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1) Lilith
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 114 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mysterious young woman in an elite sanitarium in New England seems to weave a magical spell on a young man with an equally obscure past. Their relationship deepens, leading to a shocking conclusion.
Publisher
Miramax
Pub. Date
©2015, ©2011.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seventeen years ago, fiercely independent Lee left home⁵and left behind her kindhearted sister Bessie to care for their father, Marvin. But now Lee is returning with her teenage son for a homecoming that's sure to turn the entire household upside down.
3) Outrageous!
Publisher
Hen's Tooth Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Comedy about an unlikely but touching relationship between a schizophrenic girl and a female impersonator.
4) Proof
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A devoted daughter who comes to terms with the death of her father, a brilliant mathematician whose genius was crippled by mental insanity, with the help of one of her father's former students.
5) Tom & Viv
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003?]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Tom & Viv tells the story of the passionate yet turbulent relationship between T.S. Eliot and his beautiful wife, Vivienne. Although she was the inspiration for his greatest works, Eliot finally had to make a choice between standing by the emotionally troubled Vivienne and letting her go.
6) Love & mercy
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
DVD.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 122 minutes) : sound, color ; 12 cm
Language
English
Description
An unconventional portrait of Brian Wilson, the mercurial singer, songwriter and leader of The Beach Boys. Set against the era-defining catalog of Wilson's music, the film intimately examines the personal voyage and ultimate salvation of the icon whose success came at extraordinary personal cost.
Series
Criterion collection volume 209
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Swedish
Description
"While vacationing on a remote island retreat, a family's already fragile ties are tested when Karin discovers her father has been using her schizophrenia for his own literary means. As she drifts in and out of lucidity, her father, husband, and younger brother are unable to prevent Karin's harrowing descent into the abyss of mental illness"--Container.
8) Benny & Joon
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2001.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A mentally ill young woman who lives with her older brother finds her love in an eccentric young man who models himself after Buster Keaton.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
Widescreen version (16x9).
Physical Desc
1 DVD (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the record books closed on Boston Red Sox outfielder Jimmy Piersall's career, it showed 17 seasons in the major leagues and an impressive lifetime batting average of .272. But before all that, Piersall faced a foe much tougher: mental illness. Based on the true story.
10) Sator
Publisher
Cauldron Films
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Secluded in a desolate forest, home to little more than the decaying remnants of the past, a broken family is further torn apart by a mysterious death. Adam, guided by a pervasive sense of dread, hunts for answers only to learn that they are not alone; an insidious presence by the name of Sator has been observing his family, subtly influencing all of them for years in an attempt to claim them.
11) Images
Publisher
Arrow Academy
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While on vacation in Ireland, a pregnant author becomes mentally unstable.
Publisher
[Bitter Films]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (approximately 62 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (16 unnumbered pages (text on all surfaces, including covers) : color illustrations ; 14 cm) + 1 booklet (20 pages : color illustrations ; 15 cm)
Language
English
Description
A black comedy in which Bill, depicted as a stick figure with a top hat, is slowly falling apart due to psychosis and senior dementia.
13) Swallow
Publisher
Shout! Factory
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A newly pregnant housewife, she seems content to spend her time tending to an immaculate home and doting on her Ken-doll husband, Richie. However, as the pressure to meet her controlling in-laws and husband's rigid expectations mounts, cracks begin to appear in her carefully created facade. Hunter develops a dangerous habit, and a dark secret from her past seeps out in the form of a disorder called pica, a condition that has her compulsively swallowing...
Publisher
Neon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (84 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After waking up convinced that she is going to die tomorrow, Amy's carefully mended life begins to unravel. As her delusions of certain death become contagious to those around her, Amy and her friends' lives spiral out of control in a tantalizing descent into madness.
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (70 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After fifteen years in a mental asylum, Hilary Fairfield has suddenly regained his sanity, escaped from the institution and come home. But a few things have changed in his absence. For one, his strong-willed daughter Sydney has grown up and is planning to marry. For another, his wife has divorced him and is planning to re-marry. It's enough to drive a man crazy, or a woman, for that matter.
16) Clean, shaven
Series
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 insert (1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
Peter is schizophrenic. He has recently been released from a hospital, and lives in his car. Before his condition developed, he was married, and now he wants to see his daughter Nicole. His stern, disapproving mother refuses to tell him what has happened to the girl. His belief that "receivers and transmitters" are within his body makes his quest more than difficult. One consequence of his troubled behavior is the police detective tracking down a...
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (111 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
18) Shock corridor
Series
Criterion collection volume 19
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
English
Formats
Description
A journalist fakes mental illness to get himself committed to a mental hospital for a story. Soon, he starts to lose his mind.
19) Repulsion
Series
Criterion collection volume 483
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([12 pages : black and white photographs ; 16 cm)
Language
English
Description
Carol, a young manicurist in London, is driven mad by ghosts and terrified above all by sex, but her fears turn into hysteria and she grows violent.
20) Joker
Publisher
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 DVD + 1 Blu-ray (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Failed comedian Arthur Fleck encounters violent thugs while wandering the streets of Gotham City dressed as a clown. Disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as Joker.
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