Here we've displayed a list of the best Asylum films : Autumn Sonata(1978), Dr. Mabuse, King of Crime(1922), Seven Beauties(1976), The Young Poisoner's Handbook(1995), Rosie!(1967), Song of Love(1947), Private Worlds(1935), Blindness(2008), Henry IV(1984), Room to Let(1949), Asylum(2005), The Mad Room(1969) ... ...
Drama
Sweden|France|West Germany|UK|Norway
1978
97 Minutes
Ingrid Bergman Liv Ullmann Lena Nyman Halvar Björk Erland Josephson Arne Bang-Hansen Gunnar Björnstrand Mimi Pollak
mother daughter mentally impaired person pianist melodramatic gripping sad tense sweden household asylum family dysfunction parenthood reunion mental impairment career vs. family mother/daughter relationship sacrifice discovery rivalry
A married daughter who longs for her mother's love is visited by the latter, a successful concert pianist.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Germany
1922
93 Minutes
Rudolf Klein-Rogge Aud Egede Nissen Gertrude Welcker Alfred Abel Bernhard Goetzke Paul Richter
criminal hypnotist gambler police detective businessman murderer dark intricate suspenseful thrilling nightclub city berlin police station asylum germany crime mind control psychiatry business
Arch-criminal Dr. Mabuse sets out to make a fortune and run Berlin. Detective Wenk sets out to stop him.
Comedy, Drama
Italy
1976
115 Minutes
Giancarlo Giannini Fernando Rey Shirley Stoler Elena Fiore Piero Di Iorio Enzo Vitale Roberto Herlitzka Lucio Amelio
thug sister psychiatrist nazi commandant wife soldier witty dark disheartening family home pow camp naples, italy germany asylum survival world war ii seduction collaboration family honor fall
The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
Comedy, Drama
UK|Germany|France
1995
106 Minutes
Hugh O'Conor Antony Sher Ruth Sheen Roger Lloyd-Pack Charlotte Coleman Paul Stacey Samantha Edmonds John Abbott
teen boy stepmother father psychiatrist mental patient sister dark quirky cheeky outlandish london house school asylum factory graham young poison family misanthropy murder
This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes ... See full summary »
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
98 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Sandra Dee Brian Aherne James Farentino Audrey Meadows Vanessa Brown
wealthy woman daughter lawyer granddaughter psychiatrist emotional endearing united states asylum courtroom countryside inheritance trial institutionalization greed grandparent/child relationship eccentricity underdog rise 1960s
A widowed millionaire announces that she intends to buy a closed theater, the location where her late husband proposed, much to the dismay of her cold-hearted daughters who try to commit her to an insane asylum.
Drama, History
USA
1947
119 Minutes
Katharine Hepburn Paul Henreid Robert Walker Henry Daniell Leo G. Carroll Gigi Perreau Tala Birell Henry Stephenson Elsa Janssen Ann Carter Janine Perreau
composer pianist wife child love interest melodramatic somber moving germany asylum house clara wieck robert schumann johannes brahms music love debt love sacrifice temptation
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Drama
USA
1935
84 Minutes
doctor partner psychiatrist patient sister wife tense dark uneasy asylum office hospital room household staircase mental illness psychiatry accident misogyny murder nervous breakdown
The work of a progressive female psychiatrist and her colleague at a mental hospital is threatened by the arrival of a conservative new supervisor, who disapproves of both her methods and the fact that she is a woman in a "man's field."
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Brazil|Canada|Japan|UK|Italy
2008
120 Minutes
Julianne Moore Mark Ruffalo Alice Braga Yusuke Iseya Yoshino Kimura Don McKellar Maury Chaykin Mitchell Nye Danny Glover Gael García Bernal Sandra Oh
doctor wife bartender government official accountant tense bleak chilling asylum dystopia dystopia quarantine blindness anarchy revolution disease escape rise sacrifice 2000s
A city is ravaged by an epidemic of instant white blindness.
