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A Cure for Wellness
A Cure for Wellness is a 2017 psychological thriller directed by Gore Verbinski, starring Dane DeHaan as an executive confined at a sinister Swiss wellness center.
A Head Full of Ghosts (film)
A Head Full of Ghosts: upcoming psychological horror film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, adapted from Paul Tremblay's 2015 Bram Stoker Award-winning novel, starring David Harbour, Rebecca Hall, and Esmé Creed-Miles, produced by Team Downey, in post-production with Lionsgate holding world rights.
Alma and the Wolf
Alma and the Wolf (Alma & the Wolf) is a 2025 American psychological horror-mystery film directed by Michael Patrick Jann, starring Ethan Embry as Deputy Ren Accord and Li Jun Li as Alma, about a wolf attack in Spiral Creek, Oregon, and a missing son; released June 20, 2025 by Republic Pictures.
Ancestral Beasts
Ancestral Beasts is a 2026 Canadian Métis psychological horror film written and directed by Tim Riedel, starring Morgan Holmstrom, Darla Contois, and Asivak Koostachin; it premiered at Fantasia on July 22, 2026.
Apartment 7A
Apartment 7A (2024) is a Paramount+ psychological horror prequel to Rosemary's Baby, directed by Natalie Erika James, starring Julia Garner as Terry Gionoffrio, with Dianne Wiest, Jim Sturgess, and Kevin McNally; released September 27, 2024.
Backrooms (film)
Backrooms, also called The Backrooms Movie, is a 2026 American horror film directed by Kane Parsons for A24, based on his YouTube series and the Backrooms creepypasta.
Beau Is Afraid
Beau Is Afraid, formerly titled Disappointment Blvd., is a 2023 surrealist comedy-horror film directed by Ari Aster, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a paranoid man journeying home to his dead mother.
Better Watch Out
Better Watch Out (2016), formerly Safe Neighborhood, is an Australian Christmas horror-comedy directed by Chris Peckover, in which a staged home invasion by 12-year-old Luke (Levi Miller) traps babysitter Ashley (Olivia DeJonge); 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Bhoothakaalam (ഭൂതകാലം)
Bhoothakaalam (ഭൂതകാലം) is a 2022 Indian Malayalam-language psychological horror film written and directed by Rahul Sadasivan, starring Revathy and Shane Nigam as a grieving mother and son who experience strange events in their house.
Black Swan (film)
Black Swan (2010) is Darren Aronofsky's psychological thriller about ballerina Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) in a New York Swan Lake production, also starring Mila Kunis; it grossed about $330 million on a $13 million budget and won Portman the Best Actress Oscar.
Cam (film)
Cam (2018) is a Blumhouse psychological horror film directed by Daniel Goldhaber, written by former camgirl Isa Mazzei, starring Madeline Brewer as Alice/Lola, a camgirl whose account is hijacked by an identical replica of herself; released on Netflix November 16, 2018.
Censor
Censor (2021) is a British psychological horror film, the debut feature of Welsh director Prano Bailey-Bond, starring Niamh Algar as 1980s film censor Enid, whose review of a video nasty echoes her sister's disappearance; Sundance premiere, 84 minutes, 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Chained (2012 film)
Chained (2012) is a psychological horror film directed by Jennifer Lynch, starring Vincent D'Onofrio as cab-driving serial killer Bob and Eamon Farren as Rabbit, a boy he holds captive for about a decade; released by Anchor Bay, 94 minutes, rated R.
Crazy Old Lady
Crazy Old Lady (Vieja loca), 2025 Spanish-Argentine psychological horror film, Martín Mauregui's directorial debut starring Carmen Maura and Daniel Hendler, produced by J.A. Bayona, released 10 October 2025, streaming on Shudder.
Daniel Isn't Real
Daniel Isn't Real is a 2019 psychological horror film by Adam Egypt Mortimer and Brian DeLeeuw, adapted from DeLeeuw's novel In This Way I Was Saved, starring Miles Robbins and Patrick Schwarzenegger as a student and his malevolent imaginary friend; SpectreVision production released December 6, 2019.
