Best Mental Health movies of 1996

Actors : J.T. Walsh, Dwight Yoakam, Billy Bob Thornton, John Ritter,
Directors : Billy Bob Thornton,

Karl Childers, a simple man hospitalized since his childhood murder of his mother and her lover, is released to start a new life in a small town.

Actors : Geoffrey Rush, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Justin Braine, Sonia Todd,
Directors : Scott Hicks,

Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.

Actors : Ned Dowd, Shea Fowler, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson,
Directors : Wes Anderson,

Three friends plan to pull off a simple robbery and go on the run.

Actors : Ellen Barkin, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Dreyfuss, Jeff Goldblum,
Directors : Larry Bishop,

With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.

Actors : Emma Suárez, Carmelo Gómez, Silke, Karra Elejalde,
Directors : Julio Medem,

Angel, an exterminator recently released from a mental hospital, comes to rid a small Spanish town of tiny grubs in the soil. The local wine-making industry has found these pests ...

Actors : Claude Perron, Roland Blanche, Hélène Vincent, Albert Dupontel,
Directors : Albert Dupontel,

Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes ...

Actors : Bruce Ramsay, Elias Koteas, Laure Marsac, Jay Leggett,
Directors : Steven Shainberg,

Sonny lives with his intellectually disabled older brother, and works as a bellhop at a second-rate hotel. This changes when Monique a beautiful, suicidal nut-case checks in. Sonny is offered a part in a heist that goes wrong.

Actors : Toni Collette, Barry Otto, Ruth Cracknell, John Flaus,
Directors : Jerzy Domaradzki,

For forty years Lilian Singer has been locked up in a 'loony bin' by her father. Her release is eventually secured by her eccentric Aunt Kitty and her brother, John. Lilian starts to carve ...

Actors : Michel Trillot, Delphine Allange, Sandra Sammartino, Denise Aron-Schropfer,
Directors : Lucile Hadzihalilovic,

A ten year old girl is received by her aunt because of her mother's confinement to a mental hospital... See full synopsis »

Actors : Sharad S. Kapoor, Sushmita Sen, Bhavna Datta, Mukul Dev,
Directors : Mahesh Bhatt,

Dastak is a story of a mentally unstable genius (Sharad Kapoor) and his obsession for the Miss Universe (Sushmita Sen). His unparalleled obsession makes him so possessive about her that he ...

Actors : Viveka Seldahl, Bergljót Arnadóttir, Stellan Skarsgård, Sten Ljunggren,
Directors : Björn Runge,

Harry works as a hairdresser in a mental hospital. He likes to play bingo and is married to Anna. One day he meets the cleaning lady Sonja.

Actors : Merja Larivaara, Peter Franzén, Timo Torikka, Satu Silvo,
Directors : Pekka Parikka,

Pentti Anttila is a journalist, who accidentally ends up in to a mental institution. There he meets a woman, who claims that she is being kept there by force. Penttilä starts to investigate...