Mental health

  • Phantom

    Phantom

    Classics

    1922

    2h.1min

    12 FSK

    In this expressionist classic of German film history, Murnau unfolds his creative power.


  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

    Comedy, Music, Dance, Theater

    2022

    1h.46min

    16

    The Don Juan of today is not a womaniser, but a man obsessed with the one woman who left him.


  • Women Do Cry

    Women Do Cry

    Drama, Queer

    2021

    1h.46min

    16

    Between stigma, depression, and role models, women fight for dignity, closeness, and truth—courageous, angry, and full of resilience.


  • Saint-Narcisse

    Saint-Narcisse

    Queer, Thriller

    2021

    1h.41min

    16 FSK

    Twins separated at birth, identical in appearance and shamelessness, finally get to know and love each other...


  • In Bed

    In Bed

    Queer, Thriller

    2022

    1h.25min

    16 FSK

    Guy and Dan have a hot sex date. But the night of excess reveals more than just the monsters in Guy's head...


  • Burden

    Burden

    Documentary, Independent

    2023

    1h.5min

    16

    To face a personal and collective transformation in search of new ways of being a man, 13 men go on a collective retreat.


  • Nostromo

    Nostromo

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.21min

    16

    Olivier lives on his own on a small island in Canada. One day, three mysterious visitors arrive.


  • I Am Here!

    I Am Here!

    Drama, Independent

    2023

    1h.12min

    16

    Two childhood friends meet up again after many years to dig up a secret buried deep in the forest.


  • The Fabulous Patars

    The Fabulous Patars

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.35min

    16

    Denis Patar is a loving but overwhelmed single father of two daughters. After another failure, he is assigned an employee of the Youth Welfare Office.


  • Hotell

    Hotell

    Drama

    2013

    1h.40min

    16

    After a blow of fate, Erika starts group therapy. One day, the group decides to create their own relief and change, and move from hotel to hotel.


  • Goliath96

    Goliath96

    Drama

    2018

    1h.49min

    12 FSK

    Kristin hasn't spoken to her son David in two years, even though they both live under the same roof.


  • Everyday Heroes

    Everyday Heroes

    Documentary, Independent

    2016

    1h.19min

    0 FSK

    The five little heroes in this film are seriously ill and take us into their world with a great sense of humor and optimism.


  • Loving Memories

    Loving Memories

    Drama, Romance

    2023

    1h.30min

    12

    1919: Julie hopes for the return of her missing husband. When she sees a photo in the newspaper, she thinks she recognizes her husband.


  • A Little Lesson in Love

    A Little Lesson in Love

    Romance, Comedy

    2022

    1h.26min

    12

    While trying to stop a teenager from committing suicide, an unexpected connection develops between two very different people.


  • Madly in Life

    Madly in Life

    Drama, Comedy

    2020

    1h.27min

    16

    Alex and Noémie would like to have a child. But their plans are turned upside down when Alex's mother Suzanne falls ill with "semantic dementia".


  • Franky Five Star

    Franky Five Star

    Drama

    2023

    1h.55min

    12 FSK

    When it all gets too much, Franky checks into a hotel that only exists in her head and talks to the imaginary staff.


  • The Devil, Probably

    The Devil, Probably

    Classics

    1977

    1h.36min

    16 FSK

    A group of disillusioned young Parisians look for satisfaction in political activism, religion, romance, music, and drugs.


  • Into Dad's Woods

    Into Dad's Woods

    Drama

    2020

    1h.31min

    12

    Fifteen-year-old Gina grew up in a loving family on the edge of a forest. She admires and loves her father Jimmy, an unpredictable and whimsical man.


  • Aspergirl

    Aspergirl

    Comedy, Drama

    2023

    16

    Heartwarming series in which single mother Louison and her son are simultaneously diagnosed with life-changing autism.


  • Body

    Body

    Drama

    2015

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Olga, who is grieving for her mother and also anorexic, is sent to a psychiatrist who is dealing with her own losses in an unusual way.


  • Fragile Memory

    Fragile Memory

    Biography, Documentary

    2022

    1h.25min

    16+

    The Ukranian grandson of filmmaker Leonid Burlaka draws a rich picture of Soviet history with archive footage of his grandfather.


