Here we've displayed a list of the best Sanatorium films : Now, Voyager(1942), Shine(1996), A Brief Vacation(1975), Trio(1950), My Favorite Brunette(1947), Burning Secret(1988), The Other Love(1947), Deadfall(1968), Asylum Seekers(2009), Lisa(2001), The Haunting of Julia(1976), Scarred Hearts(2016) ... ...
Drama
USA
1942
117 Minutes
Bette Davis Claude Rains Paul Henreid Gladys Cooper Bonita Granville John Loder Ilka Chase Lee Patrick Mary Wickes Janis Wilson
heiress mother architect wife child widower melodramatic emotional inspiring boston house sanatorium ship rio de janeiro mental illness rehabilitation romance travel mother/daughter relationship love
A frumpy spinster blossoms under therapy and becomes an elegant, independent woman.
Biography, Drama
Australia
1996
105 Minutes
Geoffrey Rush Justin Braine Sonia Todd Armin Mueller-Stahl Noah Taylor Lynn Redgrave John Gielgud Googie Withers Alex Rafalowicz Nicholas Bell Chris Heywood
pianist doctor restaurant manager father mental patient uplifting emotional gutsy concert hall london sanatorium restaurant piano family feud mental illness recovery dreams father/son relationship fall transformation
Pianist David Helfgott, driven by his father and teachers, has a breakdown. Years later he returns to the piano, to popular if not critical acclaim.
Drama
Italy|Spain
1975
106 Minutes
Florinda Bolkan Renato Salvatori Daniel Quenaud
factory worker husband child patient doctor love interest sad powerful uplifting milan factory slum alps sanatorium poverty health care culture clash vacation underdog transformation
Clara, diagnosed with tubercolosis, is treated in a sanatorium in the Alps, where she can finally take a break from her miserable life.
Drama
UK
1950
91 Minutes
vicar verger landlady jewelry dealer lover patient somber touching church shop cruise ship sanatorium literacy business arrogance health death love transformation rivalry
Three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham, "The Verger", "Mr. Know-All", and "The Sanatorium" are introduced by the author.
Comedy
USA
1947
87 Minutes
Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Peter Lorre Lon Chaney John Hoyt Reginald Denny Charles Dingle Ann Doran Frank Puglia Willard Robertson
convict photographer private investigator damsel in distress baron witty campy prison mansion sanatorium mistaken identity mystery crime private detective underdog mystery love 1940s
Shortly before his execution on the death row in San Quentin, amateur sleuth and baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, tells reporters how he got there.
Romance
UK|West Germany
1988
106 Minutes
Faye Dunaway Klaus Maria Brandauer David Eberts Ian Richardson
mother husband son lover doctor melodramatic engaging vienna sanatorium mother/son relationship loveless marriage infidelity growing up jealousy forbidden love discovery temptation 1920s
While being treated for asthma at a country spa, an American diplomat's lonely 12-year-old son is befriended and infatuated by a suave, mysterious baron. During a story of his war ... See full summary »
Romance
USA
1947
95 Minutes
doctor pianist racer patient race car driver friend emotional melodramatic intense touching brooding engaging sanatorium switzerland bar town monte carlo, monaco illness death advice
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she ... See full summary »
Gay & Lesbian, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1968
120 Minutes
Michael Caine Giovanna Ralli Eric Portman Nanette Newman David Buck Leonard Rossiter Geraldine Sherman Carlos Pierre
jewel thief mastermind wife lover millionaire striking confident melodramatic shocking sanatorium mansion concert hall spain villa apartment heist sexual taboo secret past marriage unlikely allies
Cat burglar Henry Clarke and his accomplices, the Moreaus, attempt to steal diamonds from the château of millionaire Salinas. However, Henry's partners in crime aren't the most emotionally stable people.
Fantasy, Comedy
USA
2009
89 Minutes
Pepper Binkley Bill Dawes Judith Hawking Stella Maeve Lee Wilkof Daniel Irizarry Camille O'Sullivan
patient family radical dark insane asylum sanatorium treatment hospital escapism pursuit
Six people on the verge of a breakdown decide to check themselves into an insane asylum, only to discover there is just room for one.
Drama
2001
112 Minutes
Benoît Magimel Jeanne Moreau Marion Cotillard Sagamore Stévenin Michel Jonasz Denise Chalem Julia Vaidis-Bogard Jacques Pater Catherine Arditi Marisa Berenson Johan Leysen
student actress mother father film fan engaging touching melodramatic french alps sanatorium house france the past relationships film history family identity disappearance love mystery
A budding filmmaker (Benoît Magimel) interviews a mysterious woman (Jeanne Moreau) who had an affair with a French actor.
Horror
1976
96 Minutes
Mia Farrow Keir Dullea Tom Conti Jill Bennett Robin Gammell Cathleen Nesbitt Sophie Ward
mother father daughter sister-in-law doctor eerie suspenseful london house sanatorium accidental death ghosts marriage insanity mystery transformation 1970s
Her husband's (Keir Dullea) cut throat and her boyfriend's (Tom Conti) bathtub-shock make a woman (Mia Farrow) think her house is haunted.
Drama, History
2016
141 Minutes
Lucian Teodor Rus Gabriel Spahiu Ivana Mladenovic Ilinca Harnut Bogdan Cotlet Marius Damian Alexandru Dabija Dana Voicu Andrei Rus Liliana Ghita
sick person doctor nurse patient friend amusing profound powerful inspiring touching sanatorium hospital carriage office doctor's office hospital room life illness friendship relationships
Emanuel is committed to a sanatorium for treatment of his bone tuberculosis. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that inside the sanatorium there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.