American films about hallucinations

List of the best American films about hallucinations according to the audience: A Beautiful Mind, The Block Island Sound, Oculus, Malignant, Black Swan, Slumber, Rememory, Poltergeist, Jack & Diane, A Million Little Pieces.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 8.2
Genremelodrama, drama, biography
CountryUSA
Duration02:15

At Princeton University, John Nash struggles to make a worthwhile contribution to serve as his legacy to the world of mathematics. He finally makes a revolutionary breakthrough that will eventually earn him the Nobel Prize. After graduate school he turns to teaching, becoming romantically involved with his student Alicia. Meanwhile the government asks his help with breaking Soviet codes, which soon gets him involved in a terrifying conspiracy plot. Nash grows more and more paranoid until a discovery that turns his entire world upside down. Now it is only with Alicia's help that he will be able to recover his mental strength and regain his status as the great mathematician we know him as today..

Markimdb: 5.3
Genrehorror, fantastic
CountryUSA

What’s controlling the town on Block Island? There’s a force lurking off the coast and the wildlife and people are all behaving strangely.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

A woman tries to exonerate her brother's murder conviction by proving that the crime was committed by a supernatural phenomenon.

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, detective
CountryUSA

Madison is paralyzed by shocking visions of grisly murders, and her torment worsens as she discovers that these waking dreams are in fact terrifying realities with a mysterious tie to her past.

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

    A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.

    Markimdb: 4.7
    Genrehorror
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:01

    A sleep doctor tries to protect a family from a demon that feeds on people in their nightmares.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Canada
    Duration02:20

    The widow of a wise professor stumbles upon one of his inventions that's able to record and play a person's memory.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:41

    Legendary filmmaker Sam Raimi and director Gil Kenan reimagine and contemporize the classic tale about a family whose suburban home is invaded by angry spirits. When the terrifying apparitions escalate their attacks and take the youngest daughter, the family must come together to rescue her.

    Markimdb: 4.4
    Genrehorror, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Jack and Diane, two teenage girls, meet in New York City and spend the night kissing ferociously. Diane's charming innocence quickly begins to open Jack's tough skinned heart. But, when Jack discovers that Diane is leaving the country in a week she tries to push her away. Diane must struggle to keep their love alive while hiding the secret that her newly awakened sexual desire is giving her werewolf-like visions.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA

    A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:18

    World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrecomedy, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:32

    Gary Faulkner is an ex-con, unemployed handyman, and modern day Don Quixote who receives a vision from God telling him to capture Osama Bin Laden. Armed with only a single sword purchased from a home-shopping network, Gary travels to Pakistan to complete his mission. While on his quest, Gary encounters old friends back home in Colorado, the new friends he makes in Pakistan, the enemies he makes at the CIA - and even God and Osama themselves.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    In a world of fake castles and anthropomorphic rodents, an epic battle begins when an unemployed father's sanity is challenged by a chance encounter with two underage girls on holiday.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:20

    A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

    Mike Hoolihan is an unconventional New Orleans cop investigating the murder of renowned astrophysicist Jennifer Rockwell, a black hole expert found shot to death in her observatory. As Mike tumbles down the rabbit hole of the disturbing, labyrinthine case, she finds herself grappling with increasingly existential questions of quantum mechanics, parallel universes, and exploding stars. The hunt for a killer draws a detective into an even larger mystery: the nature of the universe itself.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:56

    A young woman seeks help from a sleep clinic for her insomnia, but soon deals with her entire life being turned upside down.

    Markimdb: 5.1
    Genrehorror, adventure
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    Two estranged brothers reunite at their missing father's video store to liquidate the property and sell off his assets. As they dig through the store, they find a VCR board game dubbed 'Beyond The Gates' that holds a connection to their father's disappearance and deadly consequences for anyone who plays it.

