Madness movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant madness movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, atmospheric, suspense, weird, serious and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with insanity, madness, murder, violence, death, brutality, mental disorder, obsession, blood and female nudity plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Horror genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as madness: Black Swan (2010), The Lighthouse (2019), It Comes at Night (2017), Apocalypse Now (1979), Cul-De-Sac (1966), Betty Blue (1986), A Serbian Film (2010), Tomorrow and Thereafter (2017), The Dungeon of Harrow (1964), Sin (2021).
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882K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Style:
psychological, cerebral, atmospheric, suspense, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
ballet, mental illness, obsession, psychology, character study, dancing, insanity, hallucination, mother daughter relationship, ballerina, surrealism, schizophrenia ...
Time:
year 2010, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
bolivia, usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The story of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
Style:
black and white, minimal cast, suspense, gothic horror, mysterious ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
isolation, nightmare, lighthouse keeper, lighthouse, drunkenness, symbolism, hallucination, fight, storm, madness, violence, bird ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s, 90s, year 2019, victorian era ...
Place:
new england, nova scotia, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Style:
suspense, brutal, sexy, rough, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pandemic, infection, fear, post apocalypse, murder, interracial couple, dog, desperation, disease, paranoia, apocalypse, infected ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, War
Country: USA
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter ...
Style:
bleak, psychological, cult classic, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
vietnam war, jungle, insanity, anti war, military, army, secret mission, violence, mission, soldier, violent, river ...
Time:
20th century, year 1979, 60s, year 1969
Place:
vietnam, cambodia, southeast asia, asia, the philippines ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the ...
Style:
neo noir, black and white, psychotronic, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gangster, female nudity, infidelity, adultery, coward, castle, hostage, homophobic slur, nudity, death, isolation, farm ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
eastern europe, england, europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Betty Blue, a mentally unbalanced and sexually aggressive free spirit who becomes involved with Zorg, a repairman moonlighting as a writer. The two engage in a variety of sexual encounters, and grow more passionate toward each other. Betty finds ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, atmospheric, talky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, borderline personality disorder, sexuality, sex scene, nudity, obsessive love, mental illness, love story, crazy love, public nudity, desire, sex ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1986
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Serbia
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Milos, a retired porn star, leads a normal family life trying to make ends meet. Presented with the opportunity of a lifetime to financially support his family for the rest of their lives, Milos must participate in one last mysterious film. From ...
Style:
disturbing, brutal, bloody, controversial, scary ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
rape, sexual abuse, gory, torture, violence, macabre, sadism, incest, perversion, controversy, insanity, murder ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
serbia, former yugoslavia, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Mathilde is nine years old. Her parents have separated. She lives with her mother, a fragile person who hovers at the edge of madness. It is a story of a unique love between a daughter and her mother.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, captivating, sincere
Plot:
owl, madness, little girl, train, mother daughter relationship, psychotic woman, skeleton, disturbed individual, family problems, teenager, teenage girl, mental illness ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A man is shipwrecked on the island of a cruel Count and taken prisoner.
Style:
gothic, creepy, gloomy, atmospheric, tense ...
Plot:
madness, castle, shipwreck, island, murder, dungeon, insanity, imprisonment, isolation, captivity, prisoner, family conflict ...
Time:
60s
Is relevant?
3K
Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An entity is terrorizing a small Midwest town. Ludlow Falls continues to descend into madness and death as more young women are driven insane. Sometimes small towns hide big secrets and a town's sin will be exposed.
Style:
suspenseful, slasher, dark, serious, dread ...
Plot:
small town, sin, insanity, madness, witch, town, death, secrets, insane, undercover, delusional woman, moral corruption ...
Place:
midwest
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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278K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, China, Brazil
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
An astronaut travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his father and unravel a mystery that threatens the survival of our planet. He uncovers secrets which challenge the nature of human existence and our place in the cosmos.
Style:
futuristic, suspense, exciting, touching, philosophical ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
space exploration, astronaut, outer space, moon, solar system, obsession, father son relationship, space pirate, spacecraft, zero gravity, secret mission, trapped in space ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019, future, near future
Place:
space western
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of Jamaican emancipation, French colonist Annette Cosway falls into poverty and marries racist Englishman Paul Mason. But when Annette's young son dies in a fire started by former slaves, Mason flees to England, leaving his ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, sexual, sensual, romantic ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
arranged marriage, erotica, erotic scene, lust, adultery, black magic, madness, female pubic hair, topless woman, sex scene, obsession, betrayal ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 1993, 1840s
Place:
jamaica, caribbean, england, europe, britain
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
The night of August 24, 1572, is known as the Massacre of St. Bartholomew. In France a religious war is raging. In order to impose peace a forced wedding is arranged between Margot de Valois, sister of the immature Catholic King Charles IX, and the ...
Style:
sexy, period piece, costume drama, epic, visually appealing ...
Plot:
royalty, french history, renaissance, male nudity, religion, sex, intrigue, female nudity, forbidden love, politics, queen, passionate sex ...
Time:
middle ages, 16th century, ancient times, medieval times, year 1994
Place:
france, paris france, europe, poland, england ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Young Scottish doctor, Nicholas Garrigan decides it's time for an adventure after he finishes his formal education, so he decides to try his luck in Uganda, and arrives during the downfall of President Obote. General Idi Amin comes to power and ...
Style:
political, factual, suspense, harsh, brutal ...
Plot:
dictatorship, dictator, doctor, polygamy, genocide, atrocity, corruption, politics, biopic, violence, israeli, violent ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 2006
Place:
africa, uganda, scotland, united kingdom, south africa
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183K
Genre: Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Theseus is a mortal man chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against the ruthless King Hyperion, who is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that can destroy humanity.
