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Movies: Best "lunatic asylum" Movies


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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(1975)

R
| 2h 13min | Drama
4.2/5 (with 4,744 votes)

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

House on Haunted Hill(1999)

R
| 1h 33min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
2.8/5 (with 372 votes)

An amusement park mogul offers a random group of diverse people $1 million to spend the night in a decrepit former mental institution.

The Professor and the Madman(2019)

3.6/5 (with 483 votes)

Professor James Murray begins work compiling words for the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary in the mid 19th century, and receives over 10,000 entries from a patient at Broadmoor Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dr. William Minor.

I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK(2006)

3.6/5 (with 209 votes)

Young-goon, mentally deranged and frequently electro-charging herself with a transistor radio, has been admitted into a mental institution. Firmly believing herself to be a cyborg, she refuses to consume like a human being. Il-soon is another patient, who catches the eye of Young-goon and soon becomes a close friend. Il-soon is now confronted with the biggest task: to cure Young-goon's mental problem and have her eat real food.

Directed by Park Chan-wook - With Rain, Im Su-jeong, Oh Dal-su, Son Yeong-soon, Park Joon-myeon, Choi Hee-jin, ...

Birdy(1984)

2h | Drama
3.5/5 (with 213 votes)

Two young men are seriously affected by the Vietnam war. One of them has always been obsessed with birds - but now believes he really is a bird, and has been sent to a mental hospital. Can his friend help him pull through?

Red Beard(1965)

3h 5min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 136 votes)

Aspiring to an easy job as personal physician to a wealthy family, Noboru Yasumoto is disappointed when his first post after medical school takes him to a small country clinic under the gruff doctor Red Beard. Yasumoto rebels in numerous ways, but Red Beard proves a wise and patient teacher. He gradually introduces his student to the unglamorous side of the profession, ultimately assigning him to care for a prostitute rescued from a local brothel.

Session 9(2001)

R
| 1h 40min | Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 384 votes)

Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.

Escaping the Madhouse: The Nellie Bly Story(2019)

1h 28min | Thriller
3.7/5 (with 44 votes)

An investigative reporter Nellie Bly, who’s on a mission to expose the deplorable conditions and mistreatment of patients at the notorious Women’s Lunatic Asylum, and feigns mental illness in order to be institutionalized to report from the inside. The movie is an account of actual events surrounding Nellie’s stay beginning after she has undergone treatment, leaving her with no recollection of how she came to the asylum or her real identity.

Love Crazy(1941)

3.7/5 (with 12 votes)

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard(1963)

1h 27min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
3.3/5 (with 4 votes)

The spirit of the evil Dr. Mabuse takes over the body of a famous professor. The professor/Dr. Mabuse then begins a new crime wave that terrorizes the city.

A Bill of Divorcement(1932)

NR
| 1h 10min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 14 votes)

Hilary Fairfield returns home after fifteen years in an asylum with his sanity restored. But he is disturbed to find that everything has changed: his daughter grown and about to marry; his wife divorced and also about to marry.

The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse(1964)

1h 27min | Crime, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

The evil Dr. Mabuse develops a death ray with which he threatens the world.

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The Shadowed Mind(1988)

NC-17
| 1h 35min | Horror, Thriller
2.7/5 (with 3 votes)

A patient at a private clinic for sufferers of sexual dysfunction begins a tentative affair with one of the other patients while a killer stalks the institution.

Directed by Cedric Sundstrom - With Towje Kleiner

Maniacts(2001)

1h 32min | Horror
3.0/5 (with 4 votes)

Two serial killers meet and fall in love in an asylum for the criminally insane. Upon escaping their corrupt captors, they flee to the country to try and lead a happy, normal life. Unfortunately, "normal" turns out to be a state of mind...an elusive state of mind.

Directed by C.W. Cressler

Up! Up! To the sky(2008)

1h 33min | Comedy, Drama
2.0/5 (with 2 votes)

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Directed by Hardi Sturm - With Max Riemelt, Katja Riemann, Armin Rohde, Anneke Kim Sarnau

Reimagining A Buffalo Landmark(2019)

5.0/5 (with 1 vote)

The Richardson Olmsted Campus, a former psychiatric center and National Historic Landmark, is seeing new life as it undergoes restoration and adaptation to a modern use.