20 Best Schizophrenia Movies on Netflix You Need to Watch
Movies about schizophrenia are not so often, still, they do make some amazing mystery movies. They tend to play games with your brain and that is what makes them so interesting. So, if you are looking for schizophrenia movies on your favorite streaming platform, you are in the right place. In this article, we are bringing you the best schizophrenia movies you can find on Netflix.
Bare in mind, unfortunately, Netflix’s library of movies changes all the time, so maybe, sometimes, some of the schizophrenia movies on our list won’t be available. Still, we will try to update the article when we find some of the schizophrenia movies are not on Netflix anymore or when the new good ones come.
But, for now, check out the best schizophrenia movies on Netflix you can watch now.
Fractured (2019)
Driving across the country, Ray, his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest stop, where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a big rush to the hospital and a confrontation with the admissions nurse, Ray is finally able to take her to the doctor.
As his wife and daughter go downstairs to the MRI, Ray, exhausted, falls asleep in a chair in the lobby. When he wakes up, they no longer have any records or knowledge of Ray’s family.
Strange Voices (1987)
A family begins to fall apart when they find out their eldest daughter, Nancy McKeon, is a victim of schizophrenia.
Secret Window (2004)
Although he knows he should be sitting at the computer and writing a new book or at least walking his dog around the lake not far from his cabin, successful writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp) mostly spends his time sleeping on his favorite couch for 16 hours a day. She is in the middle of a painful breakup that has gotten complicated and uncomfortable.
The separation completely deprived him of energy and creativity, leaving him at the mercy of a mental block so strong that he is unable to form even a simple sentence. Then, when things seemingly couldn’t get any worse, a psychotic stranger named John Shooter (John Turturro) shows up on his doorstep accusing Rainey of stealing his story and demanding satisfaction. Forced into a puzzling game of cat and mouse, Rainey discovers that he possesses far more determination and will than he ever imagined.
Horse Girl (2020)
The film follows the story of Sarah, a socially awkward young woman who becomes increasingly convinced that she is a reincarnated horse. As her obsession with horses and the supernatural grows, Sarah begins to lose touch with reality and becomes embroiled in a conspiracy involving her sister, her therapist, and a group of eccentric strangers.
Christine (2016)
It stars Rebecca Hall as news reporter Christine Chubbuck, who struggles with depression, along with professional and personal frustrations as she tries to advance her career.
Donnie Darko (2001)
Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal) is plagued by visions of a giant anthropomorphic rabbit, Frank, who predicts the end of the world in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 minutes and 12 seconds and urges Donnie to dangerous and destructive mischief. One night, Frank walks Donnie out of the house, moments before a Boeing 747 engine crashes out of the sky into his bedroom, prompting Donnie to think that maybe Frank’s prophecies are not fiction.
The next day, Donnie meets a new student at school, Gretchen, and the same night he meets Frank again, who persuades him to cause a flood in the school. Soon, Frank gets Donnie interested in time travel, so Donnie borrows from the physics professor the book “The Philosophy of Time Travel”, by Roberta Sparrow, a weirdo who stands on the road all day checking to see if the mail has arrived.
Words on Bathroom Walls (2020)
It tells the story of the witty and introspective Adam (Charlie Plummer), who seems like a typical young adult – a bit run down with raging hormones and excited about a future in which he pursues his dream of becoming a chef. Expelled from school halfway through fourth grade after an incident in chemistry class, Adam was diagnosed with a mental illness.
At the Catholic academy where he is sent to finish his education, Adam has no hope of fitting in and just wants to keep his illness a secret until he enters culinary school. But when he meets the outspoken and fiercely intelligent Maya (Taylor Russell), an emotional and comforting bond immediately forms. As their romance deepens, she inspires him to open his heart and not be defined by his condition.
Gerald’s Game (2017)
The film stars Carla Gugino and Bruce Greenwood as a married couple who arrive at an isolated house for a holiday. When the husband dies of a sudden heart attack, his wife, left handcuffed to the bed without the key and with little hope of rescue, must find a way to survive, all while battling her inner demons.
