Highest-Rated Movies about 'Depression'

Requiem for a Dream (2000), Mary and Max (2009), Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018), The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), Manchester by the Sea (2016), What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), A Star Is Born (2018), Ordinary People (1980) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Depression movies.

#16. Anomalisa (2015)

Storyline: Michael Stone, an author that specializes in customer service, is a man who is unable to interact deeply with other people. His low sensitivity to excitement, and his lack of interest made him a man with a repetitive life on his own perspective. But, when he went on a business trip, he met a stranger - an extraordinary stranger, which slowly became a cure for his negative view on life that possibly will change his mundane life.

Plot Keywords: animation, drama, comedy, romance, psychological, human nature, loneliness ...

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#17. Speak (2004)

Storyline: In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino is forced into the worst year of her life. Her best friend, Rachel Bruin, has turned against her with all other of Melinda's fellow students looking away; not daring to take a single glance at Melinda. All because of one stupid end-of-summer party.

Plot Keywords: coming of age, bullying, psychological trauma, silence, sexual assault, recovery, friendship ...

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#18. The Flying Scotsman (2006)

Storyline: The Flying Scotsman is a feature film based on the remarkable true story of Scottish cyclist Graeme Obree. In 1993, and as an unemployed amateur, Obree broke the world one-hour record on a bike of his own revolutionary design, which he constructed out of scrap metal and parts of a washing machine.—Sharon Howat

Plot Keywords: sports film, biography, based on true story, cycling, scotland, inspirational, athlete ...

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#20. Van Gogh (1991)

Storyline: In late spring, 1890, Vincent moves to Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris, under the care of Dr. Gachet, living in a humble inn. Fewer than 70 days later, Vincent dies from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. We see Vincent at work, painting landscapes and portraits. His brother Theo, wife Johanna, and their baby visit Auvers. Vincent is playful and charming, engaging the attentions of Gachet's daughter Marguerite (who's half Vincent's age), a young maid at the inn, Cathy a Parisian prostitute, and Johanna. Shortly before his death, Vincent visits Paris, quarrels with Theo, disparages his own art and accomplishments, dances at a brothel, and is warm then cold toward Marguerite.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>

Plot Keywords: biography, history, art, painter, netherlands, 19th century, mental illness ...

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#21. Melancholia (2011)

Storyline: On the night of her wedding, Justine (Kirsten Dunst) is struggling to be happy even though it should be the happiest day of her life. It was an extravagant wedding paid for by her sister and brother-in-law who are trying to keep the bride and all the guests in line. Meanwhile, Melancholia, a blue planet, is hurtling towards the Earth. Claire (Charlotte Gainsbourg), Justine's sister, is struggling to maintain composure with fear of the impending disaster.

Plot Keywords: psychological drama, science fiction, disaster, marital crisis, depression, apocalypse, family conflict ...

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#22. Side Effects (2013)

Storyline: Emily Taylor, despite being reunited with her husband from prison, becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thickens when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a "sleepwalking" state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental hospital confinement and Dr. Banks' practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear what's left of his life apart even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy.

Plot Keywords: thriller, psychological, suspense, crime, drama, depression, conspiracy ...

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#23. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)

Storyline: Craig is a high-school junior, in the gifted program, infatuated with his best friend's girl. When he realizes he's suicidal, he checks himself into the psychiatric ward of a hospital, thinking they'll do an observation, help him, and send him home in time for school the next day. Once in, however, he must stay for a week; the juvenile ward is being renovated, so he's in with adults as well as a few youths. Bobby, a man with a young daughter, shows him around; Craig notices Noelle, about his age. He tries to keep his friends from finding out where he is. Little things: he draws, goes to therapy, sings, helps Bobby rehearse an interview. Is this the stuff of insight?

Plot Keywords: comedy, drama, mental health, teenager, coming of age, hospital, depression ...