    Markimdb: 4.8
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

    A man descends into paranoia after trapping what he believes to be the devil in his basement, but things take a dark turn when his family unexpectedly arrive for Christmas.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:56

    Disturbing and mysterious things begin to happen to a bartender in New Orleans after he picks up a phone left behind at his bar.

    Markimdb: 2.8
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A demon (Succubus) wreaks havoc on a U.S city. Lilith, Adams first wife according to Jewish mysticism seeks revenge against all of God's creation. God expelled Lilith from the Garden of Eden because of her refusal to obey Adam, the man. Scorned she returns present day with a vengeance against man and his offspring.

    Markimdb: 5.7
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:22

    A man recently released from a mental institute inherits a mansion after his parents die. After a series of disturbing events, he comes to believe it is haunted.

    Markimdb: 4.1
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    In 19th century Baltimore, Isabel Porter, a girl stricken with grief from her parents' untimely death, voluntarily checks herself into the Rosewood Institute. Subjected to bizarre and increasingly violent pseudo-scientific experiments in personality modification, brainwashing and mind control, she must escape the clutches of the Rosewood and exact her revenge, or else be forever lost.

    Markimdb: 2.8
    Genrethriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:30

    Jessie Valiquette follows her scribe boyfriend of 3 years Dale Morrow on a search for his long lost Father last heard from on a deserted island in the Philippines. Along with a group of unwitting friends, the young couple encounters more than they bargained for when they discover not only was Dale's father part of a top-secret government project testing the depth of people's fears, but also that he had very good reason for not wanting to be found. Written by In-Motion Pictures

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:11

    Marlo, a mother of three including a newborn, is gifted a night nanny by her brother. Hesitant to the extravagance at first, Marlo comes to form a bond with the thoughtful, surprising, and sometimes challenging nanny named Tully.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrethriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA

    A troubled college freshman, Luke, suffers a violent family trauma and resurrects his childhood imaginary friend Daniel to help him cope.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrehorror, thriller
    CountryUSA

    A young woman slowly goes crazy after taking a job as the caretaker for an ancient New York home.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genrehorror, fantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA

    Sixteen year old Jude discovers each and every one of his fears is true.

    Markimdb: 4.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA

    Fifteen years after conjuring an imaginary phantom known as Mercy Black, a repentant woman returns to her hometown to live with her sister and young nephew. But as Mercy continues to haunt her and the death count rises, she must face her deepest terror and discover the truth of her past before Mercy Black claims her nephew. Daniella Pineda, Austin Amelio, Elle LaMont, Miles Emmons, Lee Eddy, and Janeane Garofalo star in this terrifying story of regret, redemption, and the dark side of belief.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:34

    Over the course of 12 years, and three stages of life, Sidney Hall falls in love, writes the book of a generation and then disappears without a trace.

    Markimdb: 5.6
    Genrecomedy, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:33

    When Scott and Kate Johansen’s daughter gets into the college of her dreams it’s cause for celebration. That is, until Scott and Kate learn that the scholarship they were counting on didn’t come through, and they’re now on the hook for tuition they can’t begin to afford. With the help of their friend and neighbor Frank also in need of a major payday they decide to open an illegal casino in his suburban house, risking everything together on a Vegas-style bacchanal where money flows, inhibitions are checked at the door, and all bets are off.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:01

      Plagued by a series of apocalyptic visions, a young husband and father questions whether to shelter his family from a coming storm, or from himself.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
      CountryUSA

      A man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to question reality itself.

      Markimdb: 3.3
      Genrehorror, thriller
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      A group of young men dare a classmate to reach the porch of a legendary old house, said to be haunted by the thirteen victims of a family massacre. In hopes of making a viral video they arm him with a video camera to prove he was there or to capture him fleeing in terror before even reaching the house, as others have. When he doesn't return, the guys must go in to get him. Inside they discover the truth about the house, the fate of their friend and their own fate as well.

