Movies and TvShows featuring "mental-problem" theme.

Let There Be Light is a documentary film that tells the story of a psychiatrist who uses controversial treatment methods to help patients recover repressed memories and deal with trauma. The film explores the relationship between the doctor and his patients, as well as the impact of his methods on their lives. It also delves into the controversy surrounding his practices and the ethical questions raised by his approach.

After returning from the Iraq war, a man faces the challenges of reintegrating into civilian life in a small Texas town. Haunted by his experiences, he must confront his trauma and reconnect with his family amidst marital problems and personal struggles.

Heart of Midnight follows a woman named Carol who moves into a nightmarish apartment complex after inheriting it from her uncle. As she tries to renovate the building and make it into a successful nightclub, she begins to experience hallucinations and repressed memories. As her mental state deteriorates, she becomes entangled in a world of voyeurism, bondage, and psychological torment.

The film examines the painful relationship between fathers and sons through the eyes of one family. Four generations of men are featured in the film. Father to Son deals with the conflict between generations and their subjective memories, and the way different methods of raising children pass from one generation to the next. How often and to what extent do we repeat the behavioural patterns of our fathers; can we change or break these patterns or is repeating them inescapable, and how many generations are needed for change to occur? Are the values we have inherited from our fathers still valid in the modern world? One of the leading themes of this film is the sensitivity of a man and a boy, and its preservation and suppression.

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

Everything seems to be fine when Michael returns from psychiatric hospital, and his girlfriend Cecilie is also confident that things will go in the right direction. But things gradually shows different. Cecilie however is fighting to keep Michael from insanity, and not disappear into his own world. Based on a true story about the famous Danish poet Michael Strunge.

When 12-year-old Elsi Björkman and her mother Paula return from a week's holiday abroad, Elsi immediately notices that someone has been in her room. She tells her mother about it, but she does not believe her. At the local supermarket Elsi meets Henry, who seems to spend his time returning shopping trolleys. Elsi does not know anything about the boy, who has an irritating habit of appearing from out of nowhere, only to disappear again, as if into thin air. Nevertheless, the children become friends.

A good-hearted guy, Romeos, who thinks he's a big "Kazanova", comes out of the madhouse. At the suggestion of his cousin Leon Karfis, he goes on holiday to an island where he is continuously under the watchful eye of a nurse of the madhouse, Telemachus.

A story of a doomed young love in a small narrow-minded town.

Middle-aged Maire's husband spends most of his time abroad on business. Alone in their large house, Maire fills her empty life by absorbing other people's tragedies from tabloid newspapers. Obsessed by the story about a young single mother whose husband was killed and the killer got away with it, she befriends the young widow who would rather forget the whole event and go on with her life.

Tornionjokilaakso at the end of the 19th century, Paloniemi's landlord Heikki tries to get out of his financial difficulties with the help of his son Juhan and Nuottaniemi's only daughter Hanna. The happiness of Hanna, who has fallen in love with Antti of Rehti Koskenalusta, is threatened by the evil and dangerous Korpikoski.

The daughter of two famous writers, Helena upholds her late father's reputation, reciting his poems on various occasions and cherishing the memory of the legend. Relations with her mother have deteriorated since she moved to Sweden. Helena blames her mother for abandoning her father. Helena and her mother meet again as Helena's mental health deteriorates and in order to cope, she must face reality through her mother's memoirs. Helena becomes intensely involved in the story and relives it by imagining herself in her mother's place.

Detective Karisto releases Auno 'Räpsy' Pirilä from prison, who in turn has to calve his childhood friend Börje from criminal activities. Alcoholic Dolly takes Räpsy to live in Kallio, Helsinki, and hopes to move to Paris with her in the spring.

Case study documenting a patient’s treatment for paranoid schizophrenia. Made for health professionals, Mental Hospital shows daily life at the state facility, including hydrotherapy and electroconvulsive therapy sessions. The film ends with the patient’s discharge.

A roughly beautiful Hilton! gives the viewer a glimpse of life in a modern society, a life that young persons lead.

After the suppression of "Let There Be Light" (a documentary about combat-induced post-traumatic stress disorders which presented many inconvenient and demoralizing truths), the U.S. Army Signal Corp created this dramatized up-beat remake of the film. Only this time, the production excluded the involvement of John Houston, the producer of the original documentary.

Cloud Above the River Ganges is a drama that follows the journey of a Hungarian woman who is facing family problems and seeks spiritual enlightenment through meditation. She talks about suicide and experiences misery, pain, affliction, and suffering. The movie explores her torment and anguish, depicting her mental problems and suicidal tendencies. It also touches on themes of bitterness, despair, frustration, and desperation. The story is set in an apartment and portrays the protagonist's struggle with depression, love, and drug addiction. The main character is a computer programmer, and the film delves into the emotional anguish, humiliation, and hesitation she faces as a divorced woman thinking about her future. It highlights the importance of mental health and the complexities of the mother-daughter relationship.