🏷 Discover The Best Mental Asylum Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Unravel the Dark Side of the Mind: Top Movies and TV Shows Set in Mental Asylums

Step into the eerie world of mental asylums, where the boundaries of reality are pushed to the limit. From psychological thrillers to gripping dramas, explore the most captivating movies and TV shows that delve into the complexities of the human mind. Immerse yourself in a world of madness and despair, where the lines between sanity and insanity are blurred.

Cast

KJ Apa

Lili Reinhart

Camila Mendes

Cole Sprouse

Riverdale (2017) TV Show

8.4 13.7K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 7

Episodes: 137

Audience: TV-14

Story: Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Style: dark, absurd, romantic

Plot: love triangle, casino, witch, killing, small town, amateur detective, magic, manipulation, ...

Cast

Cantinflas

Rosita Arenas

u00c1ngel Garasa

Rebeca Iturbide

El señor fotógrafo (1953)

8.3 79 votes

Genre: Comedy, Thriller

Country: Mexico

Duration: 100 min.

Story: Cantinflas, a traveling photographer, is captured by some gangsters while trying to get some flowers for his girlfriend. The gangsters have confused him with the assistant of Dr. Penongo, a scientist who has discovered the formula of a new atomic bomb. Meanwhile, Penongo has suffered a car accident and has lost his memory ...

Plot: amnesia, atomic bomb, photographer, gangster, professor, chemist, manicurist, mental clinic, ...

Cast

Leonardo DiCaprio

Mark Ruffalo

Ben Kingsley

Max von Sydow

Shutter Island (2010)

8.2 26.0K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 138 min.

Audience: R

Story: World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

Plot: island, based on novel or book, concentration camp, hurricane, investigation, psychiatric hospital, mental institution, escaped patient, ...

Time: world war ii, 1950s

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Linda Hamilton

Edward Furlong

Robert Patrick

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

8.2 14.5K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: France, United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: R

Story: Ten years after the events of the original, a reprogrammed T-800 is sent back in time to protect young John Connor from the shape-shifting T-1000. Together with his mother Sarah, he fights to stop Skynet from triggering a nuclear apocalypse.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: man vs machine, artificial intelligence (a.i.), cyborg, shotgun, dystopia, moral ambiguity, post-apocalyptic future, villain, ...

Cast

Zach Braff

Donald Faison

John C. McGinley

Eliza Coupe

Scrubs (2001) TV Show

8.1 160 votes

Genre: Comedy

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 9

Episodes: 181

Audience: TV-14

Story: In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.

Plot: friendship, hospital, doctor, medical student, mental hospital, sitcom, dramedy, medical drama, ...

Cast

Sarah Paulson

Finn Wittrock

Jon Jon Briones

Judy Davis

Ratched (2020) TV Show

7.6 1.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 8

Audience: TV-MA

Story: In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

Plot: nurse, motel, mutilation, lobotomy, mental hospital

Time: 1940s

Cast

Angelina Jolie

John Malkovich

Jeffrey Donovan

Michael Kelly

Changeling (2008)

7.6 4.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 142 min.

Audience: R

Story: Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.

Plot: biography, based on true story, clergyman, child in peril, police corruption, los angeles, california, single mother, ...

Time: 1920s

Cast

Winona Ryder

Angelina Jolie

Clea DuVall

Brittany Murphy

Girl, Interrupted (1999)

7.6 4.2K votes

Genre: Drama

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: 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 thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

Plot: based on novel or book, escape, suicide attempt, identity, insanity, female friendship, based on true story, borderline personality disorder, ...

Time: 1960s

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Masato Hagiwara

Tsuyoshi Ujiki

Anna Nakagawa

Cure (1997)

7.5 817 votes

Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery

Country: Japan

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: NR

Story: A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.

Plot: hotel, prostitute, amnesia, based on novel or book, investigation, hallucination, interview, murder, ...

Cast

Dan Stevens

Rachel Keller

Aubrey Plaza

Jeremie Harris

Legion (2017) TV Show

7.5 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 3

Episodes: 27

Audience: TV-MA

Story: David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

Plot: mutant, superhero, based on comic, memory, mental institution, psychological thriller, super power, mental illness, ...

