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The Babadook
The Babadook is a 2014 Australian psychological horror film, Jennifer Kent's feature directorial debut, starring Essie Davis and Noah Wiseman as a mother and son haunted by a pop-up-book monster. Premiered at Sundance 2014; 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Beldham (film)
The Beldham is a 2024 American psychological horror film, Angela Gulner's directorial debut, starring Katie Parker, Patricia Heaton, Emma Fitzpatrick, and Corbin Bernsen; premiered at Sitges 2024, released digitally November 2025.
The Boy (2015 film)
The Boy (2015), not to be confused with the 2016 doll film, is a psychological horror film by Craig William Macneill and Clay McLeod Chapman about 9-year-old Ted Henley, based on the short Henley and Chapman's novel Miss Corpus, produced by SpectreVision and Chiller Films.
The Boy (2016 film)
The Boy (2016) is a horror thriller directed by William Brent Bell, written by Stacey Menear, starring Lauren Cohan as a nanny to a doll named Brahms; STX release grossing $73.9 million, distinct from the 2015 Macneill film.
The Chalk Line
The Chalk Line (Jaula) is a 2022 Spanish psychological thriller, Ignacio Tatay's feature debut, starring Elena Anaya as Paula, who deciphers a mute girl's chalk-square behavior; Netflix release October 2022, distinct from the unrelated 2026 film Chalk Line.
The Convenience Store
The Convenience Store (夜勤事件, Yakin Jiken) is a 2026 Japanese horror film by Jiro Nagae adapting Chilla's Art's 2020 indie game, starring Kotona Minami as a night-shift clerk; released February 20, 2026, 83 minutes, over 300 million yen gross.
The Dead Center
The Dead Center is a 2018 supernatural horror thriller written and directed by Billy Senese, starring Shane Carruth as psychiatrist Daniel Forrester treating a revived suicide victim (Jeremy Childs). Premiered at LA Film Festival 2018; released by Arrow Films October 2019; 95% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Disappointments Room
The Disappointments Room is a 2016 American psychological horror film directed by D. J. Caruso, starring Kate Beckinsale as a mother who finds a hidden attic room.
The Evil Within (2017 film)
The Evil Within (2017) is a horror film, originally titled The Storyteller, written, directed, and self-financed by oil heir Andrew Getty. Production ran from 2002; Getty died in 2015, and the film was completed posthumously and released in 2017.
The Eyes (눈동자) (2026 film)
The Eyes (눈동자) is a 2026 South Korean thriller directed by Yeom Ji-ho, starring Shin Min-a as a photographer investigating her twin sister's death, remade from Julia's Eyes (2010).
The House That Jack Built (2018 film)
The House That Jack Built (2018) is Lars von Trier's serial-killer art allegory starring Matt Dillon and Bruno Ganz, premiered out of competition at Cannes 2018 and released by IFC Films.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
The Killing of a Sacred Deer is a 2017 psychological thriller by Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou, starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, and Barry Keoghan; it shared Cannes Best Screenplay and adapts themes from Euripides' Iphigenia in Aulis.
The Lighthouse (2019 film)
The Lighthouse (2019) is Robert Eggers' black-and-white psychological horror film starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as 1890s lighthouse keepers descending into madness, shot in 1.19:1 on 35mm, released by A24, and nominated for the Best Cinematography Oscar.
The Lodge (film)
The Lodge (2019) is a psychological horror film by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala, their English-language debut for Hammer Films and FilmNation. Premiered at Sundance 2019; Riley Keough plays a cult survivor snowed in with her fiancé's children.
The Neon Demon
The Neon Demon (2016) is a horror thriller by Nicolas Winding Refn, his first film after Only God Forgives, starring Elle Fanning as teenage model Jesse in Cannes Competition, with Cliff Martinez's Cannes-winning score.
The Night House
The Night House: 2021 psychological horror film directed by David Bruckner, written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, starring Rebecca Hall as a widow uncovering her husband's secrets; Sundance 2020 premiere, Searchlight release, 88% on Rotten Tomatoes. Also an upcoming Jo Nesbø adaptation.
The Perfection
The Perfection (2018) is an American psychological horror thriller directed by Richard Shepard, starring Allison Williams and Logan Browning as rival cellists. Premiered at Fantastic Fest, released on Netflix May 24, 2019; 71% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Woman in the Yard
The Woman in the Yard is a 2025 psychological horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. It stars Danielle Deadwyler as a grieving widow menaced by a veiled figure.
They Follow
They Follow is the upcoming sequel to David Robert Mitchell's 2014 horror film It Follows, reuniting the director with Maika Monroe as Jay Height ten years on. Announced by Neon in 2023, it filmed July to September 2026 and is expected in 2027.
They Look Like People
They Look Like People is a 2015 American indie psychological horror film, Perry Blackshear's debut, starring MacLeod Andrews and Evan Dumouchel as friends facing suspected shape-shifters; Slamdance premiere, 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Underground (지하도) (2026 film)
Underground (지하도, Jihado) is a 2026 South Korean mystery horror thriller directed by Choi Woo-sik, starring Shin Hyun-soo and Lee Yu-ji, about spirits haunting a halted subway extension; released 13 August 2026 by EO Contents Group.
Unsane
Unsane (2018) is Steven Soderbergh's psychological thriller starring Claire Foy as an involuntarily committed stalking victim; shot entirely on iPhone 7 Plus with Moment lenses, released March 23, 2018.
Us (2019 film)
Us, also known as Jordan Peele's Us, is a 2019 American horror film in which a family in Santa Cruz, California is attacked by their doppelgängers.
What Keeps You Alive
What Keeps You Alive (2018) is a Canadian survival horror-thriller written and directed by Colin Minihan, starring Brittany Allen and Hannah Emily Anderson as wives whose cabin anniversary turns deadly; IFC Midnight release, SXSW premiere, 82% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Wounds (film)
Wounds (2019) is a psychological horror film by Babak Anvari, adapted from Nathan Ballingrud's novella The Visible Filth, starring Armie Hammer, Dakota Johnson, and Zazie Beetz; released on Hulu and Netflix in October 2019.
You Should Have Left
You Should Have Left: 2020 Blumhouse psychological horror film directed by David Koepp, starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, adapted from Daniel Kehlmann's 2017 novella about a Welsh vacation house that traps a family.
You'll Never Find Me (film)
You'll Never Find Me is a 2023 Australian psychological horror film, the feature directorial debut of Indianna Bell and Josiah Allen, starring Brendan Rock and Jordan Cowan; it premiered at Tribeca 2023, won Best Feature at SXSW Sydney, and streamed on Shudder in March 2024.