| Falling Down (1993) | 7.5 | |
| The Devil Inside (2017) | 8.9 | |
| The 7th Lie (2003) | 8.2 | |
| The Machinist (2004) | 7.6 | |
| Tully (2018) | 6.9 |
Mental breakdown movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant mental breakdown movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, realistic, weird, cult classic and suspense films and TV shows about / with mental breakdown, mental illness, insanity, brutality, violence, mental disorder, murder, hallucination, obsession and paranoia plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as mental breakdown: Homesick (2005), Queen of Earth (2015), Deadline (2009), Falling Down (1993), Tully (2018), Ms .45 (1981), Resurrection (2022), Images (1972), Magic Magic (2013), Kotoko (2011).
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List of mental breakdown movies
529
Genre: Drama
Country: Finland
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
17-year-old Sami has an accident which resulted in him reluctantly sent to closed psychiatric hospital. Sami refuses to speak or show his feelings, even when the nurse Taneli is trying everything in order to understand how the crash really happened. ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, touching, suspenseful, sexy
Plot:
mental institution, doctor, mental breakdown, mother son incest, forbidden love, sex with mother, mental illness, parent child relationship, broken family, roommate, suicide attempt, mental health ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Greece
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.
Style:
cerebral, captivating, tense, enigmatic, suspense ...
Plot:
lesbian subtext, mental breakdown, jealousy, friendship, vacation, depression, promise, party, mental disorder, memory, doctor, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A screenwriter who travels to an abandoned house to finish a script on time, but a series of strange events lead her to a psychological breakdown.
Style:
satanic, scary, bleak, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
ghost, supernatural, videotaping, mental breakdown, danger, mentally unstable, haunted by the past, isolation, woman in danger, confined, writer's life, mind game ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new orleans
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224K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
On the day of his daughter's birthday, William "D-Fens" Foster is trying to get to the home of his estranged ex-wife to see his daughter. His car breaks down, so he leaves his car in a traffic jam in Los Angeles and decides to walk. ...
Style:
cult classic, psychological, rough, black comedy, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night, manly
Plot:
rage, vigilante, anger, midlife crisis, alienation, violence, character study, social commentary, urban decay, losing-it hero, traffic jam, road rage ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, persia, usa
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66K
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, indie film, heartfelt, cult classic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
motherhood, depression, mother, female protagonist, plot twist, nanny, baby, marriage, sister in law, baby girl, parents and children, family relations ...
Time:
2010s, year 1977, 1950s, 80s, 50s
Place:
usa, new york, portland oregon, saudi arabia, phoenix arizona ...
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15K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A shy and mute seamstress goes insane after being attacked and raped twice in one day. She wanders the New York streets at night in a sexy black dress with her attacker's gun strapped to her garter belt, blowing away any man who tries to pick ...
Style:
neo noir, grindhouse, cult classic, surprise ending, controversial ...
Plot:
revenge, rape, vigilante, sexualized violence, female vigilante, femme fatale, murder, vigilantism, rape and revenge, vengeance, one woman army, sexual abuse ...
Time:
80s, year 1981
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new york state
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A woman's carefully constructed life is upended when an unwelcome shadow from her past returns, forcing her to confront the monster she's evaded for two decades.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological horror, independent film, cult classic, suspense
Plot:
teenage daughter, mental breakdown, abusive relationship, sociopath, stalker, female warrior, extramarital affair, murder, hospital, hotel manager, girl, vengeance ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Schizophrenic housewife, engulfed by terrorizing apparitions, kills off each, unknowing if these demons are merely figments of her hallucinatory imagination or part of reality.
Style:
surreal, mind bending, psychological thriller, gothic, psychological ...
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental breakdown, country house, husband wife relationship, adultery, hallucination, countryside, surrealism, loneliness, delusion, housewife, unicorn ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
ireland
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
In remote Chile, a vacationing young woman begins to mentally unravel; meanwhile, her friends ignore her claim until it's too late.
Style:
psychological thriller, serious, psychological, scary, tense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hypnosis, mental breakdown, puppy, bullying, abortion, cousin cousin relationship, bare breasts, danger, mysterious character, losing-it hero, mind game, countryside ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chile, south america, latin america, santiago chile, andes mountains
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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:
psychological, tense, captivating, suspense, psychedelic ...
Audience:
toddlers
Plot:
depression, mental illness, child custody, single mother, nightmare, mental breakdown, violence, hallucination, danger, rivalry, self harm, mother ...
Place:
japan
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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14K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Three college students set out to document what other people dread most.
Style:
disturbing, psychological horror, psychological, scary, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
fear, torture, nightmare, cruelty, psychopath, manipulation, college student, childhood trauma, held captive, violence, mind game, murder ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After a 20 year stay at an asylum for a double murder, a mother returns to her estranged daughter where suspicions arise about her behaviour.
Style:
slasher, suspense, scary, psychological, surreal ...
