Psychological Horror Movies, a list by dave Miller

6.5

/140513/

66

/7043/

64

/3841/

3.1

/290724/

91

/81/

70

/475/

77

/12/

3.0

age 17+

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

69

6.6

/265538/

67

/12524/

70

/6946/

3.5

/806276/

68

/377/

52

/3756/

76

/51/

3.5

age 17+

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

75

IMDb 88

7.3

/682419/

74

/34351/

72

/19983/

3.5

/2491726/

85

/391/

84

/6100/

69

/49/

3.0

age 15+

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

63

6.3

/10119/

68

/881/

63

/264/

3.3

/25500/

85

/53/

69

/83/

60

/9/

1.5

Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pitfalls, booby traps, and critters of his own creation. Ignoring his warnings, Dave’s girlfriend Annie leads a band of oddball explorers on a rescue mission. Once inside, they find themselves trapped in an ever-changing supernatural world, threatened by booby traps and pursued by a bloodthirsty Minotaur.

62

6.2

/15639/

64

/1043/

61

/342/

3.4

/38065/

78

/100/

57

/131/

63

/23/

2.0

A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life.

55

?

5.4

/143/

58

/25/

55

/24/

In the middle of the night, Léo wakes up his best friend Raphaël. His car has broken down an hour away from Paris. No way is Raphaël going to pick him up, that is until the woman of his dreams kicks him out of bed. Once he gets to where Léo is waiting, he discovers there is no breakdown, but what is there waiting for Raphaël?

50

5.9

/49407/

67

/6653/

58

/1559/

2.6

/27303/

38

/154/

30

/398/

48

/33/

2.0

age 16+

A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment.

58

6.1

/109939/

60

/5529/

65

/3865/

3.1

/290740/

59

/261/

51

/804/

51

/45/

2.5

age 18+

When aspiring model Jesse moves to Los Angeles, her youth and vitality are devoured by a group of beauty-obsessed women who will take any means necessary to get what she has.

79

7.4

/96303/

74

/4543/

73

/1953/

4.0

/265783/

99

/87/

81

/393/

81

/19/

3.0

A stranger arrives in a little village and soon after a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman is drawn into the incident and is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.

73

7.0

/151791/

69

/7741/

67

/2858/

3.6

/344283/

90

/249/

75

/1034/

79

/42/

2.5

age 18+

A punk rock band is forced to fight for survival after witnessing an act of violence at a skinhead bar.

71

6.6

/127737/

66

/6167/

64

/2782/

3.3

/240584/

90

/116/

69

/833/

74

/21/

3.0

age 17+

Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.

68

5.9

/7984/

57

/392/

59

/218/

3.3

/12355/

83

/65/

45

/51/

77

/19/

4.0

age 16+

11-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother in a seaside housing estate. The only place that ever sees any activity is the hospital. It is there that all the boys from the village are forced to undergo strange medical trials that attempt to disrupt the phases of evolution.

75

7.2

/380285/

72

/27325/

69

/8414/

3.6

/611115/

91

/319/

79

/4124/

76

/43/

3.0

age 14+

After a catastrophic car crash, a young woman wakes up in a survivalist's underground bunker, where he claims to have saved her from an apocalyptic attack that has left the outside world uninhabitable.

65

5.8

/9624/

62

/684/

62

/239/

3.2

/25894/

92

/12/

57

/120/

Suspecting that people are transforming into malevolent shape-shifters, Wyatt flees to New York City to seek out his estranged childhood friend Christian.

75

7.0

/346279/

68

/15502/

69

/7460/

3.8

/1370331/

91

/337/

61

/3946/

84

/46/

3.5

age 17+

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyalty and love are tested in shocking ways.

70

6.5

/167957/

67

/8929/

66

/5134/

3.4

/374084/

72

/284/

56

/2064/

66

/38/

4.0

age 16+

In the aftermath of a family tragedy, an aspiring author is torn between love for her childhood friend and the temptation of a mysterious outsider. Trying to escape the ghosts of her past, she is swept away to a house that breathes, bleeds… and remembers.

