The Distraction
Feb 27, 2020 | IMDB 3
10 min Watch NowThriller, Horror, Documentary
A short form exploration of the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression, the world’s biggest health problem.
Thriller, Horror, Documentary
A short form exploration of the very visceral and disorienting world of living with severe anxiety and depression, the world’s biggest health problem.
MOVIE COMMENTS
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Dragonwyck
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Hard Candy
The Quiet
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Color of Night
Primal Fear
Calling Dr. Gillespie
Nadiya: Anxiety and Me
After Darkness
The Abandoned
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Honeycomb
The Last Shaman
The Death King
The Future Tense
The Cry of the Owl
Crazywise
The Killer at Thurston High
SIMILAR MOVIES
Dragonwyck
IMDB 6.7 | Apr , 1946
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.Seance on a Wet Afternoon
IMDB 7.2 | Jun , 1964
Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.Hard Candy
IMDB 6.8 | Jan , 2005
Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.The Quiet
IMDB 6.2 | Sep , 2005
After her widowed father dies, deaf teenager Dot moves in with her godparents, Olivia and Paul Deer. The Deers' daughter, Nina, is openly hostile to Dot, but that does not prevent her from telling her secrets to her silent stepsister, including the fact that she wants to kill her lecherous father.A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
IMDB 6.7 | Feb , 1987
During a hallucinatory incident, Kristen Parker has her wrists slashed by dream-stalking monster, Freddy Krueger. Her mother, mistaking the wounds for a suicide attempt, sends her to a psychiatric ward, where she joins a group of similarly troubled teens.Color of Night
IMDB 5.8 | Aug , 1994
A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend's therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.Primal Fear
IMDB 7.7 | Mar , 1996
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.Calling Dr. Gillespie
IMDB 6.5 | Aug , 1942
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.Nadiya: Anxiety and Me
IMDB 0 | May , 2019
In this one-off documentary, Nadiya Hussain sets out to find the cause of her anxiety, exploring the most effective, available treatments.After Darkness
IMDB 4.4 | Feb , 1985
To salve his guilty conscience an elder brother removes his disturbed younger sibling from a mental institution after a suicide attempt and tries to bring him back to mental competency through one on one contact. Free of the institution he continues to be haunted by dreams of a lost twin and chants the eerie phrase "Do I stand before the king?" It is the elder brother that seems doomed to lose himself in his brother's insanity.The Abandoned
IMDB 6.3 | Sep , 2023
When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
IMDB 7.9 | Oct , 1962
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
IMDB 7.3 | Dec , 1964
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.Honeycomb
IMDB 6.1 | Jul , 1969
Teresa and Peter settle down in their new home after the wedding. Things are going well until her childhood furniture arrives, sending Teresa into horrible flashbacks of turmoil from memories of her youth.The Last Shaman
IMDB 7.2 | May , 2017
James, giving himself 12 months before he has "a license to kill himself," sets off to the Amazon rainforest with hopes of finding a shaman who can save his life.The Death King
IMDB 6.4 | Jan , 1990
Seven episodes, each taking place on a different day of the week, on the theme of suicide and violent death.The Future Tense
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2022
Staged as a series of voiceover sessions, written with gloriously off-balanced precision and dipped in the color green, THE FUTURE TENSE unfolds as a poignant tale of tales, exploring the filmmakers’ own experiences in aging, parenting, mental illness, along with the brutal history that lies submerged beneath Ireland’s heavy, moist earth.The Cry of the Owl
IMDB 5.7 | Feb , 2009
Fleeing New York City, a failed marriage and a fragile mental history, artist Robert Forrester moves to small-town Pennsylvania. There he becomes fascinated with the simple domesticity of a beautiful neighbor, watching her through the windows of her home --- until she invites him in for coffee. He is drawn into a relationship with the young woman whose boyfriend goes missing; Robert becomes a murder suspect, gradually sensing he is the target of a larger plot.Crazywise
IMDB 6 | Jun , 2017
Western culture treats mental disorders primarily through biomedical psychiatry, but filmmakers Phil Borges and Kevin Tomlinson reveal a growing movement of professionals and survivors who are forging alternative treatments that focus on recovery and turning mental “illness” into a positive transformative experience.The Killer at Thurston High
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2000
In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, 15-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston High School in Springfield, Oregon, killing two fellow students and wounding 25 others. In this first in-depth television examination of a school shooter, FRONTLINE reveals the intimate inside story of how the “shy and likeable” Kip Kinkel from a solid middle-class family became the boy police call “a cold-hearted killer.”