Psychological films

List of the best psychological films according to visitors: Shutter Island, Unsane, The Gift, Perfect Strangers, Swallow, A Ghost Story, Room, Black Swan, The Silence of the Lambs, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

In the top there are new films of 2022, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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: 6.4
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:23

A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Australia, China
Duration02:34

A husband and wife try to reinvigorate their relationship but their lives are threatened by a "friend" from the husband's past who holds a horrifying secret about him, sending their world into a tailspin.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama
CountrySpain, Italy
Duration00:47

Seven friends meet up for dinner on a full moon Friday night and deep secrets will come to the surface, shaking their lives and threatening their relationships.

Markimdb: 6.5
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, France

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must confront the dark secret behind her new obsession.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration02:17

Recently deceased, a white-sheeted ghost returns to his suburban home to console his bereft wife, only to find that in his spectral state he has become unstuck in time, forced to watch passively as the life he knew and the woman he loves slowly slip away.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrethriller, drama
CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
Duration02:32

Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

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: 8.6
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

    Markimdb: 8.1
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:35

    After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial message directed at Bill Willoughby, the town's revered chief of police. When his second-in-command Officer Jason Dixon, an immature mother's boy with a penchant for violence, gets involved, the battle between Mildred and Ebbing's law enforcement is only exacerbated.

    Markimdb: 5.2
    Genredrama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Sweden, USA, Poland, Spain

    The film follows 24 hours in the life of father and daughter Leo and Molly as she grapples with the challenges of dealing with her father’s chaotic mental state. But as they weave their way around New York City, their ordinary but stressful day takes on a hallucinatory and epic quality, for Leo is seamlessly flowing in and out of several parallel lives; a passionate marriage with his childhood sweetheart Dolores in Mexico and a life of solitude on a remote Greek island, where a chance encounter with two young tourists unmasks the uncomfortable truths of a family life left behind...

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, detective
    CountryUSA, Japan
    Duration02:43

    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.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genredrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:00

    Laura Collins, single mom to daughter Sarah, has had a history of rocky relationships, so when Sarah begins dating the popular and charismatic Rob Tennison, Laura is thrilled with what she sees. But when it becomes increasingly clear that Rob has a darker, possessive side, Laura lives in a state of denial about her daughter’s relationship until Sarah goes missing. Laura must find the will to fight for justice for Sarah when a case against Rob is brought to trial and presided over by a powerful judge.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

      Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration01:29

        On the night a comet is passing near Earth, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events. When the power goes out, they discover that the only house on the street left with power also holds many secrets.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrehorror, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:53

        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...

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, drama, detective
        CountryGermany, USA
        Duration02:00

        Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away Planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.

        Markimdb: 7.4
        Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:48

        I Origins follows a molecular biologist studying the evolution of the human eye. He finds his work permeating his life after a brief encounter with an exotic young woman who slips away from him. As his research continues years later with his lab partner, they make a stunning scientific discovery that has far reaching implications and complicates both his scientific and and spiritual beliefs. Traveling half way around the world, he risks everything he has ever known to validate his theory.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada, Germany
        Duration01:27

        Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father. Soon after she learns this shocking news, Anna is visited by her mother's ghost, who warns her that Rachel has evil intentions.

        Markimdb: 7.7
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:59

        A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and family prove more difficult than expected.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genremelodrama, drama, detective
        CountrySpain, France, USA
        Duration01:32

        The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madness.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
        CountrySpain

        A mysterious place, an indescribable prison, a deep hole. An unknown number of levels. Two inmates living on each level. A descending platform containing food for all of them. An inhuman fight for survival, but also an opportunity for solidarity.

        Markimdb: 6.4
        Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, biography
        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
        Duration01:39

          Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrethriller, comedy, crime
          CountryUSA

          Lonely, unstable gas station attendant Melinda is tired of being overshadowed by her more confident, outgoing co-worker Sheila. When the gas station is held up at gunpoint by Billy, a desperate man in need of quick cash, Melinda finds an opportunity to make a connection with the robber, regardless of who gets hurt.

          Markimdb: 6.2
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, music
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration02:21

          A young woman struggles to move on with her life after the death of her husband, an acclaimed folk singer, when a brash New York writer forces her to confront her loss and the ambiguous circumstances of his death.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genredrama
          CountryUSA

          In the hazy aftermath of an unimaginable loss, Sarah and Phil come unhinged, recklessly ignoring the repercussions. Phil starts to lose sight of his morals as Sarah puts herself in increasingly dangerous situations, falling deeper into her own fever dream.

