Psychological drama movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychological drama movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, serious, thought provoking, suspense, tense and realistic films and TV shows about / with psychological drama, storytelling, obsession, female nudity, death, husband wife relationship, dialogue, loneliness, family relations and sex scene plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as psychological drama: Mulholland Drive (2001), The Missing (2014), Adolescence (2025), All I See Is You (2016), Everybody Dies But Me (2008), Whiplash (2014), Killing Eve (2018), The Leftovers (2014), Una (2016), Dogville (2003).
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List of psychological drama movies
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, art house, disturbing ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, amnesia, lesbian, obsession, dream, alternate reality, parallel universe, hollywood, filmmaking, lesbian sex, nightmare ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 20th century, future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california, mulholland drive
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, France, Belgium, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, detective, tense, captivating ...
Plot:
missing child, child abuse, police, missing person, twists and turns, investigation, police detective, pedophile, abduction, cold case, child abduction, journalist ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, year 2014, 2010s, year 2009 ...
Place:
france
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287K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of how a family's world is turned upside down when 13-year-old Jamie Miller is arrested and charged with the murder of a teenage girl who goes to his school.
Style:
detective, thought provoking, intense, psychological thriller, dramatic ...
Plot:
bullying, teenage boy, fatherhood, teenager, father son relationship, police, murder, murder investigation, therapist, truth, police officer, police station ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
england, britain, united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Mike Nichols’ film from Edward Albee's play brought new themes to the film industry. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton have never been more brilliant together as they portray an experienced married couple who love each other yet verbally ...
Style:
cerebral, psychological, black and white, black comedy, retro ...
Plot:
battle of the sexes, guest, humiliation, conversation, couples, adultery, dysfunctional marriage, night, love hate relationship, childlessness, alcoholism, drinking ...
Time:
20th century, year 1966, 60s, 1930s
Place:
new england, usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A blind woman's relationship with her husband changes when she regains her sight and discovers disturbing details about themselves.
Style:
disturbing, erotic, enigmatic, suspenseful, thought provoking ...
Plot:
husband wife relationship, blonde, blind woman, sex show, married couple, medication, promise, fear, lie, doctor, loss of eyesight, car accident ...
Place:
bangkok thailand, barcelona, spain, thailand
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Genre: Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
One Monday morning Katya, Vika and Zhanna learn that there will be a school disco, their first disco, on the coming Saturday night. The girls feverishly start preparing for the event, which rapidly becomes the most important moment ever in their ...
Style:
touching, realistic, gloomy, serious, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
friends, teenage life, life is a bitch, boy girl relationship, youth, family problems, friendship, high school life, social relations, dysfunctional family, school, social decay ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, moscow russia, russia, ussr
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Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.
Style:
dramatic, realistic, psychological, motivational, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
music, jazz, obsession, emotional abuse, mentor, musician, teachers and students, drummer, follow your dream, desire for fame, musician's life, public humiliation ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
manhattan new york city, north america, peru, new york, usa
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152K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story:
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
Style:
exciting, dark comedy, suspense, tense, detective ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbt, psycho killer, psychopath, female protagonist, woman with a gun, investigation, hitman, female assassin, odd couple, lesbian love, obsession ...
Time:
2020s, future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
london, europe
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128K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. The drama series 'The Leftovers' is the story of the people who didn't ...
Style:
mind bending, touching, stylized, offbeat, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
disappearance, haunted by the past, missing person, apocalypse, life turned upside down, society, hopes, post apocalypse, depression, small town, small town sheriff, chief of police ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, syria, new york state, new york
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12K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When a young woman unexpectedly arrives at an older man's workplace, looking for answers, the secrets of the past threaten to unravel his new life.
Style:
psychological, cynical, sad, thought provoking, disturbing ...
Plot:
child abuse, childhood trauma, female nudity, confrontation, pedophilia, forbidden love, teenage sexuality, sex scene, sex, incest, pedophile, teenage girl ...
Place:
england
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168K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
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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, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jenny, a young doctor who feels guilty after a young woman she refused to see winds up dead a few days later, decides to find out who the girl was, after the police can't identify the young woman.
Style:
suspense, psychological, social, unusual plot structure, contemplative ...
Plot:
strong female lead, doctor, strong female character, doctor patient relationship, suicide attempt, courage, immigrant, prostitution, sexism, medical examination, female doctor, police ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
belgium
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Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Shouya Ishida starts bullying the new girl in class, Shouko Nishimiya, because she is deaf. But as the teasing continues, the rest of the class starts to turn on Shouya for his lack of compassion. When they leave elementary school, Shouko and Shouya ...
Style:
anime, sincere, touching, romantic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
bullying, disability, deaf, sign language, friendship, teenager, high school, japanese schoolgirl, coming of age, japanese school, suicide attempt, redemption ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
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8K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A high-class call girl kills a customer in self-defense. To avoid scandal, her parents try to have her declared mentally incompetent. Not helping matters is that she is very distrustful of everybody, including her court-appointed attorney, and is ...
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, hilarious, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, mental health, courtroom, lawyer, court, murder, flashback, sex worker, self defense, prostitution, child abuse, insanity ...
Time:
year 1987, 80s
Place:
new jersey
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Genre: Drama
Country: Brazil, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Luis Molina and Valentin Arregui are cell mates in a South American prison. Luis, a homosexual, is found guilty of immoral behaviour and Valentin is a political prisoner. To escape reality Luis invents romantic movies, while Valentin tries to keep ...
