Asylum
"asylum" Movies and TV Shows
#1
Twelve Monkeys
Synopsis:
In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient…
Starring:
Christopher Plummer,
Brad Pitt,
Bruce Willis
Plot:
time travel,
virus,
plague,
underground,
epidemic,
psychiatrist,
future,
ecoterrorism,
psychiatric hospital,
bald man
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#2
The Terminal
Synopsis:
Viktor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d'etat exploded in his homeland, leaving it in shambles, and now he's stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he's holding a passport that nobody recognizes. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can figure out what to do with him, Viktor simply goes on living – and courts romance with a beautiful flight …
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Stanley Tucci,
Diego Luna
#3
Suddenly, Last Summer
Synopsis:
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Starring:
Elizabeth Taylor,
Mercedes McCambridge,
Katharine Hepburn
#4
Splendor in the Grass
Synopsis:
A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Starring:
Pat Hingle,
Gary Lockwood,
Warren Beatty
#5
Sisters
Synopsis:
Inquisitive journalist Grace Collier is horrified when she witnesses her neighbor, fashion model Danielle Breton, violently murder a man. Panicking, she calls the police. But when the detective arrives at the scene and finds nothing amiss, Grace is forced to take matters into her own hands. Her first move is to recruit private investigator Joseph Larch, who helps her to uncover a secret about Dan…
Starring:
Olympia Dukakis,
Jennifer Salt,
Margot Kidder
Plot:
murder,
police,
neighbor,
twin,
birthday,
restaurant,
bakery,
asylum,
murder victim,
city
...
#6
Shock Corridor
Synopsis:
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Starring:
Constance Towers,
Hari Rhodes,
Paul Dubov
#7
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Synopsis:
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.
Starring:
Christopher Lloyd,
Danny DeVito,
Jack Nicholson
#8
Nosferatu
Synopsis:
Vampire Count Orlok is interested in a new residence and in his real estate agent’s young wife. F. W. Murnau’s unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.”
Starring:
Alexander Granach,
Max Schreck,
Gustav von Wangenheim
#9
Lethal Weapon 4
Synopsis:
In the combustible action franchise's final installment, maverick detectives Martin Riggs and Roger Murtaugh square off against Asian mobster Wah Sing Ku, who's up to his neck in slave trading and counterfeit currency. With help from gumshoe Leo Getz and smart-aleck rookie cop Lee Butters, Riggs and Murtaugh aim to take down Ku and his gang.
Starring:
Danny Glover,
Mel Gibson,
Chris Rock
Plot:
kung fu,
martial arts,
shoulder,
holster,
squad car,
squad,
car,
terrorism,
terrorist,
heavy rain
...
#10
Kate & Leopold
Synopsis:
When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing Leopold the 21st century. The more time Kate spends with Leopold, the harder she falls for him. But if he doesn't return to his own time, his absence will forever alter history.
Starring:
Natasha Lyonne,
Meg Ryan,
Hugh Jackman
#11
Gothika
Synopsis:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband—but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further …
Starring:
Robert Downey Jr.,
Dorian Harewood,
Halle Berry
#12
From Hell
Synopsis:
Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.
Starring:
Robbie Coltrane,
Johnny Depp,
Ian Holm
#13
Four Flies on Grey Velvet
Synopsis:
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone …
Starring:
Jean-Pierre Marielle,
Michael Brandon,
Mimsy Farmer
#14
Fantomas Unleashed
Synopsis:
In the second episode of the trilogy Fantômas kidnaps distinguished scientist professor Marchand with the aim to develop a super weapon that will enable him to menace the world. Fantômas is also planning to abduct a second scientist, professor Lefebvre.
Starring:
Jean Marais,
Robert Dalban,
Louis de Funès
Plot:
1960s,
large family,
electrical shock,
car,
police officer,
airplane,
mix up,
invitation,
kidnapped scientist,
identity theft
...
#15
Batman & Robin
Synopsis:
Batman and Robin deal with relationship issues while preventing Mr. Freeze and Poison Ivy from attacking Gotham City.
Starring:
Pat Hingle,
Michael Gough,
Vivica A. Fox
#16
Batman Forever
Synopsis:
Batman must battle a disfigured district attorney and a disgruntled former employee with help from an amorous psychologist and a young circus acrobat.
Starring:
Jim Carrey,
Tommy Lee Jones,
Nicole Kidman
#17
Arsenic and Old Lace
Synopsis:
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!
Starring:
Peter Lorre,
Cary Grant,
Priscilla Lane
#18
Quills
Synopsis:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France into a sexual frenzy, until a fiercely conservative doctor tries to put an end to the fun.
Starring:
Stephen Moyer,
Kate Winslet,
Michael Caine
Plot:
writer,
insane asylum,
bondage,
lust,
adultery,
pubic hair,
breasts,
masked executioner,
hands tied behind back,
guillotined
...
#19
Deadgirl
Synopsis:
When high school misfits Rickie and JT decide to ditch school and find themselves lost in the crumbling facility of a nearby abandoned hospital, they come face-to-face with a gruesome discovery: a body of a woman stripped naked, chained to a table and covered in plastic and soon realize she is anything but dead. Quickly the boys find themselves embarking on a twisted yet poignant journey testing …
Starring:
Shiloh Fernandez,
Noah Segan,
Candice King
#20
American Horror Story
Synopsis:
An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, including a house with a murderous past, an asylum, a witch coven, a freak show, a hotel, a farmhouse in Roanoke, a cult, the apocalypse and a summer camp.
Starring:
Sarah Paulson,
Leslie Grossman,
Angelica Ross
Plot:
anthology,
serial killer,
coven,
apocalypse,
witch,
ghost,
haunted house,
vampire,
freakshow,
infidelity
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