Madhouse movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant madhouse movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, suspenseful, suspense, serious, disturbing and psychotronic films and TV shows about / with madhouse, mental institution, hospital, murder, psychiatric hospital, insanity, mental disorder, doctor, mental illness and insane asylum plots mostly in Horror, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, Italy, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as madhouse: Stonehearst Asylum (2014), The Ward (2010), Shutter Island (2010), Madhouse (2004), Ether (2018), Doses of Horror (2018), The Mad Butcher (1971), Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi (2021), Midnight Clinical Test (2014), Insanity (2021).
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Harvard 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.
Style:
twist ending, suspense, gothic, psychological thriller, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, mental institution, twists and turns, mental patient, insanity, plot twist, psychiatrist, edgar allan poe, madhouse, doctors and patients, doctor, macabre ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s, 1800s, year 1900
Place:
england, britain, usa, oxford university, tuscany ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A thriller centered on an institutionalized young woman who becomes terrorized by a ghost.
Style:
scary, psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
mental institution, psychiatric ward, supernatural, ghost, brutality, dissociative identity disorder, split personality, haunted, mental illness, doctors and patients, murder, hospital ...
Time:
year 2000, year 2010, 2010s, 60s, 80s ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 138 min.
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 his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental institution, schizophrenia, psychiatrist, mental patient ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 1940s, year 1945 ...
Place:
iran, persia, america, boston
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Romania
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young psychiatric intern unearths secrets about the mental health facility in which he works.
Style:
scary, psychological, serious, rough, suspenseful ...
Plot:
mental institution, ghost child, mental illness, ghost, murder, investigation, supernatural, danger, doctors and patients, psychopath, woman in danger, who done it ...
Time:
year 2004
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, War
Country: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
At the end of the 19th century, somewhere in the outskirts of the Russian Empire, a doctor administers a lethal overdose of ether to a young woman – the object of his desire. After getting away with his crime, he finds employment in a fortress, ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspense
Plot:
experiment, doctor, military, experiment gone awry, scientific experiment, jail, apprentice, madhouse, spying, russian roulette, sexual exploration, corpse ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
siberia
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
"In an asylum, patients were subjected to watching horror films for psychiatric study... but they all went mad and now those films have been unearthed!" claims the product description. In reality, the "story" is told with silly ...
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot:
driven mad, psychiatric ward, research, doctors and patients, twists and turns, split personality, ghost, madhouse, mysticism, murder, survival, brutality ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: Italy, West Germany, Austria, Monaco
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
After being released from a mental hospital, Otto returns to his old job as a butcher. He tries to adjust to his new life, but after a bitter argument with his wife, he accidentally kills her. Fearing he will be sent back to the hospital, he grinds ...
Style:
slasher, psychotronic, grindhouse, scary, serious ...
Plot:
cannibalism, serial killer, butcher, human flesh, macabre, maniac, murderer, mental patient, psychopath, dark humor, mental institution, murder ...
Time:
70s, 1930s
Place:
austria, europe, central europe, vienna
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Krishnankutty Pani Thudangi is a horror-comedy Malayalam movie with VIshnu Unnukrishnan and Saniya Iyyappan in lead roles.
Style:
psychological, tense, suspenseful, scary, mystical ...
Plot:
doctors and patients, illness, women, darkness, death, mental illness, brutality, nurse, police, isolation, mental disorder, medical ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Story:
Mizuki, a female doctor working at a certain hospital, is immersed in the treatment of Aimi, a high school girl infected with SDX (Viral and Sexually Sensitive Disease). During the treatment, Mizuki realizes that SDX is artificially made. However, ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, scary, twist ending, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sexy nurse, sexual harassment, doctors and patients, women, escaped mental patient, brutality, psychiatric ward, hospital, isolation, meme, blood, madhouse ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Brazil
Duration: 38 min.
