Psychological movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant psychological movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out psychological, weird, mind bending, dark, intellectual and twisted films and TV shows about / with psychology, plot twist, twists and turns, death, mental health, puzzle, mind game, mental disorder, murder and flashback plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Spain and other countries.
psychological
TOP 10 movies tagged as psychological: Exam (2009), Triangle (2009), The Butterfly Effect (2004), Mr. Nobody (2009), The Game (1997), The Machinist (2004), Gone Girl (2014), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011), The Number 23 (2007), The Devil's Advocate (1997).
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Germany, France, Spain, USA, Belgium
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, suspense, clever, captivating ...
Audience:
girls' night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, obsession, psychopath, macabre, perfume, genius, insanity, dangerous attraction, woman in danger, master apprentice relationship, sense of smell, secret formula ...
Time:
18th century, year 2006, 19th century, georgian era
Place:
france, paris france, europe, barcelona, persia ...
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125K
Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The final candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a test so simple and confusing that tension begins to unravel.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, mind bending, twist ending ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, adult
Plot:
mind game, survival, plot twist, twists and turns, psychology, surveillance, confinement indoors, psychologist, ambition, intrigue, rivalry, pandemic ...
Time:
year 2009, future
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129K
Genre: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Australia
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The story revolves around the passengers of a yachting trip in the Atlantic Ocean who, when struck by mysterious weather conditions, jump to another ship only to experience greater havoc on the open seas.
Style:
twist ending, psychological, surprise ending, suspense, scary ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
time loop, twists and turns, ship, time travel, supernatural, ghost ship, isolation, ocean, insanity, gory, time paradox, macabre ...
Time:
year 2009, 1930s, 20th century, 2000s, year 1932 ...
Place:
oceania, miami, florida, caribbean
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Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, philosophical, suspense, dramatic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
time travel, memory, time loop, butterfly effect, memory loss, twists and turns, alternate reality, psychology, time traveler, changing the past or future, mind control, destiny ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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245K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: Belgium, Germany, Canada, France, UK, Luxembourg, USA
Duration: 141 min.
Story:
Nemo Nobody leads an ordinary existence with his wife and 3 children; one day, he wakes up as a mortal centenarian in the year 2092.
Style:
psychological, surreal, philosophical, mind bending, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
time, philosophy, destiny, alternate reality, surrealism, butterfly effect, depression, choice, utopia, twists and turns, multiple outcomes, parallel world ...
Time:
future, year 2009, year 2011, distant future, 2010s ...
Place:
canada
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426K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, mind game, manipulation, psychology, game, uncover truth, life turned upside down, existentialism, scheme, disorder, life & death, surveillance ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california, seattle ...
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413K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ...
Style:
psychological, twist ending, surprise ending, surreal, mind bending ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insomnia, insanity, obsession, mysterious character, losing-it hero, paranoia, hallucination, life is a bitch, uncover truth, schizophrenia, secrets, mental illness ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his ...
Style:
psychological, surreal, melancholic, romantic, mind bending ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night, adult
Plot:
memory, surrealism, dream, love, love story, memory loss, existentialism, loneliness, couples, amnesia, relationships, introspection ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, future, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
persia, america, usa, new york
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1.1M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, murder mystery, missing person, psychology, infidelity, manipulation, investigation, femme fatale, adultery, marriage, missing wife, psychopath ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, new york, manhattan new york city ...
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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, depression, mental illness, sociopath, teenager, antisocial behavior, childhood, mother son relationship, boy ...
Time:
year 2011, 90s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
america, united kingdom, connecticut, usa, new york
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212K
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
insanity, twists and turns, obsession, murder, losing-it hero, a vision, escape from reality, plot twist, investigation, psychology, uncover truth, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s
Place:
los angeles, virginia, usa
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, surprise ending, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
lawyer, devil, supernatural, satan, deal with the devil, law firm, courtroom, greed, demon, law, courtroom drama, ambition ...
Time:
year 1997, 20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, florida, southern usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he ...
Style:
psychological, touching, cerebral, dramatic, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
mathematics, mental illness, schizophrenia, genius, paranoia, insanity, scientist, mathematician, imaginary friend, nobel prize, obsession, prodigy ...
Time:
year 2001, 60s, 20th century, 1940s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, harvard university, new jersey, persia, detroit ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, suspenseful, sexy, clever ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
obsession, kidnapping, twists and turns, rape, skin, revenge, isolation, insanity, sexual perversion, gender bending, abuse, plastic surgery ...
Time:
2010s, year 2011, year 2006, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
spain, ancient greece, europe
Is relevant ?
845K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Style:
psychological, surreal, mind bending, atmospheric, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, time travel, psychology, imaginary friend, insanity, schizophrenia, parallel universe, surrealism, suburbs, time loop, social misfits, youth ...
Time:
year 2001, 80s, 2000s, future, 20th century ...