Style:
exciting, dark fantasy, costume drama, stylized, visually stunning ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
mythology, sword fight, greek mythology, greek, legends and myths, ancient, immortality, ancient history, god, medieval, heroes, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 2011, ancient times, 2010s, future
Place:
ancient greece, greece, hellas, europe, athens greece
Is relevant?
7K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Paul, an irritable and stressed-out hotel manager, begins to gradually develop paranoid delusions about his wife's infidelity...
Style:
disturbing, psychological thriller, suspense, psychological, sexual ...
Plot:
obsession, husband rapes wife, hotel, marriage, hearing voices, jealousy, adultery, madness, husband wife relationship, murder, insanity, parallel universe ...
Time:
year 1994, 90s
Place:
france, europe, south of france
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322
Genre: Drama
Country: Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Martje is the manager of a successful laundry service, but in her personal life she struggles with her self-image after the amputation of one of her breasts. After she is humiliated when Loe, one of her employees, is startled by the discovery of her ...
Style:
thrilling, captivating, psychological, suspenseful, tense ...
Plot:
female protagonist, trauma, amputation, laundry, kidnapping, illness, madness, insanity, character study, shame, identity crisis, delusion ...
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Genre: Horror
Country: Belgium, France, Spain
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Jesus Franco directs and stars in this cut-copy-and-paste-version of one of his own movies. Here, he plays a mad priest going around killing sinful people in the name of God, all while trying to get a book published.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, psychological horror, grindhouse, cult classic ...
Plot:
madness, black mass, notre dame cathedral, exploitation, religious fanaticism, sexploitation, serial killer, satanic ritual, psychopath, obsession, torture, graphic violence ...
Time:
70s
Place:
paris france
Is relevant?
429K
Genre: Action, Adventure
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
The Dark Knight of Gotham City begins his war on crime with his first major enemy being the clownishly homicidal Joker, who has seized control of Gotham's underworld.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, saga, neo noir, visual ...
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night, date night
Plot:
vigilante, superhero, batman, justice, villain, good versus evil, insanity, corruption, costumed hero, organized crime, criminal, trauma ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1989, 1920s, future
Place:
usa, north america
Is relevant?
11K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A supernatural thriller set in the Western frontier of the late 1800s, The Wind stars Caitlin Gerard as a plains-woman driven mad by the harshness and isolation of the untamed land.
Style:
scary, psychological, psychological thriller, brutal, suspenseful ...
Plot:
folk horror, isolation, paranoia, supernatural, alienation, demon, escape, madness, exploitation, survival, rescue, women ...
Time:
19th century, 1800s
Place:
new mexico
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A disgraced children’s puppeteer returns to his childhood home and is forced to confront his wicked stepfather and the secrets that have tortured him his entire life.
Style:
suspense, psychological horror, phantasmagoric, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, hallucination, puppet, supernatural, mental disorder, hardcore, madness, missing child, danger, evil, haunted house, curses spells and rituals ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
During the Civil War in 17th-Century England, a small group of deserters flee from a raging battle through an overgrown field. They are captured by an alchemist, who forces the group to aid him in his search to find a hidden treasure that he ...
Style:
surreal, stylized, tense, atmospheric, psychedelic ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
folk horror, psychedelia, wilderness, group of strangers, surrealism, hallucination, captivity, danger, chaos, trippy, on the run, poisoning ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 17th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Japan
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A powerful and secretive corporation is conducting underground psychic experiments utilizing Digital Direct Drive, otherwise known as DDD. While under the influence of the drug ether, the human subjects are outfitted in rubber suits and bombarded ...
Style:
cyber, black and white, disturbing, psychedelic, controversial ...
Plot:
fetish, surrealism, cyberpunk, extreme, madness, brutality, metamorphosis, human guinea pig, body horror, human experiment, violence, sex ...
Time:
90s
Place:
japan, asia
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: UK, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, scary, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, wendigo, winter, death, fort, mountain, gory, survival, food, violent, snow ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 20th century, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, california
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: New Zealand, USA
Duration: 201 min.
Story:
Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron's forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam bring the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark ...
Style:
epic, breathtaking, atmospheric, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, manly, chick flick ...
Plot:
sword fight, magic, wizard, magical, battles, good versus evil, courage, monster, creature, friendship, sword and sorcery, ancient ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, prehistoric times, prehistory
Place:
iran, new zealand
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8K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
The story of an imaginative boy who pretends he is the child of a sperm-laden Sicilian tomato upon which his mother accidentally fell.
Style:
surreal, disturbing, art house, erotic, humorous ...
Plot:
coming of age, masturbation, insanity, surrealism, dark humor, boy, dysfunctional family, animal abuse, childhood memory, mental illness, magic realism, bestiality ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
canada, quebec, sicily, montreal
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Poland, USA
Duration: 180 min.
Story:
An actress's perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Style:
surreal, psychological, avant garde, confusing, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
surrealism, nightmare, macabre, curse, danger, couples, violence, alternate reality, abusive husband, insanity, doppelganger, mysticism ...
Time:
year 2006, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
poland, los angeles, europe, california, usa ...
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: West Germany, France
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a ...
Style:
avant garde, art house, aesthetic, surreal, neo noir ...
Plot:
nazism, madness, doppelganger, world war two, male nudity, male protagonist, refugee, interwar period, anti fascism, capitalism, obsession, murder ...
Time:
1930s, year 1978
Place:
germany, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A neurological pandemic has consumed the population. Drug-resistance has mutated the virus into a ravaging psychological plague, rendering the 'the dying' desperate, paranoid and violent
Style:
bleak, suspenseful, rough, apocalyptic, psychological ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
isolation, zombie, virus, bereavement, plague, danger, gory, chaos and mayhem, life is a bitch, survival, mutant, apocalypse ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
scotland
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