Sub-genre
Psychological
🧠 Every psychological title worth your dread, gathered and ranked by the Crypt Score — our audience-first blend of IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and viewer reviews.
3196 titles
Signs
›PG-132002 · Thriller, Science Fiction, Horror · 106m · Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin
A family living on a farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields which suggests something more frightening to come.
Hush
›R2016 · Horror, Thriller · 82m · John Gallagher Jr., Kate Siegel, Michael Trucco
A deaf woman is stalked by a psychotic killer in her secluded home.
Disturbia
›PG-132007 · Thriller, Drama, Mystery · 105m · Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss
Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.
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›R2022 · Horror · 106m · Mia Goth, Jenna Ortega, Brittany Snow
In 1979, a group of young filmmakers set out to make an adult film in rural Texas, but when their reclusive, elderly hosts catch them in the act, the cast find themselves fighting for their lives.
Gerald's Game
›NR2017 · Horror, Thriller · 104m · Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken
When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.
ItSeries
›TV-141990 · Mystery, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy · 1 season · Tim Curry, Harry Anderson, Dennis Christopher
In 1960, seven outcast kids known as "The Losers' Club" fight against an ancient shape-shifting alien who poses as a child-killing clown, while also dealing with bullies and abusive parents. Thirty years later, they reunite to stop the creature once and for all when it returns to their hometown.
The Invitation
›NR2016 · Thriller, Horror · 100m · Logan Marshall-Green, Tammy Blanchard, Emayatzy Corinealdi
Will and his new girlfriend Kira are invited to a dinner with old friends at the house of Will’s ex Eden and her new partner David. Although the evening appears to be relaxed, Will soon gets a creeping suspicion that their charming host David is up to something.
Smile 2
›R2024 · Horror, Music, Mystery · 127m · Naomi Scott, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lukas Gage
About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.
Mandy
›NR2018 · Fantasy, Action, Horror · 122m · Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache
The Shadow Mountains, 1983. Red and Mandy lead a loving and peaceful existence; but when their pine-scented haven is savagely destroyed, Red is catapulted into a phantasmagoric journey filled with bloody vengeance and laced with fire.
Fear Street: 1666
›R2021 · Mystery, Horror · 115m · Kiana Madeira, Benjamin Flores Jr., Olivia Scott Welch
In 1666, a colonial town is gripped by a hysterical witch-hunt that has deadly consequences for centuries to come, and it's up to teenagers in 1994 to finally put an end to their town's curse, before it's too late.
Fresh
›R2022 · Horror, Thriller, Comedy · 114m · Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs
Frustrated by scrolling dating apps only to end up on lame, tedious dates, Noa takes a chance by giving her number to the awkwardly charming Steve after a produce-section meet-cute at the grocery store.
I See You
›R2019 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 98m · Helen Hunt, Jon Tenney, Owen Teague
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
The Good Nurse
›R2022 · Drama, Crime, Mystery · 121m · Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.
The Endless
›NR2017 · Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller · 112m · Aaron Moorhead, Justin Benson, Callie Hernandez
Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.
The Hitcher
›R1986 · Horror, Action, Thriller · 98m · Rutger Hauer, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh
On a stormy night, young Jim, who transports a luxury car from Chicago to California to deliver it to its owner, feeling tired and sleepy, picks up a mysterious hitchhiker, who has appeared out of nowhere, thinking that a good conversation will help him not to fall asleep. He will have enough time to deeply regret such an unmeditated decision.
Woman of the Hour
›R2024 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 95m · Anna Kendrick, Daniel Zovatto, Nicolette Robinson
An aspiring actress crosses paths with a prolific serial killer in '70s LA when they're cast on an episode of "The Dating Game."
Creep 2
›R2017 · Horror, Thriller · 80m · Mark Duplass, Desiree Akhavan, Karan Soni
After finding an ad online for “video work,” Sara, a video artist whose primary focus is creating intimacy with lonely men, thinks she may have found the subject of her dreams. She drives to a remote house in the forest and meets a man claiming to be a serial killer. Unable to resist the chance to create a truly shocking piece of art, she agrees to spend the day with him. However, as the day goes on, she discovers she may have dug herself into a hole from which she can’t escape.
Super Dark Times
›NR2017 · Drama, Thriller · 103m · Owen Campbell, Charlie Tahan, Elizabeth Cappuccino
Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.
Spontaneous
›R2020 · Comedy, Horror · 102m · Katherine Langford, Charlie Plummer, Yvonne Orji
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
Monster: The Ed Gein StorySeries
›TV-MA2025 · Crime, Drama · 1 season · Charlie Hunnam, Suzanna Son, Vicky Krieps
The shocking true-life tale of Ed Gein, the infamous murderer and grave robber who inspired many of Hollywood's most iconic on-screen killers.
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon
›R2006 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 91m · Nathan Baesel, Angela Goethals, Robert Englund
The next great psycho horror slasher has given a documentary crew exclusive access to his life as he plans his reign of terror over the sleepy town of Glen Echo, all the while deconstructing the conventions and archetypes of the horror genre for them.
Freeway
›R1996 · Comedy, Crime, Thriller · 104m · Kiefer Sutherland, Reese Witherspoon, Wolfgang Bodison
Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
The Company of Wolves
›R1984 · Horror, Fantasy · 95m · Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner
An adaptation of Angela Carter's fairy tales. Young Rosaleen dreams of a village in the dark woods, where Granny tells her cautionary tales in which innocent maidens are tempted by wolves who are hairy on the inside. As Rosaleen grows into womanhood, will the wolves come for her too?
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed
›2004 · Drama, Horror, Fantasy · 94m · Emily Perkins, Tatiana Maslany, Katharine Isabelle
Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the poison that is keeping her transformation at bay - leads to her being incarcerated in a rehabilitation clinic for drug addicts where her only friend is an eccentric young girl by the name of Ghost.