Drama
Italy
1984
95 Minutes
Marcello Mastroianni Claudia Cardinale Leopoldo Trieste Paolo Bonacelli Gianfelice Imparato Claudio Spadaro
aristocrat nephew psychiatrist fiancée mother dark witty offbeat italy asylum party madness identity crisis deception transformation mystery discovery 1980s
Deranged after a fall from a horse, a man has lived for twenty years in a castle laboring under the delusion that he is Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. His psychiatrist concocts an elaborate scheme to shock him out of his medieval reverie.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1949
68 Minutes
Jimmy Hanley Valentine Dyall Christine Silver Merle Tottenham Constance Smith Charles Hawtrey Aubrey Dexter
widow daughter physician reporter doctor killer suspenseful frightful eerie london boardinghouse asylum room street fear communal living suspicion investigation disappearance murder
In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Drama
UK|Ireland
2005
96 Minutes
Natasha Richardson Ian McKellen Marton Csokas Hugh Bonneville Judy Parfitt Sean Harris Gus Lewis Wanda Ventham Joss Ackland Susanna Valerio Rhydian Jones
psychiatrist wife inmate passionate uneasy thrilling asylum london affair escape marriage forbidden love 1950s
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1969
92 Minutes
widow brother sister stepson employee woman eerie dark tense melodramatic household garden asylum family secrets murder marriage cover-up siblings communal living discovery
Ellen Hardy gets a rude awakening when she discovers that her brother and sister are scheduled to leave their mental institution. As children, they were put there after killing their parents.
Comedy
Switzerland|USA
1958
100 Minutes
comedian criminal diplomat spy ambassador inspector madcap cheeky paris cruise ship police station asylum mistaken identity espionage counterfeit money secret codes pursuit escape mystery 1950s
American actor, Bob Hunter, travels to Paris to purchase the rights to a highly sought after script, and meets his French counterpart Fernydel along the way, but a sinister organization seems to be targeting Hunter for a mysterious reason.
Horror
UK
1967
90 Minutes
Andre Morell John Phillips David Buck Elizabeth Sellars Maggie Kimberley Michael Ripper Tim Barrett Richard Warner
archaeologist mummy pharaoh bedouin thrilling tense suspenseful frightening egypt cairo tomb asylum supernatural curse killing spree quest escape pursuit ancient egypt
In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
2017
90 Minutes
Fiona Dourif Jennifer Tilly Alex Vincent Elisabeth Rosen Michael Therriault Zak Santiago Grace Lynn Kung Summer H. Howell Ali Tataryn Allison Dawn Doiron Adam Hurtig
doll killer woman supernatural being doctor victim chilling creepy dark disturbing frightening gory asylum doctor's office solitary confinement hospital bedroom strange happenings murder terror
Chucky returns to terrorize his human victim, Nica. Meanwhile, the killer doll has some scores to settle with his old enemies, with the help of his former wife.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
USA
2002
92 Minutes
Patsy Kensit Patrick Muldoon Damian Chapa Amy Locane Amy Huberman Patrick Joseph Byrnes Aimee O'Sullivan Nick Hardin
psychiatrist serial killer gory suspenseful jail asylum rebirth history stalking mystery
Mental Patient terrorizes her Psychiatrist who she believes is the reincarnation of Jack the Ripper.
Horror
USA
2015
80 Minutes
Natasha Blasick Richard Tyson Charlie Glackin Alanna Forte David A. Lockhart John Scuderi John Welsh Allisun Sturges Sean Story
young woman wealthy man killer serial killer murderer victim shocking brutal thrilling engaging suspenseful dark house asylum horror danger fear serial murders murder murderous rampage
A serial killer is purposely released from an asylum for the criminally insane so that he can continue his rampage.
Drama
1988
110 Minutes
young boy father bully grandfather grandmother aunt melodramatic eerie moving amusing california vermont family home asylum relocation world war ii small-town life imagination family dysfunction troubled childhood
A homesick Los Angeles boy (Lukas Haas) spends World War II with his Vermont grandparents, aunt (Lea Thompson) and 4-F uncle (Lance Guest).