Identity (2003)
The action of the film takes place in a motel in the American wasteland, where one rainy evening a dozen unusual characters meet by chance, among them the most reserved policeman who transports a murderer (Ray Liotta), the driver of a spoiled actress (John Cusack) and a prostitute who wants to retire and breed oranges (Amanda Peet).
A raging storm cuts off the motel’s connection to the outside world, leaving the motley crew with no one to turn to for help after the killer escapes and begins the massacre.
6 Balloons (2018)
Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow.
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
In 1967, seventeen-year-old Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder) behaves like most teenagers: confused and unsure as she struggles to make sense of the rapidly changing world around her.
Thanks to her parents, she visits psychiatrists who diagnose her illness and place her in Claymoore Hospital, where surrounded by eccentric young women, nurse Valerie (Whoopi Goldberg) and head psychiatrist Dr. Wick (Vanessa Redgrave) and the wildest and most dangerous companion Lisa (Angelina Jolie ) must decide between the shadow world he belongs to in a psychiatric hospital and the difficult, unfair and incomprehensible outside.
I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
An unnamed girl (Buckley) comes to meet the parents of her new boyfriend Jake (Plemons). Along with the feeling that she wants to end the relationship, something deeper torments the girl. Surreal scenes of the future await her and her partner and inexplicable events appear before her eyes and she is no longer sure what is happening.
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
He saw the world in a way that no one could have imagined, but his superb mathematical achievements were almost eclipsed by paranoid attacks that threatened the health of his genius mind. Russell Crowe excels as the famous mathematician John Nash in the poignant drama “A Mind of Genius”.
At the prestigious Princeton University, John Nash (Russell Crowe) tries to leave a valuable legacy to the mathematical world, which he succeeds in doing, and for his contribution he is awarded the Nobel Prize. After school, Nash turns to teaching, eager to pass on his knowledge to students, and falls in love with one of the students, the beautiful Alicia (Jennifer Connelly).
Nash’s fame and his achievements do not go unnoticed even among the highest government officials, who turn to him for help in breaking the codes of encrypted Soviet messages. Entering the world of international espionage also draws Nash into terrifying conspiracy theories, so the mathematician soon begins to suffer from attacks of paranoia. The only person who can help him regain his mental strength and status as a top scientist is his Alicia.
Lavender (2016)
A photographer (Abbie Cornish) in a failing marriage suffers severe memory loss after a traumatic accident. Strange clues among her photos suggest she may be responsible for the deaths of family members she never knew she had. A concerned psychiatrist (Justin Long) tries to help her recover lost memories.
Brain on Fire (2017)
Weeks pass and Suzana falls ill with a mental illness that ranges from violence to a catatonic state. We see a series of her displays of illness, wrong diagnoses and extended stay in the hospital, and then a doctor at the last minute calls her illness by its right name, gives her a diagnosis and hope that she will get back on her feet and move on with her life. “My month of madness.”
To the Bone (2017)
A young woman suffering from anorexia meets an unconventional doctor who challenges her to face her condition and embrace life…
Death of Me (2020)
While vacationing on one of the Thai islands, Neil and Christine wake up one morning hungover and with no memory of the previous night. They soon find a video from Neil’s camera and watch in horror as Neil kills Christine on the video.
With twenty-four hours until the next ship that will return them to the mainland and with a typhoon threatening the island, Christine and Neil will try to reconstruct all the events of the previous night and will soon be drawn into a deadly web of mystery, black magic and murder.
Clinical (2017)
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) lost everything, his house, his wife and his job. He ended up in a psychiatric clinic and eight months later returned to live with his parents (Rober DeNiro and Jacki Weaver), but dissatisfied with that, he decides to do everything to get his life back.
He meets a mysterious girl Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), who has many problems herself and things get even more complicated. She decides to help him get his old life back if he helps her in return. However, everything will change when fate twists its fingers…
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
Steven Murphy, an eminent cardiologist, is married to Anna, a respected ophthalmologist. They are rich, happy and satisfied with their family life which consists of their two children, 14-year-old Kim and 12-year-old Bob.
Steven maintains a friendship with and cares for Martin, a 16-year-old boy living without a father. Their relationship takes a dark turn when Steven introduces Martin to his family, after which their life gradually becomes turmoil in which Steven is forced to make shocking sacrifices or face losing everything.
