| The Jacket (2005) | 7.1 | |
| Misery (1990) | 7.8 | |
| Primal Fear (1996) | 7.7 | |
| A Dangerous Method (2011) | 6.4 | |
| Mindhunter (2017) | 8.6 |
Psychology movies and TV shows – page 2
Best films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line ...
Style:
psychological, crying, gothic, serious, heartbreaking ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
mental illness, suicide, coming of age, psychiatric ward, suicide attempt, mental institution, teenage girl, psychiatrist, borderline personality disorder, insanity, female protagonist, mentally unstable ...
Time:
20th century, year 1999, 90s, year 1967, 60s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Demonic gang-leader Alex goes on the spree of rape, mugging and murder with his pack of "droogs". But he's a boy who also likes Beethoven's Ninth and a bit of "the old in-out, in-out". He later finds himself at the ...
Style:
disturbing, controversial, psychedelic, philosophical, atmospheric ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, insanity, dystopia, surrealism, gang, rape, violent, controversy, violence, psychopath, sociopath, murder ...
Time:
future, 20th century, 90s, 70s, 80s ...
Place:
britain, london, england, united kingdom, europe
Is relevant?
50K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Style:
psychological, scary, twist ending, dark, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
claustrophobia, obsession, psychology, twists and turns, school, youth, underground bunker, male nudity, danger, bunker, survival, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
wales, england
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Colombia, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Mental is a television series produced by Fox's subsidiary Fox Telecolombia, which aired in the summer and fall of 2009 on FOX international channels for Latin America, Europe and Asia, starring Chris Vance and Annabella Sciorra. Mental was ...
Style:
realistic, medical drama, captivating, psychological, serious
Plot:
psychology, medical, hospital, prodigy, mental disorder, mental institution, fighting illness, delusion, treatment, doctors and patients, workplace situations, mentally unstable ...
Time:
21st century
Is relevant?
73K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A psychic doctor, John Clancy, works with an FBI special agent in search of a serial killer.
Style:
suspense, twist ending, surprise ending, intense, mysterious ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychic, investigation, psychology, police investigation, twists and turns, premonition, murder investigation, swat team, supernatural, whodunit, plot twist ...
Time:
year 2015
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67K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Tensions rise within an asbestos cleaning crew as they work in an abandoned mental hospital with a horrific past that seems to be coming back.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, psychological horror, dark, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
mental institution, macabre, psychology, twists and turns, haunted, mental illness, hospital, ghost, insanity, transformation, murder, obsession ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
massachusetts
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Genre: Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
With his two friends, a video-game-obsessed young man finds himself in a strange version of Tokyo where they must compete in dangerous games to survive.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, dorama, psychological, witty ...
Plot:
survival, game, game of death, fight, danger, violence, quest, mercilessness, psychology, courage, team, friendship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
tokyo, japan
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Based on the play of the same name by Pulitzer Prize Winner Cormac McCarthy, this searing two-character drama mixes humor and pathos while examining the relationship between strangers who are brought together by desperate circumstances. Set in a New ...
Style:
philosophical, talky, psychological, thought provoking, sexy ...
Plot:
atheism, atheist, religion, psychology, dialogue, suicide attempt, faith, bible, suffering, debate, suicide, multiple storylines ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story focuses on a middle-school math teacher Olive and her relationship with Henry which spans 25 years over the four parts. It is based on Elizabeth Strout’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Style:
meditative, realistic, sincere, atmospheric, heartbreaking ...
Plot:
small town life, maturity, dysfunctional family, couples, couple relations, elderly, psychology, life philosophy, parents and children, family problems, family relations, relationships ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa, new england, california
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
Suspecting that people around him are turning into evil creatures, a troubled man questions whether to protect his only friend from an impending war, or from himself.
Style:
psychological, scary, tense, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Plot:
mental illness, psychology, demon, insanity, supernatural, twists and turns, mental disorder, obsession, paranoia, friendship, illness, macabre ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Joseph and Maria are married for six months and Maria still has never had an orgasm with her husband. They begin to visit mysterious doctor Baltazar who teaches them how to reach ecstasy in sex.
Style:
erotic, sexy, psychological, sensual, talky ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sex therapist, marriage, sexual arousal, sexualized violence, sex, intimacy, couples therapy, father daughter incest, psychology, male nudity, dysfunctional marriage, frigidity ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s
Place:
vancouver, seattle, australia
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about an eight year old boy named Cole Sear who believes he can see into the world of the dead. A child psychologist named Malcolm Crowe comes to Cole to help him deal with his problem, learning that he really can see ghosts ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, horror for children, teen drama
Plot:
twists and turns, afterlife, supernatural, psychology, ghost, plot twist, death, psychiatrist, psychic, life & death, supernatural horror, psychologist ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, future
Place:
usa, pennsylvania, persia, philadelphia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Viewers will be able to look into the personal lives of psychologists and see how those, who seemingly know everything about people actually live. The main characters, as they are called, shoemakers without boots, are psychologists, who themselves ...
Style:
feel good, light, semi serious, romantic, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
psychology, male female relationship, friendship, identity crisis, relationship problems, problem solving, family in crisis, career, love and romance, life philosophy, obsession, love affair ...
Place:
russia
Is relevant?
124K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, enigmatic, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, psychology, mental institution, time loop, amnesia, supernatural, hallucination, destiny, memory loss, disorder, haunted by the past, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1992 ...