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#24. Rabbit Hole (2010)

Storyline: Becca and Howie Corbett are a happily married couple whose perfect world is forever changed when their young son, Danny, is killed by a car. Becca, an executive-turned-stay-at-home mother, tries to redefine her existence in a surreal landscape of well-meaning family and friends. Painful, poignant, and often funny, Becca's experiences lead her to find solace in a mysterious relationship with a troubled young comic-book artist, Jason - the teenage driver of the car that killed Danny. Becca's fixation with Jason pulls her away from memories of Danny, while Howie immerses himself in the past, seeking refuge in outsiders who offer him something Becca is unable to give. The Corbetts, both adrift, make surprising and dangerous choices as they choose a path that will determine their fate.

Plot Keywords: grief, loss, marriage, psychological trauma, family, healing, drama ...

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#25. Night Into Morning (1951)

Storyline: Philip Ainley is a happily-married English teacher at a major USA university, whose life is turned upside down when his wife and child are killed by an explosion and fire in their home. Ainley's associate teacher, Tom Lawry, and the secretary of the department, Katherine Mead, a widow, do what tan to comfort him after the tragedy. As time goes by, Lawry thinks that nothing further can be done and becomes jealous of Katherine's continued efforts to help Ainley. Ainley, following an outward calm during the funeral and following days, tries to escape his sad anxiety through alcohol, and then via a suicide attempt.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: drama, film noir, psychological drama, tragedy, family, marriage, alcoholism ...

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#26. To the Bone (2017)

Storyline: Ellen is a 20 year old woman struggling with anorexia nervosa. In the midst of family problems and her own fears, she is accepted into a group home run by an unusual doctor. Through the people she meets and the journey she takes, Ellen follows a path of self discovery and acceptance that will lead her to a surprising place she never would have thought possible

Plot Keywords: mental health, recovery, family drama, therapy, self-destruction, depression, rebellion ...

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#27. The Skeleton Twins (2014)

Storyline: After ten years of estrangement, twins Maggie and Milo coincidentally cheat death on the same day, prompting them to reunite and confront how their lives went so wrong. As the twins' reunion reinvigorates them both, they realize that the key to fixing their lives just may lie in fixing their relationship with each other.

Plot Keywords: drama, comedy, family, psychological, depression, siblings, reconciliation ...

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#28. The Last Shaman (2017)

Storyline: James is an all American boy whose promising life is brought to a halt by acute depression. Turning his back on the most progressive western treatments and medicines, James discovers ayahuasca in search of healing in the Peruvian jungle. Over the course of 10 months venturing from Shaman to Shaman, James finds friendship, answers and a kind of redemption hidden deep in the Peruvian amazon.

Plot Keywords: documentary, adventure, spiritual journey, amazon, healing, depression, self-discovery ...

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#29. Aurora Borealis (2005)

Storyline: Duncan is a depressed 20-something who has just lost another job. He makes extra money by letting out his flat for his brother's romantic trysts, but when a job comes up as a caretaker in his grandparent's building he takes it. His grandfather has Parkinson's Disease and he and his wife have a caregiver whom Duncan finds compellingly upbeat. As they begin a tentative romance, and Duncan spends more time with his grandparents, he begins to face his feelings about the early loss of his father. A moving drama, set in a frigid Minnesota landscape.—johnno.r[at]xtra.co.nz

Plot Keywords: drama, romance, family, coming of age, life crisis, self-discovery, winter ...

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#30. The Swerve (2018)

Storyline: Holly seems to have it all: two kids, a nice house, a good job as a teacher, and a husband with his career on the way up. But there are troubling signs that all is not right in her world. The insomnia. The medication for the insomnia. The dreams from the medication for the insomnia. (Are they even dreams?) And then there's the mouse that appears in her home. Upsetting her already delicate balance, it sends her spiraling out of control. Writer/director Dean Kapsalis' feature debut explores a week in the life of a woman on the verge in this haunting meditation on mental illness.—Epic Pictures Group

Plot Keywords: psychological thriller, family breakdown, mental health, hallucinations, midlife crisis, oppression, marital issues ...

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