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Psychological Horror movies

Mind-driven fear: paranoia, hallucinations, breakdown, and unreliable perception where the threat may be internal or unclear.

Gerald's Game

1. Gerald's Game

Horror Thriller Psychological Horror Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.5
20171h 44min

Overview

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.

Themes

Power dynamics in intimate spaces, Abuse and agency tension, Memory reframing self-perception, Trauma memory shaping identity, Isolation and survival under pressure, Survivor empowerment after trauma

Available on

Netflix
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Flatliners

2. Flatliners

Drama Horror Thriller Psychological Horror Mind Game Thriller
5.2
20171h 51min

Overview

Five medical students, hoping to understand the mystery of what lies beyond life, embark on a dangerous experiment. When their hearts are stopped for a short period of time, they have a near-death experience…

Themes

Deception and concealment, Guilt and accountability, Professional identity under strain, Ambition vs consequences, Peer pressure and competition, Ethical risk in experimentation

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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mother!

3. mother!

Drama Horror Psychological Horror Relationship Drama
6.6
20172h 1min

Overview

A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

Themes

Memory erasure ethics, Domestic pressure under secrecy, Violence and vulnerability cycles, Protective motherhood under debt, Societal blame and stigma, Perceived innocence and guilt

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Killing Ground

4. Killing Ground

Mystery Thriller Horror Survival Thriller Psychological Horror
5.8
20171h 28min

Overview

A couple's camping trip turns into a frightening ordeal when they stumble across the scene of a horrific crime.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trauma and resilience, Loss of loved one, Nonlinear storytelling, Camping danger, Violence and boundary violation

Available on

Amazon Video
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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Overview

Liam wakes from a car crash with no memory of who he is. As he makes his way into town to look for help, he finds only dead bodies, all with strange pale eyes. Liam's first assessment is that a virus is present in the air, but he soon discovers the horrible truth: anyone who comes within a 50-foot radius of him dies instantly.

Themes

Trust under threat, Amnesia-driven uncertainty, Co-dependency under pressure, Proximity danger, Police pursuit risk, Twin sister absence

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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It Comes at Night

6. It Comes at Night

Drama Horror Mystery Psychological Horror Locked-Room Mystery
6.1
20171h 31min

Overview

Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son, but this will soon be put to test when a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.

Themes

Survival under isolation, Resource scarcity pressure, Mistrust and deception, Fragile domestic order, Fear amid contagion, Ethics of sharing

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Berlin Syndrome

7. Berlin Syndrome

Drama Horror Mystery Thriller Psychological Horror
6.3
20171h 56min

Overview

A passionate holiday romance leads to an obsessive relationship when an Australian photojournalist wakes one morning in an abandoned Berlin apartment and is unable to leave.

Themes

Manipulation and control, Obsessive attachment, Power imbalance, Coercive relationship, Captivity and isolation, Stockholm syndrome

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Get Out

8. Get Out

Mystery Thriller Horror Psychological Horror Mind Game Thriller
7.8
20171h 44min

Overview

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

Themes

Hypnosis and control, Racial commodification, Deceptive hospitality, Interracial relationship anxiety, Body autonomy exploitation, Social performance trap

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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A Cure for Wellness

9. A Cure for Wellness

Horror Mystery Science Fiction Psychological Horror Investigation Mystery
6.4
20172h 26min

Overview

An ambitious young executive is sent to retrieve his company's CEO from an idyllic but mysterious "wellness center" at a remote location in the Swiss Alps but soon suspects that the spa's miraculous treatments are not what they seem.

Themes

Wellness center manipulation, Spa deception, Lifespan through filtration, Cure experiments ethics, Isolation via treatment, Drugs and dehydration, Power through science

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Bar

10. The Bar

Horror Thriller Comedy Mind Game Thriller Psychological Horror
6.3
20171h 42min

Overview

In downtown Madrid, a series of mysterious gunshots trap a motley assortment of people in a decrepit bar.

Themes

Deception and loyalty, Wealth disparity, Family expectations, Meritocracy pressure, Bar confinement, Authority control

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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