  • Para:dies

    Para:dies

    Drama, Queer

    2022

    1h.16min

    12

    Lee and Jasmin's lesbian idyll on the outskirts of Salzburg starts to crack when they give documentary filmmaker Amira a glimpse into their lives.


  • La Belle Indifference

    La Belle Indifference

    Drama, Comedy

    2019

    1h.34min

    16+

    A dark comedy-drama, delving deep into the psyche of a man in denial and a woman confronting their grim reality, reflecting on societal pressures.


  • Somehow

    Somehow

    Drama, Independent

    2022

    1h.42min

    16

    "Don’t become like my father" - a credo that will drive Alex, a man on the run from himself, to the edge of reason.


  • Good Monsters

    Good Monsters

    Drama, Music, Dance, Theater

    2021

    12

    Heartfelt musical comedy about a woman trying to save her drug-addicted husband.


  • Janine F.

    Janine F.

    Documentary, Independent

    2004

    1h.20min

    16+

    The tragic story of an artist who was torn between passion and obsession and died under mysterious circumstances.


  • Life Suits Me Well

    Life Suits Me Well

    Drama

    2021

    1h.39min

    16+

    A degenerative neurological disease changes the life of family man Fouad and his relatives in this bittersweet Moroccan drama.


  • Inertia

    Inertia

    Drama, Independent

    2015

    1h.12min

    16+

    Dreamlike, Israeli indie film about a woman whose nightmare turns into a hopeful sense of autonomy.


  • Rien ne va plus

    Rien ne va plus

    Shorts

    2017

    15min

    12 FSK

    Bodo is standing on the top of a roof ready to jump when suddenly his phone rings...


  • Goosebumps

    Goosebumps

    Shorts

    2022

    8min

    16+

    A singer loses her voice and seeks healing in a shamanistic trance.


  • Bastard in Mind

    Bastard in Mind

    Documentary, Independent

    2022

    1h.26min

    16+

    A chance examination delivers the frightening diagnosis of brain aneurysm. The director himself documents the months leading up to the operation.


  • Initials S.G.

    Initials S.G.

    Drama, Comedy

    2019

    1h.33min

    16+

    Down on his luck, an aging Serge Gainsbourg wannabe struggles with his acting career, an affair he doesn't want, and a crime he didn't mean to commit.


  • Superior

    Superior

    Drama, Thriller

    2022

    1h.39min

    16+

    On the run, Marian returns to her hometown to hide out with her identical twin sister, Vivian, bringing their worlds on the verge of a collision.


  • My Friend from the Park

    My Friend from the Park

    Comedy, Drama

    2015

    1h.24min

    16+

    A lonely stay-at-home mom, gets sucked into a world of stolen cars, unstable sisters, and paranoia when she makes friends with a woman at the park.


  • Prima Mallorca

    Prima Mallorca

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.30min

    0

    A new start to a better life? Forty Germans on welfare fly to Mallorca to do internships.


  • Undersea

    Undersea

    Documentary

    2022

    52min

    16+

    To deal with the trauma she endured during her work as photojournalist, Nanna Kreutzmann turns to underwater photography.


  • Necktie Youth

    Necktie Youth

    Drama

    2015

    1h.26min

    16

    At pool parties in the richest part of South Africa, the post-apartheid dreams of an entire generation perish in a drug-fueled dystopia.


  • Caps

    Caps

    Drama, Independent

    2017

    1h.20min

    16+

    After a stroke of fate, a manager escapes his former live to a magical place, rich in ancient customs, at the Danube delta.


  • News from Planet Mars

    News from Planet Mars

    Comedy

    2016

    1h.41min

    12

    In this very compelling comedy, a father reaches the boundaries of his good will and is in danger of falling prey to insanity.


  • Uncomfortably Comfortable

    Uncomfortably Comfortable

    Documentary

    2021

    1h.12min

    16+

    This experimental video portrait delves into questions of homelessness, the impact of incarceration, trauma, and living on the fringes of society.


  • Too Close to the Sun

    Too Close to the Sun

    Drama, Romance

    2022

    1h.25min

    16+

    This debut feature deals with schizophrenia and the ravages that this mental illness inflicts not only on the patient himself, but also on his family.


