Here we've displayed a list of the best Mental Breakdown films : Falling Down(1993), Dolls(2002), Face to Face(1975), The Wrong Man(1956), Eraserhead(1977), Reprise(2006), They Drive by Night(1940), On Dangerous Ground(1951), Girl, Interrupted(1999), Institute Benjamenta(1995), Woyzeck(1979), When the Clouds Roll By(1919) ... ...
Action
USA|France|UK
1993
115 Minutes
Michael Douglas Robert Duvall Barbara Hershey Rachel Ticotin Tuesday Weld Frederic Forrest Lois Smith Raymond J. Barry
ex-husband ex-wife daughter police officer gang member storekeeper disturbing intense tense amusing dark brutal los angeles inner city convenience store venice, calif. street phone booth disillusionment mental breakdown
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Drama, Romance
Japan
2002
113 Minutes
Miho Kanno Hidetoshi Nishijima Tatsuya Mihashi Chieko Matsubara Kyôko Fukada Tsutomu Takeshige
fiancé old flame obsessed fan pop star gangster suicidal person creative dreamy dark emotional hospital park japan bench love triangle reconciliation obsession car accident gold shipment mental breakdown
Three stories of never-ending love.
Drama
Sweden
1975
136 Minutes
Liv Ullmann Erland Josephson Gunnar Björnstrand Aino Taube-Henrikson Kari Sylwan Sif Ruud
psychiatrist grandmother grandfather patient rapist dark creative uneasy mental institution house sweden mental breakdown suicide psychoanalysis memory discovery transformation 1970s
A married couple of psychiatrists has their relationship tested when one suffers a mental breakdown.
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Henry Fonda Vera Miles Anthony Quayle Harold J. Stone Esther Minciotti Charles Cooper Nehemiah Persoff Laurinda Barrett Norma Connolly Doreen Lang Lola D'Annunzio
musician wife attorney judge criminal suspenseful disturbing thrilling engaging new york city prison courtroom mistaken identity robbery coincidence trial mental breakdown money escape quest
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Horror
USA
1977
90 Minutes
Jack Nance Charlotte Stewart Allen Joseph Jeanne Bates Judith Roberts Laurel Near Jack Fisk Jean Lange
man girlfriend baby neighbor grandmother mutant dark disturbing apartment city parenthood mutation isolation industrial landscapes mental breakdown pollution discovery temptation unknown era
Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Drama
Norway
2006
105 Minutes
Anders Danielsen Lie Espen Klouman Høiner Viktoria Winge Henrik Elvestad Christian Rubeck Odd-Magnus Williamson Pal Stokka Henrik Mestad
friend girlfriend writer author disheartening melodramatic amusing city apartment party ocean norway stage success friendship writing rejection jealousy mental breakdown quest
Two competitive friends, fueled by literary aspirations and youthful exuberance, endure the pangs of love, depression and burgeoning careers.
Drama
USA
1940
93 Minutes
George Raft Humphrey Bogart Ann Sheridan Ida Lupino Gale Page Alan Hale Roscoe Karns John Litel Henry O'Neill George Tobias Charles Halton
truck driver brother business owner wife girlfriend uneasy gritty suspenseful cool california courtroom false accusations murder mental breakdown brotherhood dangerous job affair forbidden love transformation 1940s
When one of two truck-driving brothers loses an arm, they both join a transport company where the other is falsely charged as an accessory in the murder of the owner.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Ida Lupino Robert Ryan Ward Bond Charles Kemper Anthony Ross Ed Begley Ian Wolfe Sumner Williams Gus Schilling Frank Ferguson Cleo Moore
police detective sister killer father partner captain dark gritty brooding new york city police station apartment countryside cabin investigation brother/sister relationship murder mental breakdown blindness redemption
Rough city cop Jim Wilson is disciplined by his captain and is sent upstate, to a snowy mountain town, to help the local sheriff solve a murder case.
Drama
Germany|USA
1999
127 Minutes
Winona Ryder Angelina Jolie Clea DuVall Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Moss Jared Leto Jeffrey Tambor Vanessa Redgrave Whoopi Goldberg Mary Kay Place Jillian Armenante
young woman psychologist friend rival parent troubled youth brooding dark raw engaging tense bleak mental institution tunnel home mental breakdown mental illness medicine psychosis suicide
Based on writer Susanna Kaysen's account of her 18-month stay at a mental hospital in the late 1960s.
Drama
UK|Japan|Germany
1995
104 Minutes
Mark Rylance Timothy Quay Alice Krige Gottfried John Daniel Smith Joseph Alessi Peter Lovstrom
young man headmaster headmistress student brother sister uneasy dreamy school bedroom dreams boredom isolation mental breakdown catatonia incest adventure discovery 1900s
A young man goes to a school for servants run by a brother and sister. In the dreamlike and surreal world that he enters, how will his presence impact the people there and possibly even the school itself?
