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The Snake Pit, 1h48
Directed by Anatole Litvak
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Children's films
Actors Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Glenn Langan, Leif Erickson

Virginia Cunningham (Olivia de Havilland) is an apparently schizophrenic inmate at a mental institution called the Juniper Hill State Hospital. She hears voices and seems so out of touch with reality that she doesn’t recognize her husband Robert (Mark Stevens).
Splendor in the Grass, 2h4
Directed by Elia Kazan, Ulu Grosbard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Joanna Roos, Gary Lockwood

1928 Kansas: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis (Natalie Wood) is a teenage girl who follows her mother's advice to resist her desire for sex with her boyfriend, Bud Stamper (Warren Beatty), the son of one of the most prosperous families in town. In turn, Bud reluctantly follows the advice of his father, Ace (Pat Hingle), who suggests that he find another kind of girl with whom to satisfy his desires.
Mental
Mental (2012)
, 1h56
Directed by Paul John Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Toni Collette, Rebecca Gibney, Liev Schreiber, Anthony LaPaglia, Bethany Whitmore, Rob Carlton

Shirley Moochmoore (Rebecca Gibney) is a sweet misfit and mother of five daughters who are all convinced they suffer from various mental illnesses. Living in the Australian coastal suburb of Dolphin Heads and married to the often absent local politician Barry (Anthony LaPaglia), Shirley retreats into a fantasy world of her favourite musical, The Sound of Music. After she manically orders a huge amount of furniture, telling neighbours her husband won it on a TV game show, she's packed off to a mental institution; Barry instructs his daughters to say she's "on holiday in Wollongong".
Shock Treatment, 1h34
Directed by Jim Sharman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Musical, Black comedy
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Musical films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Jessica Harper, Cliff De Young, Patricia Quinn, Richard O'Brien, Barry Humphries, Ruby Wax

Continuing from The Rocky Horror Picture Show are the characters of Brad and Janet Majors (now portrayed by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper, respectively), now married. The film takes place in the town of Denton, USA, which has been taken over by fast food magnate Farley Flavors (also De Young). The town of Denton is entirely encased within a television studio for network DTV (Denton Television). Residents are either stars and regulars on a show, cast and crew, or audience members. Brad and Janet, while seated in the audience are chosen to participate in the game show Marriage Maze by the supposedly blind and kooky host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries). As a "prize", Brad is imprisoned on Dentonvale, a soap opera that centers upon the local mental hospital run by brother and sister Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn).
I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, 1h36
Directed by Anthony Page
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Kathleen Denise Quinlan, Bibi Andersson, Lorraine Gary, Ben Piazza, Sylvia Sidney, Martine Bartlett

The film was directed by Anthony Page. It follows a girl who is ill with schizophrenia. A doctor is asked to help her out of her state.
Stonehearst Asylum, 1h52
Directed by Brad Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Brendan Gleeson, David Thewlis

In 1899, an Oxford University professor demonstrates a case of female hysteria, Lady (Eliza) Graves (Kate Beckinsale), before his class. Drugged and protesting that she is sane, the professor points out that all mental patients claim to be sane, much as all criminals claim to be innocent, as he ignores her demands that he not touch her to induce a fit for the students to observe. The professor advises his students to believe nothing they hear and only half of what they see.
Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, 1h51
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Politic, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, BDSM in films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Victoria Abril, Antonio Banderas, Francisco Rabal, Loles León, Rossy de Palma, Julieta Serrano

Ricky, a 23-year-old psychiatric patient, has been deemed cured and is released from a mental institution. Until then he has been the lover of the woman director of the hospital. An orphan, free, and alone, his goal is to have a normal life with Marina Ozores, an actress, former porn star, and recovering drug addict, whom he once slept with during an escape from the asylum.
Harvey
Harvey (1950)
, 1h44
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about animals, Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Charles Drake, Peggy Dow, Cecil Kellaway, Fess Parker

Elwood P. Dowd (Stewart) is a middle-aged, amiable (and somewhat eccentric) individual whose best friend is an invisible 6' 3.5" tall rabbit named Harvey. As described by Dowd, Harvey is a pooka, a benign but mischievous creature from Celtic mythology who is especially fond of social outcasts (like Elwood). Elwood has driven his sister and niece (who live with him and crave normality and a place in society) to distraction by introducing everyone he meets to his friend, Harvey. His family seems to be unsure whether Dowd's obsession with Harvey is a product of his (admitted) propensity to drink or perhaps mental illness.
David and Lisa, 1h33
Directed by Frank Perry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Keir Dullea, Janet Margolin, Howard Da Silva, Lukas Haas, Karen Lynn Gorney, Neva Patterson