  • Gottes zerstreute Funken - Jüdische Mystik bei Paul Celan

    Gottes zerstreute Funken - Jüdische Mystik bei Paul Celan

    Biography, Documentary

    2016

    1h.7min

    0 FSK

    This film essay traces the life of influential poet Paul Celan, and illuminates his interest in the mystical tradition of Kabbalah.


  • La Vacanza

    La Vacanza

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    1h.34min

    16+

    Valerio is 30 and bipolar. His self-destructive life changes when he meets Carla, a senior citizen with early symptoms of Alzheimer's.


  • The Ugly Truth
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    The Ugly Truth

    Drama

    2021

    1h.50min

    16 FSK

    Authentic, honest drama about a family threatened by the downward spiral of depression, alcoholism and jealousy.


  • Happiness

    Happiness

    Drama, Thriller

    2017

    1h.31min

    16 FSK

    Japanese arthouse gem from cult director Sabu, where good luck and bad luck are side by side. With Masatoshi Nagase (Paterson).


  • Nico

    Nico

    Drama

    2022

    1h.19min

    12 FSK

    Nico, who is both German and Persian, is attacked by racists and beaten to the point of hospitalization. She intends to never be a victim again.


  • Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

    Documentary, Queer

    2011

    1h.23min

    12 FSK

    This authentic documentary follows male sex workers from Bahnhof Zoo in Berlin as they work, shedding light on the issue of male prostitution.


  • In Your Arms

    In Your Arms

    Drama

    2015

    1h.28min

    16+

    The poetic tale of a man with a neurological disorder and the enigmatic nurse persuaded to support him with assisted suicide.


  • The Gulls

    The Gulls

    Drama

    2015

    1h.27min

    16+

    Elza lives in a small town on the Caspian Sea. While her husband catches fish illegally, she dreams of breaking out of her small world.


  • Songs for a Fox

    Songs for a Fox

    Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Drama

    2021

    2h.5min

    12

    After his lover's death, a rock singer studies the art of lucid dreaming and descends into a netherworld in hopes of being together again.


  • Dancing Quietly

    Dancing Quietly

    Comedy, Drama

    2016

    1h.21min

    12 FSK

    An authentic and quietly directed personal love letter to all those whose greatest struggle is to just get out of bed every day.


  • The Sun Will Rise

    The Sun Will Rise

    Documentary

    2017

    51min

    16+

    Comedian and director Gessica Généus (FREDA) explores the connection between voodoo beliefs, Christianity and the treatment of mental illness in Haiti


  • Gieselmann

    Gieselmann

    Drama, Comedy

    2021

    33min

    16+

    How do you become who you are? Dirk GIESELMANN was wronged. Now he is going to confront the people who caused his humiliation.


  • The Family

    The Family

    Documentary, Independent

    2014

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    Survivors can also be victims in countries where injustice was the norm. Their compelling testimonies are featured in this insightful documentary.


  • Personal Affairs

    Personal Affairs

    Drama

    2016

    1h.30min

    16

    This bitingly funny episodic film subtly interweaves the conflicts of a Palestinian family with the political realities of the Middle East conflict.


  • Despite the Night

    Despite the Night

    Love & Sex

    2015

    2h.36min

    16+

    A young man searches for his true love and finds himself sucked into the dark and cruel underworld of the porn industry.


  • War Story

    War Story

    Drama, Independent

    2014

    1h.29min

    16+

    A press photographer retreats to Sicily after being held captive in Libya. But even here she cannot escape her trauma.


  • She's Lost Control

    She's Lost Control

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2014

    1h.30min

    16

    Ronah is a sex worker and behavioral psychology student. As a surrogate partner, she sleeps with patients who have trouble allowing intimacy.


  • Alle 28 Tage

    Alle 28 Tage

    Documentary, Independent

    2015

    1h.27min

    12 FSK

    Journalist Ina Borrmann chronicles her own infertility treatment and in the process unsparingly documents what she and her partner experience.


  • Freakstars 3000

    Freakstars 3000

    Independent, Music, Dance, Theater

    2003

    1h.15min

    6 FSK

    Christoph Schlingensief's answer to "Pop Idol" was "Freakstars 3000".


  • Upstream Color

    Upstream Color

    Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2013

    1h.36min

    16

    The film begins with a man called 'Thief' who is harvesting a type of larva for the bizarre effects it has on the human mind.