Place:
vermont, iraq
Is relevant?
14K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Austria, Germany
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Eager to make his name in 19th-century Vienna, a hungry young Sigmund Freud joins a psychic and an inspector to solve a string of bloody mysteries.
Style:
gothic, psychological, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
psychology, murder mystery, psychiatrist, male nudity, psychologist, murder investigation, treatment, doctors and patients, serial killer, historical figure, threat, introspection ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, 1880s
Place:
austria, central europe, vienna
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Spike Jonze’s debut feature film is a love story mix of comedy and fantasy. The story is about an unsuccessful puppeteer named Craig, who one day at work finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for ...
Style:
surreal, psychological, cerebral, cult classic, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
surrealism, puppeteer, subconscious, psychology, satire, lesbianism, body swapping, body swap, philosophy, actor, existentialism, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, manhattan new york city
Is relevant?
240K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
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? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, suspenseful, neo noir, creepy ...
Plot:
rape, fear, family in danger, revenge, violence, lawyer, serial killer, sexualized violence, dangerous attraction, psychology, justice, prison ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1991
Place:
north carolina, georgia, florida, southern usa, usa
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him...
Style:
twist ending, disturbing, surreal, scary, surprise ending ...
Plot:
nightmare, paranoia, delusion, memory, hallucination, twists and turns, haunted by the past, conspiracy, plot twist, dealing with death, soldier, macabre ...
Time:
year 1990, 90s, 20th century, year 1971, 70s
Place:
new york, vietnam, usa, asia, brooklyn new york city ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Admitted to Mt. Abaddon Hospital for a routine procedure, George Grieves discovers that his condition is much more serious and complicated than originally expected; and as his own fears begin to manifest around him, he learns that Mt. Abaddon is not ...
Style:
medical horror, suspense, rough, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
hospital, coma, destiny, racism, doctors and patients, danger, psychology, fear, death, amputee, patient, surgery ...
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In this neo-noir thriller series, a pair of cash-strapped newlyweds accept a lucrative but morally dubious offer from a mysterious female benefactor.
Style:
anthology, sexy, neo noir, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
blonde, psychology, sex, couple relations, marriage, power, money, money problems, decision, gay, moral dilemma, choice ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Animation, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Beauty Water looks like a common skin cosmetic. But unlike other cosmetics, people can sculpt their skin with it like molding clay and change their appearance. An ordinary girl, Yaeji, comes across the 'Beauty Water' by chance, and her ...
Style:
melancholic, allegory, suspense, supernatural thriller, korean anime ...
Plot:
brutality, fashion, psychology, high maintenance, greed, manipulation, cruelty, materialism, dishonesty, femme fatale, identity, encounter ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A weekend of 'fear therapy' turns into a nightmare of terror when a mannequin comes to life. Only those with the courage to confront their demons will survive.
Style:
creepy, slasher, scary, psychological, suspense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
experiment, psychology, supernatural, woods, weekend, nightmare, killer doll, college student, stalking, evil doll, demon, female nudity ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, stylized, suspenseful ...
Plot:
twists and turns, death of lover, psychology, investigation, haunted by the past, uncover truth, maid, life is a bitch, male female relationship, sex, speed dating, girl ...
Time:
year 2009
Place:
europe, italy, turin italy, argentina, buenos aires argentina
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A disturbed,institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.
Style:
disturbing, surreal, psychological, controversial, psychiatric ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
schizophrenia, mental illness, psychology, mental health, hospital, women, mental disorder, nervous breakdown, female psychopath, psychotherapy, social commentary, psychiatrist ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1956, 1950s
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
52K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Kinsey is a portrait of researcher Alfred Kinsey, driven to uncover the most private secrets of a nation. What begins for Kinsey as a scientific endeavor soon takes on an intensely personal relevance, ultimately becoming an unexpected journey into ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, controversial, talky, psychological ...
Plot:
scientist, gay, lgbt, sexuality, lgbtq, gay interest, sexology, research, sex scene, psychology, nudity, college ...
Time:
20th century, 1950s, 1940s, 2000s, y2k ...
Place:
indiana, usa
Is relevant?
192K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
The debut film from Darren Aronofsky in which a mathematical genius Maximilian Cohen discovers a link in the connection between numbers and reality and thus believes he can predict the future.
Style:
surreal, atmospheric, mind bending, cerebral, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
mathematics, insanity, obsession, paranoia, computer, conspiracy, surrealism, alienation, psychology, eye, cyberpunk, mental illness ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1998, future
Place:
new york, america, middle east, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant?
18K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the ...
Style:
sexy, suspense, suspenseful, teen, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
college, gossip, rumor, psychology, investigation, manipulation, drinking, adaptation, dishonesty, college life, teenage life, false accusation ...
Time:
90s, year 2000
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
An Alaska State Trooper partners with a young woman who escaped the clutches of serial killer Robert Hansen to bring the murderer to justice. Based on actual events.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, suspenseful, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police investigation, psychopath, winter, investigation, homicide detective, murder investigation, manhunt, kidnapping, drug overdose, rape and murder, rape ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
alaska, usa, boston
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, detective, neo noir ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, obsession, sex, nudity, manipulation, seduction, sexual tension, dangerous attraction, police investigation, murder, fatal attraction, strong sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, bay area, persia, oakland california, california ...
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