social anxiety
48 movies and shows
A Silent Voice: The Movie
Sat, 17 Sep 2016
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya do not speak to each other again... until an older, wiser Shouya, tormented by his past behaviour, decides he must see Shouko once more. He wants to atone for his sins, but is it already too late...?
Horse Girl
Mon, 27 Jan 2020
A socially awkward woman with a fondness for arts and crafts, horses, and supernatural crime shows finds her increasingly lucid dreams trickling into her waking life.
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 2
Fri, 09 Aug 2024
Revisit Bocchi's journey to playing at her school festival and friendship with Kita.
Punch-Drunk Love
Fri, 11 Oct 2002
A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.
Dear Evan Hansen
Fri, 24 Sep 2021
Evan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
Sensitive Parts
Thu, 13 Apr 2017
Sensitive Parts is a tender and sharply observed dramatic comedy about a young woman who is forced to confront her social anxiety and interpersonal fears before they consume her and the people she loves, with a little help along the way from the imaginary manifestation of an iconic popstar.
BOCCHI THE ROCK! Recap Part 1
Fri, 07 Jun 2024
Revisit events from Bocchi joining Kessoku Band to their first successful gig.
Downfalls High
Fri, 15 Jan 2021
When reserved and lonely teenager Fenix meets popular high school girl Scarlett, the two form a bond that shapes the rest of his life.
Bungalow
Fri, 07 Apr 2023
A young couple buys a rotten house with the intention of turning it into their dream home. But the more the renovations progress, the more their life turns into a nightmare. Bungalow is a comedy-drama about the financial, social and sexual anxieties that millennials experience in our performance society.
Northern Lights
Sun, 16 Oct 2016
Emma approaches adulthood, she tries to live an ordinary life and keep up to her late mothers expectations. However her anxiety weighs over her, stopping her from enjoying the last few youthful years.
Train Man
Sat, 04 Jun 2005
The purportedly true story of a 23-year-old otaku (Japanese geek) who intervened when a drunk man was harassing a woman on a train. The otaku ultimately started dating with her and chronicled his event and his dates with the woman (who became known as "Hermès") on the Japanese mega-BBS 2channel.
Actor
Thu, 29 Aug 2024
The film tells the tragic life story of an actor named Farhad, who remains faithful to national values and deeply feels the pain of their loss. Fearing the negative impact of social media, Farhad leaves the theater because of a colleague's dismissal. The story explores his inner world, the traumas he experiences, and the void created by the loss of national values, presenting it all to the audience.
Tea
Fri, 24 May 2024
While rehearsing asking out the girl of his dreams, a lonely and highly allergic Circuit-Shack employee gets stung in the throat by a hornet.
Anxiety Art
Wed, 02 Jun 2021
A young artist in a dark dorm room takes anxieties out of their brain and into their hands.
In-Between
Wed, 05 Sep 2012
A young woman tries to overcome her anxiety, which is personified by a crocodile.
Don't Mind Me
Fri, 03 Nov 2023
A short film with dialogue for Eason Chan's Mandarin song "Don't Mind Me" 社交恐懼癌 (from his most recent album "Chin Up"), which was produced as an extended backstory for the music video. The Chinese title literally translates as "social anxiety cancer". Starring Eason Chan himself, along with a guest appearance from Tony Leung Chiu-Wai.
Manic Man
Thu, 24 Oct 2024
Shane, battling social anxiety at a party, finds himself dissociating from his own body when social pressure pushes him to the brink, turning a simple gathering into a surreal escape from reality.
Terror!
Fri, 28 Jun 2024
A teenager tests his limits by attending a costume party, where his anxiety manifests itself in the form of a looming shadow.
Meets the World
Fri, 24 Oct 2025
Yukari, a 27-year old fujoshi fangirl who loves the popular yakiniku-themed pretty boy anime "Meat is Mine", ends up meeting Rai, a pretty but enigmatic bar hostess. As they become friends and roommates in Kabukicho, Yukari starts to get concerned about how Rai doesn't take care of herself and keeps talking about death. Yukari wants to make Rai less suicidal by finding her ex-boyfriend, who she suspects Rai still isn't over. At the same time Yukari attempts to date a decent guy, pressured by her mother and thinking that love might be the answer to set her life straight. Nevertheless, she ends up spending a lot of time with Rai's friend Asahi, a cheery and friendly (but married) host club boy. Based on the novel by Hitomi Kanehara.
Anxiously
Wed, 20 Dec 2023
Liz’s life now started facing changes every day, because of that, anxiety began striking her all the time, and one should never deal with this alone.