51

5.5

/5914/

55

/377/

57

/194/

2.9

/3601/

67

/21/

38

/57/

45

/8/

1.5

An intimate portrait of a 9 year old sociopath as he discovers his taste for killing.

59

49

5.5

/3182/

61

/272/

51

/139/

3.0

/1938/

80

/5/

47

/14/

She’s the most beautiful, most short-sighted, most sentimental, most perplexing, most obstinate, most untrustworthy and most troubling of heroines. The lady in the car has never seen the sea. On the run from the police, she keeps telling herself that she’s not crazy… Only...

55

6.0

/72048/

62

/4276/

60

/2078/

2.6

/184222/

57

/7/

43

/322/

In a massive, mysterious chamber, fifty strangers awaken to find themselves trapped with no memory of how they got there. Organized in an inward-facing circle and unable to move, they quickly learn that every two minutes, one of them must die…executed by a strange device in the center of the room.

59

6.1

/126959/

65

/6749/

62

/3530/

2.6

/182891/

56

/126/

51

/1249/

52

/26/

3.0

age 15+

A twisted new tale of terror begins for a teenage girl and her family, and revealing more mysteries of the otherworldly realm, 'The Further'.

75

7.1

/455/

57

/21/

54

/16/

3.6

/421/

100

/31/

76

/4/

86

/11/

3.5

Longinotto's documentary is about Brenda Myers-Powell, who fights against sexual exploitation and supports prostitutes in Chicago. Brenda knows what she is talking about: her own story, involving teenage prostitution and a life of violence and abuse, is in stark contrast to her dauntless energy and optimism.

70

6.2

/7313/

62

/311/

59

/166/

3.4

/18240/

93

/83/

58

/89/

77

/23/

3.5

age 14+

Two women retreat to a lake house to get a break from the pressures of the outside world, only to realize how disconnected from each other they have become, allowing their suspicions to bleed into reality.

74

6.8

/295296/

67

/13367/

65

/6750/

3.4

/790140/

95

/271/

66

/4380/

83

/37/

3.5

age 17+

A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

83

7.7

/630871/

77

/35696/

75

/13922/

4.0

/1208155/

92

/289/

86

/4641/

78

/42/

4.0

age 17+

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds that he will have to participate in a strange and fascinating experiment in which he must interact with the world's first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot girl.

75

6.7

/63653/

67

/2674/

66

/1666/

3.4

/152084/

85

/147/

66

/553/

81

/19/

4.0

In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is like before and the children start to doubt whether this woman is actually who she says she is.

83

7.8

/657670/

77

/23174/

77

/11406/

4.0

/1584364/

95

/278/

86

/5002/

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.

59

5.8

/15520/

60

/730/

57

/445/

3.0

/9458/

74

/23/

49

/124/

55

/5/

A man who suspects his wife is cheating on him begins having nightmarish visions of an evil presence that he believes inhabits his house.

82

8.1

/1153518/

80

/38315/

79

/19528/

4.1

/2798111/

88

/377/

87

/8258/

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.

61

5.7

/28402/

58

/1291/

54

/615/

3.0

/20871/

76

/58/

44

/302/

65

/10/

3.0

age 16+

On her honeymoon, a young bride sleepwalks into the woods surrounding a secluded cabin. When she returns, she looks the same—but something about her is terrifyingly different.

54

6.3

/128101/

66

/6174/

67

/3746/

3.3

/447783/

29

/78/

42

/1338/

39

/24/

2.5

age 17+

When a team of explorers ventures into the uncharted maze of bones that lies beneath the streets of Paris, they embark on a journey into madness and terror.

72

7.0

/46640/

70

/2071/

68

/745/

3.6

/64402/

83

/95/

76

/463/

66

/27/

3.0

age 16+

Ethan and Sophie are a married couple on the brink of separation when, at the urging of their therapist, they decide to salvage their relationship by escaping to a beautiful vacation house for the weekend.

