Best Psychological Movies & Films Genre
Top 37 must-see best psychological movies from psychological movies, including The Silence of the Lambs, Donnie Darko, Se7en, Threads, Get Out, Hereditary, The Lighthouse, The Innocents, Misery, and Black Swan ranked and rated by score.
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Psychological Movies List
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1). The Silence of the Lambs (1991) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 8.94/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,647,472 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 8.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $130,742,922
The Silence of the Lambs is Streaming on Netflix, Hulu, TubiPlot / Synopsis: A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims.
Tagline: Dr. Hannibal Lecter. Brilliant. Cunning. Psychotic. In his mind lies the clue to a ruthless killer. - Clarice Starling, FBI. Brilliant. Vulnerable. Alone. She must trust him to stop the killer...
Director: Jonathan Demme
Stars: Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Scott Glenn
2). Donnie Darko (2001) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Donnie Darko (2001)
Score: 8.7/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 882,179 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.8/10 | Metascore: 8.8/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $1,478,493
Donnie Darko is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after he narrowly escapes a bizarre accident.Tagline: Life is one long insane trip. Some people just have better directions...
Director: Richard Kelly
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Holmes Osborne, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Daveigh Chase, Mary McDonnell
3). Se7en (1995) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Se7en (1995)
Score: 8.59/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 | IMDB Votes: 1,953,871 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.4/10 | Metascore: 6.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $101,040,643
Se7en is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, PeacockPlot / Synopsis: Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.
Tagline: Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light...
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Andrew Kevin Walker, Daniel Zacapa, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow
4). Threads (1984) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8.55/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 24,769 | Rotten Tomatoes: 10.0/10 | Metascore: 9.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R
Plot / Synopsis: Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long running effects of nuclear war on civilization.
Tagline: The end of the world as we know it...
Director: Mick Jackson
Stars: Karen Meagher, Reece Dinsdale, David Brierly, Rita May, Nicholas Lane
5). Get Out (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Get Out (2017)
Score: 8.46/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 800,979 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.8/10 | Metascore: 8.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $176,196,665
Plot / Synopsis: Jordan Peele's Get Out (2017) movie releases in movie theaters on February 24, 2017, via Blumhouse Productions and Universal Pictures. This movie takes us back in time to a very sad time in a current setting. This film is directed by Jordan Peele from the comedy series Key and Peele. A talented guy who I bet shocked many people with...
Director: Jordan Peele
Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones
6). Hereditary (2018) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: Hereditary (2018)
Score: 8.22/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 | IMDB Votes: 427,748 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.0/10 | Metascore: 8.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $44,069,456
Featured Supernatural, Psychological, Supernatural, Cult, Cursed, Drama, Dysfunctional Family, Mind Bender, Witchcraft, Folk Horror, A24
Hereditary is Streaming on Netflix, TubiPlot / Synopsis: The Graham family starts to unravel following the death of their reclusive grandmother. Even after she's gone, the matriarch still casts a dark shadow over the family, especially her loner teenage granddaughter, Charlie, whom she always had an unusual fascination with. As an overwhelming terror takes over their household, their peaceful existence is ripped apart, forcing their mother to...
Director: Ari Aster
Stars: Alex Wolff, Gabriel Byrne, Toni Collette, Milly Shapiro, Christy Summerhays
7). The Lighthouse (2019) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Honest Review: The Lighthouse (2019)
Score: 8.15/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 284,164 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.0/10 | Metascore: 8.3/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $10,867,104
The Lighthouse is Streaming on HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Tagline: There is enchantment in the light...
Director: Robert Eggers
Stars: Robert Pattinson, Willem Dafoe, Valeriia Karaman, Logan Hawkes, Kyla Nicolle
8). The Innocents (2021) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8.13/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 29,442 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.5/10 | Metascore: 7.9/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated | Gross: $30,053
Plot / Synopsis: Four children become friends during the summer holidays, and out of sight of the adults they discover they have hidden powers. While exploring their newfound abilities in the nearby forests and playgrounds, their innocent play takes a dark turn and strange things begin to happen...
