breakdown

12 movies and shows

Hour of the Wolf

Mon, 19 Feb 1968

While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.

A young woman left her family for an unspecified reason. The husband determines to find out the truth and starts following his wife. At first, he suspects that a man is involved. But gradually, he finds out more and more strange behaviors and bizarre incidents that indicate something more than a possessed love affair.

Shine

Thu, 15 Aug 1996

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.

The Man from Earth: Holocene

Fri, 13 Oct 2017

14,000-year-old "Man from Earth" John Oldman, now teaching in northern California, realizes that not only is he finally starting to age, but four students have discovered his deepest secret, putting his life in grave danger and potentially destroying the world's most popular religion.

The Fascinator

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The Man is bound in an endless loop of fascination with a woman who haunts his thoughts. On the brink of a breakdown he desperately tries to break free before he is consumed.

The Thistle in the Kiss

Tue, 25 Nov 2025

Declan has had no luck with the holidays: his girlfriend Stephanie broke up with him on the way to Christmas dinner. He's managed to keep it secret until New Year's Day, when his car breaks down and his sister Rachel shows up to help him fix it. Crumbling under her relentless curiosity, Declan is now on a crash course to confront the poor decisions of his life.

Poughkeepsie Crispies

Fri, 07 Feb 2025

He really likes Poughkeepsie Crispies. Maybe too much. A darkly funny, minimalist loop of repetition, ritual, and barely-hinged performance.

Aftermath

Fri, 26 Mar 2004

A young married couple has to deal with their emotional breakdowns after the death of their only daughter.

Lost Property

Fri, 20 Jun 2025

Lost Property follows three characters returning to the Bureau of Lost Property—a labyrinthine sorting facility where each searches for a missing doppelganger. The Bureau’s flamboyant personnel enforce elaborate administrative rituals, guiding the protagonists toward destabilising confrontations with their other halves. Only one half of each pair can exit, locking them in an endless rotation between original and double.

Baby Doll

Fri, 04 Nov 1988

A young woman goes on a vacation at an old farm, which once belonged to her deceased grandmother. Childhood traumas and the memories of her strict and authoritarian grandmother haunts the young woman and leads her to scary delusions and a mental breakdown.

Violence

Sun, 01 Mar 2015

A psychologist is gradually broken down to the point of no return in his life; but was it his work or his past that sends him over the edge, to do the most unthinkable things. All of this happens to him in the middle of chaos breaking out during the London riots.

SHEUT

Thu, 25 Sep 2025

A young college artist tries to sketch his next piece, vainly. Frustrated, decides to get out from his house and get some fresh air. But then, a shadow springs forth from one of his rejected ideas, determined to reach him. Short silent film inspired by Nosferatu (1922) and The Gabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920).