62

6.0

/23842/

62

/968/

60

/484/

3.1

/32496/

74

/23/

56

/218/

49

/6/

3.0

A hopeful young starlet uncovers the ominous origins of the Hollywood elite and enters into a deadly agreement in exchange for fame and fortune.

76

6.8

/267376/

67

/10730/

65

/6274/

3.3

/718686/

98

/249/

72

/3277/

86

/34/

3.5

age 15+

A single mother, plagued by the violent death of her husband, battles with her son's fear of a monster lurking in the house, but soon discovers a sinister presence all around her.

58

6.1

/22802/

62

/847/

60

/482/

3.0

/31349/

66

/71/

47

/337/

49

/21/

2.5

age 18+

Two journalists set out to document their friend's journey to reunite with his estranged sister. They track her to an undisclosed location where they are welcomed into the remote world of "Eden Parish," a self-sustained rural utopia composed of nearly two hundred members and overseen by a mysterious leader known only as "Father." It quickly becomes evident to the newcomers that this paradise may not be as it seems. Eden Parish harbors a twisted secret. What started as just another documentary shoot soon becomes a fight for survival.

75

7.2

/168559/

74

/9519/

72

/3245/

3.7

/352750/

89

/92/

81

/681/

65

/23/

3.0

age 14+

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead.

62

6.5

/148465/

67

/5952/

64

/3101/

3.2

/173050/

75

/156/

54

/2533/

61

/28/

2.0

age 18+

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

58

6.0

/72279/

62

/4764/

60

/1780/

2.8

/28207/

60

/87/

39

/595/

54

/34/

3.0

age 14+

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

67

6.9

/235204/

67

/8646/

69

/6242/

3.6

/527875/

73

/119/

64

/1548/

61

/30/

2.5

age 18+

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

64

6.3

/66337/

65

/3950/

62

/1859/

3.2

/76084/

74

/97/

58

/683/

58

/24/

3.0

age 17+

A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.

52

5.8

/84377/

63

/3783/

59

/2070/

2.1

/70965/

39

/150/

37

/1239/

49

/41/

3.0

age 18+

A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.

55

5.9

/19771/

62

/990/

61

/623/

2.8

/8882/

49

/37/

42

/229/

49

/13/

2.5

age 15+

A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

57

5.8

/154742/

63

/8775/

60

/4637/

2.6

/232097/

51

/184/

44

/2955/

53

/34/

3.0

age 17+

An awkward, telekinetic teenage girl is the object of relentless bullying at school and an oppressively religious mother at home.

51

5.1

/10370/

51

/401/

48

/237/

2.3

/15078/

57

/84/

25

/423/

58

/27/

3.0

In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.

78

8.2

/913486/

81

/24883/

81

/12666/

4.3

/1941622/

81

/248/

87

/5970/

70

/53/

2.5

age 18+

Keller Dover is facing every parent’s worst nightmare. His six-year-old daughter, Anna, is missing, together with her young friend, Joy, and as minutes turn to hours, panic sets in. The only lead is a dilapidated RV that had earlier been parked on their street.

55

6.6

/200714/

68

/8224/

66

/4452/

3.0

/286101/

38

/129/

57

/3163/

40

/30/

2.0

age 15+

The haunted Lambert family seeks to uncover the mysterious childhood secret that has left them dangerously connected to the spirit world.

70

6.7

/19732/

64

/648/

65

/342/

3.6

/15289/

87

/61/

68

/109/

66

/22/

3.0

An enigmatic vagrant cons himself into the home life of an arrogant upper-class family, turning their lives into a psychological nightmare in the process.

57

6.4

/11841/

65

/461/

62

/208/

3.2

/3075/

65

/20/

50

/199/

34

/10/

Stranded on an isolated desert road, two life-long friends fight for survival as their already strained relationship spirals into knife-wielding madness.

63

6.6

/118009/

68

/4570/

66

/2617/

3.3

/219242/

79

/160/

60

/2532/

66

/32/