Top 10 Movies Set at An Insane Asylum

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The Top Ten

1 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Jack Nicholson at his best. The Chief character great too. And don't forget the nurse, who was nominated for an Oscar! Still the best!

So many excellent characters, well-developed, and excellent casting, excellent performances by those portraying them

2 The Silence of the Lambs

3 Girl, Interrupted

4 Sucker Punch

It's a badass movie involving kuniochi robots katanas monsters and lobotomy tools!

5 Awakenings

6 Shutter Island

7 Terminator 2: Judgment Day

8 K-Pax

9 The Dream Team

10 House on Haunted Hill

The Contenders

11 The Jacket

12 Session 9

13 Dracula (1931)

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