Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Asylum

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

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#1
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Asylum for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

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 sta...

#2
Ministry of Fear

Ministry of Fear

1944★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Asylum for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Stephen Neale is released into WWII England after two years in an asylum, but it doesn't seem so sane outside either. On his way back to London to rejoin civilization, he stumbles ...

#3
Mister Frost

Mister Frost

1990★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Asylum for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Frost is arrested and committed for murder after he is apprehended burying his victims in the garden. However, even while under psychiatric care and tight hospital security, it bec...

#4
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

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

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#5
The Jester

The Jester

2023★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Asylum for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A malevolent being known as The Jester terrorizes the inhabitants of a small town on Halloween night, including two estranged sisters who must come together to find a way to defeat...

#6
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

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