  • Madeline's Madeline

    Madeline's Madeline

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    1h.33min

    16

    Madeline is teenager who loves to act on stage. She fights with her mother and suffers from a illness which makes her believe she's a cat.


  • Kongo

    Kongo

    Documentary

    2019

    1h.8min

    16+

    In Brazzaville, 'invisible forces' rule the world. The monk Medard tries to heal the sick victims of evil spells.


  • Seahorse

    Seahorse

    Documentary, Shorts

    2020

    16min

    16+

    Hanan fled with her family from northern Iraq across the Mediterranean Sea. At that time, she did not know how to swim. She now overcomes the trauma.


  • Dark Dreamer

    Dark Dreamer

    Drama, Thriller

    2020

    1h.33min

    12 FSK

    A grieving teenage girl is drawn to the young man blamed for her brother's death.


  • Windows on Monday

    Windows on Monday

    Drama

    2006

    1h.32min

    12 FSK

    A new house in a new town could mean the beginning of a phase of domestic bliss for a small family. But the young mother collapses under the burden.


  • Stress

    Stress

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.22min

    16+

    Five young veterans of the Afghanistan war, outwardly unscathed but inwardly hurting, feel misunderstood upon their return to civilian life.


  • Sayounara

    Sayounara

    Drama

    2018

    1h.26min

    16+

    High school student Yuki's quiet life in a sleepy coastal town is shattered when her best friend Aya commits suicide.


  • Our Loved Ones

    Our Loved Ones

    Drama, Independent

    2015

    1h.42min

    16+

    This delicate ensemble film tells the story of the Leblancs and their well-kept family secret.


  • Flood

    Flood

    Drama

    2019

    1h.40min

    16 FSK

    When Jonas loses his job at a Hamburg startup he doesn’t have the heart to tell his girlfriend Katharina.


  • Almayer's Folly

    Almayer's Folly

    Drama

    2011

    2h.7min

    16+

    Chantal Akerman weaves a haunting tale of greed, alienation, and cultural dissonance, reimagining Joseph Conrad’s 1895 novel into the 20th century.


  • The Marriage Project

    The Marriage Project

    Documentary, Independent

    2020

    1h.19min

    16+

    The director of a psychiatric clinic near Tehran gives patients the opportunity to marry each other, in a model project.


  • Seven Years in May

    Seven Years in May

    Drama, Independent

    2019

    42min

    16+

    A young man tells his story and gives testimony of the collective fate of a nation oppressed by poverty, police repression, and corruption.


  • Young, Fragile

    Young, Fragile

    Drama

    2020

    25min

    12

    A Tinder date encourages young Leonid to live out his own definition of "masculinity" in a world of changing gender roles.


  • Gravedad

    Gravedad

    Shorts

    2019

    11min

    6

    In a world where gravity is constantly changing, Rosa must find something to keep her grounded.


  • Permanent Green Light

    Permanent Green Light

    Drama, Independent

    2018

    1h.32min

    16+

    In Northern France, a young man is obsessed with the idea of making himself explode in public.


  • The Scarecrows

    The Scarecrows

    Drama

    2019

    1h.37min

    16

    During the Syrian war, two young Tunisian women were held as sex slaves by jihadists. The try to mend their lives.


  • Tapeworm

    Tapeworm

    Independent, Comedy

    2019

    1h.18min

    12

    This offbeat comedy breaks with all expectations and hones in on the gross, the boring, the pointless, and the sad sides of being human.


  • Swimmers

    Swimmers

    Icons & Media Art, Independent

    2015

    1h.17min

    16+

    The doc about the cult surrounding a Soviet physicist Boris Zolotov was awarded the ARTE documentary award.


  • Something Is Happening

    Something Is Happening

    Drama, Queer

    2018

    1h.37min

    12

    In the glistening light of southern France, the paths of the two women cross at seemingly opposite points in their lives.


  • All My Loving

    All My Loving

    Drama

    2019

    1h.56min

    12 FSK

    Three siblings, Stefan (Lars Eidinger), Julia (Nele Mueller-Stöfen) and Tobias (Hans Löw) are part of a dysfunctional family.


