Top 10 Best Psychological Horror Movies
List by top10Not all horror movies rely on jump scares and monsters to freak you out. In fact, some horror films will instead try to mess with your head. These cerebral, psychological horror flicks are terrifying and could even influence how you think and feel about the world. The directors and writers who put together these top psychological horror films seem to know how to command your thought process. They don’t just get under your skin, sometimes it feels like they are peering into your soul. Reader be warned, these psychological horror flicks can be very scary. If you’re up for it, check out these ten psychological horror films.
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Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Featured Psychological, Psychological, Thriller, War | Drama, Medical, Military, Mind Bender, Torture, 90's
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69%
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7.5
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him......
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A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
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85%
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7.2
A recently released patient from a mental institution returns home with her sister, only to face disturbing events between her stepmother and the ghosts haunting their house- all of which are connecte...
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Us (2019)
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93%
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6.9
A mother and father take their kids to their beach house, expecting to enjoy time with friends, but their serenity turns to tension and chaos when some visitors arrive uninvited....
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Cure (1997)
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92%
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7.4
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing o...
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The Vanishing (1988)
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98%
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7.8
Rex and Saskia are enjoying a biking holiday in France when, stopping at a gas station, Saskia disappears. Confounded, Rex searches everywhere, but to no avail. Three years later, he's still obses...
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Saw (2004)
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49%
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7.6
Obsessed with teaching his victims the value of life, a deranged, sadistic serial killer abducts the morally wayward. Once captured, they must face impossible choices in a horrific game of survival. T...
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The Witch (2016)
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91%
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6.8
New England in the 1630s: William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness. When their newborn son vanishes and crops fail, t...
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Goodnight Mommy (2014)
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86%
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6.7
In the heat of the summer lays a lonesome house in the countryside where nine year old twin brothers await their mother’s return. When she comes home, bandaged after cosmetic surgery, nothing is...
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Diabolique (1955)
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95%
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8.1
In this classic of French suspense, the cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, becomes the target of a murder plot hatched by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mi...
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The Killing of a Sacred Deer (2017)
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80%
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7.1
A teenager's attempts to bring a brilliant surgeon into his dysfunctional family take an unexpected turn....
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