
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

Desolation
›2017 · Horror, Drama, Thriller · 78m · Jaimi Paige, Toby Nichols, Alyshia Ochse
A mother takes her son on a trip into remote wilderness to scatter his father's ashes; they must confront their worst fears when a lone hiker begins following them.

The Unheard
›NR2023 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 124m · Lachlan Watson, Nick Sandow, Brendan Meyer
Chloe Grayden undergoes an experimental procedure to restore her hearing. Soon she begins to suffer from auditory hallucinations related to the disappearance of her mother.

Hellgate
›NR2011 · Horror, Thriller · 94m · William Hurt, Cary Elwes, Liz Burnette
A western businessman, his Thai wife and son experience a horrible accident while visiting Bangkok. In the aftermath, they find there is a shadow world between life and death where endless darkness lies.

The Messenger
›2015 · Mystery, Drama, Horror · 95m · Robert Sheehan, Lily Cole, Joely Richardson
The Messenger is the story of Jack’s last melt down: a story of frustration and guilt, love and betrayal, family and blame. Unwillingly becoming embroiled in the unfinished business of Mark, a journalist brutally murdered in the local park and his television presenter wife, Sarah, to whom he’s desperate to say one last goodbye, Jack finds himself getting closer to Sarah, obsessed with passing on Mark’s message. Discovering hidden secrets and lies finally pushes the fragile Jack over the edge but there is hope when his estranged sister, Emma, gets in touch. Jack starts to remember the past they shared together and as the memories come flooding back, he confronts the truth about the death of his father.

Ghost Son
›R2007 · Drama, Horror, Mystery · 97m · Laura Harring, John Hannah, Pete Postlethwaite
A widowed newlywed stays on her deceased husband's South African farm, then bears a child who seems to be possessed by the dead man.

The Unwilling
›2017 · Horror, Thriller · 81m · Dina Meyer, Jake Thomas, Bree Williamson
After the death of a much despised patriarch, a mysterious box shows up during the reading of the will, forcing the family to reckon with each of their own deadly sins.

Lady Psycho Killer
›2015 · Horror, Drama, Comedy · 82m · Kate Daly, Dennis Andres, Josh Dolphin
A doe-eyed knife-wielding killer is on the loose in a small town slicing and dicing men of questionable intent left and right. As her brutality leaves a town littered with corpses, her unquenchable blood-lust is lost on her young lover who is willing to pursue her regardless of the obvious warning signs of psychosis. Will he meet his end at the end of her blade? She decides who lives or dies!

The New Mutants
›PG-132020 · Science Fiction, Horror · 94m · Blu Hunt, Charlie Heaton, Maisie Williams
Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves.

The Cloverfield Paradox
›PG-132018 · Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction · 102m · Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Daniel Brühl, Chris O'Dowd
Orbiting above a planet on the brink of war, scientists test a device to solve an energy crisis and end up face-to-face with a dark alternate reality.

The Ring Two
›PG-132005 · Drama, Horror, Thriller · 109m · Naomi Watts, Simon Baker, David Dorfman
After the ordeal with Samara, Rachel and Aiden move to a rural town. But soon Rachel learns about the death of a girl in a similar fashion. To save Aiden, she must dig into Samara's past even further.

Countdown
›PG-132019 · Horror, Thriller · 90m · Elizabeth Lail, Jordan Calloway, Talitha Eliana Bateman
A young nurse downloads an app that tells her she only has three days to live. With time ticking away and a mysterious figure haunting her, she must find a way to save her life before time runs out.

Dreamcatcher
›R2003 · Drama, Horror, Science Fiction · 134m · Thomas Jane, Damian Lewis, Morgan Freeman
Four childhood friends reunite for a hunting trip in the Maine woods, bound by a psychic force born from a childhood friend's dreamcatcher. They find themselves caught in a grotesque alien invasion that twists memory, sanity and reality into something far more sinister.

Regression
›R2015 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 106m · Ethan Hawke, Emma Watson, David Thewlis
Minnesota, 1990. Detective Bruce Kenner investigates the case of young Angela, who accuses her father, John Gray, of an unspeakable crime. When John unexpectedly and without recollection admits guilt, renowned psychologist Dr. Raines is brought in to help him relive his memories and what they discover unmasks a horrifying nationwide mystery.

The Stepford Wives
›PG-132004 · Comedy, Science Fiction, Horror · 93m · Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler
What does it take to become a Stepford wife, a woman perfect beyond belief? Ask the Stepford husbands, who've created this high-tech, terrifying little town.

The Hitcher
›R2007 · Crime, Horror, Thriller · 84m · Sean Bean, Sophia Bush, Zachary Knighton
While driving through the New Mexico Desert during a rainy night, college students Jim Halsey and his girlfriend Grace Andrews give a ride to a hitchhiker. While in their car, the stranger proves to be a psychopath threatening the young couple with a knife, but Jim successfully throws him out of the car. This sets off a chain of events that will change all of their lives forever.

Look Away
›R2018 · Horror, Thriller, Fantasy · 103m · India Eisley, Jason Isaacs, Mira Sorvino
A timid and socially alienated 17-year-old high school student's life is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image.

The Stepfather
›PG-132009 · Horror, Thriller · 101m · Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley
Michael Harding returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend, David. As the two men get to know each other, Michael becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand. Is he really the man of her dreams or could David be hiding a dark side?

Down a Dark Hall
›PG-132018 · Horror, Mystery, Thriller · 96m · AnnaSophia Robb, Uma Thurman, Isabelle Fuhrman
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted to learn the four pillars of knowledge under the ominous wing of the mysterious headmistress Madame Duret.

No Good Deed
›PG-132014 · Crime, Thriller · 84m · Idris Elba, Taraji P. Henson, Leslie Bibb
Terri is a devoted wife and mother of two, living an ideal suburban life in Atlanta when Colin, a charming but dangerous escaped convict, shows up at her door claiming car trouble. Terri offers her phone to help him but soon learns that no good deed goes unpunished as she finds herself fighting for survival when he invades her home and terrorizes her family.

Holidays
›R2016 · Comedy, Horror, Fantasy · 104m · Madeleine Coghlan, Savannah Kennick, Rick Peters
An anthology feature film that puts a uniquely dark and original spin on some of the most iconic and beloved holidays of all time by challenging our folklore, traditions and assumptions.

A Good Marriage
›R2014 · Thriller · 103m · Joan Allen, Anthony LaPaglia, Stephen Lang
After 25 years of a good marriage, what will Darcy do once she discovers her husband's sinister secret?

Silent House
›R2011 · Horror, Mystery, Drama · 86m · Elizabeth Olsen, Adam Trese, Eric Sheffer Stevens
Sarah returns with her father and uncle to fix up the family's longtime summerhouse after it was violated by squatters in the off-season. As they work in the dark, Sarah begins to hear sounds from within the walls of the boarded-up building. Although she barely remembers the place, Sarah senses the past may still haunt the home.

Truth or Dare
›NR2012 · Horror, Thriller, Mystery · 95m · Liam Boyle, Jack Gordon, Florence Hall
A group of friends are lured to an isolated cabin by a promise of heavy partying, only to find themselves in a nightmarish game of truth or dare.

The New Daughter
›PG-132009 · Horror, Thriller · 108m · Kevin Costner, Ivana Baquero, Gattlin Griffith
John James is a writer; his wife has left him. He moves with his two middle-school children to an isolated house off a dirt road in South Carolina. The property has an Indian burial mound, which fascinates his daughter, Louisa, who's entering puberty.