          Markimdb: 7.5
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
          Duration02:39

          After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

          Markimdb: 7.4
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA, Mexico
          Duration01:45

          A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

          Markimdb: 4.1
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA

          A young journalist goes deep undercover within a mountain commune and becomes manipulated by a duplicitous cult leader.

          Markimdb: 5.9
          Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration00:38

          Jimmy is a committed child psychologist who uses his own playbook, but when he is brought in to work with Ellie, he is completely unprepared for his subject—a 9-year-old psychopathic genius with nothing to lose. As he begins to understand the extent of her capabilities and the fate that has been planned for her, he struggles to overcome her defenses before it is too late for them both.

          Markimdb: 5.7
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:06

          Parapsychologist Elise Rainier and her team travel to Five Keys, NM, to investigate a man’s claim of a haunting. Terror soon strikes when Rainier realizes that the house he lives in was her family’s old home.

          Markimdb: 4.3
          Genrehorror, thriller
          CountryCanada, USA

          A young couple's dream of starting a family shatters as they descend into the depths of paranoia and must struggle to survive an evil presence that wants nothing more than their very own lives.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:33

          A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, Luxembourg
          Duration01:48

            A seductive alien prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

            Markimdb: 5.3
            Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            A mind-bending love story following Greg who, after recently being divorced and then fired, meets the mysterious Isabel, a woman living on the streets and convinced that the polluted, broken world around them is just a computer simulation. Doubtful at first, Greg eventually discovers there may be some truth to Isabel’s wild conspiracy.

            Markimdb: 2.4
            Genrefantastic, action, thriller, drama, adventure
            CountryUSA

            A scientist readies a boat after his warnings of an Earth-destroying flood are ignored. However, after the disasters reach a peak level of destruction those who maligned the scientist now turn to him in desperation, as he and other refugees look to save the world and stop the disaster using the two Supercolliders on opposite sides of the Atlantic.

            Markimdb: 6.1
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            At a predominantly white Ivy League college, a diverse group of students navigate various forms of racial and other types of discrimination.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryCanada
            Duration01:50

            A psychiatrist is drawn into a complex mind game when he questions a disturbed patient about the disappearance of a colleague.

            Markimdb: 5.7
            Genrefantasy, drama, history
            CountryUSA, Indonesia
            Duration01:47

            At an international school in Jakarta, a philosophy teacher challenges his class of twenty graduating seniors to choose which ten of them would take shelter underground and reboot the human race in the event of a nuclear apocalypse.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:42

            A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

            Markimdb: 7.6
            Genremelodrama, drama, music
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:24

            Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer — until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

            Markimdb: 7.8
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:58

              When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

              Markimdb: 8.6
              Genrefantastic, drama, adventure
              CountryUSA, United Kingdom, Canada
              Duration02:49

                Interstellar chronicles the adventures of a group of explorers who make use of a newly discovered wormhole to surpass the limitations on human space travel and conquer the vast distances involved in an interstellar voyage.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA, China

                A couple's wedding plans are thrown off course when the groom is diagnosed with liver cancer.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genremelodrama, drama
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:38

                When a foreign exchange student arrives in a small upstate New York town, she challenges the dynamics of her host family's relationships and alters their lives forever.

                Markimdb: 6.4
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:30

                  Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently denies. Sandra, overwhelmed by her managerial responsibilities, complies with the officer’s orders to detain Becky, beginning a nightmare that tragically blurs the lines between expedience, prudence, legality and reason.

                  Markimdb: 4.6
                  Genredrama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:22

                  Alice arrives unannounced at her estranged brother Ethan's house in an attempt to reconcile, but bizarre visions, the return of his strange girlfriend and Alice's paranoia and suspicion force the siblings to cling onto reality amidst mysterious circumstances.

                  Markimdb: 5.6
                  Genreaction, thriller, crime, biography
                  CountryUSA, Mongolia

                  The chilling true story of a newly married FBI poster boy assigned to an Appalachian mountain town in Kentucky. There he is drawn into an illicit affair with an impoverished local woman who becomes his star informant. She sees in him her means of escape; instead, it's a ticket to disaster for both of them.

                  Markimdb: 3.2
                  Genrehorror, thriller
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:42

                  Seventeen years ago, Mike kills a new mother of twin girls and took the babies to a house in the woods, claiming them as his own to appease his wife's desire for kids. 10 years later Stacy flees to her uncle's old secluded cabin in those same woods to escape her abusive boyfriend. There she is haunted by the ghosts of the little girls crying for their mother.




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