Movies About Madness
Kinora's catalogue lists 41 films about madness and lost sanity, spanning 1931–2021. 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
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1986
Blue Velvet
Suburbandir. David Lynch - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 2014
Enemy
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1931
M
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 2011
Melancholia
Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 1976
Network
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 1985
Ran
Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1996
Sling Blade
Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 1997
Taste of Cherry
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 1978
The Deer Hunter
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino - 1973
The Exorcist
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 2019
The Lighthouse
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers - 2012
The Master
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1980
The Shining
Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick - 2009
The White Ribbon
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 2016
The Witch
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay
Frequently asked
How many movies are about madness and lost sanity?
Kinora's catalogue lists 41 films about madness and lost sanity, spanning 1931–2021.
What are some movies about madness and lost sanity?
Films about madness and lost sanity in our catalogue include Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), Apocalypse Now (1979), Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014), Black Swan (2010), and Blue Velvet (1986).
What is the oldest movie about madness and lost sanity?
M (1931) is the earliest film about madness and lost sanity in our catalogue; the most recent is Spencer (2021).