Psychological Thrillers, a list by Riz

7.4

/242414/

73

/4322/

71

/3458/

3.8

/290198/

85

/138/

Audience

80

/132041/

76

/35/

4.0

age 17+

Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

58

6.2

/54842/

65

/1076/

63

/731/

2.9

/52102/

46

/39/

Audience

63

/61048/

51

/16/

age 17+

Nicole Walker always dreamed of being swept away by someone special — someone strong, sexy and sensitive who would care for her more than anything else in the world. David is all that and more: a modern-day knight who charms and seduces her, body and soul. But her perfect boyfriend is not all he seems to be. His sweet facade masks a savage, dark side that will soon transform Nicole's dream into a nightmare.

70

7.0

/204389/

71

/5644/

71

/1928/

3.4

/1678141/

71

/288/

Audience

79

/361/

61

/53/

3.0

age 16+

Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to Saltburn, his eccentric family's sprawling estate, for a summer never to be forgotten.

73

7.3

/553177/

74

/32085/

73

/16797/

3.5

/951419/

78

/312/

Audience

79

/54556/

63

/48/

3.0

age 14+

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

10

73

8.4

/1487974/

81

/46077/

81

/24467/

3.8

/2581342/

69

/600/

Audience

88

/23600/

59

/60/

2.0

age 16+

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

83

7.6

/238151/

73

/7704/

74

/2784/

4.1

/797377/

93

/462/

Audience

84

/3035/

89

/63/

4.0

age 16+

When oil is discovered in 1920s Oklahoma under Osage Nation land, the Osage people are murdered one by one—until the FBI steps in to unravel the mystery.

68

6.5

/140164/

66

/2802/

63

/1943/

3.1

/154567/

80

/196/

Audience

64

/436529/

71

/36/

3.0

age 15+

A woman is kidnapped by a stranger on a routine flight. Threatened by the potential murder of her father, she is pulled into a plot to assist her captor in offing a politician.

61

6.5

/195695/

64

/7410/

65

/2094/

2.9

/506006/

74

/159/

Audience

35

/8854/

68

/35/

2.5

age 15+

A family's getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices—and two strangers appear at their door.

91

8.5

/958868/

85

/33259/

85

/17440/

4.6

/2771042/

99

/482/

Audience

90

/7296/

97

/56/

4.0

age 16+

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

58

6.3

/146720/

65

/5199/

67

/2173/

3.0

/778913/

38

/353/

Audience

74

/1977/

48

/62/

2.0

age 15+

Alice and Jack are lucky to be living in the idealized community of Victory, the experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families. But when cracks in their idyllic life begin to appear, exposing flashes of something much more sinister lurking beneath the attractive façade, Alice can’t help questioning exactly what they’re doing in Victory, and why.

89

8.6

/1547787/

85

/28150/

83

/15694/

4.3

/1421408/

95

/153/

Audience

95

/848620/

86

/20/

4.0

age 17+

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

10

82

7.8

/696455/

77

/40387/

76

/16684/

4.2

/2230563/

98

/403/

Audience

86

/78796/

85

/48/

3.0

age 17+

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

74

7.6

/715133/

76

/17806/

74

/10303/

3.9

/1689129/

68

/154/

Audience

85

/306372/

64

/35/

3.0

age 18+

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

81

8.0

/824448/

77

/18331/

76

/14024/

4.1

/1432374/

85

/322/

Audience

84

/178914/

79

/42/

3.5

age 17+

A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

8

82

8.1

/1067048/

80

/32225/

78

/18034/

4.1

/1727857/

88

/376/

Audience

87

/8383/

79

/49/

3.5

age 17+

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

10

77

8.2

/1456109/

81

/31901/

82

/23171/

4.1

/1540722/

69

/266/

Audience

77

/2375990/

63

/37/

3.5

age 18+

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

84

8.4

/1106327/

81

/23201/

82

/16724/

4.2

/1556802/

83

/106/

Audience

93

/483832/

68

/26/

4.0

age 16+

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

84

8.4

/1322595/

83

/25298/

82

/14282/

4.2

/947205/

94

/185/

Audience

94

/382363/

83

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

74

6.8

/265670/

67

/11974/

68

/3689/

3.7

/1302734/

83

/470/

Audience

69

/8334/

77

/64/

3.5

age 16+

Residents in a lonely gulch of inland California bear witness to an uncanny, chilling discovery.