Drama
West Germany
1979
82 Minutes
Klaus Kinski Eva Mattes Wolfgang Reichmann Willy Semmelrogge Josef Bierbichler Paul Burian Volker Prechtel Dieter Augustin Irm Hermann Wolfgang Bächler Herbert Fux
soldier mistress doctor drum major bleak brutal disheartening provincial town pond infidelity mental breakdown scientific experiments jealousy sacrifice underdog wretched excess 1820s
Franz Woyzeck is a hapless, hopeless soldier, alone and powerless in society, assaulted from all sides by forces he can not control.
Comedy
USA
1919
77 Minutes
Douglas Fairbanks Frank Campeau Ralph Lewis Herbert Grimwood Albert MacQuarrie Kathleen Clifford Daisy Jefferson
playboy love interest psychiatrist mad scientist friend winsome madcap playful new york city church train experiments mental breakdown romance mind control abuse of power love transformation 1910s
Psychiatrist Dr. Ulrich Metz attempts to drive Daniel Brown to suicide.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2011
101 Minutes
Elizabeth Olsen Sarah Paulson John Hawkes Hugh Dancy Brady Corbet Christopher Abbott Maria Dizzia Julia Garner Louisa Krause
cult member sister brother-in-law cult leader runaway suspenseful thrilling catskills farmhouse family home connecticut lake cult sister relationship manipulation mental breakdown escape transformation 2010s
Haunted by painful memories and increasing paranoia, a damaged woman struggles to re-assimilate with her family after fleeing an abusive cult.
Mystery & Thriller
France
1999
108 Minutes
Sandrine Bonnaire Jacques Gamblin Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi Antoine de Caunes Bernard Verley Bulle Ogier Pierre Martot Noel Simsolo Adrienne Pauly
painter wife chief of police journalist thief inspector brooding calm witty gripping france seaside village murder investigation suspicion small-town life new job mental breakdown gossip pursuit
In a small Breton town, a 10-year-old girl is found murdered. René, her art teacher, a professional painter, is the last person to have seen her alive. The inspector in charge of the ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1956
108 Minutes
Joan Crawford Cliff Robertson Vera Miles Lorne Greene Ruth Donnelly Shepperd Strudwick Selmer Jackson Maxine Cooper Marjorie Bennett Frank Gerstle Leonard Mudie
woman husband father ex-wife psychiatrist emotional shocking intricate powerful los angeles apartment hotel secret life love family dysfunction mental breakdown schizophrenia love discovery 1950s
Millicent Wetherby is a middle-aged woman whose life is devoid of love and affection. Millicent's solitary existence changes when she encounters Burt Hansen a charismatic younger man. As ... See full summary »
Fantasy, Drama
USA
2016
97 Minutes
Will Smith Edward Norton Kate Winslet Michael Peña Helen Mirren Naomie Harris Keira Knightley Jacob Latimore Ann Dowd Liza Colón-Zayas Natalie Gold
business owner executive friend death time child charming emotional passionate profound new york city office apartment neighborhood park bridge grief friendship betrayal mental breakdown
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Drama, Crime
France
2008
125 Minutes
Daniel Auteuil Olivia Bonamy Catherine Marchal Francis Renaud Gérald Laroche Guy Lecluyse Philippe Nahon Clement Michu Moussa Maaskri Jean-Paul Zehnacker
cop murderer ex-convict madman victim daughter brash disturbing intense dark tense thrilling prison marseilles, france police station bus street crime scene parole protection
A washed-up Marseilles cop (Auteuil) earns a chance at redemption by protecting a woman from the man who killed her parents as he is about to be released from prison.
Drama
USA
2018
95 Minutes
Azura Skye Bryce Pinkham Ashley Bell Zach Rand Taen Phillips Liam Seib Deborah Hedwall Dan Daily Lindsay Jackson Jason Gupton
woman insomniac teacher mother wife husband teen boy bleak uneasy tense somber shocking frightening eerie disturbing brooding house school town united states
A woman with a seemingly ideal life battles insomnia.
War
USA
1964
99 Minutes
private sergeant soldier enemy wife captain striking bleak disheartening profound solomon islands mountain jungle battle violence mental breakdown unlikely hero world war ii struggle transformation
In Guadalcanal during World War II, a private and his sergeant clash during the heat of battle with the Japanese.