Plot:
serial killer, farm, psychiatrist, insanity, decapitation, mental breakdown, doctor, mental illness, murder, mother daughter relationship, adulterous husband, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
60s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Desperate characters stake their fortune on a Depression-era dance marathon.
Style:
depressing, disturbing, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
depression, dancing, social commentary, survival, contest, competition, great depression, cynicism, mental breakdown, exhaustion, contests and competitions, heart attack ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1969, 1920s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, chicago, dallas texas ...
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Genre: Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Style:
clever, suspense, visually stunning, bleak, psychological ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, military, war, soldier, anti war, suicide, basic training, boot camp, violence, sniper, military life, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, year 1968, year 1987, 60s ...
Place:
vietnam, persia, america, asia, south carolina ...
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48K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Johnny flees Manchester for London, to avoid a beating from the family of a girl he has raped. There he finds an old girlfriend, and spends some time homeless, spending much of his time ranting at strangers, and meeting characters in plights very ...
Style:
disturbing, talky, philosophical, black comedy, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
existentialism, sexual abuse, nihilism, humiliation, voyeurism, alienation, drifter, character study, sex scene, rape, cruelty, rapist ...
Time:
90s, year 1993
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, manchester, europe
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359
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
When a young woman finds the love of her life cheating on her, she has a mental break while travelling across country and encounters hostile strangers and debilitating anxiety along the way.
Style:
suspense, road movie, rough, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
road trip, mental breakdown, serial killer, torture, adultery, anxiety, on the road, victim, loneliness, journey, female protagonist, paranoia ...
Place:
chicago, los angeles
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439K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, depressing, surreal ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insomnia, insanity, uncover truth, obsession, mysterious character, paranoia, losing-it hero, twists and turns, schizophrenia, life is a bitch, secrets, alienation ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, america, persia, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
An artist slowly goes insane while struggling to pay his bills, work on his paintings, and care for his two female roommates, which leads him taking to the streets of New York after dark and randomly killing derelicts with a power drill.
Style:
slasher, ambiguous ending, terrifying, psychological, scary ...
Plot:
murder, painting, artist, serial killer, punk rock, painter, anger, homeless man, homelessness, church, insomnia, dream ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
This film was the pinnacle of anti-D&D fearmongering. Bound together by a desire to play "Mazes and Monsters," Robbie and his four college classmates decide to move the board game into the local cavern. Robbie loses his mind, and ...
Style:
fantasy adventure, dark fantasy, bleak, cult classic, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
delusion, disappearance, world trade center manhattan new york city, quest, psychosis, college, tragic event, loss of brother, depression, map, missing person, breakup ...
Time:
80s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
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301K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
The fourth installment in The Matrix franchise. Plot unknown.
Style:
cerebral, psychological, saga, tech noir, cyber ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
virtual reality, dystopia, distopia, martial artist, artificial intelligence, female warrior, anti heroine, tough girl, therapist, mental health, robot, fight ...
Time:
future, 2020s
Place:
usa, tokyo, paris france, san francisco
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, Bob follows Marvin to his family's country house. Dr. Marvin ...
Style:
witty, light, not serious, psychological, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
mental illness, vacation, mental patient, mother daughter relationship, therapist, phobia, elevator, psychiatrist, yuppie, therapy, obsession, sarcasm ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new hampshire, usa
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476K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A young couple travels to Sweden to visit their friend’s rural hometown and attend its mid-summer festival. What begins as an idyllic retreat quickly descends into an increasingly violent and bizarre competition at the hands of a pagan cult.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, brutal, frightening, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
paganism, ritual, religious cult, folk horror, community, rite, isolated community, pagan, sect, female protagonist, burned alive, human sacrifice ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, europe, new york, eastern europe
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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, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Determined to pull in the Pulitzer Prize, reporter Johnny Barrett will go to any length necessary to win the coveted award. When he learns of an unsolved murder committed at a mental institution, Barrett devises a scheme to solve it and earn himself ...
Style:
independent film, suspenseful, tense, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
insanity, mental institution, psychiatrist, mental illness, macabre, murder, journalism, investigation, murder mystery, voice over narration, mental breakdown, racial slur ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, 20th century
Place:
mount fuji, america, africa, japan, usa
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22K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh.
Style:
road movie, atmospheric, emotional, sincere, touching ...
Plot:
friendship, drifter, road trip, buddies, attempted rape, on the road, prison, mental breakdown, car wash, telephone call, hitchhiking, character study ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
california, denver colorado, pennsylvania, pittsburgh, detroit ...
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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
Is relevant?
34K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the ...
Style:
disturbing, dark comedy, bloody, black comedy, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
serial killer, dysfunctional family, disfigurement, road trip, murder, little red riding hood, brutality, police investigation, juvenile delinquent, strangulation, prostitution, perversion ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
los angeles, california, san diego california
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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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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Style:
sinister, tense, mind bending, serious, realistic ...
Plot:
mental breakdown, drug addiction, conspiracy, murder, wedding ceremony, paranoia, death of aunt, murder investigation, blackmail, secret organization, secret society, list ...
Time:
60s
Place:
italy, pompeii
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