The film starts as David Clemens (Keir Dullea) is brought to a residential treatment center by his apparently caring mother. He becomes very upset when one of the inmates brushes his hand, as he believes touches can kill him. Cold and distant, he mainly concentrates on his studies, especially that of clocks, which he appears to be obsessed with. We later learn that he has a recurring dream in which he murders people by means of a giant clock.
Wrong Turn 4: Bloody Beginnings, 1h34
Directed by Declan O'Brien
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Tenika Davis, Kaitlyn Leeb, Terra Vnesa, Declan O'Brien, Dean Armstrong

In 1974, at the Glensville Sanatorium, West Virginia, Dr. Brendan Ryan (Arne MacPherson) shows local psychiatrist named Dr. Ann Marie McQuaid (Kristen Harris) around the psychiatric hospital. He shows his three deformed patients, Three Finger, Saw Tooth and One Eye (are called themselves as The Hillickers), who all have the ability to sustain injury and not feel it. While Dr. Ryan and Dr. McQuaid move on, one of the mental patients grabs Dr. McQuaid's hair and rips out her hair clip, which she does not notice. The patient gives the hair clip to Saw Tooth. The Hillickers use the clip to pick the lock and escape from their cells. They release the other patients and together they kill the orderlies and the doctors, including McQuaid and Ryan.
Cult of Chucky, 1h31
Directed by Don Mancini
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Medical-themed films, Child's Play (film series), Serial killer films, Films about toys, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Brad Dourif, Alex Vincent, Fiona Dourif, Jennifer Tilly, Michael Therriault, Zak Santiago

Quatre ans après les événements de La Malédiction de Chucky, Nica est enfermée dans un asile psychiatrique après avoir été condamnée à tort pour le meurtre de sa famille. Quand une nouvelle poupée Brave Gars fait son apparition dans un but thérapeutique, une nouvelle série de meurtres se produit aussitôt. Andy Barclay est le seul à pouvoir venir en aide à Nica et vaincre Chucky, une bonne fois pour toutes..
Brainstorm
Brainstorm (2001)
, 1h14
Directed by Laís Bodanzky
Origin Bresil
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Rodrigo Santoro, Caco Ciocler, Othon Bastos, Cássia Kis, Gero Camilo

The film opens as Mr. Wilson reads a letter he has received from his son Neto, in which Neto declares his contempt for his father. It is followed by a flashback to explain the story; Neto, a São Paulo middleclass teenager, has a troubled relationship with his father and his mother, Meire.
The Cobweb
The Cobweb (1955)
, 2h14
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Richard Widmark, Lauren Bacall, Mabel Albertson, Charles Boyer, Gloria Grahame, Lillian Gish

Dr. Stewart McIver (Richard Widmark) is now in charge of a psychiatric facility, one run for many years by medical director Dr. Douglas Devanal (Charles Boyer).
Veronika Decides to Die, 1h40
Directed by Emily Young
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about suicide, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Sarah Michelle Prinze, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen, Melissa Leo, David Thewlis, Erica Gimpel

After attempting suicide, Veronika (Sarah Michelle Gellar) awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Session 9
Session 9 (2001)
, 1h40
Directed by Brad Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Ghost films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, Lobotomie
Actors David Caruso, Peter Mullan, Paul Guilfoyle, Josh Lucas, Brendan Sexton III, Larry Fessenden

Gordon Fleming is the owner of a small asbestos removal company. The stresses of work and being a new father are causing problems between him and his wife, Wendy. He is in a desperate financial bind and makes a bid to remove the asbestos of the Danvers State Hospital, closed fifteen years ago, within one week. His team consists of Mike, a law school dropout who is knowledgeable about the asylum's history; Phil, who is filled with bitterness after losing his girlfriend and finds solace in smoking marijuana; Hank, whom Phil lost his girlfriend to; and Jeff, Gordon's nephew, who suffers from severe nyctophobia.