Psychopath Movies

List of the best psychopathic movies selected by visitors to our site: The Dark Knight, Sucker Punch, Klute, Identity, Cargo 200, Play Misty for Me, Girl, Interrupted, Don't Say a Word, Saw VI, Running with Scissors.

In the top there are new films of 2020, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

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Country
Markimdb: 9
Genrefantastic, fantastic, action, action, thriller, drama, drama, adventure, crime
CountryUSA, United Kingdom
Duration02:32

    Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:50

      A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:54

      A high-priced call girl is forced to depend on a reluctant private eye when she is stalked by a psychopath.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:31

        Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:30

        A young woman is taken hostage by a police officer and subsequently abused by the lawman gone mad.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the picture.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genredrama, biography
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:07

        Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Australia, Luxembourg, Canada
        Duration01:53

        When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret..

        Markimdb: 6
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, Canada, Australia
        Duration01:31

        Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw's legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw's grand scheme is finally understood.

        Markimdb: 6.1
        Genrecomedy, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:56

        Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch, and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended family.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA

        After he's institutionalized in order to cover for his sister, a young man encounters a doctor who is turning his patients into flesh-eating psychopaths

        Markimdb: 5.9
        Genrecomedy
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:54

        Rising executive Tim Wagner works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim plans on not attending until he meets Barry, a man who builds dioramas using stuffed mice. Barry's blundering but good intentions send Tim's life into a downward spiral, threatening a major business deal and possibly scuttling Tim's engagement to his fiancee.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        Julia moves in with her fiancé, David, but his ex-wife and her own haunting past join forces to rock her quiet suburban existence.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:19

        Four friends break into an abandoned insane asylum in search of a death certificate which will grant one of them a large inheritance. However, finding it soon becomes the least of their worries in a place haunted by dark memories.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA, France, Canada, Spain
        Duration01:38

        After a car crash, a criminal psychologist (Halle Berry) comes to, only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. It seems she's been accused of murdering her husband -- but she has no memory of committing the crime. As she tries to regain her memory and convince her co-workers of her innocence, a vengeful spirit uses her as an earthly pawn, which further convinces everyone of her guilt.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrecomedy, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        While trying to save their childhood orphanage, Moe, Larry and Curly inadvertently stumble into a murder plot and wind up starring in a reality TV show.

        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: 4.6
        Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:32

        Radio talk show therapist Sonny Blake (Rose McGowan) moves back to her childhood home on seemingly idyllic Rosewood Lane after her alcoholic father dies. But upon arrival in the old neighborhood, Sonny discovers her neighbors are terrified of the local paperboy (Daniel Ross Owens). She thinks this is ridiculous, until she encounters the boy himself. It turns out that he is a cunning and dangerous sociopath, one who may have gruesomely killed her father - and others.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:29

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        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: 5.4
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryItaly, USA
        Duration01:24

        Ann, a reclusive elegant lady, with an obsession for butterflies, is befriended by the eerily beautiful young Alice. Using her seductive innocence, Alice establishes a disturbing mother daughter relationship with Ann. Lured into her twisted world, Ann soon discovers that she is not the only recipient of the girl's affections. Confronted by Alice's other lady friends, Ann's shock awakens a dark, hidden past, unchaining a spiral of madness: a series of brutal and bizarre crimes that Ann will have to commit to preserve her harmless and deceptive appearances. The only one who recognizes there's something unsettling about Ann, is nine year old Julie, her next door neighbour's daughter. With the inevitable curiosity of a child, Julie begins to explore the corners of Ann's apartment, discovering a dark secret hidden in the walls of the forbidden butterfly room. No one believes what she's seen except for Ann's daughter. Horrified, she realises that the fate of the young girl lies in her hands.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrefantasy, drama, crime
        CountryGermany, France, Spain, USA
        Duration02:27

        Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, born in the stench of 18th century Paris, develops a superior olfactory sense, which he uses to create the world's finest perfumes. However, his work takes a dark turn as he tries to preserve scents in the search for the ultimate perfume.

        Markimdb: 4.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, adventure
        CountryCanada, Germany, USA
        Duration01:33

        Follows a group of friends that decide to go snowmobiling during their winter break. They make a "wrong turn", getting lost in a storm.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        A bright but meek salesman, drowning in debt as he's about to get married, receives a mysterious phone call informing him that he's on a hidden camera game show where he must execute 13 tasks to receive a multi-million dollar cash prize.

        Markimdb: 5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
        Duration02:20

        Five carnival workers are kidnapped and held hostage in an abandoned, Hell-like compound where they are forced to participate in a violent game, the goal of which is to survive twelve hours against a gang of sadistic clowns.

        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: 4.5
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:24

        Abby Russell, a beautiful, dedicated nurse with a sinister side, has a secret life in which she targets and punishes dishonest men.

        Markimdb: 5.1
        Genrethriller
        CountrySpain, USA
        Duration01:40

        Nick is excited to discover that he's won a dinner date with his favorite actress, Jill Goddard. But when Jill refuses to honor the contest, he receives an offer he can't refuse: the ability to view Jill secretly via computer. Nick begins watching the unknowing star on her webcam, not realizing that this decision will put both himself and Jill at risk as they enter a terrifying world of cat-and-mouse where nothing-and no one-are as they seem.

        Markimdb: 5.5
        Genrehorror, thriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:18

        In this twisted love story, a man seeks out an unsuspecting stranger to help him purge the dark torments of his past. His plan goes awry when he encounters a woman with plans of her own.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:35

        A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

        Markimdb: 6.6
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
        Duration01:56

        Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

        Markimdb: 6.3
        Genredrama
        CountryRussia
        Duration01:23

        Simultaneously nihilistic and heartening, Ward No. 6 is based on a story by Chekov, in which a psychiatric doctor becomes a patient in his own asylum. Updated to contemporary Russia, the film is a cocktail of anxieties and riddles, showcasing how easy it is to become what we fear most.

        Markimdb: 5.3
        Genrethriller, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:21

        Two drug dealers on the lam seek refuge inside their mentally unstable friend’s mansion. But in order to stay, they have to participate in her elaborate, and increasingly dangerous, game of permanent make-believe.

        Markimdb: 6.7
        Genrethriller, crime, biography
        CountryGermany, France
        Duration01:04

        A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.

        Markimdb: 5.4
        Genrecomedy
        CountryFrance, Belgium

        A psychiatric hospital patient pretends to be crazy. In charge of caring for this patient, a caregiver will begin to doubt the mental state of his "protégé".

        Markimdb: 4.6
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryUSA, Canada
        Duration01:24

        An escaped maniac returns to his childhood home on Christmas Eve, which is now a sorority house, and begins to murder the sorority sisters one by one. A remake of the 1974 horror movie, Black Christmas.

        Markimdb: 4.8
        Genrehorror, thriller
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:26

        A young couple find themselves in an unnerving situation with a mysterious stalker.

        Markimdb: 5.2
        Genrehorror, thriller, musical
        CountryCanada
        Duration01:28

        A snobby musical theater camp is terrorized by a blood-thirsty killer who hates musical theater.

        Duration02:02

          Frederick Abberline is an opium-huffing inspector from Scotland Yard who falls for one of Jack the Ripper's prostitute targets in this Hughes brothers adaption of a graphic novel that posits the Ripper's true identity.

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