Psycho Thriller (Movies)
So what should you expect from this movie list?
1. Serial Killers
2. Serial Rapists
3. Characters with some serious psychological problems like MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder).
4. Some serious mind-bending twists and mind games to question your sanity.
5. Missing people
6. Cults involved
This is my favorite movie genre. So if you share a similar taste, please do check the list. The movies do not follow any order, by the way.
Also check out my list for Psycho Thriller (TV Series)
1. Serial Killers
2. Serial Rapists
3. Characters with some serious psychological problems like MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder).
4. Some serious mind-bending twists and mind games to question your sanity.
5. Missing people
6. Cults involved
This is my favorite movie genre. So if you share a similar taste, please do check the list. The movies do not follow any order, by the way.
Also check out my list for Psycho Thriller (TV Series)
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- DirectorJonathan DemmeStarsJodie FosterAnthony HopkinsScott GlennA young F.B.I. cadet must receive the help of an incarcerated and manipulative cannibal killer to help catch another serial killer, a madman who skins his victims.This is the ultimate genre defining movie.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsMorgan FreemanBrad PittKevin SpaceyTwo detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his motives.Highly recommended if you liked The Silence of the lambs and vice versa. This movie is directed by David Fincher. You may know him from his movie: Fight Club.
- DirectorBong Joon HoStarsSong Kang-hoKim Sang-kyungKim Roe-haIn a small Korean province in 1986, two detectives struggle with the case of multiple young women being found raped and murdered by an unknown culprit.Koreans are really good at making psycho-thrillers. This movie is basically about finding a serial killer who kills his victims after raping them. Based on a true story: First known serial killer in South Korea.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsBrad PittEdward NortonMeat LoafAn insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.You met me at a very strange time in my life.
- DirectorJaume Collet-SerraStarsVera FarmigaPeter SarsgaardIsabelle FuhrmanA husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.There's a twist in the movie which is the best part. I think it's underrated.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsGuy PearceCarrie-Anne MossJoe PantolianoLeonard Shelby, an insurance investigator, suffers from anterograde amnesia and uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife, which is the last thing he remembers.You will be mind-fucked. I promise.
- DirectorPeter JacksonStarsRachel WeiszMark WahlbergSaoirse RonanCenters on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal.It's not a typical thriller. But it has a killer who is practically an serial killer. The story is good and the movie has lots of big stars like Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saorise Ronan, Stanley Tucci and Susan Sarandon.
- DirectorBrad AndersonStarsChristian BaleJennifer Jason LeighAitana Sánchez-GijónAn industrial worker who hasn't slept in a year begins to doubt his own sanity.Just watch it, at least to admire Christian Bale's body.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsJake GyllenhaalRobert Downey Jr.Mark RuffaloBetween 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.Based on a true story. The movie has: Mark Ruffalo, Jake Gyllenhaal and Robert Downey Jr.
- DirectorJames MangoldStarsJohn CusackRay LiottaAmanda PeetStranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsAl PacinoRobin WilliamsHilary SwankWill Dormer, a police detective, is sent to investigate a teenage girl's murder to a small fishing town where he accidentally shoots his co-detective and is afflicted by insomnia brought by the guilt.Al Pacino, Robin Williams and Hilary Swank. It's not much of a thriller. More of a conflict with one's self movie.
- DirectorJon AvnetStarsRobert De NiroAl PacinoCarla GuginoTwo veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.It was a dumb movie. Two legendary actors like Robert De Niro and Al Pacino couldn't make up for this movie because the plot was shit. There is a twist as the end of the movie. And this twist is all that this movie has.
- DirectorRam KumarStarsVishnu VishalAmala PaulRadha RaviA sub-inspector sets out in pursuit of a mysterious serial killer who targets teen school girls and murders them brutally.It's an Indian thriller. Not bad.
- DirectorDavid LynchStarsNaomi WattsLaura HarringJustin TherouxAfter a car wreck on Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesiac, she and a Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.Wow. That was some weird mind-bending twists.
- DirectorKwon LeeStarsHyun Jun KimJo Kyeong-sookGreena ParkEun Jin has been unlucky in her six relationships. With her seventh man she is determined to make it work, even if he is a bit awkward and unromantic. But is he hiding something?Way different and better than I expected. I wouldn't recommend but I liked this movie.
- DirectorAlberto RodríguezStarsJavier GutiérrezRaúl ArévaloMaría VarodTwo cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
- DirectorLove LeeStarsKim Soo-hyunSung Dong-ilLee Sung-minA criminal aspiring to build a casino finds himself in endless threat when a man starts imitating every single thing he does.Such an underrated movie. It's your problem that the plot is too complex for you.
- DirectorJohn Lee HancockStarsDenzel WashingtonRami MalekJared LetoKern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embroiled in the search for a serial killer who is terrorizing the city.It would've been nice if Jim did not lose his shit. But Leto was awesome though.
- DirectorPhillip NoyceStarsDenzel WashingtonAngelina JolieQueen LatifahA quadriplegic ex-homicide detective and his partner try to track down a serial killer who is terrorizing New York City.The ending was awkward. And I didn't like any of the background music.
- DirectorChristopher NolanStarsJeremy TheobaldAlex HawLucy RussellA young writer who follows strangers for material meets a thief who takes him under his wing.Nolan's first ever feature length-film. Very nice.
- DirectorLee Won-taeStarsMa Dong-seokKim Mu-yeolKim SungkyuA crime boss teams up with a cop to track down a serial killer.
- DirectorKim Hyeong-joonStarsSul Kyung-guRyu Seung-beomHan Hye-jinDespite being nearly proven the murderer, a serial killer threatens to kill the daughter of a forensic pathologist if he doesn't get him bailed out.Do you know what is harder than to die? It's to forgive. And there will be No Mercy at all.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnthony PerkinsJanet LeighVera MilesA secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
- DirectorTom TykwerStarsBen WhishawDustin HoffmanAlan RickmanJean-Baptiste Grenouille, born with a superior olfactory sense, creates the world's finest perfume. His work, however, takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent.
- DirectorPark Chan-wookStarsChoi Min-sikYoo Ji-taeKang Hye-jeongAfter being kidnapped and imprisoned for fifteen years, Oh Dae-Su is released, only to find that he must track down his captor in five days.