Director: Eskil Vogt
Stars: Rakel Lenora Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
9). Misery (1990) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Detailed Review: Misery (1990)
Score: 8.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.8/10 | IMDB Votes: 264,387 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | Metascore: 7.5/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $61,276,872
Misery is Streaming on Netflix, HBO Max, TubiPlot / Synopsis: After a famous author is rescued from a car crash by a fan of his novels, he comes to realize that the care he is receiving is only the beginning of a nightmare of captivity and abuse.Tagline: This Christmas there will be... Misery...
Director: Rob Reiner
Stars: James Caan, Kathy Bates, Richard Farnsworth, Frances Sternhagen, Lauren Bacall
10). Black Swan (2010) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
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Score: 8.09/10 | IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 863,278 | Rotten Tomatoes: 8.5/10 | Metascore: 7.9/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $106,954,678
Black Swan is Streaming on Netflix, HuluPlot / Synopsis: A committed dancer wins the lead role in a production of Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" only to find herself struggling to maintain her sanity...
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
11). Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 8.07/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 | IMDB Votes: 9,636 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.7/10 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $175,559
Plot / Synopsis: We are in some northern border. Any of them. All of them. Estrella is 10 years old and has 3 wishes: The first one, that her missing mother comes back and it happens. Her mother returns but she is dead and follows Estrella everywhere. Petrified, Estrella tries to escape from her by joining a gang orphaned by violence. Soon...
Director: Issa López
Stars: Paola Lara, Juan Ramón López, Nery Arredondo, Hanssel Casillas, Rodrigo Cortes
12). The Cure (1997) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Full Review of The Cure (1997)
Score: 7.98/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 | IMDB Votes: 33,432 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.4/10 | Metascore: 7.0/10 | MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Plot / Synopsis: A frustrated detective deals with the case of several gruesome murders committed by people who have no recollection of what they've done.
Tagline: Madness. Terror. Murder...
Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Stars: Kôji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yoriko Dôguchi
13). Pearl (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 149,859 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 7.6/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $9,423,445
Killer, Psychological, Slasher, Twisted Mystery, Dysfunctional Family, Female Revenge, Maniac, Thrill Kill, A24
Pearl is Streaming on Netflix, HBO MaxPlot / Synopsis: Back story on how Pearl became the person she was.
Tagline: Before X, meet Pearl for the first time.
Discover this Pearl of a movie in horror maestro Ti West’s devastatingly brilliant prequel, that breaks open the origin story of one of modern horrors most iconic figures, played by the queen of horror herself Mia Goth (Frankenstein, Infinity Pool, Suspiria). The film is the latest...
Director: Ti West
Stars: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Alistair Sewell
14). You Wont Be Alone (2022) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
Score: 7.97/10 | IMDB Rating: 6.4/10 | IMDB Votes: 13,539 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.3/10 | Metascore: 8.2/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $264,055
Plot / Synopsis: Set in an isolated mountain village in 19th century Macedonia, You Won't Be Alone follows a young girl who is kidnapped and then transformed into a witch by an ancient spirit. Curious about life as a human, the young witch accidentally kills a peasant in the nearby village and then takes her victim's shape to live life in her...
Director: Goran Stolevski
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Alice Englert, Anamaria Marinca, Sara Klimoska, Félix Maritaud
15). The Gift (2015) (Movie Info + Poster + Trailer)
The Gift (2015) Review
Score: 7.96/10 | IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 | IMDB Votes: 183,632 | Rotten Tomatoes: 9.1/10 | Metascore: 7.7/10 | MPAA Rating: R | Gross: $43,787,265
The Gift is Streaming on NetflixPlot / Synopsis: Good old "Gordo", played by Joel Edgerton, returns after 25 years for revenge on a man named Simon (Jason Bateman) and his wife named Robyn (Rebecca Hall). Gordo starts by bringing presents and creeping out Robyn so Simon tells him to stay away. Gordo flips out and begins to terrorize the couple. That is the basic story of Joel Edgerton's...
Director: Joel Edgerton
Stars: Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin
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