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
Hangman
›2015 · Horror, Thriller · 85m · Jeremy Sisto, Kate Ashfield, Ty Simpkins
Returning from vacation, the Miller family find their home has been broken into. After cleaning up the mess they continue with their lives, shaking off the feeling of being violated. But little do they know the nightmare has just begun.
The Girl Who Got Away
›2021 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 117m · Lexi Johnson, Chukwudi Iwuji, Kaye Tuckerman
A female serial killer who killed four young girls is sent away to prison, but a fifth victim escaped with her life. Twenty years later, the killer escapes and begins hunting for the one who got away.
Kill Theory
›2009 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 82m · Don McManus, Ryanne Duzich, Teddy Dunn
While celebrating a graduation at a secluded vacation home, a group of college students find themselves targeted by a sadistic killer who forces them to play a deadly game of killing one another in order to survive.
The Bat
›1959 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 80m · Vincent Price, Agnes Moorehead, Gavin Gordon
Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder has rented a country house called "The Oaks", which not long ago was the scene of some murders committed by a strange and violent criminal known as "The Bat". Meanwhile, the house's owner, bank president John Fleming, has recently embezzled one million dollars in securities and has hidden the proceeds in the house, but is killed before he can retrieve it.
Vinyan
›R2008 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 96m · Emmanuelle Béart, Rufus Sewell, Petch Osathanugrah
Six months after losing her only child in the Southeast Asia tsunami, Jeanne is convinced she sees him in a film about orphans living in the jungles.
Dark Country
›R2009 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 88m · Thomas Jane, Lauren German, Ron Perlman
Two honeymooners rescue a mysterious car crash survivor in the Las Vegas desert. But their decision to save the man becomes increasingly regrettable when he turns on them, forcing the newlyweds to do the unthinkable.
Static
›NR2012 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 83m · Milo Ventimiglia, Sarah Shahi, William Mapother
A couple facing marital problems after losing their child finds their life together further complicated by a mysterious visitor.
Elevator
›NR2013 · Thriller, Horror · 84m · Christopher Backus, Anita Briem, John Getz
Nine people are stuck in an elevator. One of them has a ticking bomb that can't be defused. The other eight will do anything to survive. There is no escape and no promise of rescue. As the tension in the elevator mounts the unthinkable soon becomes the only reasonable solution.
Mine Games
›2012 · Thriller, Horror · 88m · Alex Meraz, Briana Evigan, Julianna Guill
A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
Caged
›NR2021 · Thriller, Horror, Drama · 81m · Edi Gathegi, Melora Hardin, Angela Sarafyan
An African American male is imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement after being found guilty of murdering his wife, as he's haunted by internal demons and his dead wife, and pushed to the breaking point by an abusive female guard.
Rumours
›R2024 · Comedy, Horror · 104m · Cate Blanchett, Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril while attempting to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis.
T.I.M.
›2023 · Science Fiction, Thriller, Horror · 101m · Eamon Farren, Georgina Campbell, Nathaniel Parker
Prosthetics scientist Abi and her adulterous husband Paul adjust to life outside the city as Abi begins working for high-tech company Integrate, developing a humanoid AI - T.I.M.
Gone
›R2006 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 88m · Scott Mechlowicz, Amelia Warner, Shaun Evans
A contemporary psychological thriller in which a young British couple travelling through the Australian outback become involved with a mysterious and charismatic American whose motive for imposing his friendship upon them becomes increasingly suspect and sinister.
Bad Dreams
›R1988 · Horror, Thriller · 86m · Jennifer Rubin, Bruce Abbott, Richard Lynch
Unity Field, a "free love" cult from the '70s, is mostly remembered for its notorious mass suicide led by Harris, its charismatic leader. While all members are supposed to burn in a fire together, young Cynthia is spared by chance. Years later, the nightmare of Unity Field remains buried in her mind. But when those around Cynthia start killing themselves, and she begins having visions of Harris, she may be forced to confront the past -- before it confronts her.
Nine Miles Down
›R2009 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 86m · Adrian Paul, Kate Nauta, Meredith Ostrom
In the Sahara desert, a sandstorm batters a deserted drilling station. A security patrolman battles through the high winds to investigate why all contact with the station has been lost. Originally built for gas exploration, and then abandoned, the site had recently been taken over by a multi-national research team intent on drilling deeper into the earth’s crust than ever before.
Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt
›2004 · Action, Horror · 90m · Julian Sands, Elsa Pataky, John Sharian
A terror is stalking the land: people are disappearing daily, their bodies appearing covered in savage gashes coupled with precise surgical cuts. The legend of the 'Werewolf of Allariz' spreads across the land like wildfire. When Barbara (Elsa Pataky) falls in love with travelling vendor Manuel Romasanta, she is at first besotted with him - but soon begins to be suspicious of him. What has happened to her sister, who - after being escorted by Romasanta to the city - seems to have disappeared forever.
Urban Explorer
›2011 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · Nathalie Kelley, Klaus Stiglmeier, Nick Eversman
Anxious to explore the mysterious hidden world under metropolitan Berlin, an international group of four urban explorers hires a local guide, Kris, who leads them into the maze of escape tunnels and subterranean fortifications under the city. When their guide has a bad fall, two of the girls in the group frantically set off to seek help while Denis, the young American, stays behind. Armin, a former East German border guard suddenly appears from nowhere. Out of sheer desperation, Denis allows Armin to lead them and their unconscious guide to safety and it is at this moment that Denis realizes he has just made the biggest mistake of his life!
Shadow People
›PG-132013 · Horror, Thriller · 89m · Dallas Roberts, Alison Eastwood, Anne Dudek
A radio talk show host unravels a conspiracy about encounters with mysterious beings known as The Shadow People and their role in the unexplained deaths of several hundred victims in the 1980s.
The Hive
›R2015 · Horror, Science Fiction · 89m · Kathryn Prescott, Gabriel Basso, Sean Gunn
An amnesiac must reach back into his mind for memories that will help him save the love of his life before a virus completely takes over.
Wendigo
›R2002 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 92m · Patricia Clarkson, Erik Per Sullivan, Jake Weber
A family from the city decide to spend a weekend away at a friend's country farmhouse. But a fluke accident sets off a chain of events that alters their lives forever and conjures up the ferocious spirit of the Wendigo.
Nightmares
›R1983 · Horror, Science Fiction · 99m · Cristina Raines, Emilio Estevez, Lance Henriksen
A collection of short stories. In one a woman who leaves her house late at night to drive to the store while a killer is loose encounters some problems. In the second an arcade whiz kid's obsession with a game leads to deadly consequences. In the third a small town priest loses his faith and decides to leave town, but in the desert is stalked by a mysterious black pick-up truck. In the final story, a family's problem with a rat is larger than they think.
Hungry Wives
›R1972 · Horror, Drama · 89m · Jan White, Raymond Laine, Ann Muffly
An unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft with unexpected consequences.
The Mill
›R2023 · Science Fiction, Horror · 106m · Lil Rel Howery, Pat Healy, Karen Obilom
A businessman wakes up beside an ancient grist mill situated in the center of an open-air prison cell with no idea how he got there. Forced to work as a beast of burden to stay alive, he must find a way to escape before the birth of his child.
A Horrible Way to Die
›R2010 · Horror, Thriller · 87m · Brandon Carroll, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz
An escaped murderer is in pursuit of his ex-girlfriend, who has fled to start a new life in a small town.