Depression Movies

Based on Elizabeth Swados’ picture book of the same name, this animated short film charts one woman's struggle with depression.

A depressed man decides to finally get out of bed, except his bed won’t let him.

After her boyfriend leaves for the night, a curious young woman is left alone to deal with the horrors of her mental health.

Noel travels from upstate New York every year to sell Christmas trees in New York City. Returning without the help of his long-time girlfriend, this...

James, giving himself 12 months before he has "a license to kill himself," sets off to the Amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can...

A young woman on the brink of collapse receives a mysterious key that leads her into an alternate reality both very similar to and very different...

A poetic exploration of mental health issues among creatives in communities on the African continent and in the diaspora, exploring myths, stigma and...

Ariel is a painter who finds herself stuck in a creative slump that threatens her sanity. Meanwhile, her ego takes the shape of an Astronaut, looking...

A young digital influencer, struggling with his own traumas and social pressures, faces a crisis of identity and loneliness as he tries to reconnect...

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve...

Nahal is around thirty and in her fourth month of pregnancy. During a routine check-up she learns that her baby has died and she now faces a...

The story of a friendship in a city on the verge of substantial change. Miguel dreams of settling in New York while he waits for a visa that never...

An introverted, lonely, obituary writer deals with mortality while navigating her own unfulfilled life.

This documentary follows the lives of five Japanese individuals to explore how depression is perceived in Japan and how the marketing of...

Today in France, one in five young people suffers from severe depressive symptoms, and the number of minors visiting psychiatric emergency rooms has...

During WWII, Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American, refused to be interned in U.S. concentration camps on the grounds that Executive Order 9066...

life of a young boy trapped in the grip of anxiety, as he fights the storm of thoughts that assails him. Through a visually striking narrative,...

Arielle is experiencing depression. Overwhelmed by her loneliness and the disorder in her apartment, she strives to reconnect with those around her...

A socially failed guy who's in the early stages of his depression tries his luck in suicide but fails there too with an interesting twist which ends...

Thies lives in Berlin with his three-year-old daughter Ella and his girlfriend Isa. He has been suffering from depression for quite some time and has...