  • C'est l'amour

    C'est l'amour

    Queer, Romance

    2016

    1h.37min

    16+

    Odile suspects that her husband Jean is cheating on her, so she gives him a taste of his own medicine.


  • Our Lucky Hours

    Our Lucky Hours

    Documentary, Independent

    2019

    1h.17min

    16

    During World War 2, 45,000 psychiatric patients died in French hospitals. Only one facility opposed the carnage: the asylum in Saint-Alban.


  • Beneath the Trees

    Beneath the Trees

    Thriller, Horror

    2019

    1h.16min

    16+

    A short camping trip turns into a deadly, Victorian Gothic horror weekend.


  • Voyages

    Voyages

    Drama, Independent

    2019

    1h.45min

    16

    In nocturnal Paris, Anna slips into the various roles of a woman's life until she suddenly finds herself face to face.


  • Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Sebastian Jumping Fences

    Drama, Independent

    2020

    1h.10min

    16+

    From an early age, Sebastian had to be self-reliant. This film follows him through three stages of his life on the path to discovering his true self.


  • Chronic

    Chronic

    Drama, Queer

    2017

    1h.27min

    16+

    Omar, a photographer, lost his male lover in an explosion. He turns his experience of loss into an art project.


  • Solange and the Living

    Solange and the Living

    Independent, Comedy

    2016

    1h.7min

    16+

    Solange lives a secluded life in her Paris apartment. When one day a delivery man rings at her door, her little world is torn apart.


  • Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Elon Doesn't Believe in Death

    Drama, Independent

    2016

    1h.15min

    16+

    Gripping drama with film noir undertones about a man's delusional search for his allegedly missing wife.


  • The Yard

    The Yard

    Drama

    2016

    1h.18min

    0

    A scandal forces literary critic Anders to change careers.


  • Passed by Censor

    Passed by Censor

    Drama

    2019

    1h.31min

    16

    Zakir censors the mail of the inmates of an Istanbul prison. In a letter he discovers the image of a woman. Finding her becomes his obsession.


  • The Tree Feller

    The Tree Feller

    Comedy

    2017

    1h.22min

    0 FSK

    Andres gives up his ordinary life in the city. He moves to the quiet farm of his deceased parents and spends his days in the forest, aimlessly cutting ...


  • No Lullaby

    No Lullaby

    Documentary, Independent

    2015

    1h.14min

    16 FSK

    A terrible family secret that spans three generations and a society that refuses to acknowledge the reality behind the house facades.


  • The Demon Disease

    The Demon Disease

    Documentary, Independent

    2018

    1h.22min

    12 FSK

    In some of West Africa's traditional societies, mental illness and epilepsy are still seen as demonic possession.


  • The Fabric

    The Fabric

    Horror, Sci-Fi & Fantasy

    2019

    21min

    12

    In a strange, dark insane asylum, a brilliant physicist with no memory is being held captive. One thing preoccupies him: how to escape.


  • Das Haus am Fluss

    Das Haus am Fluss

    Classics

    1986

    1h.25min

    12 FSK

    Based on the novella "Der Russenpelz" by Friedrich Wolf, Roland Gräf's feature film was made by the artistic working group "Roter Kreis".


  • Solo Sunny

    Solo Sunny

    Classics

    1980

    1h.40min

    12 FSK

    The story about the singer Sunny, co-directed by Konrad Wolf and Wolfgang Kohlhaase, is considered one of the most important contemporary DEFA films.


  • My Brother, My Love

    My Brother, My Love

    Drama, Love & Sex

    2018

    1h.54min

    16

    Lena (16) is in love with her brother and would rather indulge in this fantasy than face reality.


  • Chorus

    Chorus

    Drama, Independent

    2015

    1h.36min

    16

    In calm black and white, the story of a grieving ex-couple unfolds, that's looking for closure.


  • One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

    One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das

    Biography, Documentary

    2013

    1h.12min

    0 FSK

    In 1970 Jeffery Kagel could have become a rock star. But he turned down the offer from Blue Oyster Cult and set off on a journey of self-discovery.


  • Mär - A German Tale

    Mär - A German Tale

    Drama, Horror

    2019

    1h.10min

    16

    In dystopian Germany - just a breath away from our current reality - the return of the wolf triggers a mysterious fascination among the citizens.