Place:
virginia, america, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
The hopes and dreams of four ambitious people are shattered when their drug addictions begin spiraling out of control. A look into addiction and how it overcomes the mind and body.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, bleak, depressing, emotional ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
addiction, drug abuse, heroin, drug addiction, insanity, mental illness, junkie, drug, depression, dream, loneliness, drug addict ...
Time:
year 2000, future, y2k, 20th century, 90s ...
Place:
new york, america, britain, usa, coney island brooklyn new york city ...
Is relevant ?
2.3M
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story:
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the ...
Style:
surprise ending, psychological, twist ending, cerebral, philosophical ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, fight, plot twist, schizophrenia, self destructing, insanity, fighting the system, split personality, losing-it hero, against the rules, nihilism ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
delaware, america, los angeles, iran, seattle ...
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483K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.
Style:
psychological, suspense, emotional, twist ending, neo noir ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
vengeance, police investigation, murder, sexual abuse, murder mystery, investigation, death in the family, child abuse, loss of child, revenge, tragic event, grief ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 70s, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
boston, massachusetts, persia, usa
Is relevant ?
197K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A woman turns to prescription medication as a way of handling her anxiety concerning her husband's upcoming release from prison.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, suspense, captivating, clever ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick
Plot:
mental illness, psychiatrist, depression, murder, patient, sleepwalking, deception, twists and turns, mental institution, life turned upside down, psychiatry, doctor ...
Time:
year 2013, future, 2010s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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, art house, neo noir, atmospheric ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
surrealism, twists and turns, lesbian, amnesia, obsession, hollywood, nightmare, hallucination, doppelganger, alternate reality, filmmaking, dream ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, future, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, persia, usa, california
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Barthes. Henry roams from school to school, imparting modes of knowledge, but never staying long ...
Style:
depressing, psychological, bleak, thought provoking, touching ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, depression, suicide, teachers and students, dedicated educator, school, unhappy, social problems, life is a bitch, human relationship, teen angst, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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375K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. When he has an accident ...
Style:
psychological, philosophical, suspense, futuristic, cerebral ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
isolation, moon, outer space, loneliness, space travel, astronaut, solitude, cloning, space and aliens, robot, dystopic future, space ...
Time:
future, year 2009, 2010s, near future, y2k ...
Place:
hawaii, mexico
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Will Hunting has a genius-level IQ but chooses to work as a janitor at MIT. When he solves a difficult graduate-level math problem, his talents are discovered by Professor Gerald Lambeau, who decides to help the misguided youth reach his potential. ...
Style:
psychological, emotional, philosophical, sentimental, intellectual ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
mathematics, professor, genius, prodigy, philosophy, psychology, life philosophy, life, university, psychotherapy, mentor, existentialism ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s, 2010s
Place:
boston, harvard university, massachusetts, america, persia ...
Is relevant ?
66K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Could you trust a jury of your peers with your life? The contestants of a mysterious death game must make harrowing decisions as they strategize for survival in this psychological sci-fi thriller.
Style:
psychological, twist ending, suspenseful, suspense, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
survival, execution, morality, life & death, prejudice, game of death, survival horror, stranger, struggle for survival, plot twist, sole survivor, twists and turns ...
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1.3M
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife in this gritty, complex thriller that packs more knots than a hangman's noose. To carry out his plan, Shelby ...
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, vengeance, plot twist, memory, murder, twists and turns, revenge, paranoia, whodunit, psychology, haunted by the past ...
Time:
year 2000, future, year 2001, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
los angeles, california, iran, america, usa
Is relevant ?
600K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
neo noir, psychological, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
character study, journalism, sociopath, obsession, journalist, cynicism, psychopath, morality, violence, manipulation, capitalism, employer employee relationship ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, persia, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
"The Invisible Guest” turns on a young businessman who wakes up in a hotel room locked from the inside with the dead body of his lover next to him. He hires a prestigious lawyer, and over one night they work together to clarify what happened ...
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, psychological, twist ending, mind blowing ...
Plot:
uncover truth, lawyer, infidelity, lie, interrogation, murder suspect, evidence, death, blackmail, moral dilemma, strong female character, suspect ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
iberian peninsula, barcelona, spain
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, psychological thriller, surreal, brutal, stylized ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, dark humor, violence, materialism, psycho killer, mental illness, murder, yuppie ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, y2k, year 1987 ...
Place:
new york, america, seattle, yale university, manhattan new york city ...
Is relevant ?
274K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 1680 min.
TV show
Story:
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him ...
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
serial killer, cannibal, psychopath, mind game, cannibalism, death, murder, psychiatrist, mental patient, graphic violence, fbi, mental health ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.
Style:
psychological, surprise ending, twist ending, suspense, confusing ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
twists and turns, plot twist, investigation, mental illness, insanity, psychology, memory, paranoia, mental disorder, psychiatrist, schizophrenia, mental institution ...
Time:
1950s, year 2010, year 1954, 2010s, 2000s ...
Place:
boston, persia, iran, america
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