A list of movies that made me pause, feel, and truly rethink what I understood about mental health. I hope you experience the same while watching these movies about various mental health conditions.
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When Mood Meets Motion
Living Between Two Worlds
Movies That Echo the Quiet
Mental Health on Screen
When Mood Meets Motion
These movies showed me the highs, lows, and everything in between that comes along with being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
I love how this mixes vulnerability with humour, my language!
Silver Linings Playbook
A raw and gentle story of manic enegy, loving chaos, and healing.
Infinitely Polar Bear
Living Between Two Worlds
Movies about schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder that made me feel less alone in my own beautifully chaotic brain.
Her loneliness and unraveling mind hit me so deeply, it felt familiar.
Horse Girl
I see pieces of my own experiences in this… As someone living with schizoaffective disorder, this felt so relatable.
Words On Bathroom Walls
It just hit emotionally in a way that stayed with me.
A Beautiful Mind
I appreciated not just the music in this movie, but the person behind it, and how much courage it took to survive.
Love & Mercy
Movies That Echo the Quiet
Watching these movies have deepened my understanding of the silent struggle that is depression.
Watching this reminded me I don't have to be alone during though times.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
A warm reminder for me that even when life feels heavy, love can still carry you.
Little Miss Sunshine
Their messy, honest connection reminds me how healing it can be to have someone who gets your darkness.
The Skeleton Twins
Mental Health on Screen
I discovered more about the beauty and complexity of the mind by watching these movies about mental health.
Trigger Warning: trauma and self-harm. An honest eye-opening movie that fave me a look at the complexity of mental health struggles and healing.
Girl, Interrupted
A classic film full of emotions that feel just as real and relevant today.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
I love this movie because it captures feelings that we all deal with, no matter your age.
Inside Out
The sequel to Inside Out, and honestly, it is still so relatable at any age!
Inside Out 2
Seeing how bottled-up feelings and stress can take a toll on one's mental health made me rethink how I handle my own emotions and that was pretty eye-opening!