Delirium (2018 film)
Delirium (2018 film), Dennis Iliadis horror-thriller starring Topher Grace, Patricia Clarkson, Callan Mulvey; Blumhouse/GK Films/Appian Way production, direct-to-video June 5, 2018; distinct from Johnny Martin's same-titled 2018 film.
Der Nachtmahr
Der Nachtmahr (The Nightmare) is a 2015 German horror-tinged coming-of-age film by Akiz (Achim Bornhak), starring Carolyn Genzkow as a teen haunted by a creature only she first sees; made for about 80,000-100,000 euros without public funding.
Dream House (2011 film)
Dream House (2011) is an American psychological thriller directed by Jim Sheridan, starring Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, and Naomi Watts; a Morgan Creek production re-edited against the director's wishes, it earned about $41.6 million on a $50 million budget.
Emesis Blue
Emesis Blue is a 2023 Australian psychological horror fan film based on Team Fortress 2, made in Source Filmmaker by Fortress Films, directed by Chad Payne, 108 minutes, released free on YouTube February 20, 2023.
Escape from Tomorrow
Escape from Tomorrow is a 2013 surrealist black-and-white horror film by Randy Moore, shot guerrilla-style without permission at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, premiered at Sundance January 18, 2013, released October 11, 2013 by PDA, starring Roy Abramsohn; Disney took no legal action.
Excision (film)
Excision is a 2012 American body-horror film, Richard Bates Jr.'s feature debut expanded from his 2008 short, starring AnnaLynne McCord as Pauline, a teen obsessed with surgery, with Traci Lords and Ariel Winter; released by Anchor Bay.
Exit 8 (film)
Exit 8 (8番出口) is a 2025 Japanese live-action horror film by Genki Kawamura, adapted from KOTAKE CREATE's anomaly-hunting loop game, starring Kazunari Ninomiya; it premiered at Cannes 2025 and grossed 5.1 billion yen in Japan.
False Positive (film)
False Positive (2021) is an A24 psychological horror film directed by John Lee, co-written with star Ilana Glazer, about a couple's sinister fertility doctor, released on Hulu after a Tribeca premiere.
Family (2024 film)
Family (2024) is Benjamin Finkel's American horror-drama debut, premiered at SXSW March 8, 2024, starring Ruth Wilson, Ben Chaplin, and Cameron Dawson Gray; a girl summons a spirit to save her cancer-stricken father. Distinct from the Korean About Family, Angot's A Family, and Costabile's Familia.
Fear of Rain
Fear of Rain is a 2021 American psychological thriller, also shot as I Saw a Man with Yellow Eyes, written and directed by Castille Landon. Madison Iseman plays Rain Burroughs, a teen with schizophrenia who suspects her neighbor kidnapped a child; Lionsgate released it February 12, 2021.
Found (2012 film)
Found (2012) is an American coming-of-age horror film directed by Scott Schirmer, based on Todd Rigney's novel, starring Gavin Brown and Ethan Philbeck; it played 40+ festivals, won 15 best-film awards, and holds 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Fourth Floor (film)
Fourth Floor (போர்த் புளோர்) is a 2026 Tamil psychological horror thriller directed by L.R. Sundarapandi, starring Aari Arujunan as Dheeran; released February 27, 2026, CBFC UA 13+, 134 minutes, streaming on Sun NXT and Prime Video.
Game Over (2019 film)
Game Over (2019) is an Indian Tamil-Telugu home-invasion horror thriller directed by Ashwin Saravanan, starring Taapsee Pannu as Swapna, a wheelchair-bound game designer with PTSD targeted by a serial killer; released 14 June 2019.
Gerald's Game (film)
Gerald's Game (2017) is Mike Flanagan's Netflix psychological horror film adapted from Stephen King's 1992 novel, starring Carla Gugino as Jessie, handcuffed to a bed after her husband dies during a sex game; 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Get Out
Get Out is a 2017 American horror film, Jordan Peele's directorial debut, in which Daniel Kaluuya's character visits his white girlfriend's family estate and uncovers a sinister plot.