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Psychological horror films, 2010s and later

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Ghostland

Ghostland (2018), also Incident in a Ghostland, is a horror film written and directed by Pascal Laugier, starring Mylène Farmer, Crystal Reed, and Emilia Jones, about a family attacked in an inherited house; it won the Gérardmer Grand Prix.

Goodnight Mommy

Goodnight Mommy (Ich seh, Ich seh) is a 2014 Austrian psychological horror film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala about twins who suspect their bandaged mother is an impostor; Venice premiere, Austrian Oscar candidate, remade in 2022 with Naomi Watts.

Grave Torture

Grave Torture (Siksa Kubur) is a 2024 Indonesian psychological horror film by Joko Anwar, expanded from his 2012 short, about Sita entering a sinner's grave to disprove grave torture; it sold nearly 4 million tickets in Indonesia.

Hallow Road

Hallow Road (2025) is a psychological horror-thriller directed by Babak Anvari, written by William Gillies, starring Rosamund Pike, Matthew Rhys, and Megan McDonnell. An 80-minute UK-Ireland real-time car thriller about parents racing to their daughter after a hit-and-run; SXSW 2025 premiere, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Heretic (2024 film)

Heretic (2024) is an A24 psychological horror-thriller written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods, starring Hugh Grant as Mr. Reed, who traps two Latter-day Saint missionaries (Sophie Thatcher, Chloe East). Released November 8, 2024; grossed about $60 million on a $10 million budget; 89% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Hidden (2015 film)

Hidden (2015) is an American horror sci-fi thriller, the feature debut of the Duffer Brothers, starring Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, and Emily Alyn Lind as a family hiding 301 days in a fallout shelter; released by Warner Bros. on September 15, 2015, rated R, 83 minutes.

I Saw the TV Glow (2024 film)

I Saw the TV Glow is a 2024 A24 psychological horror drama written and directed by Jane Schoenbrun, starring Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine. A Sundance-premiering trans allegory about teens obsessed with the show The Pink Opaque, it earned an 85% Tomatometer, a Metascore of 86, and six Spirit Award nominations.

Immaculate

Immaculate is a 2024 American religious horror film directed by Michael Mohan, written by Andrew Lobel, starring Sydney Sweeney as nun Cecilia, produced by Fifty-Fifty Films and Black Bear, released by Neon March 22, 2024, grossing $15.7M with a 71% Tomatometer score.

In Fear

In Fear (2013) is a British psychological horror film, Jeremy Lovering's feature debut, starring Iain De Caestecker and Alice Englert as a couple stalked on rural Irish roads; shot scriptless in Cornwall, Sundance 2013, 81% on Rotten Tomatoes.

It Comes at Night

It Comes at Night (2017) is Trey Edward Shults's A24 psychological horror film starring Joel Edgerton, about two families in a post-apocalyptic home, acclaimed by critics (88% RT) but rejected by audiences (44%) over misleading monster-movie marketing.

Julia's Eyes

Julia's Eyes (Los ojos de Julia) is a 2010 Spanish thriller directed by Guillem Morales, starring Belén Rueda as blind twins, produced by Guillermo del Toro, released 29 October 2010.

Kill List

Kill List (2011) is a British folk-horror film directed by Ben Wheatley and written with Amy Jump, starring Neil Maskell and Michael Smiley as hitmen whose three-target contract descends from domestic drama into occult horror.

Last Night in Soho

Last Night in Soho (2021) is Edgar Wright's psychological horror-thriller, co-written with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, starring Thomasin McKenzie as Eloise, who visions 1960s Soho singer Sandie (Anya Taylor-Joy); premiered at Venice, released 29 October 2021.

Last Shift

Last Shift is a 2014 American horror film directed by Anthony DiBlasi and written with Scott Poiley, starring Juliana Harkavy as a rookie cop on the final shift at a closing police station haunted by the cult leader Paymon; DiBlasi remade it as Malum in 2023.

Look Away (2018 film)

Look Away is a 2018 psychological horror film directed by Assaf Bernstein, starring India Eisley as a teenager who swaps places with her sinister mirror image.

