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Psycho (1960)

Psycho, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, is a seminal 1960 film exploring themes of identity and mental instability. The mo...

Classic Movie Suspense 1960S

9.6 Brilliant

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M (1931)

Fritz Lang’s M (1931) is a seminal German film exploring themes of societal corruption through the chilling story of a c...

German Classic Movie 1930S

9.2 Excellent

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Night of the Hunter

Night of the Hunter is a 1955 film directed by Charles Laughton. The movie follows Johnathan Harker, portrayed by Robert...

Classic Movie Noir 1950S

9.0 Excellent

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Les Diaboliques

Les Diaboliques is a 1955 French film by Henri-Georges Clouzot. The story centers on a disturbed couple’s escalating plo...

Classic French Mystery Movie

8.7 Great

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Gaslight (1944)

Directed by George Cukor, this 1944 American psychological thriller stars Ingrid Bergman as a woman whose husband slowly...

Classic Movie Noir 1940S

8.6 Great

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Cure (1997)

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, this 1997 Japanese psychological thriller follows a detective investigating a string of mu...

Japanese Movie 1990S Serial Killer

8.5 Great

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Funny Games (1997)

Directed by Michael Haneke, this 1997 Austrian psychological thriller critiques media violence by depicting the psycholo...

Austrian Movie 1990S Home Invasion

8.4 Great

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The Vanishing (1988)

Directed by George Sluizer, this 1988 Dutch psychological thriller is renowned for its chilling exploration of obsession...

Movie 1980S Dutch Disturbing

8.3 Great

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Drive (2011)

Nicolas Winding Refn directed this 2011 American psychological thriller starring Ryan Gosling as a stuntman who moonligh...

Movie Neo Noir Synth 2010S

8.3 Great

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Audition (1999)

Directed by Takashi Miike, this 1999 Japanese psychological horror film centers on a widower holding fake movie audition...

Japanese Horror Movie 1990S

8.2 Great

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Confessions (2010)

Directed by Tetsuya Nakashima, this 2010 Japanese psychological thriller follows a teacher who systematically enacts rev...

Teacher Japanese Movie Revenge

8.1 Great

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The Guilty (2018)

Directed by Gustav Möller, this 2018 Danish psychological thriller is set mostly at a police emergency call center, wher...

Danish Real Time Movie Dispatch

8.0 Great

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Funny Games (2007)

Michael Haneke directed this 2007 American psychological thriller as a nearly shot-for-shot remake of his 1997 Austrian...

Movie 2000S Remake Home Invasion

7.8 Good

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Shutter (2004)

Shutter is a 2004 Thai psychological horror film directed by Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom, notable for it...

Photography Movie 2000S Ghost Story

7.3 Good

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Dark Water (2002)

Dark Water is a 2002 Japanese psychological horror film directed by Hideo Nakata, notable for adapting Koji Suzuki's nov...

Japanese Movie 2000S Custody

7.1 Good

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Session 9

Brad Anderson directed this 2001 psychological thriller, following an asbestos removal crew at an abandoned hospital who...

Horror Movie 2000S Asylum

6.9 Fair

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Pulse (Kairo)

Pulse (Kairo) is a 2001 Japanese psychological horror film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, notable for its bleak explorati...

Tech Japanese Movie 2000S

6.9 Fair

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Identity (2003)

Directed by James Mangold, this 2003 American psychological thriller follows ten strangers stranded at a remote Nevada m...

Movie 2000S Slasher Twist

6.8 Fair

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Neon Demon

Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, this 2016 American psychological horror film follows an aspiring young model in Los An...

Modeling Horror Movie 2010S

6.8 Fair

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Spider (2002)

David Cronenberg directed this 2002 psychological thriller, following Ralph Fiennes as a deeply disturbed man attempting...

Memory Movie 2000S Cronenberg

6.8 Fair