🏷 Discover The Best Mental Illness Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Exploring the Complexities of Mental Illness through Film and Television

Mental illness is a multifaceted issue that affects millions of people worldwide. Through the lens of cinema and television, we can gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of mental health and the experiences of those living with various conditions. From poignant dramas to thought-provoking documentaries, the best movies and TV shows related to mental illness offer a platform for discussion, awareness, and empathy.

The Chosen
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Jonathan Roumie Jonathan Roumie
Shahar Isaac Shahar Isaac
Elizabeth Tabish Elizabeth Tabish
Paras Patel Paras Patel
8.8 919 votes
Genre: Action, Drama, Family
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 6
Episodes: 47
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  The life of Christ through the eyes of those who encountered him.
Plot:  christianity, identity, pacifism, sacrifice, apostle, bible, leprosy, forgiveness, ...
Place:  jerusalem
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Wandee Goodday
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Sapol Assawamunkong Sapol Assawamunkong
Sarin Ronnakiat Sarin Ronnakiat
Thinnaphan Tantui Thinnaphan Tantui
Nattanon Tongsaeng Nattanon Tongsaeng
8.7 34 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Thailand
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Story:  Because of a broken heart and drunkenness, Dr. Wandee goes from darling to daring, entangling himself with Muay Thai fighter Yoryak Phadetseuk. A one-night stand somehow turns into a fake boyfriends with benefits relationship.
Plot:  competition, based on novel or book, boxer, friendship, unrequited love, muay thai, debt, illness, ...
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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
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Gong Yoo Gong Yoo
Kim Go-eun Kim Go-eun
Lee Dong-wook Lee Dong-wook
Yoo In-na Yoo In-na
8.6 3.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-14
Story:  In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.
Plot:  suicide, poison, child abuse, regret, soulmates, depression, jealousy, general, ...
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Psycho
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Anthony Perkins Anthony Perkins
Janet Leigh Janet Leigh
Vera Miles Vera Miles
John Gavin John Gavin
8.4 11.1K votes
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: United States of America
Duration: 109 min.
Audience: R
Story:  When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
Plot:  hotel, clerk, detective, shower, arizona, motel, halloween, stolen money, ...
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Go Ahead
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Tan Songyun Tan Songyun
Song Weilong Song Weilong
Zhang Xincheng Zhang Xincheng
Tu Songyan Tu Songyan
8.4 213 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: China
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 40
Story:  Three friends from troubled families form a unique, lasting bond — but their pasts soon cast a cloud over their lives.
Plot:  depression, romance, slice of life, bromance, tragic past, mental illness, child abandonment, sismance, ...
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Perfect Blue
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Junko Iwao Junko Iwao
Rica Matsumoto Rica Matsumoto
Shiho Niiyama Shiho Niiyama
Masaaki Okura Masaaki Okura
8.3 3.2K votes
Genre: Animation, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 81 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Rising pop star Mima Kirigoe quits singing to pursue a career as an actress. After she takes up a role on a popular detective show, her handlers and collaborators begin turning up murdered. Harboring feelings of guilt and haunted by visions of her former self, Mima's reality and fantasy meld into a frenzied paranoia.
Style:  intense
Plot:  career, rape, based on novel or book, paranoia, stalker, celebrity, singer, stalking, ...
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Daily Dose of Sunshine
8.2 134 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  A kind-hearted nurse working in psychiatry goes above and beyond to be a ray of light for those under her care, despite the challenges coming her way.
Plot:  nurse, hospital, doctor, mental illness, psychiatric ward, mental health, healing, psychiatric nurse, ...
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Mommy
Cast
Anne Dorval Anne Dorval
Suzanne Clu00e9ment Suzanne Clu00e9ment
Antoine Olivier Pilon Antoine Olivier Pilon
Patrick Huard Patrick Huard
8.2 2.9K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Audience: R
Story:  A peculiar neighbor offers hope to a recent widow who is struggling to raise a teenager who is unpredictable and, sometimes, violent.
Plot:  parent child relationship, karaoke, quebec, dysfunctional family, coming of age, single mother, juvenile delinquent, mental illness, ...
Place:  canada
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Crash Course in Romance
8.2 130 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea, Solomon Islands
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Story:  The series follows the bittersweet relationship between a banchan shop owner whose daughter enters the war of Korea's college entrance exams, and a top hagwon instructor.
Style:  romantic
Plot:  education, high school, entrance examination, romcom, rivalry, romance, university, mental illness, ...
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Joker
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Joaquin Phoenix Joaquin Phoenix
Robert De Niro Robert De Niro
Zazie Beetz Zazie Beetz
Frances Conroy Frances Conroy
8.1 27.9K votes
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada, United States of America
Duration: 122 min.
