Movies like Control
If Control's mix of mental illness and short film stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Control's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Infinitely Polar Bear
2014 · Directed by Maya Forbes · 87 min6.6
Why you'll like itShares: mental illness · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2010s)
A manic-depressive mess of a father tries to win back his wife by attempting to take full responsibility of their two young, spirited daughters, who don't make the overwhelming task any easier.
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Kinds of Kindness
2024 · Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos · 164 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: mental illness · Also comedy and drama
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman…
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Girl, Interrupted
1999 · Directed by James Mangold · 127 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: mental illness
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the…
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Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King
2014 · Directed by Drew Pearce · 14 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film · From the same decade (2010s)
A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.
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The Human Voice
2020 · Directed by Pedro Almodóvar · 30 min6.7
Why you'll like itShares: short film
A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master has abandoned him.