TV show
Story:
A personal tragedy causes young forensics investigator Paula to have a breakdown, which results in her admittance to a psychiatric hospital. There, she is pulled into the darkest and most terrifying corners of her mind by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological horror, captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense ...
Plot:
cannibalism, forensic, split personality, haunted, isolation, escaped mental patient, chase, murder, adaptation, psychiatric hospital, twists and turns, mind game ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Sweden, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A Victorian aristocrat buys a former madhouse and converts it into a "love nest" to woo and bed Alice, the lovely blonde Minister's daughter he meets in an art gallery.
Style:
atmospheric, gothic, creepy, sex comedy, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
jack the ripper, macabre, madhouse, architecture, social class, mansion, haunted house, seduction, sexual tension, obsessive love, forbidden love, secret identity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1800s
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
It is a story about a madhouse which has some weird secrets and trail of insanity which runs in the blood. Manav’s innocent looking family has a secret habit of killing the over-aged lonely men who have nothing to look forward in life. One day, ...
Style:
psychological, gujarati, suspense, grim, psychological horror ...
Plot:
insanity, secrets, dysfunctional family, paranoia, cover up, family drama, madhouse, old mansion, small town, betrayal, manipulation, male protagonist ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Greece
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
A family sitcom concerning a guy next door who falls in love with the wrong girl and is forced to move in with one of the most dysfunctional families ever: The Trambalis. Her father is a con artist, her mother simply adores her ex and is doing all ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, love story, male female relationship, relationships, family relations, fall in love, lifestyle, family problems, love and romance, relationship problems, love interest, in love ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An ornithologist mistaken for an explosives expert is sent alone into a small French town during WWI to investigate a garbled report from the resistance about a bomb which the departing Germans have set to blow up a weapons cache.
Style:
political, humorous, thinking, cult classic, realistic ...
Plot:
world war one, anti war, cello, insanity, mental illness, wartime, great war, soldier, hospital, psychopath, small town, duchess ...
Time:
1910s, year 1966, year 1918, 18th century
Place:
france, germany
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A new patient mysteriously appears in a psychiatric ward. He claims to come from another planet to study humans and their behavior. The alien is gentle but criticizes humans for their harsh treatment of each other. The assigned psychiatrist is ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, talky, atmospheric ...
Plot:
insanity, mental illness, alien, mental institution, ufo, transformation, hospital, flying saucer, mental disorder, psychiatrist, waking up, mental patient ...
Time:
year 1986, 80s, 20th century
Place:
argentina, latin america
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Genre: Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, twist ending, futuristic, non-linear ...
Plot:
time travel, post apocalyptic, apocalypse, insanity, virus, post apocalypse, time loop, paranoia, end of the world, psychology, mental institution, dystopia ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1990, year 1996, 90s ...
Place:
philadelphia, maryland, pennsylvania, california, baltimore ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, 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 ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, psychological thriller, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental institution, serial killer, murder, mental illness, mind game, supernatural, insanity, investigation, psychiatrist, supernatural horror, rape, violence against women ...
Time:
year 2003, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, new hampshire
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Style:
surreal, sexy, atmospheric, modern fairy tale, exciting ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
alternate reality, steampunk, imagination, lobotomy, escape from reality, surrealism, escape, violence, murder, sexual abuse, girl gang, dream ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 20th century, 60s
Place:
vermont
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: Argentina
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Overflow Psychiatric hospital. Lighting in a stormy night's sky. With almost 12 years without seeing each other, Marcos Ferro (36) and Ivan Manusovich (37) meet the morning after having heard the news about Martin Tayal's death, Who was ...
Style:
social, disturbing, psychological, captivating, dark ...
Plot:
mental institution, psychiatric hospital, mental health, social problems, society, psychology, psychologist, lifestyle, magazine editor, magazine, social issues, psychiatrist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
argentina
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Genre: Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Style:
anthology, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
insanity, mental illness, mad scientist, uxoricide, serial killer, supernatural, murder, occult, dismemberment, tailor, psychiatric hospital, multiple personality disorder ...