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2007
81 Minutes
Amanda Righetti Erik Palladino Cerina Vincent Tom Riley Andrew Lee Potts Steven Pacey Jeffrey Combs Gil Kolirin
magazine editor anthropologist boyfriend sister girlfriend student tense brutal thrilling asylum apartment haunted house college haunting insanity artifact kidnapping tragic death survival escape
Ariel (Amanda Righetti) and her boyfriend, Paul (Tom Riley), are kidnapped by deranged anthropology student Desmond (Erik Palladino) and forced to help search for a statue worth millions inside an abandoned insane asylum.
Drama
1926
60 Minutes
Masao Inoue Yoshie Nakagawa Ayako Iijima Hiroshi Nemoto Misao Seki Minoru Takase Eiko Minami Kyosuke Takamatsu
man wife daughter doctor attendant dark frightful striking japan asylum cell street hall mental illness marriage family medical profession dreams quest escape
An elderly sailor takes a job as handyman at a Japanese mental asylum in an attempt to be near his wife.
Horror
2018
77 Minutes
Lalor Roddy Ciaran Flynn Helena Bereen Lauren Coe Dearbhail Carr Carleen Melaugh
priest nun resident ghost possessed woman eerie uneasy thrilling creepy gripping church asylum boardinghouse bedroom office northern ireland haunting possession ghosts demons
When two priests investigate a miracle in an Irish home for unwed mothers in 1960, they discover that one of the residents is possessed by the devil.
Comedy
1982
85 Minutes
Gerrit Graham Michael Lerner Shelley Smith Miriam Flynn Fred McCarren Stephen Furst Marya Small Zane Buzby Jacklyn Zeman Blackie Dammett Barry Diamond
mental patient salesman classmate loser exchange student beautiful woman madcap amusing outlandish hysterical high school party asylum classroom high-school reunion serial murders insanity unlikely allies manhunt grudge
The class president (Gerrit Graham), class beauty (Shelley Smith) and class killer join other alumni at Lizzie Borden High.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
2014
103 Minutes
Luke Kleintank Alex McKenna Zack Ward Lacey Anzelc Ethan S. Smith Lesley-Anne Down Tobin Bell Anthony Rey Perez
father son gory suspenseful asylum united states knowledge fate memories mystery
Nick learns his father is alive and knows the origins of his son's dark gift. He leaves to find his father and finds an abandoned mansion he thought only existed in his memories.
Horror
1958
87 Minutes
Donald Wolfit Barbara Shelley Vincent Ball Victor Maddern William Devlin Andrew Faulds
mad scientist hunchback patient wife judge guard eerie offbeat outlandish disturbing transylvania asylum cell village medical experiments serial murders vampires superstition blood transfusion reviving the dead
A couple (Barbara Shelley, Vincent Ball) enter the asylum of a mad vampire doctor (Donald Wolfit) and his one-eyed assistant with bangs, Carl.
Mystery & Thriller
2014
112 Minutes
Kate Beckinsale Ben Kingsley Jim Sturgess David Thewlis Michael Caine Brendan Gleeson Sophie Kennedy Clark Jason Flemyng
doctor love interest patient psychologist murderer victim bleak brash creepy disturbing frightful shocking asylum england hospital university experimental medicine psychiatry danger deception
A new employee at a mental hospital becomes attracted to one of his colleagues, but he is unaware of a recent, horrifying change in staff.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
2008
93 Minutes
Sarah Roemer Mark Rolston Pete Burris Benjamin Daniele Carolina Garcia Jake Muxworthy Travis Van Winkle Ellen Hollman Andrea Powell
college students frightening tense dormitory asylum troubled past experiments discovery 2000s
College students learn that their dorm once housed disturbed teenagers who rose up and killed the deranged doctor who subjected them to all kinds of torture.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
1999
95 Minutes
Miki Nakatani Hitomi Sato Kyôko Fukada Rikiya Otaka Rie Ino'o Fumiyo Kohinata
girlfriend mental patient psychiatrist journalist son mother eerie dreamy suspenseful asylum well apartment hotel tokyo curse mysterious deaths investigation possession psychic phenomena supernatural
A woman (Miki Nakatani) delves deeper into a myth that predicts death in seven days under mysterious conditions.