Asylum

Asylum may refer to:

• 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

• 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 (novel series), a young adult horror series
• Asylums (book), a 1961 nonfiction book by Erving Goffman

• 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

• 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
• , the second season of American Horror Story

• 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

• "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
• "Asylum", by Supertramp from Crime of the Century

• Asylum Entertainment, an American television production company
• 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 (2025 video game), a horror game
• TNA Asylum, a former hosting venue for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
• The Asylum, an American film production company known for their mockbusters
• Weekend at the Asylum, a large annual steampunk event held in Lincoln, England

• Asylum seeker (disambiguation)
• Elysium (disambiguation)