Psychological Thrillers

Your favorites that you mentioned are among the best of the sub-genre. With those in mind, here are some other great ones in that league.


Wait Until Dark (1967)

The Conversation (1974)

Repulsion (1965)

Michael Clayton (2007)

Chinatown (1974)

The Manchurian Candidate (1962 and 2004)

Rosemary's Baby (1968)

The Game (1997)

Memento (2000)


Of course, you may have seen some of these already.

Phone Booth (2002)

Cape Fear (1962) - the remake isn't bad, either

Under Suspicion (2000) - or the french original

Sudden Fear (1952)

Le Locataire (1976)

Misery (1990)

The Keeper (2004)

Some that come to mind:

Palabras encadenadas (Killing Words) (Don’t be put off by the cheesy-sounding synopsis at imdb.)
The Machinist
Spider
Caché
Funny Games (1997 original)
Das Experiment
Kaosu (Chaos) (1999)

While some of the above have scenes of violence, they are still more concerned with the psychological aspects of the story.

Abre los ojos (1997) or Vanilla Sky (2001)
Cube (1997)
Dogville (2003)
Donnie Darko (2001)
eXistenZ (1999)
Experiment, Das (2001)
Funny Games (1997)
Hard Candy (2005)
Heaven (2002/I)
Irréversible (2002)
Locataire, Le (1976)
Maquinista, El (2004) 10 7.8
Memento (2000)
Misery (1990)
Mulholland Dr. (2001)
North by Northwest (1959)
Oldboy (2003)
The Others (2001)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Psycho (1960)
Session 9 (2001)
The Shining (1980)
A Simple Plan (1998)
The Sixth Sense (1999)
11:14 (2003)
21 Grams (2003)
American Psycho (2000)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Bug (2006)
Cape Fear (1991)
Enduring Love (2004)
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Falling Down (1993)
Frailty (2001)
The Gift (2000)
Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003)
The Last Winter (2006)
Lost Highway (1997)
Mala educación, La (2004)
The Matador (2005)
Mean Creek (2004)
The Mothman Prophecies (2002)
One Hour Photo (2002)
Panic Room (2002)
Pi (1998)
The Prestige (2006)
Primer (2004)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Sunshine (2007)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Vertigo (1958)
Videodrome (1983)
Wicker Park (2004)



Last seen
Wasted (2006) - 2/10
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) - 4/10

This is turning into an excellent thread. Thank you all for the amazing lists. Definitely bookmarking this one.








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Ne le dis à personne (2006)
13 Tzameti (2005)
Shallow Grave (1995)
The Crying Game (1992)
The Minus Man (1999)
Thunderheart (1992)
The Pledge (2001)
Following (1998)

Hey, I thought you had her at 'Squishy Ball'

Great stuff, i agree with most, have you seen Requirem for a dream, life of David Gale,

you might like them too ;o)

Enjoy

Mulholland Dr. (2001) one of my favorites, talk about psychological twists! Highly recommend.

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