Cast

Ananda Everingham

Natthaweeranuch Thongmee

Achita Sikamana

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Unnop Chanpaibool

Shutter (2004)

7.3 1.4K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: Thailand

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Jane and Tun run over a girl in a car accident, they speed away immediately from the crime scene. However, Tun, a photographer, soon discovers strange shadows in his photos, which unsettles them.

Plot: suicide, nightmare, photographer, bangkok, thailand, flashback, revenge, car accident, ...

Place: thailand

Cast

Bradley Cooper

Jennifer Lawrence

Robert De Niro

Jacki Weaver

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

7.2 12.7K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

Plot: depression, infidelity, dancing, friendship, philadelphia, pennsylvania, based on novel or book, italian american, ...

Cast

Elisabeth Moss

Aldis Hodge

Storm Reid

Michael Dorman

The Invisible Man (2020)

7.1 6.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: Australia, United States of America

Duration: 124 min.

Audience: R

Story: When Cecilia's abusive ex takes his own life and leaves her his fortune, she suspects his death was a hoax. As a series of coincidences turn lethal, Cecilia works to prove that she is being hunted by someone nobody can see.

Plot: based on novel or book, pregnancy, architect, fake suicide, stalker, remake, murder, domestic abuse, ...

The Outsider (2001) TV Show

6.9 62 votes

Genre: Drama

Country: Mexico, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 135

Audience: NR

Story: Rodrigo Junquera finds out he is close to death, he decides to ask the nanny of his young child, Virginia Martínez, a beautiful and honest woman, to marry him with the intention of preparing the road so she can look after his children when he's gone. Virginia has to deal with the contempt of Rodrigo's children who acuse her of being an ambitious woman who married their father for his money. Virginia is in love with Rodrigo's eldest son, Carlos Alberto, who has come to mistreat her after finding out she married his dad.

Plot: stepmother, wheelchair user, inheritance, mental institution, mansion, twins, heiress, telenovela, ...

Cast

Kate Beckinsale

Jim Sturgess

David Thewlis

Brendan Gleeson

Stonehearst Asylum (2014)

6.9 1.6K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 112 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

Plot: mental institution, psychological thriller, doctor, mental patient, based on short story, mental asylum, doctor patient relationship, switching places

Time: 19th century

Cast

Lauren LaVera

David Howard Thornton

Samantha Scaffidi

Elliott Fullam

Terrifier 3 (2024)

6.8 2.0K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Five years after surviving Art the Clown's Halloween massacre, Sienna and Jonathan are still struggling to rebuild their shattered lives. As the holiday season approaches, they try to embrace the Christmas spirit and leave the horrors of the past behind. But just when they think they're safe, Art returns, determined to turn their holiday cheer into a new nightmare. The festive season quickly unravels as Art unleashes his twisted brand of terror, proving that no holiday is safe.

Plot: monster, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), angel, shower, child murder, santa claus, college, clown, ...

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

6.7 2.1K votes

Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: A psychiatrist, familiar with the knife-wielding dream demon Freddy Krueger, helps teens at a mental hospital battle the killer who is invading their dreams.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: dreams, nightmare, sadism, psychopath, group therapy, supernatural, hypnosis, ohio, ...

Cast

Fairuza Balk

Nicol Williamson

Jean Marsh

Piper Laurie

Return to Oz (1985)

6.7 1.1K votes

Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: PG

Story: Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Plot: princess, donkey, electric shock, sequel, pumpkin, imaginary land, mental institution, mechanical, ...

Cast

Ashley Laurence

Clare Higgins

Kenneth Cranham

Imogen Boorman

Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988)

6.4 1.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: R

Story: Now confined to a mental hospital, young Kirsty insists her supposedly dead father is actually stuck in Hell following his wife’s betrayal. Few believe the young woman’s lurid stories aside from the thrill-seeking Dr. Channard. Kirsty is undeterred and, with the help of a fellow patient, heads to Hell for a rescue.

Plot: based on novel or book, pain, hell, seduction, stepmother, pinhead, sequel, sexual imagery, ...

Cast

Teresa Palmer

Maria Bello

Gabriel Bateman

Alexander DiPersia

Lights Out (2016)

6.4 4.2K votes

Genre: Horror

Country: United States of America

Duration: 81 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: suicide, sibling relationship, darkness, supernatural, paranormal phenomena, basement, evil spirit, parenthood, ...

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