Style:
sexy, sincere, political, clever, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
prison, homosexuality, gays and lesbians, politics, gay, first gay sexual experience, gay interest, friendship, betrayal, love story, prison sex, crossdresser ...
Time:
20th century, year 1985, 80s, 1930s
Place:
latin america, brazil
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Germany
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Sasha, a French woman of thirty, dies suddenly in Berlin. Her Fiancé, Lawrence, and her sister Zoé, must come to terms as the consequences of this shock set in.
Style:
psychological, touching, disturbing, sad, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
friendship, loss of lover, death, meaning of life, love and romance, couples, love, female nudity, beach, sex scene, nudity, concert ...
Time:
year 2015
Place:
paris france, new york, berlin germany
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
37-year-old Marta gets married and wants to have a baby. But her toxic relationship with overbearing mother complicates her life in many ways.
Style:
psychological, serious, sincere, captivating
Plot:
mother in law son in law relationship, domineering mother, absent father, marital argument, husband wife relationship, dysfunctional family, sculptor, pregnancy, jealousy, desperation, family relations, overprotective mother ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Thailand
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A mysterious, clever girl named Nanno transfers to different schools, exposing the lies and misdeeds of the students and faculty at every turn.
Style:
atmospheric, mysterious, serious, horror comedy, psychological horror ...
Plot:
death, violence, social problems, high school, victim, school, vigilantism, murder, bullying, teenager, revenge, bully comeuppance ...
Place:
thailand
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140K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Sweden
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A young nurse, Alma, is put in charge of Elisabeth Vogler: an actress who is seemingly healthy in all respects, but will not talk. As they spend time together, Alma speaks to Elisabeth constantly, never receiving any answer. Alma eventually ...
Style:
mind twisting, cerebral, surreal, black and white, sexual ...
Plot:
surrealism, mute character, actress, silence, patient, existentialism, medical, nordic, art, dream, alienation, insanity ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 159 min.
Story:
After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, psychological, artsy, creepy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
marriage, secret society, christmas, orgy, voyeurism, obsession, sex, disguise, dream, adultery, doctor, nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
new york, greenwich village manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, seattle, usa
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375K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Mark leads a team of office workers whose memories have been surgically divided between their work and personal lives. When a mysterious colleague appears outside of work, it begins a journey to discover the truth about their jobs.
Style:
tense, existential, breathtaking, captivating, philosophical ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
office, memory, distopia, alternate world, mind control, satire, memory loss, conspiracy, colleague, double life, dystopian society, split personality ...
Time:
2020s, future
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Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Why did an abused solitary boy become a murderer? A sad but powerful gut-wrenching drama portraying the destiny of humans seeking love, starting up-and-coming actor Yuma Nakayama.
Style:
psychological, serious, suspenseful, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
child abuse, jail, dysfunctional family, murderer, tragic past, death, tragedy, domestic violence, foster home, masochism, childhood trauma, murder ...
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Style:
dark comedy, existential, bleak, melancholic, philosophical ...
Plot:
female protagonist, loneliness, dystopia, alienation, social commentary, deadpan, misanthropy, character study, ethical dilemma, irony, morality, satire ...
Time:
near future
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Finland, Canada
Duration: 179 min.
Story:
An anxious man learns of the death of his mother under mysterious circumstances and upon traveling home makes an alarming discovery about his past. During his journey, he runs into various crazy supernatural threats.
Style:
independent film, atmospheric, dark comedy, captivating, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
surrealism, anxiety, paranoia, therapist, nightmare, fear, death of mother, domineering mother, childhood trauma, violence, guilt, shame ...
Time:
2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction.
Style:
period piece, psychological, captivating, tense, historical drama ...
Plot:
chess, genius, addiction, coming of age, female protagonist, prodigy, child prodigy, competition, champion, girl power, adoptive mother, girl ...
Time:
60s, 1950s, 50s, 2020s, 20th century
Place:
europe, usa, kentucky, las vegas, paris france ...
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461K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the ...
Style:
serious, suspenseful, psychological thriller, realistic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
hacker, computer hacker, hacking, computers and web, conspiracy, psychotherapy, fighting the system, conspiracy theory, split personality, secret society, introvert, hallucination ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: France, Austria, Germany
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Erika Kohut, a sexually repressed piano teacher living with her domineering mother, meets a young man who starts romantically pursuing her.
Style:
disturbing, sexual, controversial, psychological, erotic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
bdsm, older woman younger man relationship, masochism, age difference, perversion, rape, desire, teacher, obsession, sex scene, sex, sexual relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vienna, france, germany, austria, europe ...
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Spain
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, bleak, depressing, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers, teen drama, adult
Plot:
psychopath, evil child, school shooting, high school, childhood, guilt, prison visit, depression, teenager, sociopath, antisocial behavior, teenage boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom, america, connecticut, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway, Spain
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A couple's marriage falls apart after the death of their son. Based on Henrik Ibsen's "Little Eyolf"
Style:
bleak, serious, realistic, sincere, melancholic ...
Plot:
couple relations, guilt, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, couples, death in the family, dealing with death, grief, mourning, regret, mature, literary ...
Time:
21st century
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