Audience: R
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.
Plot:  society, based on comic, social commentary, psychological thriller, criminal mastermind, mental illness, anarchy, character study, ...
Time:  1980s
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Kill Me, Heal Me
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Ji Sung Ji Sung
Hwang Jung-eum Hwang Jung-eum
Park Seo-jun Park Seo-jun
Oh Min-suk Oh Min-suk
8.1 194 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea, Taiwan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 20
Story:  A business mogul's grandson, who has 7 personalities, and a female physician who becomes his secret doctor.
Plot:  child abuse, trauma, fake identity, romance, family relationships, hospital, cross dressing, doctor, ...
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Strangers from Hell
8.0 144 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 10
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.
Plot:  post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), fight, kidnapping, paranoia, hallucination, investigation, psychopath, psychological abuse, ...
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My First Summer
Cast
Markella Kavenagh Markella Kavenagh
Maiah Stewardson Maiah Stewardson
Edwina Wren Edwina Wren
Harvey Zielinski Harvey Zielinski
8.0 279 votes
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Isolated on a remote property, 16-year-old Claudia finds her world transformed when a spirited girl named Grace wanders into her garden.
Plot:  drowning, coming of age, dog, mental illness, novelist, death of mother, first love, lgbt, ...
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Between Us
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Noppanut Guntachai Noppanut Guntachai
Warut Chawalitrujiwong Warut Chawalitrujiwong
Thitiwat Ritprasert Thitiwat Ritprasert
Natouch Siripongthon Natouch Siripongthon
8.0 37 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Story:  A swimmer with insomnia finds comfort in a senior who lets him stay in his room, and as competitions near, their bond pushes both to face their fears.
Plot:  post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), based on novel or book, difficult childhood, trauma, childhood trauma, friendship, flashback, tragedy, ...
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Satantango
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Mihu00e1ly Vu00edg Mihu00e1ly Vu00edg
Putyi Horvu00e1th Putyi Horvu00e1th
Szu00e9kely B. Miklu00f3s Szu00e9kely B. Miklu00f3s
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Erika Bu00f3k
8.0 310 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Hungary
Duration: 432 min.
Audience: 15
Story:  Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.
Plot:  farm, countryside, based on novel or book, cat, rain, loneliness, art house, poverty, ...
Place:  hungary
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Bo Burnham: Inside
Cast
Bo Burnham Bo Burnham
8.0 612 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 88 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Stuck in COVID-19 lockdown, US comedian and musician Bo Burnham attempts to stay sane and happy by writing, shooting and performing a one-man comedy special.
Plot:  quarantine, stand-up comedy, breaking the fourth wall, youtube, mental illness, sketch comedy, pandemic, internet culture, ...
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Monk
Cast
Tony Shalhoub Tony Shalhoub
Ted Levine Ted Levine
Jason Gray-Stanford Jason Gray-Stanford
Traylor Howard Traylor Howard
8.0 1.3K votes
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: United States of America, Canada
Seasons: 8
Episodes: 124
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Adrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using unconventional means to solve the department's most baffling cases. But after the tragic (and still unsolved) murder of his wife Trudy, he developed an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Now working as a private consultant, Monk continues to investigate cases in the most unconventional ways.
Plot:  san francisco, california, obsessive compulsive disorder (ocd), private investigator, private detective, mental disorders, criminal consultant, police procedural, ...
Place:  california
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It's Such a Beautiful Day
Cast
Don Hertzfeldt Don Hertzfeldt
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Sara Cushman
7.9 371 votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: United States of America
Duration: 62 min.
Audience: 12A
Story:  Bill struggles to put together his shattered psyche.
Style:  melancholy, philosophical
Plot:  nightmare, immortality, narration, dark comedy, surrealism, hospital, illness, mental illness, ...
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My Mad Fat Diary
Cast
Sharon Rooney Sharon Rooney
Nico Mirallegro Nico Mirallegro
Jodie Comer Jodie Comer
Dan Cohen Dan Cohen
7.9 150 votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 16
Story:  Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Plot:  overweight, northern england, dark comedy, psychiatric hospital, group of friends, unlikely lovers, body image, teen drama, ...
Time:  1990s
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Captain Fantastic
Cast
Viggo Mortensen Viggo Mortensen
George MacKay George MacKay
Samantha Isler Samantha Isler
Annalise Basso Annalise Basso
7.9 6.9K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Duration: 119 min.
Audience: R
Story:  Deep in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, a father devoted to raising his six kids with a rigorous physical and intellectual education is forced to leave his paradise and enter the world, beginning a journey that challenges his idea of what it means to be a parent.
Plot:  parent child relationship, new mexico, socialism, wilderness, road trip, family relationships, survivalist, homeschooling, ...
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