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10 Best Movies Like Asylum

If you loved Asylum, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Van Gogh: Painted with Words

Van Gogh: Painted with Words

2010★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A drama-documentary presented by Alan Yentob, with Benedict Cumberbatch in the lead role. Every word spoken by the actors in this film is sourced from the letters that Van Gogh sen...

#2
Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

2017★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon....

#3
Titicut Follies

Titicut Follies

1967★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A stark and graphic portrayal of the conditions that existed at the State Prison for the Criminally Insane at Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and documents the various ways the inmates...

#4
Wormwood

Wormwood

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra....

#5
Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

Ten Minutes Older: The Trumpet

2002★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ten Minutes Older is a 2002 film project consisting of two compilation feature films entitled The Trumpet and The Cello. The project was conceived by the producer Nicolas McClintoc...

#6
American Pie: Revealed

American Pie: Revealed

2004★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Asylum for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Documentary about the making of American Pie (1999), American Pie 2 (2001) and American Wedding (2003)....

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