71

6.7

/182592/

66

/6406/

65

/1790/

3.4

/542499/

85

/287/

Audience

61

/3017/

73

/59/

3.5

age 16+

After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.

83

7.9

/485775/

77

/7568/

77

/6305/

3.8

/237168/

89

/204/

Audience

89

/204066/

84

/42/

4.0

age 17+

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

7

71

7.2

/267370/

72

/7123/

69

/3556/

3.7

/138154/

76

/169/

Audience

73

/168726/

64

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A team of astronauts is sent to revive the Sun — but the mission fails. Seven years later, a new team is sent to finish the mission as mankind’s last hope.

79

8.2

/1051077/

81

/20847/

80

/11187/

4.0

/608012/

86

/162/

Audience

90

/1037599/

64

/35/

3.0

age 14+

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

64

6.3

/13437/

70

/1063/

77

/629/

2.6

/21424/

Audience

61

/82/

age 14+

Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

77

7.2

/69126/

74

/3715/

71

/944/

3.5

/71177/

85

/172/

Audience

92

/307/

69

/39/

3.5

age 15+

Leonard is an English tailor who used to craft suits on London’s world-famous Savile Row. After a personal tragedy, he’s ended up in Chicago, operating a small tailor shop in a rough part of town where he makes beautiful clothes for the only people around who can afford them: a family of vicious gangsters.

69

6.4

/37145/

63

/1099/

64

/419/

3.2

/78410/

85

/231/

Audience

54

/870/

73

/47/

3.5

age 17+

An unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple's relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel not only their recent engagement but their lives.

9

83

7.8

/604477/

77

/18482/

77

/10398/

4.0

/1030227/

95

/279/

Audience

86

/5064/

76

/45/

4.0

age 17+

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

77

7.2

/246861/

72

/5807/

69

/3663/

3.6

/233913/

87

/189/

Audience

76

/208009/

71

/30/

4.0

age 18+

After a tragic accident, six friends reunite for a caving expedition. Their adventure soon goes horribly wrong when a collapse traps them deep underground and they find themselves pursued by bloodthirsty creatures. As their friendships deteriorate, they find themselves in a desperate struggle to survive the creatures and each other.

73

7.0

/172055/

69

/6273/

67

/3093/

3.3

/141377/

91

/198/

Audience

75

/51503/

77

/31/

3.0

age 16+

Simon and Robyn are a young married couple whose life is going as planned until a chance run-in with Simon's high school acquaintance sends their world into a tailspin.

54

6.5

/199341/

69

/16800/

64

/5556/

2.9

/151818/

45

/310/

Audience

49

/1571/

48

/49/

1.5

age 17+

Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes entangled in the mystery that unfolds.

70

7.3

/267126/

74

/5935/

71

/3683/

3.4

/101196/

63

/171/

Audience

75

/6738/

64

/34/

3.0

age 18+

Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

76

6.8

/340969/

70

/15203/

69

/7064/

3.6

/1271656/

93

/554/

Audience

61

/5401/

81

/56/

4.0

age 16+

Husband and wife Gabe and Adelaide Wilson take their kids to their beach house expecting to unplug and unwind with friends. But as night descends, their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some shocking visitors arrive uninvited.

77

7.2

/319063/

72

/6128/

69

/4512/

3.5

/188876/

92

/204/

Audience

77

/105884/

78

/37/

3.5

age 18+

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

67

7.0

/93986/

71

/2847/

67

/1115/

3.1

/14235/

Audience

66

/14085/

age 16+

The government gets wind of a plot to destroy America involving a trio of nuclear weapons for which the whereabouts are unknown. It's up to a seasoned interrogator and an FBI agent to find out exactly where the nukes are.