Marrowbone (film)

Marrowbone (El secreto de Marrowbone) is a 2017 Spanish-American psychological horror film, the directorial debut of Sergio G. Sánchez, starring George MacKay and Anya Taylor-Joy as siblings hiding their mother's death in a haunted 1969 farmhouse.

Monitor (film)

Monitor is a 2026 supernatural horror film and feature debut of Matt Black and Ryan Polly, based on their 2018 short, in which a content moderator's rejected video unleashes a screen-hopping tulpa; it premiered at SXSW and was acquired by Searchlight for April 16, 2027 release.

Mother, May I? (film)

Mother, May I? is a 2023 American psychological horror film written and directed by Laurence Vannicelli, starring Kyle Gallner and Holland Roden. A fiancée begins imitating the protagonist's dead mother after they take mushrooms in his inherited house; released July 21, 2023 by Dark Sky Films.

Mother!

mother! is Darren Aronofsky's 2017 Paramount psychological horror film starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, a biblical, environmental allegory written in five days, released September 15, 2017, with an F CinemaScore and $44.5M worldwide gross.

Other (film)

Other (O.T.H.E.R.) is a 2025 French-Belgian psychological horror thriller by David Moreau, starring Olga Kurylenko as a woman returning to a surveillance-wired childhood home; released in France July 9, 2025 and on Shudder October 17, 2025.

P77 (film)

P77 (Penthouse 77) is a 2025 Philippine psychological horror film directed by Derick Cabrido, starring Barbie Forteza as Luna Caceres; produced by GMA Pictures and Clever Minds, released July 30, 2025, streamed on Prime Video from January 8, 2026.

Possession (2027 film)

Possession (2027) is Parker Finn's Paramount remake of Andrzej Żuławski's 1981 cult horror film, starring Margaret Qualley and Callum Turner as a divorcing couple, produced with Robert Pattinson, releasing June 11, 2027.

Relic (2020 film)

Relic (2020) is an Australian psychological horror film and the feature debut of director Natalie Erika James, co-written with Christian White, starring Emily Mortimer, Robyn Nevin, and Bella Heathcote as three generations of women confronting a supernatural manifestation of dementia at a decaying family house.

Run Rabbit Run (film)

Run Rabbit Run is a 2023 Australian psychological horror film directed by Daina Reid, written by Hannah Kent, starring Sarah Snook; premiered at Sundance January 2023 and released on Netflix June 28, 2023.

Saint Maud

Saint Maud is Rose Glass's 2019 British psychological horror debut, starring Morfydd Clark as a devout palliative nurse obsessed with saving dying dancer Jennifer Ehle's soul; premiered at TIFF 2019, released 2020-2021, record 17 BIFA nominations.

Shut In (2016 film)

Shut In (2016) is a psychological thriller directed by Farren Blackburn from a Black List script by Christina Hodson, starring Naomi Watts as a widowed child psychologist haunted by a missing patient; 5% on Rotten Tomatoes, $6.9 million US gross.

Sleep (잠) (2023 film)

Sleep (잠) is a 2023 South Korean psychological horror film, the debut feature of Jason Yu, starring Jung Yu-mi and Lee Sun-kyun as newlyweds whose marriage unravels when the husband's sleepwalking turns menacing. Screened at Cannes Critics' Week 2023, it grossed about $11 million worldwide and won the Gérardmer Grand Prix.

Speak No Evil (2022 film)

Speak No Evil (Danish: Gæsterne) is a 2022 Danish psychological horror film by Christian and Mads Tafdrup about a Danish family visiting a Dutch couple whose politeness traps them; Sundance 2022 premiere, bleak ending, remade by Blumhouse in 2024.

Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum, also released as Eliza Graves, is a 2014 Brad Anderson psychological thriller starring Jim Sturgess, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Kingsley, and Michael Caine, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's story about patients taking over a Victorian asylum.

Stopmotion (film)

Stopmotion (2023) is a British psychological horror film and the feature debut of director Robert Morgan, starring Aisling Franciosi as animator Ella Blake, whose puppet film blurs with reality after her mother's death; 93 minutes, Sitges Special Jury Prize, 91% on Rotten Tomatoes.