Drama
UK
1958
108 Minutes
police officer gang member sister sibling priest twin gritty tense brooding shocking liverpool, england family home school juvenile crime arson unlikely romance family feud investigation mental breakdown pursuit
Struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a young and dangerous pyromaniac.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1992
110 Minutes
Annabella Sciorra Rebecca De Mornay Matt McCoy Ernie Hudson Julianne Moore Madeline Zima John deLancie Kevin Skousen
psychopath nanny wife husband daughter handyman creepy suspenseful tense washington state sexual abuse vengeance family dysfunction mental breakdown revenge fall 1990s
After her humiliated husband kills himself, an embittered pregnant widow loses her child, and embarks on a mission of vengeance against a woman and her family.
Horror, Drama
Denmark|Germany|France|Sweden|Italy|Poland
2009
109 Minutes
Willem Dafoe Charlotte Gainsbourg Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
woman husband son disturbing dreamy dark tense family home cabin united states grief sex violence mother/child relationship mental breakdown nature fall transformation 2000s
A grieving couple retreat to their cabin in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage, but nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Drama
Austria
2019
108 Minutes
Valerie Pachner Pia Hierzegger Mavie Horbiger Michelle Barthel Marc Benjamin Dominic Marcus Singer Meo Wulf Axel Sichrovsky Grazyna Dylag Tom Hanslmaier
career woman schizophrenic boss colleague bleak brooding disturbing emotional melancholy powerful sad vienna germany mental breakdown career career vs. family work workplace politics workplace romance fall
A high-powered business consultant struggles to keep her professional and personal lives from colliding after her schizophrenic sister attempts suicide.
Crime, Drama
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Hedy Lamarr Dennis O'Keefe John Loder William Lundigan Natalie Schafer Paul Cavanagh
art designer advertiser secretary psychiatrist neighbor friend bleak melodramatic new york city office stork club apartment house court disillusionment sex mental breakdown attempted suicide blackmail murder
A beautiful editor at a fashion magazine has a breakdown due to the pressures of her work and her disappointing love life. A psychiatrist recommends that she start life fresh by moving into a smaller apartment and under another name.
Horror
UK
1965
97 Minutes
Tallulah Bankhead Stefanie Powers Peter Vaughan Maurice Kaufman Yootha Joyce Donald Sutherland Gwendolyn Watts Robert Dorning Philip Gilbert Winifred Dennis Diana King
young woman mother housekeeper husband gardener fiancé frightening dark campy england village house grief marriage mother/son relationship family mental breakdown imprisonment revenge transformation
A young woman is terrorized by her deceased fiancé's demented mother who blames her for her son's death.
Drama
Denmark|Sweden|Finland|South Africa|Norway|USA
2000
108 Minutes
Miles Anderson Romane Bohringer David Bradley David Calder Bruce Davison Brion James Peter Kubheka Vusi Kunene Jennifer Jason Leigh Janet McTeer Chris Walker
tourist traveler actor frenchwoman american bleak emotional intense profound namibia desert bus ghost town survival stranded acting death mental breakdown fall escape
When a bus breaks down in the desert, the passengers decide to stage "King Lear."
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada|Germany
2009
87 Minutes
Elizabeth Banks Charles Guard Emily Browning Arielle Kebbel David Strathairn Jesse Moss Kevin McNulty Matthew Bristol Danny Bristol
young girl father nurse sister ex-boyfriend ghost disturbing tense dark mental institution household office diner funeral investigation mental breakdown family haunting grief murder
Anna returns home after a stint in a mental hospital, but her recovery is jeopardized by her cruel stepmother and ghastly visions of her dead mother.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1966
102 Minutes
Rock Hudson Claudia Cardinale Jack Warden Guy Stockwell Brad Dexter Anne Seymour Alejandro Rey Hari Rhodes Vito Scotti Angela Clarke John Megna
psychiatrist scientist military officer sister kidnapper thrilling hideout highway office countryside kidnapping mental breakdown chase cold war terrorism rescue pursuit 1960s
A New York psychiatrist is solicited by government agents in connection with a former patient of his who also happens to be a scientist wanted by certain foreign powers.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
2005
82 Minutes
William H. Macy Jeffrey Combs Dulé Hill Bai Ling Joe Mantegna Denise Richards Julia Stiles Mena Suvari Dylan Walsh Russell Hornsby Debi Mazar
businessman fortuneteller young woman prostitute dark bleak gritty new york city family home midlife crisis rebellion debauchery mental breakdown quest escape wretched excess 2000s
A fortune-teller's teasing rumination sends Edmond Burke lurching into New York City's hellish underworld.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1994
103 Minutes
James Spader Madchen Amick Bess Armstrong Fredric Lehne Larry Miller Kathleen York Blair Tefkin Scott Coffey Clyde Kusatsu William Shockley
architect femme fatale divorce wife child parent dark disturbing intense sultry art gallery supermarket house dreamworld courtroom mental institution dangerous romance sex deception mysterious past
A successful businessman tries to uncover what is wrong with his wife.