Movies Like The Assassination of Michael D. Higgins

If you liked The Assassination of Michael D. Higgins (2025), a movie directed by Dave Minogue, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
2
Britannia Hospital (1982)
★ 6.2/10
Britannia Hospital, an esteemed English institution, is marking its gala anniversary with a visit by the Queen Mother herself. But when investigative reporter Mick Travis arrives to cover the celebration, he finds the…
3
Dreamscape (1984)
★ 6.1/10
In order to diagnose the psychic traumas suffered by his patients, Dr. Paul Novotny gets young Alex Gardner to enter their dreams.
4
On the Edge (2001)
★ 6.7/10
A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life.
5
The Matchmaker (1997)
★ 6.1/10
Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vote. But when Marcy arrives in the small…
6
Phenomenon (1996)
★ 6.5/10
An ordinary man sees a bright light descend from the sky, and discovers he now has super-intelligence and telekinesis.
7
Lockout (2012)
★ 5.9/10
Set in the near future, Lockout follows a falsely convicted ex-government agent , whose one chance at obtaining freedom lies in the dangerous mission of rescuing the President's daughter from rioting convicts at an…
8
Somewhere in Time (1980)
★ 7.5/10
Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who begs him to "Come back to me". Mystified, he tries to find out about her, and learns that she is a famous stage actress from…
9
The President's Analyst (1967)
★ 5.8/10
At first, Dr. Sidney Schaefer feels honored and thrilled to be offered the job of the President's Analyst. But then the stress of the job and the paranoid spies that come with a sensitive government position get to…
10
Don Juan DeMarco (1994)
★ 6.8/10
John Arnold DeMarco is a man who believes he is Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world. Clad in a cape and mask, DeMarco undergoes psychiatric treatment with Dr. Jack Mickler to cure him of his apparent delusion…
11
The Wonder (2022)
★ 6.6/10
Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast.
12
Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
★ 6.5/10
Topper Harley is found to be working as an odd-job-man in a monastery. The CIA want him to lead a rescue mission into Iraq, to rescue the last rescue team, who went in to rescue the last rescue team—who went in to…
13
Escape from New York (1981)
★ 7/10
In a world ravaged by crime, the entire island of Manhattan has been converted into a walled prison where brutal prisoners roam free. After the US president crash-lands inside, war hero Snake Plissken has 24 hours to…
14
Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
15
The Ides of March (2011)
★ 6.7/10
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
16
Limitless (2011)
★ 7.2/10
The life of an unsuccessful writer is transformed by a top-secret 'smart drug' that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that…
17
Carry On Doctor (1967)
★ 6.5/10
Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The…
18
The Fall (2008)
★ 7.6/10
In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of…
19
Carry On Again Doctor (1969)
★ 6.1/10
Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in…
20
The Secret Scripture (2017)
★ 7.2/10
The hidden memoir of an elderly woman confined to a mental hospital reveals the history of her passionate yet tortured life, and of the religious and political upheavals in Ireland during the 1920s and 30s.