      Markimdb: 3.8
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountrySingapore, USA
      Duration01:48

      When young and successful reporter Jamie finds out that her sister has died in mysterious circumstances, she travels to Singapore to uncover the truth. There, she discovers multiple deaths linked to her sister's and must join forces with her sister's husband in order to defeat a demonic entity that is using new technology to complete an ancient mission.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:03

      After moving to a vineyard with her family, a pregnant woman experiences horrifying visions.

      Markimdb: 4.7
      Genrehorror
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:06

      A group of student film makers are creating "Project Marble Hornets" when the production is interrupted by a series of paranormal events in this tense and shocking horror.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:24

        Publisher, Will Atenton quits a lucrative job in New York to relocate his wife, Libby and their daughters to a quaint town in New England. However, as they settle into their home the Atentons discover that a woman and her children were murdered there, and the surviving husband is the town's prime suspect. With help from a neighbor who was close to the murdered family, Will pieces together a horrifying chain of events.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, China
        Duration02:22

        When three college students move into an old house off campus, they unwittingly unleash a supernatural entity known as The Bye Bye Man, who comes to prey upon them once they discover his name. The friends must try to save each other, all the while keeping The Bye Bye Man's existence a secret to save others from the same deadly fate.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Australia

        After NASA picks up a trio of mysterious signals from within our own solar system, astronaut Roger Nelson is dispatched on a multi-year solo mission aboard the Magellan spacecraft to investigate the sources.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrehorror, fantasy, drama
        CountryCanada, USA
        Duration01:37

        Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genreaction, thriller, fantasy
        CountrySouth Africa, China, USA
        Duration02:23

        An assassin seeks redemption after being given a second chance at life.

        Markimdb: 4.7
        Genrehorror
        CountryUSA

        On the night of November 13th, 1974, Ronald DeFeo Jr. took a high powered rifle and murdered his entire family as they slept. At his trial, DeFeo claimed that 'voices' in the house commanded him to kill. This is their story.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genredrama, crime
        CountryUSA

        A morally corrupt judge suffers a breakdown and believes that God is speaking directly to him, compelling him onto a path of vigilante justice.

        Markimdb: 4.3
        Genrehorror, fantasy
        CountryUSA

        A caring mother loses her sanity, setting off a chain of events resulting in tragedy and murder. The story of Casey Pollack unfolds from two very different perspectives when one night in the woods culminates in absolute terror.

        Markimdb: 4.4
        Genrehorror, fantasy, western
        CountryUSA

        A gunslinger, a vengeful ex-slave, and a runaway board a midnight train to Atlanta. They discover that the train is haunted by a sinister force, and must fight to survive the night.

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrefantastic, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        In a dystopian future, where corporate brands have created a disillusioned population, one man's effort to unlock the truth behind the conspiracy leads to an epic battle with hidden forces that control the world.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:15

        A new girl in a quiet town, Tess tries to manage her psychosis while adjusting to her new life with her mom. After stumbling upon the shrine of Lucy, a hit and run victim, Tess finds herself overwhelmed by hallucinations of the dead girl and starts to question her sanity again. When the spirit possesses Tess’s mind and soul, mother and daughter are at a loss for where to turn next for salvation: religion or medicine? Both institutions have failed them to date but faith leads them to the house of Sarah, Lucy’s mother, who has been despondent since the accident. All together with time working against them, Sarah is desperate to believe that Lucy is still alive in Tess but neither parent wants to give up on their daughter. Now that she understands what is happening to her, ultimately Tess must decide whether she wants to keep fighting or succumb to her affliction.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:25

        Voluptuous beauty Anna Nicole Smith marries an elderly millionaire and poses for Playboy, but after her husband's death, her excessive drinking, pill-popping and weight fluctuations take their toll.

        Markimdb: 3.8
        Genrehorror, fantastic
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Six college friends unite for a weekend getaway where they find themselves fighting for their lives after a terrorist attack turns the local residents into rage infused zombies.

        Markimdb: 4.2
        Genremelodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUSA

        A poetic road trip through Pulitzer prize-winning CK Williams' life over the course of 40 years.




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