Best psychological horror films - Charts
Best psychological horror films
3. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 5 - Paradox Paradigm (2008)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Takayuki Hirao
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
4. Funny Games (1997)
Austria, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Susanne Lothar, Ulrich Mühe
5. The Portrait (1947)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jiří Slavíček
Cast: Otomar Krejča st., Luba Skořepová
6. Divisé (2016)
USA / Japan, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy
7. Repulsion (1965)
UK, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Roman Polański
Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry
8. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 3 - Remaining Sense of Pain (2008)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
9. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 7 - Murder Speculation Part B (2009)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Hikaru Kondou
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
10. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 2 - Murder Speculation Part A (2007)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Takuya Nonaka
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
11. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 1 - Overlooking View (2007)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
12. Hansel & Gretel (2007)
South Korea, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: Pil-sung Yim
Cast: Jeong-myeong Cheon, Won-jae Eun
13. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 4 - The Hollow Shrine (2008)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Makoto Yasumura
14. Funny Games (2007)
USA / France, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth
16. Corpse Party: Tortured Souls - Bōgyaku sareta tamashii no jukyō (2013)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Akira Iwanaga, Tooru Ishida
Cast: Miyuki Sawashiro, Ikue Ōtani
17. Alice in Borderland (2014)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Directed by: Hideki Tachibana
Cast: Tsubasa Yonaga, Yoshimasa Hosoya
18. Reflections (1987)
Yugoslavia, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Goran Markovic
Cast: Anica Dobra, Bogdan Diklic
19. Pin (1988)
Canada, Thriller / Horror
Directed by: Sandor Stern
Cast: David Hewlett, Cynthia Preston
20. Wolf's Hole (1986)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Věra Chytilová
Cast: Miroslav Macháček, Tomáš Palatý
21. Antarctic Journal (2005)
South Korea, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Pil-sung Yim
Cast: Kang-ho Song, Ji-tae Yoo
22. The Damned House of Hajn (1988)
Czechoslovakia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Jiří Svoboda
Cast: Emil Horváth ml., Petra Kolevská
23. Hereditary (2018)
USA, Horror / Psychological
Directed by: Ari Aster
Cast: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne
24. The Divide (2011)
Germany / USA, Sci-fi / Thriller
Directed by: Xavier Gens
Cast: Lauren German, Michael Biehn
25. Lesson of the Evil (2012)
Japan, Thriller / Drama
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Cast: Hideaki Itō, Takayuki Yamada
26. Antichrist (2009)
Denmark / Germany, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Lars von Trier
Cast: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg
27. Portrait de Petite Cossette, Le (2004)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Akiyuki Simbo
Cast: Mamiko Noto, Susumu Chiba
28. Oculus (2013)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mike Flanagan
Cast: Karen Gillan, Katee Sackhoff
29. The Stepfather (1987)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Joseph Ruben
Cast: Terry O'Quinn, Jill Schoelen
30. Strangled (2016)
Hungary, Psychological / Horror
Directed by: Árpád Sopsits
Cast: Károly Hajduk, Gábor Jászberényi
31. Don't Look Now (1973)
UK / Italy, Mystery / Thriller
Directed by: Nicolas Roeg
Cast: Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland
32. The Garden of Sinners: Chapter 6 - Oblivion Recording (2008)
Japan, Animation / Horror
Cast: Ken'ichi Suzumura, Maaya Sakamoto
34. Beau Is Afraid (2023)
USA / Canada, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Ari Aster
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone
35. Lament of the Lamb (2003)
Japan, Animation / Drama
Directed by: Gisaburō Sugii
Cast: Megumi Hayashibara, Tomokazu Seki
36. Hounds of Love (2016)
Australia, Thriller / Crime
Directed by: Ben Young
Cast: Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings
37. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
Austria, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Cast: Susanne Wuest, Elias Schwarz
38. Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)
Italy / Spain, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Mario Bava
Cast: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander
39. Dark Skies (2013)
USA, Sci-fi / Horror
Directed by: Scott Charles Stewart
Cast: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton
41. Open Wound (2016)
Serbia, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Momir Milošević
Cast: Milena Djurovic, Jelena Pužić
42. The Living and the Dead (2006)
UK, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Simon Rumley
Cast: Roger Lloyd Pack, Richard Syms
43. Berberian Sound Studio (2012)
UK, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: Peter Strickland
Cast: Toby Jones, Cosimo Fusco
45. Hatching (2022)
Finland / Sweden, Horror / Psychological
Directed by: Hanna Bergholm
Cast: Jani Volanen, Sophia Heikkilä
48. Cello (2005)
South Korea, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: Woo-cheol Lee
Cast: Jung-ah Yang, Hyeon-ah Seong
50. Berlin Syndrome (2017)
Australia, Psychological / Mystery
Directed by: Cate Shortland
Cast: Teresa Palmer, Max Riemelt
51. Delirium (2018)
USA, Psychological / Thriller
Directed by: Dennis Iliadis
Cast: Topher Grace, Genesis Rodriguez
53. Raw (2016)
France / Belgium, Horror / Psychological
Directed by: Julia Ducournau
Cast: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf
54. Mother! (2017)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Darren Aronofsky
Cast: Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem
55. Calvaire (2004)
Belgium / France, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Fabrice du Welz
Cast: Laurent Lucas, Jackie Berroyer
56. I Am Not a Serial Killer (2016)
Ireland / UK, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Billy O'Brien
Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Laura Fraser
57. Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015)
Romania, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Adrian Țofei
Cast: Adrian Țofei, Sonia Teodoriu
58. Beast (2011)
Denmark, Drama / Thriller
Directed by: Christoffer Boe
Cast: Nicolas Bro, Marijana Jankovic
60. It Comes at Night (2017)
USA, Horror / Mystery
Directed by: Trey Edward Shults
Cast: Joel Edgerton, Carmen Ejogo
61. L'Appel du destin (2011)
UK / Puerto Rico, Psychological / Mystery
Directed by: Matthew Parkhill
Cast: Stephen Moyer, Luis Guzmán
62. Shackled (2013)
Indonesia, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Upi Avianto
Cast: Abimana Aryasatya, Imelda Therinne
63. Excision (2012)
USA, Drama / Horror
Directed by: Richard Bates Jr.
Cast: AnnaLynne McCord, Ariel Winter
64. The Neon Demon (2016)
France / Denmark, Psychological / Mystery
Directed by: Nicolas Winding Refn
Cast: Elle Fanning, Jena Malone
65. The Roommate (2011)
USA, Drama / Psychological
Directed by: Christian E. Christiansen
Cast: Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly
66. The Noonday Witch (2016)
Czech Republic, Horror / Drama
Directed by: Jiří Sádek
Cast: Aňa Geislerová, Karolína Lipowská
67. The Path (2012)
Spain, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Miguel Ángel Toledo
Cast: Ariel Castro, Gustavo Salmerón
68. When the Bough Breaks (2016)
USA, Psychological / Mystery
Directed by: Jon Cassar
Cast: Morris Chestnut, Regina Hall
70. Mosquito State (2020)
Poland / USA, Psychological / Drama
Directed by: Filip Jan Rymsza
Cast: Beau Knapp, Charlotte Vega
72. Repentance (2013)
USA, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: Philippe Caland
Cast: Sanaa Lathan, Forest Whitaker
73. Hypnos (2004)
Spain, Thriller / Psychological
Directed by: David Carreras
Cast: Cristina Brondo, Demián Bichir
74. The Bunny Game (2010)
USA, Horror / Thriller
Directed by: Adam Rehmeier
Cast: Rodleen Getsic, Jeff F. Renfro
75. The Disappointments Room (2016)
USA, Horror / Psychological
Directed by: D.J. Caruso
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Lucas Till