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1. Good Burger (1997)
PG | 95 min | Comedy, Family
A dim-witted teenager and his new coworker try to save the old burger joint they work for from failing after the opening of a brand new burger restaurant across the street, which's planning to put them out of business.
Director: Brian Robbins | Stars: Kel Mitchell, Kenan Thompson, Sinbad, Abe Vigoda
Votes: 33,804 | Gross: $23.69M
2. Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
TV-PG | 42 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole.
Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby
Votes: 12,988
3. House of Frankenstein (1944)
Passed | 71 min | Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
A deranged scientist escapes from prison and recruits Dracula, Frankenstein's monster and the Wolf Man to get revenge on his behalf.
Director: Erle C. Kenton | Stars: Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr., J. Carrol Naish, John Carradine
Votes: 7,837
4. King of Hearts (1966)
Not Rated | 102 min | Comedy, Drama, War
During World War I, a British private, sent ahead to a French town to scout for enemy presence, is mistaken for a King by the colorful patients of an insane asylum.
Director: Philippe de Broca | Stars: Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Pierre Brasseur, Jean-Claude Brialy
Votes: 4,353 | Gross: $0.02M
5. The Cat and the Canary (1939)
Approved | 72 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
When an eccentric family meets in their uncle's remote, decaying mansion on the tenth anniversary of his death for the reading of his will, murder and madness follow.
Director: Elliott Nugent | Stars: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery
Votes: 3,786
6. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 140 min | Drama, Horror, Musical
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime.
Director: Terry Hughes | Stars: Angela Lansbury, George Hearn, Cris Groenendaal, Sara Woods
Votes: 3,899
7. Maniac (1963)
Not Rated | 86 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
An American painter has an affair with a bar owner in a French village and agrees to help murder her husband, who has escaped from a prison for the criminally insane.
Director: Michael Carreras | Stars: Kerwin Mathews, Nadia Gray, Donald Houston, Liliane Brousse
Votes: 1,557
8. The Haunted Strangler (1958)
Approved | 78 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.
Director: Robert Day | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon
Votes: 2,055
9. The Hidden Hand (1942)
Approved | 63 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens)is a young attorney who works for an eccentric old woman, Lorinda Channing (Cecil Cunningham), who uses her insane brother, John Channing (Milton Parsons), to ... See full summary »
Director: Benjamin Stoloff | Stars: Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop, Willie Best
Votes: 681
10. Happy-Go-Nutty (1944)
7 min | Family, Comedy, Animation
The screwy squirrel escapes from Moron Manor, and is chased by the watch dog.
Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Tex Avery, William Hanna, Wally Maher
Votes: 575
11. Miss Barton's Famous Cakes (2019)
13 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery
A dark comedy disguised as a thriller about a famed baker and the mysterious allure of her cakes.
Directors: Jared Hirsch, Nelson Vicens | Stars: Lauren LaVera, Charlie McElveen, Michael Doherty, Jared Hirsch
Votes: 48
12. Her Own End (2020)
7 min | Short
After escaping the asylum she thought she was free forever, but her other personality won't let go.
Director: Dani Ben Halevi | Star: Sophia Johnson
13.
Suspense (1949–1954)
Episode:
On a Country Road
(1951)
30 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Running out of gas on a foggy back road in Maine, a couple become frightened by news reports of a murderous woman who's escaped from an asylum. Searching for help, the two take refuge in an... See full summary »
Director: Robert Stevens | Stars: Parker Fennelly, John Forsythe, Mildred Natwick, Mary Sinclair
Votes: 50
14.
VR.5 (1995–1997)
Episode:
Escape
(1995)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Sydney is kidnapped by a faction of the Committee who brutally question her to discover her secret. She manages to contact Duncan for help, and he enters into VR in search of her. Oliver is... See full summary »
Director: Jim Charleston | Stars: Lori Singer, Michael Easton, Anthony Head, Dayton Callie
Votes: 29
15.
Futurama (1999– )
Episode:
Insane in the Mainframe
(2001)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Fry and Bender are mistakenly convicted of robbing a bank and are both sent to a robot mental institution.
Director: Peter Avanzino | Stars: Billy West, Katey Sagal, John DiMaggio, Tress MacNeille
Votes: 2,749
16.
Batman: The Audio Adventures (2021–2022)
Forged Without a Smith
(2021 Podcast Episode)
TV-14 | 38 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Mayor Hill tries to enlist Batman's help as he prepares for the fallout from Catwoman's robbery. Bruce tries to get through to Harvey. Penguin acquires a rare, extinct centerpiece for his gala. And the Riddler escapes from Arkham.
Director: Dennis McNicholas | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Ike Barinholtz, Rosario Dawson, Toby Huss
Votes: 26
17.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland (2013–2014)
Episode:
Down the Rabbit Hole
(2013)
TV-PG | 44 min | Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Alice's stories about Wonderland get her admitted to an asylum.
Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Sophie Lowe, Michael Socha, Peter Gadiot, Emma Rigby
Votes: 495
18.
Bazén (2005– )
Episode:
Svanda s dudákem
(2005)
Comedy
Director: Vladimír Drha | Stars: Alice Bendová, Petr Ctvrtnícek, Jan Dolanský, Jaromír Dulava
19.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode:
God Johnson
(2017)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When a grisly murder takes place at an insane asylum, the prime suspect calls himself God. Lucifer, unsure this may be his father, tries to find the real killer.
Director: Sherwin Shilati | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, D.B. Woodside
Votes: 4,575
20.
Ministerstvo strachu (1966)
Episode:
2. cást
(1966)
63 min | Crime, Drama
Director: Eva Sadková | Stars: Jirí Adamíra, Milena Dvorská, Zdenek Ornest, Felix Le Breux