Asylum

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Asylum (From ancient Greek ἄσυλον) may refer to:

Politics and society [edit]

Asylum (antiquity), places of refuge in ancient Greece and Rome
Right of asylum or political asylum
Church asylum or sanctuary, a right to be safe from arrest in the sanctuary of a church or temple
Insane asylum, an obsolete type of institution for housing those deemed "insane"
Orphan asylum or orphanage, an institution dedicated to caring for orphans
Benevolent Asylum, a 19th-century Australian institution for housing the destitute

Asylum (1972 film), a British horror film starring Peter Cushing
Asylum (1972 documentary film), a film featuring the psychiatrist R. D. Laing
Asylum (1997 film), an American horror film starring Robert Patrick and Malcolm McDowell
Asylum (2003 film), an American short documentary
Asylum (2005 film), a British drama by David Mackenzie based on the novel by Patrick McGrath (see below)
Asylum (2008 film), an American horror film by David R. Ellis
Asylum (2013 film), an upcoming American horror film
The Asylum, a film studio

Asylum (comics), two characters in the Marvel Comics universe
Asylum (Image Comics), a comic series
Asylum (Doctor Who), a 2001 Doctor Who novel
Asylum (novel), a 1996 novel by Patrick McGrath
Asylums (book), a 1961 nonfiction book by Erving Goffman
Asylum, a comic published by New Comics Group
The Asylum: The Renegades Who Hijacked the World's Oil Market, a 2011 book by Leah McGrath Goodman