
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.
3197 titles

Red Lights
›R2012 · Thriller · 114m · Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.

Mindhunters
›R2004 · Mystery, Thriller, Crime · 106m · Kathryn Morris, Jonny Lee Miller, LL Cool J
Trainees in the FBI's psychological profiling program must put their training into practice when they discover a killer in their midst. Based very loosely on Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None.

Mom and Dad
›R2018 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 86m · Nicolas Cage, Selma Blair, Anne Winters
In a suburban community, moms and dads, one after the other, mysteriously feel the irresistible impulse to attack and kill their own offspring.

Don't Move
›R2024 · Horror, Thriller · 92m · Kelsey Asbille, Finn Wittrock, Moray Treadwell
A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.

The Silencing
›R2020 · Thriller, Action, Crime · 93m · Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Annabelle Wallis, Zahn McClarnon
A reformed hunter becomes involved in a deadly game of cat and mouse when he and the local sheriff set out to track a vicious killer who may have kidnapped his daughter years ago.

The Poughkeepsie Tapes
›R2007 · Horror, Mystery, Crime · 81m · Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Lou George
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.

Come Play
›PG-132020 · Horror, Mystery · 97m · Gillian Jacobs, John Gallagher Jr., Azhy Robertson
Oliver, a lonely autistic boy, seeks solace and refuge in his ever-present cell phone and tablet. When a mysterious creature uses the boy's devices against him, his parents must fight to save their son from the monster beyond the screen.

The Innkeepers
›R2011 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Sara Paxton, Pat Healy, Kelly McGillis
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.

Haunter
›2013 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 97m · Abigail Breslin, Stephen McHattie, David Hewlett
A teenager is stuck in a time loop that is not quite the same each time. She must uncover the truth but her actions have consequences for herself and others.

Silent Night
›R2021 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 92m · Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis
Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

Fear of Rain
›PG-132021 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 109m · Madison Iseman, Israel Broussard, Eugenie Bondurant
A teenage girl living with schizophrenia begins to suspect her neighbor has kidnapped a child. Her parents try desperately to help her live a normal life, without exposing their own tragic secrets, and the only person who believes her is Caleb – a boy she isn’t even sure exists.

Spree
›NR2020 · Comedy, Horror, Thriller · 93m · Joe Keery, Sasheer Zamata, David Arquette
Desperate for an online following, a rideshare driver has figured out a deadly plan to go viral and he will stop at nothing to get his five minutes of fame.

Nocturne
›NR2020 · Horror, Mystery · 90m · Sydney Sweeney, Madison Iseman, Jacques Colimon
Inside the halls of an elite arts academy, a timid music student begins to outshine her more accomplished and outgoing twin sister when she discovers a mysterious notebook belonging to a recently deceased classmate.

Pathology
›R2008 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 95m · Milo Ventimiglia, Alyssa Milano, Michael Weston
Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable murder, then the others compete to determine the victim's cause of death.

Antiviral
›NR2012 · Science Fiction, Horror · 110m · Caleb Landry Jones, Sarah Gadon, Malcolm McDowell
Syd March is employed at a clinic that sells injections of live viruses harvested from sick celebrities to obsessed fans. When he becomes infected with the disease that kills super sensation Hannah Geist, Syd becomes a target for collectors and rabid fans. He must unravel the mystery surrounding her death before he suffers the same fate.

Nightwatch
›R1997 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 102m · Ewan McGregor, Patricia Arquette, Josh Brolin
A law student takes a job as a night watchman at a morgue and begins to discover clues that implicate him as the suspect in a series of murders.

Elizabeth Harvest
›R2018 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 105m · Abbey Lee, Ciarán Hinds, Carla Gugino
The newly married Elizabeth arrives with her new husband, the scientist Henry, at a magnificent house. He tells her that she can do there anything she pleases, except to enter a certain closed room.

GirlHouse
›NR2014 · Horror, Thriller · 100m · Ali Cobrin, Erin Agostino, James Thomas
In an attempt to make some extra cash while away at College, Kylie moves into a house that streams content to an X-rated website. After a deranged fan hacks in to determine the house's location, she finds herself in a terrifying fight for her life.

Dahmer
›R2002 · Crime, Drama, Thriller · 101m · Jeremy Renner, Bruce Davison, Artel Great
On February 15, 1992 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Jeffrey Dahmer, one of the world's most infamous serial killers, was convicted of 15 counts of murder and sentenced to 937 years in federal prison. This movie is based on events from his life.

Whisper
›2007 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Blake Woodruff, Josh Holloway, Sarah Wayne Callies
Sinister things begin happening to kidnappers who are holding a young boy for ransom in a remote cabin.

The Factory
›R2012 · Crime, Thriller, Mystery · 108m · John Cusack, Jennifer Carpenter, Mae Whitman
An obsessed cop is on the trail of a serial killer prowling the streets of Buffalo, N.Y. but when his teenage daughter disappears, he drops any professional restraint to get the killer.

Son
›NR2021 · Horror, Thriller · 98m · Andi Matichak, Emile Hirsch, Luke David Blumm
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.

Dismissed
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Dylan Sprouse, Kent Osborne, Rae Gray
A straight-edged teacher finds trouble when an honors student is willing to do anything to get an A.

Nightmare Cinema
›R2018 · Horror · 119m · Mickey Rourke, Sarah Elizabeth Withers, Elizabeth Reaser
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
