Asylum

Asylum may refer to:

Types of asylum

 * Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
 * Benevolent asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute
 * Cities of Refuge, places of refuge in ancient Judea
 * Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple
 * Lunatic asylum or mental asylum, a historical term for psychiatric hospital
 * Orphan asylum, orphanage
 * Right of asylum, refuge from persecution in another country

Fiction

 * Asylum (comics), a comic book series by Maximum Press
 * Asylum (Darvill-Evans novel), a 2001 Doctor Who novel
 * Asylum (McGrath novel), a 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath
 * Asylum (Seabrook book), a 1935 memoir by William Seabrook
 * Asylum (series), a young adult horror series
 * Asylums (book), a 1961 nonfiction book by Erving Goffman

Film

 * Asylum (1972 horror film), a horror film starring Peter Cushing
 * Asylum (1972 documentary film), a film featuring the psychiatrist R. D. Laing
 * Asylum (2003 film), an American short documentary
 * Asylum (2005 film), a British drama by David Mackenzie based on the novel by Patrick McGrath
 * Asylum (2008 film), an American horror film by David R. Ellis
 * Asylum (2014 film), an American horror film

Television

 * Asylum (1996 TV series), a UK comedy series on Paramount Comedy Channel
 * Asylum (2015 TV series), a UK comedy series on the BBC
 * "Asylum" (Law & Order), an episode of Law & Order
 * "Asylum" (Moon Knight), an episode of Moon Knight
 * "Asylum" (Person of Interest), an episode of Person of Interest
 * "Asylum" (Sliders), an episode of Sliders
 * "Asylum" (Supernatural), an episode of Supernatural
 * "Asylum" (Torchwood), a 2009 episode of Torchwood
 * American Horror Story: Asylum, the second season of American Horror Story

Albums

 * Asylum (Atrophy album), 2024
 * Asylum (The Back Horn album), 2010
 * Asylum (Disturbed album), 2010
 * Asylum (Kiss album), 1985
 * Asylum (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1985

Songs

 * "Asylum" (The Orb song), 1997
 * "Asylum", by Billy Woods from Aethiopes (2022)
 * "Asylum", by Disturbed from Asylum
 * "Asylum", by John Legend from Love in the Future
 * "Asylum", by Alanis Morissette from Flavors of Entanglement (non-album track)
 * "Asylum", by Gary Numan from The Pleasure Principle
 * "Asylum", by Onslaught from In Search of Sanity
 * "Asylum", by Slaughterhouse, featuring Eminem, from Welcome to: Our House
 * "Asylum", by Supertramp from Crime of the Century

Other

 * Asylum Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
 * Asylum (magazine), a magazine about mental health and psychiatry
 * Asylum Records, an American record label
 * Asylum (1981 video game), an adventure game
 * Asylum (upcoming video game), a horror game in development since 2010
 * The Asylum, an American film production company known for their mockbusters
 * Weekend at the Asylum, a large annual steampunk event held in Lincoln, England