Movies and TvShows featuring "social-anxiety" theme.
Mr. Robot follows Elliot Alderson, a young cybersecurity expert by day and a vigilante hacker by night. Dealing with social anxiety disorder and drug addiction, Elliot's life takes a turn when he is recruited by an anarchist known as Mr. Robot to join a revolution against the largest conglomerate in the world. As Elliot dives deeper into the conspiracy, he begins to question his own sanity and reality.
Komi Can't Communicate follows the story of Shouko Komi, a high school girl with extreme social anxiety. Despite her beauty and popularity, she struggles to communicate with others. However, when she befriends a boy named Hitohito Tadano, they embark on a mission to help Komi make 100 friends and overcome her communication difficulties.
Scott Calvin, who is about to turn 65, realizes that he can't be Santa Claus forever. He embarks on a mission to find a replacement Santa while also preparing his family for a new life adventure in a different location than the North Pole.
The Guild follows the lives of a group of socially awkward online gamers who form a tight-knit gaming guild. They struggle with real-life challenges while also trying to maintain their virtual personas in the popular MMORPG they play. The show humorously explores themes of friendship, social anxiety, and the trials and tribulations of being a gamer in a world that doesn't always understand them.
Hitori 'Bocchi-chan' Goto is a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar; she meets Nijika Ijichi and joins 'Kessoku Band.'
Hitori Bocchi, a girl with extreme social anxiety, has had only one friend throughout elementary school. When Bocchi learns they'll be split up after graduation, she makes a promise to her: "By the time of my middle school graduation, I'll make friends with everyone in my class." And if she can't... they won't be friends anymore?! But Bocchi has a hard time talking to people. When she gets nervous, her legs cramp. She can't look other people in the eye. She doesn't even know how to make friends! Every way she thinks of to make friends ends up failing. Will her friend-making plan pay off?!
In A Silent Voice: The Movie (2016), a young man named Shoya Ishida tries to make amends for his past actions of bullying a deaf classmate, Shoko Nishimiya. As he grows older, he begins to understand the consequences of his actions and sets out on a journey of redemption and forgiveness.
All the Bright Places follows the story of Violet Markey and Theodore Finch, two high school students who meet and form a deep connection while dealing with their own individual struggles. Violet is grieving the loss of her sister and struggling with survivor's guilt, while Finch battles with undiagnosed mental illness. Together, they embark on a journey of self-discovery and healing, finding solace in each other's presence. However, their fragile relationship is tested as they navigate their own personal demons and try to confront the darkness that threatens to consume them.
Barry Egan, a socially frustrated man, calls a phone-sex line to combat loneliness. However, his actions result in trouble that threatens his budding romance with Lena.
Hitori 'Bocchi' Gotoh is an introverted girl. During middle school, she took up the guitar, wanting to join a band. But because she had no friends, she ended up practicing guitar for six hours every day all by herself. After becoming a skilled guitar player, she uploaded videos of herself playing the guitar under the name 'Guitar Hero' and fantasised about performing at her school's cultural festival concert. But not only could she not find any bandmates, before she knew it, she was in high school and still wasn't able to make a single friend! One day, Nijika Ijichi, drummer of Kessoku Band, reached out to her. And because of that, her everyday life begins to change little by little.
Mi Chong is a young man with crippling social anxiety. He is so unsatisfied with his miserable existence, which mainly involves staying at home all day, frozen with fear about social interaction, that he finally decides to end his life. He heads down to a nearby river, intent on committing suicide. But when he sees a young girl named Zhi Liu in the river, about to drown, he instinctively dives in to save her. Little did he know but Zhi Liu has also been through a very rough time. Unlike him, she is an extrovert, but her tumultuous family life has taken its toll on her, and she wants to get away from the people who have caused her pain. An unlikely friendship develops between these two individuals, despite their polar opposite personalities – but could love also follow?
An extraordinary look at what happens when people have the experience of fear removed through the use of a powerful new drug. Derren examines the psychology of religious belief, performs a satanic rite and attempts to give an atheist a religious conversion.
A socially anxious high school student named Evan Hansen finds himself in a complicated situation when a letter he wrote to himself as a therapeutic exercise ends up in the possession of another student who later dies by suicide. The student's parents mistake the letter as their son's suicide note, leading to a series of misunderstandings and a lie that Evan is forced to maintain. As the lie spirals out of control, Evan discovers the power of human connection and learns important lessons about love, forgiveness, and acceptance.
Dweebs is an American television comedy program that ran on CBS from September 22, to November 9, 1995, before it was canceled. 10 episodes were produced, of which six aired during the original airing schedule, and the remaining four episodes were aired elsewhere at a later date.
A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties that millennials experience in our performance society.
The film tells the story of Luiz Antônio, a clumsy radio presenter who, unexpectedly, finds himself in charge of a bankrupt and falling apart radio station. Relying only on his passion for rock'n'roll and a crazy team, he created one of the most emblematic radio stations in the history of Brazilian rock, Fluminense FM. Between guitar solos and signal interference, we follow the adventures and misadventures of Luiz who, on top of that, falls in love with a married announcer.
Downfalls High is a visual album that tells the story of a high school student's descent into mental breakdown and instability. Set against the backdrop of a rock musical, the protagonist grapples with depression, heartbreak, and social anxiety, leading them to a mental institution. The film draws inspiration from Vincent Van Gogh's struggles with mental illness and aims to shine a light on mental health issues faced by teenagers.
Horse Girl follows the story of a socially awkward woman named Sarah who begins to experience strange events that challenge her perception of reality. As she becomes increasingly immersed in a world of conspiracy theories, supernatural occurrences, and paranoia, Sarah struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is in her mind. With her mental health deteriorating, she embarks on a journey to uncover the truth and find solace in a world that seems to be slipping away.
In North Norway, a man embarks on a road trip filled with alcohol, unexpected encounters, and a search for his unknown son, while battling his own social anxiety and mental breakdown.
The Bling Ring follows a group of fame-obsessed teenagers who use the internet to track celebrities' whereabouts and rob their homes. The story is based on true events and explores themes of social anxiety, materialism, and the consequences of fame.