61

6.3

/65127/

64

/3513/

67

/991/

3.0

/176563/

82

/119/

Audience

56

/1830/

60

/16/

1.5

age 14+

An exiled anxiety-ridden homebody must battle an alien who's found its way into her home.

63

6.5

/136504/

63

/2798/

66

/2463/

3.4

/156071/

54

/180/

Audience

55

/29408/

49

/34/

3.5

A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.

67

6.0

/10885/

57

/567/

62

/122/

3.2

/69646/

83

/192/

Audience

53

/109/

72

/44/

3.5

age 15+

During a bitter 1964 Massachusetts winter, young secretary Eileen becomes enchanted by Rebecca Saint John, the glamorous new counselor at the prison where she works. Their budding friendship takes a twisted turn when Rebecca reveals a dark secret — throwing Eileen onto a sinister path.

65

7.1

/355565/

74

/9420/

71

/4608/

3.1

/74680/

48

/151/

Audience

80

/456768/

53

/33/

age 18+

A top Marine sniper, Bob Lee Swagger, leaves the military after a mission goes horribly awry and disappears, living in seclusion. He is coaxed back into service after a high-profile government official convinces him to help thwart a plot to kill the President of the United States. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, Swagger becomes the target of a nationwide manhunt. He goes on the run to track the real killer and find out who exactly set him up, and why, eventually seeking revenge against some of the most powerful and corrupt leaders in the free world.

74

7.3

/216589/

74

/3855/

72

/3282/

3.7

/199276/

75

/57/

Audience

77

/69060/

73

/9/

3.0

age 17+

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

72

6.7

/74102/

69

/3434/

69

/1430/

3.4

/415599/

81

/208/

Audience

81

/354/

67

/34/

3.0

age 17+

Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the grocery store.

61

6.8

/293131/

72

/7972/

67

/4464/

3.2

/172739/

39

/172/

Audience

62

/403467/

57

/36/

2.5

age 17+

After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.

80

7.8

/235498/

78

/5713/

77

/4323/

4.0

/276411/

91

/75/

Audience

90

/178512/

75

/23/

3.0

age 17+

After stalking and saving the life of her favorite fiction author in a car accident, his manic obsessor holds him captive in her remote Colorado home then forces him to write back to life the popular literary character he killed off.

53

6.1

/143549/

64

/3461/

61

/2277/

3.0

/158719/

49

/164/

Audience

48

/311644/

47

/27/

1.5

age 18+

After a 4 a.m. knock at the door and haunting voices, Kristen McKay and James Hoyt’s remote getaway becomes a psychological night of terror as three masked strangers invade. Now they must go far beyond what they thought themselves capable of if they hope to survive.

77

7.2

/272755/

73

/13467/

74

/6037/

3.4

/562451/

91

/369/

Audience

92

/3532/

71

/57/

3.0

age 14+

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

70

6.3

/42398/

65

/2258/

65

/778/

3.3

/111431/

88

/150/

Audience

67

/82/

72

/27/

3.0

age 15+

As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

53

6.6

/277695/

65

/5158/

64

/3938/

3.3

/183123/

44

/222/

Audience

57

/454518/

44

/40/

1.0

age 14+

When a willful young man tries to venture beyond his sequestered Pennsylvania hamlet, his actions set off a chain of chilling incidents that will alter the community forever.

58

6.2

/27158/

70

/1702/

78

/1042/

3.0

/14257/

45

/155/

Audience

59

/242/

53

/41/

1.5

age 16+

Inspired by the gripping true story of a man who would do anything for his family—and for freedom. When Peter, an enslaved man, risks his life to escape and return to his family, he embarks on a perilous journey of love and endurance.

52

6.0

/5406/

57

/232/

59

/48/

2.7

/19280/

47

/122/

Audience

45

/94/

48

/30/