Movies Similar to Mental: A History of the Madhouse

Manne(2018)

drive.(2024)

A lonely individual embarks on a scenic drive up a mountain, seeking fresh air and a renewed perspective. At the summit, they wander through serene surroundings, allowing the natural landscape to provide a mental reset and offer clarity—a deliberate retreat to refresh both mind and spirit.

K-PAX(2001)

Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

The Moustache(2005)

One day, on a whim, Marc decides to shave off the moustache he's worn all of his adult life. He waits patiently for his wife's reaction, but neither she nor his friends seem to notice. Stranger still, when he finally tells them, they all insist he never had a moustache. Is Marc going mad? Is he the victim of some elaborate conspiracy? Or has something in the world's order gone terribly awry?

Delinquent Schoolgirls(1975)

Three mental patients--a bad impersonator, a baseball player, and a gay fashion designer--escape their asylum and sexually assault their way into a girls' private school. The girls' education includes wrestling and karate, so the three madmen will find stern opposition they never expected.

Veronika Decides to Die(2009)

After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika 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.

Frankie & Alice(2010)

A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

Daddy's Deadly Darling(1973)

The owner of a roadside diner and his new helper kill people and feed them to pigs.

Mermaid Down(2019)

A mermaid is ripped from the Pacific, her tail is chopped off and she's thrown into a mental home where no one believes she is a mermaid.

Grandmaster(2012)

Chandrashekhar lives alone in a dark and violent city. Even with crime occurring all around him, he withdraws from all responsibility and lives quietly. Soon, change is forced upon him in order to catch a serial killer. Like a grandmaster who anticipates his opponents moves well in advance, he proceeds forward. But only once, just once, he makes a fatal mistake.

Equinox(1992)

Estranged twins Henry and Freddy navigate their drastically different lives— one a troubled bookworm, the other a hardened criminal. As a young writer uncovers their royal lineage and inheritance, the brothers’ fate intertwines in unexpected ways.

The Moment(2013)

Fearing she may be responsible, a mental patient (Jennifer Jason Leigh) tries to unravel the mystery behind her ex-lover's (Martin Henderson) disappearance.

Keluang Man(2025)

Borhan, a former patient at a mental hospital in Tampoi, lives a life as a mysterious hero named Keluang Man. He uses his martial arts expertise and his wits to fight crime in the small town of Kluang. Borhan must face a major threat when a secret criminal organisation emerges, led by his archenemy, Shamsir. Aided by his friend Inspector Sahab, Borhan struggles with internal conflicts, questions about his sanity, and the challenges of being a true protector.

Oscura Primavera(2022)

The Radicalization of Jeff Boyd(2017)

A businessman from Switzerland, Jeff Boyd, dreams of living in Australia where his friend Morton, a crazy bakery shop owner, has already settled down. Morton tries to persuade him to join soon and help in the shop. Frank, who lets Jeff stay at his place while he’s abroad, advises to invest money with a commodity trading firm he knows. When Jeff signs the investment contract, he’s full of hope to leave the country with a pocket full of cash. After a phone call with his trader and a heavy argument with his boss at work, Jeff’s world collapses. That’s when he meets Wendy who's also in a delicate state after losing her job. They discover being soulmates. Their worries about the world and what it develops into comes more and more to light. They want to make a change, and develop a dangerous plan.

Mental(2024)

A young man with mental problems is torn between reality and fiction on the worst day of his life. Unable to discern what is real from what is the product of his troubled mind, he finds himself immersed in an internal struggle for truth and sanity.

Yo convergeré

A human figure synergizes with the light and questions its existence and society's expectations of it.

The Occurrence(2025)

A man named James battles his dark twisted mind.

PSYCHÉ(2023)

Stuck(2025)

Teenagers often find themselves lost in memories of a simpler past, a time when happiness came easy, before the weight of expectations pulled them under. This is Stuck.