Movies: Social anxiety

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 ...

Revisit events from Bocchi joining Kessoku Band to their first successful gig....

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers....

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....

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....

Revisit Bocchi's journey to playing at her school festival and friendship with Kita....

When reserved and lonely teenager Fenix meets popular high school girl Scarlett, the two form a bond that shapes the rest of his life....

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 a...

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 ...

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 imag...

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....

A teenager tests his limits by attending a costume party, where his anxiety manifests itself in the form of a looming shadow....

A young woman tries to overcome her anxiety, which is personified by a crocodile....

Shane, battling social anxiety at a party, finds himself dissociating from this own body when social pressure pushes him to the brink, turning a simple gathering into a surreal escape from reality....

A coming-of-age story about two former childhood friends attempting to make amends following a fight. As their conversation progresses, one of them has to mature in order to reconcile with her friend as well as herself....

Four people suffering from various forms of clinical anxiety disorders tell us what it's like to live and work with this illness. They discuss the stigma attached to being anxious, and also how to cope with the symptoms using things like medication, ...

A girl tries to celebrate her birthday with her friends and family....

Locked out of the school art room, a creative non-binary teen named Frog grapples with anxiety as they seek a new place to eat lunch. Imagination blurs with reality in this hybrid work of live action and animation about finding a place to belong....

Alex arrives uninvited to a party and, after a set of excruciating interactions with other guests, is forced to recount a self-reflecting dream he has had. A meditation on oneiric experience in cinema, mental health, talking dogs and fishermen....

A short experimental film about processing internal stress outwardly through the creative process....