Time:
year 1972, 70s, 20th century
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Juggling demanding careers with three kids, Martin and Vendula decide a big change is needed to keep their marriage from sinking.
Style:
light, funny, romantic, witty, humorous ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, spoiled brat, father in law daughter in law relationship, painter, family relations, martyr syndrome, mental institution, ex wife, teenage boy, marijuana, female alcoholic, father son relationship ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Nellie Bly, a 23 year-old reporter for Joseph Pulitzer, goes undercover in the notorious Blackwell's Island women's insane asylum in order to expose corruption, abuse and murder.
Style:
realistic, serious, tense, bleak, independent film ...
Plot:
mental institution, uncover truth, reporter, journalism, life is a bitch, working undercover, doctors and patients, investigative journalism, abuse, spy, psychology, feminist ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
When Englishman Jonathan Harker visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat. But upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his wife, Mina, Harker seeks help from vampire slayer Van Helsing.
Style:
gothic horror, period piece, serious, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
vampire, dracula, bloodsucker, supernatural, evil, danger, woman in danger, supernatural horror, good versus evil, blood, female friendship, female vampire ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s
Place:
romania, transylvania, europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In 1955 Florida, a Korean vet has a breakdown and is incarcerated in a "maximum security" mental health prison, where patients are abused.
Style:
disturbing, serious, sincere, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot:
male nudity, male pubic hair, courtroom drama, mental institution, mental health, fighting the system, social decay, injustice, life is a bitch, price of justice, hospital, prodigy ...
Time:
year 1989, 50s, year 1957, year 1952, year 1955 ...
Place:
florida, usa, oklahoma, miami, korea
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A French comedy with comedians Eric & Ramzy made by Quentin Dupieux a.k.a. Mr. Oizo.
Style:
parody, realistic, surreal, not serious, humorous ...
Plot:
gang, buddies, money raising, plastic surgery, absurd humor, friends, society, disorder, dystopian future, life is a bitch, fish out of water, friendship ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A sincere provincial young man, Frantisek Koudelka leaves to work in Prague. For the trip he buys a computer made horoscope with biorhythms charts, marked according to his date of birth, there are trappy, precarious, unsuccessful and even critical ...
Style:
psychotronic
Plot:
machine, socially awkward, absent mindedness, shyness, auto mechanic, bribery, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, judo, employer employee relationship, chase, coincidence, mechanic ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
balkan, europe, central europe, czechoslovakia, prague
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Genre: Horror
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hirosuke (Teruo Yoshida) , a medical student with almost no recollection of his past, is trapped in an asylum, despite being perfectly sane. After escaping from the loony bin, and being framed for the murder of a circus girl, he spots the photo of a ...
Style:
suspense, controversial, terrifying, cult classic, creepy ...
Plot:
insanity, body horror, island, sexploitation, exploitation, surrealism, masseuse, mad scientist, deformity, nudity, psychiatric ward, martial arts ...
Place:
japan
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: Czechoslovakia
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness, entertaining himself by putting together by magic couples of lovers. He only fails at the swimming pool. Zuzana (Jana Sulcová), the good-looking ...
Style:
psychotronic, modern day adaptation, urban fantasy
Plot:
time travel, psychiatric hospital, fireman, flexing muscles, mentor, surrealism, sensuality, limping man, woman hits a man, nudity, deal with the devil, dwarf ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
europe, central europe, prague
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Italy, Germany
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
He burned with ambition. He lusted for life. He lived for passion. This is the sprawling saga of Honoré de Balzac (Gérard Depardieu), a man who created a great literary oeuvre from the dramas and adventures of his own life - a life that he shaped ...
Style:
contemplative, serious, realistic, clever, stylized ...
Plot:
writers, art, literary, poet, age-gap relationship, family relations, biopic, love and romance, fall in love, betrayal, innocence lost, master and servant ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
france, switzerland, europe, paris france, black sea
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