humorous, witty, semi serious, neurotic ...
Plot:
mental illness, friendship, male virgin, mental health, christmas eve, odd couple, eccentricity, self discovery, social worker, poetry, love and romance, misfit ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
south pole, bosnia, oslo norway, cambodia, california ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Two troubled men face their terrible destinies and events of their past as they join together on a mission to find the Holy Grail and thus to save themselves.
Style:
psychological, inspirational, touching, clever, cerebral ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
redemption, self discovery, friendship, hallucination, homelessness, mental illness, guilt, psychiatry, video store, guilty conscience, transformation, suicidal ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, grand central station manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A series of sex murders shock a college campus, and four beautiful young girlfriends head for the safety of an isolated country villa. But as they succumb to their own erotic desires, their weekend of pleasure becomes a vacation to dismember at the ...
Style:
slasher, suspense, grindhouse, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
serial killer, mental illness, erotica, strangulation, interracial lesbian sex, voyeur, strangled to death, murder, voyeurism, male nudity, bisexual, threesome ...
Time:
20th century, year 2016, 70s, year 1972
Place:
italy, europe, southern italy, rome italy
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dead by Monday is a darkly comic tale of love and death... but not necessarily in that order. Julie is a sweet, vulnerable young woman who lacks confidence and is obsessed with the memory of her dead husband whom she idealizes. Alex is an angry ...
Style:
dark comedy, road movie, black comedy, tragicomedy, captivating ...
Plot:
mental illness, suicide attempt, niagara falls, writer's block, suicidal thoughts, suicidal, suicidal tendency, grief, depression, double suicide, satire, bonding ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, psychological, controversial, psychiatric ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, psychology, mental health, hospital, women, mental disorder, nervous breakdown, female psychopath, psychotherapy, social commentary, psychiatrist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric nurse goes to work at a lonesome asylum following a murder. There, she experiences varying degrees of torment from the patients.
Style:
slasher, grindhouse, medical horror, cult classic, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hospital, losing-it hero, isolation, murder, mental illness, mental institution, patient, danger, obsession, doctors and patients, mind game, mad scientist ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
insanity, mental illness, alien, mental institution, ufo, transformation, hospital, flying saucer, mental disorder, psychiatrist, waking up, mental patient ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
argentina, latin america
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
