Movies About Madness

Kinora's catalogue lists 66 films about madness and lost sanity, spanning 1931–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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• 1972

  Aguirre, the Wrath of God

  Peru — 1700s
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog
• 2000

  American Psycho

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Mary Harron
• 1979

  Apocalypse Now

  Vietnam · Cambodia — 1960s
  Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 1991

  Barton Fink

  Los Angeles — 1940s
  Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2014

  Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
• 2010

  Black Swan

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1986

  Blue Velvet

  North Carolina — 1980s
  Suburbandir. David Lynch
• 2025

  Bugonia

  2020s
  Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• 1985

  Come and See

  Belarus — 1940s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov
• 1998

  Cube

  Timeless
  dir. Vincenzo Natali
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 1985

  Day of the Dead

  Florida
  Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero
• 1988

  Dead Ringers

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 2001

  Donnie Darko

  Virginia — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Richard Kelly
• 1964

  Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

  1960s
  Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick
• 2014

  Enemy

  Toronto — 2010s
  Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1977

  Eraserhead

  Timeless
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 1997

  Event Horizon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson
• 1993

  Falling Down

  Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urbandir. Joel Schumacher
• 2018

  First Reformed

  New York State — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Paul Schrader
• 1989

  Heathers

  Ohio — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann
• 2018

  Hereditary

  Utah — 2010s
  Suburbandir. Ari Aster
• 1970

  Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

  Rome — 1970s
  Urbandir. Elio Petri
• 1990

  Jacob's Ladder

  New York City · Vietnam — 1970s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne
• 1976

  Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

  Brussels — 1970s
  Urbandir. Chantal Akerman
• 2019

  Joker

  1980s
  Urbandir. Todd Phillips
• 2003

  Kontroll

  Budapest — 2000s
  Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal
• 1954

  La Strada

  Italy — 1950s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini
• 1997

  Lost Highway

  Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
• 1931

  M

  Berlin — 1930s
  Urbandir. Fritz Lang
• 2011

  Melancholia

  2010s
  Ruraldir. Lars von Trier
• 1976

  Network

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Sidney Lumet
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1966

  Persona

  1960s
  Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
• 1982

  Pink Floyd: The Wall

  London — 1940s · 1980s
  Urbandir. Alan Parker
• 1960

  Psycho

  Phoenix — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1991

  Raise the Red Lantern

  China — 1920s
  Urbandir. Zhang Yimou
• 1985

  Ran

  Japan — Medieval
  Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa
• 1996

  Shine

  Adelaide · London — 1950s · 1960s
  Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks
• 2010

  Shutter Island

  Boston — 1950s
  Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 1996

  Sling Blade

  Arkansas — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton
• 2021

  Spencer

  Norfolk — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín
• 1950

  Sunset Boulevard

  Los Angeles — 1950s
  Urbandir. Billy Wilder
• 2007

  Sunshine

  Sydney — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle
• 2011

  Take Shelter

  Ohio — 2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
• 1997

  Taste of Cherry

  Tehran — 1990s
  Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami
• 1976

  Taxi Driver

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 1979

  The Amityville Horror

  New York State — 1970s
  Suburbandir. Stuart Rosenberg
• 2014

  The Babadook

  Adelaide — 2010s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent
• 2000

  The Beach

  Thailand · Bangkok — 1990s
  Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle
• 1978

  The Deer Hunter

  Pennsylvania · Saigon — 1970s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino
• 1973

  The Exorcist

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1961

  The Innocents

  Essex — 1800s
  Ruraldir. Jack Clayton
• 1982

  The King of Comedy

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Martin Scorsese
• 2019

  The Lighthouse

  New England — 1800s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers
• 2012

  The Master

  California · Phoenix · Massachusetts — 1950s
  Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson
• 2001

  The Others

  1940s
  Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 1980

  The Shining

  Colorado — Timeless
  Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1976

  The Tenant

  Paris — 1970s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 2009

  The White Ribbon

  1910s
  Ruraldir. Michael Haneke
• 2016

  The Witch

  New England — 1700s
  Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
• 1995

  Twelve Monkeys

  Philadelphia — 1990s · Near Future · Far Future
  Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam
• 1983

  Twilight Zone: The Movie

  France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
• 1983

  Videodrome

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 1971

  Wake in Fright

  Australia — 1970s
  Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff
• 2011

  We Need to Talk About Kevin

  2000s
  Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay