oh I hope I didn’t wake you don’t lose
your mind it’s only a movie I don’t want
to leave all right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
psychological thrillers for this list
we’re taking a look at the most
suspenseful dramatic and emotionally
draining films in the psychological
thriller genre we’ll be trying to steer
this list away from pure psychological
horror films such as Rosemary’s Baby
as those deserve a list of their own
what have you done to it what have you
done to incise Oh and considering that
we just might be getting into the roots
of why these films are so troubling a
spoiler alert is probably in order
number 10 insomnia
yeah leviathans of daniel booko sleeves
Olivia Walter although many movie fans
might be more familiar with Christopher
Nolan’s 2002 remake this psychological
thriller was originally brought to us
back in 1997 by Norwegian born director
Eric Schulberg hello vir dictum Tania
Android we can offer free dinner
Nino avaricum LCME n the film follows a
Swedish cop played by stellan skarsgård
who visits a Norwegian town with up to
24 hours of daylight while on the hunt
for a murderer who always seems to be
one step ahead
she locked him in here we just pick her
that drops one hell of did it all while
scheduled a whole audience the lack of
sleep makes it difficult for scars
guards character to retain his sanity
for much of his investigation causing
the police inspector to make one very
costly mistake no matter which version
you’re lucky enough to watch insomnia is
still a nail-biting thriller
I’ll tell you I saw it at the daughter
book number nine The Machinist I know
who you are
Christian Bale earned notable praise and
awards for his portrayal of a troubled
industrial worker who sleep deprivation
and resulting rapid weight loss results
and hallucinations paranoia and near
insanity someone chasing you not yet but
they will when they find out who I am
it’s startling how dramatic vales
physical form changes almost before our
eyes in the machinist due to the actors
frightening commitment to the role hey
perfect fit
bales character Trevor Reznik eventually
takes on the appearance of a walking
corpse developing sores and lesions on
his body in addition to the emaciation
you okay I look okay if you’re any
thinner you wouldn’t exist The Machinist
may not know if he’s awake or asleep but
the audience is certain of how
uncomfortable and creepy this film truly
is most a little about me
what if I turn it to werewolf force
woman number eight Jacob’s Ladder
personal loss post-traumatic stress and
dissociative disorder all afflict the
troubled lead character of director
Adrienne Lin’s disturbing film played
with tragic conviction by Tim Robbins no
one really knows I say it blew up the
titular Jacob seems to have developed
multiple personalities after suffering
the loss of his child not to mention the
after-effects of serving in the Vietnam
War and goes through much of the movie
wondering exactly what’s real and what
isn’t as all of his neuroses reach a
boiling point cream ah ha it’s a film
that remains thought-provoking and
frightening to this day number seven
funny games everywhere since muted Cole
misses feed this is the second film on
our list to have been remade with the
original 1997 version of funny games
seeing an updated version starring Tim
Roth and Naomi Watts only a decade later
just wants to play strange way to play
both films follow a family who’s
tormented by a duo of disturbed young
men while on vacation in a remote house
by the lake is this guy abuse
humiliation and violence are only some
of the Agony’s the family suffers
through during their ordeal special
oh hey
the thugs even break the fourth wall and
directly address the audience
manipulating the film’s narrative in a
manner that parallels our own perverse
obsession with violence and the media
season the other side Tilda either of
insistency number six American Psycho
you know what Ed Gein said about women
Ed Gein Maitre D’ a canal bar no serial
killer author Bret Easton Ellis
published the source material novel for
this film back in 1991 detailing the
life of a psychotic businessman and
serial killer by the name of Patrick
Bateman
Christian Bale appears for the second
time on our list in the titular role
delivering a performance that earned the
actor both critical and commercial
praise in what many agree is one of his
greatest roles I want to stab you to
death and play around with your blood
the film’s murder set pieces are often
punctuated by Batemans appraisal of 80s
pop music you like Huey Lewis and the
news
while in later scenes he delivers
dialogues so brutal and biting that it
somehow makes this violent and satirical
movie watching experience perversely
quotable my pain is constant and sharp
and I do not hope for a better world for
anyone
number 5 7 wait a minute I thought all
you did was kill innocent people
innocent is that supposed to be funny if
you’re seeking the roots of director
David Fincher’s affinity for the
psychological thriller explored in such
films as the game and gone girl then
look no further than his 1995
masterpiece I’d like to speak to my
lawyer this rough and gritty police
procedural follows two detectives on the
hunt for a deranged serial killer who’s
using the seven deadly sins as
inspiration for his slayings let me
greed
sloth wrath pride lust and envy Brad
Pitt and Morgan Freeman play the rookie
and veteran detectives respectively and
both deliver great performances as the
corpses begin piling up thanks to the
Psychopaths imaginative handiwork oh
it’s just thick call letters sloth lust
pride seven does not hesitate to reflect
humanity’s darkest desires back at us in
all of their grim reality you know this
isn’t gonna have a happy ending number
four memento I finally found him
Christopher Nolan is back again messing
with our heads with his marvelous mind
melting experience simply known as
memento can’t get scared but hey can you
get angry yes
Guy Pearce plays a man who suffers from
anterograde amnesia after the murder of
his wife
I have no short-term memory I know who I
am I know all about myself I just since
my injury I can’t make new memories
everything fades Pearce’s character
Leonard is then forced to permanently
tattoo keyphrases about his life on to
his skin in order to piece together the
mystery while at the same time coming to
terms with his innermost secrets look
I’m sorry I don’t remember you it’s
nothing personal
I do have information for you the film
is best enjoyed through multiple
viewings as that way we can get a firmer
grasp on Nolan’s complex yet satisfying
more inspired tale of identity we all
need Maurice to remind ourselves of your
I’m not different number three
Black Swan I came to ask apart obsession
and perfection are just two of the
themes which rear their heads here in
director Darren Aronofsky’s troubling
tale of a beautiful but mentally fragile
dancer who is determined to be cast in
the lead role in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
it’s about a girl gets turned into a
swan and she needs love to break this
back but her prince falls for the wrong
girl
mm-hmm so she kills herself Natalie
Portman’s portrayal of Nina Sayers is
magnetic as we follow her relationships
with her sexually aggressive instructor
her emotionally abusive mother and a
devious understudy I’m just I’m worried
about the next act she’s not sure if
feeling up to it
Aronofsky’s combination of gorgeous
cinematography a list acting and
legitimately cringe-worthy frights make
this a psychological thriller for the
ages just find a pear shape number 2 the
Silence of the land’s closer please
closer audiences may have first danced
with Brian Cox as the devilish dr.
Hannibal Lecter in 1986 with Michael
Mann’s masterpiece Manhunter but it was
Anthony Hopkins portrayal of the
brilliant but deranged Lecter that
remains in fans Minds I do wish we could
chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
by director Jonathan Demme II struck
gold when he helmed 1991’s the silence
of the lands a story of rookie FBI agent
Clarice Starling and her search for the
disturbed serial killer known as Buffalo
Bill it rubs the lotion on its skin or
else it gets the hose again she will
push people get the hose Cox and Hopkins
both play Lecter with the expected
levels of class and wit but it’s the
latter’s iconic declaration of his
preferred dinner accompaniment that
truly gave audiences chills senses taken
once tried to test me I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti
before we unveil our most
psychologically damaging film here are a
few thrilling honorable mentions people
tell the world you’re crazy and all your
protests to the contrary just confirm
what they’re saying I’m not following
you I’m sorry
once you’re declared insane then
anything you do is called part of that
insanity god
this is insane
you must be
Jack’s pain you’re talking to me
talking to me
well who the hell are you talking
talking to me smoke what around sir two
yards up maybe quick said nobody said
anything about quicksand Robert Oh such
a what are they they’re gynecological
instruments for working on mutant women
mutant women that’s a great theme for
yourself
Amy God Shh trust me God
it’s for the best number one vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock was known as the master
of suspense and delivered on this title
time and time again with a bevy of
cinematic classics before Hitchcock
graced us with the presence of one
Norman Bates in psycho however he first
told us the story of John Scottie
Ferguson a San Francisco detective with
a crippling fear of heights and a
mysterious woman who may not be all she
seems only one is a wanderer two
together always going somewhere in 2012
vertigo earned the honor of toppling
Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all
time according to Britain’s
distinguished sight and sound magazine
and with good reason for this
psychological thriller possesses a
near-perfect amount of character depth
and plot twists to keep audiences
guessing right until the very end you
you were the company where the
counterfeit weren’t you when she
dinner’ll I get it
do you agree with our list which
psychological thriller do you think
tortured Minds enough to warrant
inclusion for more psychotically awesome
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com do you think
you’re talking
you
your mind it’s only a movie I don’t want
to leave all right welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
psychological thrillers for this list
we’re taking a look at the most
suspenseful dramatic and emotionally
draining films in the psychological
thriller genre we’ll be trying to steer
this list away from pure psychological
horror films such as Rosemary’s Baby
as those deserve a list of their own
what have you done to it what have you
done to incise Oh and considering that
we just might be getting into the roots
of why these films are so troubling a
spoiler alert is probably in order
number 10 insomnia
yeah leviathans of daniel booko sleeves
Olivia Walter although many movie fans
might be more familiar with Christopher
Nolan’s 2002 remake this psychological
thriller was originally brought to us
back in 1997 by Norwegian born director
Eric Schulberg hello vir dictum Tania
Android we can offer free dinner
Nino avaricum LCME n the film follows a
Swedish cop played by stellan skarsgård
who visits a Norwegian town with up to
24 hours of daylight while on the hunt
for a murderer who always seems to be
one step ahead
she locked him in here we just pick her
that drops one hell of did it all while
scheduled a whole audience the lack of
sleep makes it difficult for scars
guards character to retain his sanity
for much of his investigation causing
the police inspector to make one very
costly mistake no matter which version
you’re lucky enough to watch insomnia is
still a nail-biting thriller
I’ll tell you I saw it at the daughter
book number nine The Machinist I know
who you are
Christian Bale earned notable praise and
awards for his portrayal of a troubled
industrial worker who sleep deprivation
and resulting rapid weight loss results
and hallucinations paranoia and near
insanity someone chasing you not yet but
they will when they find out who I am
it’s startling how dramatic vales
physical form changes almost before our
eyes in the machinist due to the actors
frightening commitment to the role hey
perfect fit
bales character Trevor Reznik eventually
takes on the appearance of a walking
corpse developing sores and lesions on
his body in addition to the emaciation
you okay I look okay if you’re any
thinner you wouldn’t exist The Machinist
may not know if he’s awake or asleep but
the audience is certain of how
uncomfortable and creepy this film truly
is most a little about me
what if I turn it to werewolf force
woman number eight Jacob’s Ladder
personal loss post-traumatic stress and
dissociative disorder all afflict the
troubled lead character of director
Adrienne Lin’s disturbing film played
with tragic conviction by Tim Robbins no
one really knows I say it blew up the
titular Jacob seems to have developed
multiple personalities after suffering
the loss of his child not to mention the
after-effects of serving in the Vietnam
War and goes through much of the movie
wondering exactly what’s real and what
isn’t as all of his neuroses reach a
boiling point cream ah ha it’s a film
that remains thought-provoking and
frightening to this day number seven
funny games everywhere since muted Cole
misses feed this is the second film on
our list to have been remade with the
original 1997 version of funny games
seeing an updated version starring Tim
Roth and Naomi Watts only a decade later
just wants to play strange way to play
both films follow a family who’s
tormented by a duo of disturbed young
men while on vacation in a remote house
by the lake is this guy abuse
humiliation and violence are only some
of the Agony’s the family suffers
through during their ordeal special
oh hey
the thugs even break the fourth wall and
directly address the audience
manipulating the film’s narrative in a
manner that parallels our own perverse
obsession with violence and the media
season the other side Tilda either of
insistency number six American Psycho
you know what Ed Gein said about women
Ed Gein Maitre D’ a canal bar no serial
killer author Bret Easton Ellis
published the source material novel for
this film back in 1991 detailing the
life of a psychotic businessman and
serial killer by the name of Patrick
Bateman
Christian Bale appears for the second
time on our list in the titular role
delivering a performance that earned the
actor both critical and commercial
praise in what many agree is one of his
greatest roles I want to stab you to
death and play around with your blood
the film’s murder set pieces are often
punctuated by Batemans appraisal of 80s
pop music you like Huey Lewis and the
news
while in later scenes he delivers
dialogues so brutal and biting that it
somehow makes this violent and satirical
movie watching experience perversely
quotable my pain is constant and sharp
and I do not hope for a better world for
anyone
number 5 7 wait a minute I thought all
you did was kill innocent people
innocent is that supposed to be funny if
you’re seeking the roots of director
David Fincher’s affinity for the
psychological thriller explored in such
films as the game and gone girl then
look no further than his 1995
masterpiece I’d like to speak to my
lawyer this rough and gritty police
procedural follows two detectives on the
hunt for a deranged serial killer who’s
using the seven deadly sins as
inspiration for his slayings let me
greed
sloth wrath pride lust and envy Brad
Pitt and Morgan Freeman play the rookie
and veteran detectives respectively and
both deliver great performances as the
corpses begin piling up thanks to the
Psychopaths imaginative handiwork oh
it’s just thick call letters sloth lust
pride seven does not hesitate to reflect
humanity’s darkest desires back at us in
all of their grim reality you know this
isn’t gonna have a happy ending number
four memento I finally found him
Christopher Nolan is back again messing
with our heads with his marvelous mind
melting experience simply known as
memento can’t get scared but hey can you
get angry yes
Guy Pearce plays a man who suffers from
anterograde amnesia after the murder of
his wife
I have no short-term memory I know who I
am I know all about myself I just since
my injury I can’t make new memories
everything fades Pearce’s character
Leonard is then forced to permanently
tattoo keyphrases about his life on to
his skin in order to piece together the
mystery while at the same time coming to
terms with his innermost secrets look
I’m sorry I don’t remember you it’s
nothing personal
I do have information for you the film
is best enjoyed through multiple
viewings as that way we can get a firmer
grasp on Nolan’s complex yet satisfying
more inspired tale of identity we all
need Maurice to remind ourselves of your
I’m not different number three
Black Swan I came to ask apart obsession
and perfection are just two of the
themes which rear their heads here in
director Darren Aronofsky’s troubling
tale of a beautiful but mentally fragile
dancer who is determined to be cast in
the lead role in Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake
it’s about a girl gets turned into a
swan and she needs love to break this
back but her prince falls for the wrong
girl
mm-hmm so she kills herself Natalie
Portman’s portrayal of Nina Sayers is
magnetic as we follow her relationships
with her sexually aggressive instructor
her emotionally abusive mother and a
devious understudy I’m just I’m worried
about the next act she’s not sure if
feeling up to it
Aronofsky’s combination of gorgeous
cinematography a list acting and
legitimately cringe-worthy frights make
this a psychological thriller for the
ages just find a pear shape number 2 the
Silence of the land’s closer please
closer audiences may have first danced
with Brian Cox as the devilish dr.
Hannibal Lecter in 1986 with Michael
Mann’s masterpiece Manhunter but it was
Anthony Hopkins portrayal of the
brilliant but deranged Lecter that
remains in fans Minds I do wish we could
chat longer but
I’m having an old friend for dinner
by director Jonathan Demme II struck
gold when he helmed 1991’s the silence
of the lands a story of rookie FBI agent
Clarice Starling and her search for the
disturbed serial killer known as Buffalo
Bill it rubs the lotion on its skin or
else it gets the hose again she will
push people get the hose Cox and Hopkins
both play Lecter with the expected
levels of class and wit but it’s the
latter’s iconic declaration of his
preferred dinner accompaniment that
truly gave audiences chills senses taken
once tried to test me I ate his liver
with some fava beans and a nice Chianti
before we unveil our most
psychologically damaging film here are a
few thrilling honorable mentions people
tell the world you’re crazy and all your
protests to the contrary just confirm
what they’re saying I’m not following
you I’m sorry
once you’re declared insane then
anything you do is called part of that
insanity god
this is insane
you must be
Jack’s pain you’re talking to me
talking to me
well who the hell are you talking
talking to me smoke what around sir two
yards up maybe quick said nobody said
anything about quicksand Robert Oh such
a what are they they’re gynecological
instruments for working on mutant women
mutant women that’s a great theme for
yourself
Amy God Shh trust me God
it’s for the best number one vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock was known as the master
of suspense and delivered on this title
time and time again with a bevy of
cinematic classics before Hitchcock
graced us with the presence of one
Norman Bates in psycho however he first
told us the story of John Scottie
Ferguson a San Francisco detective with
a crippling fear of heights and a
mysterious woman who may not be all she
seems only one is a wanderer two
together always going somewhere in 2012
vertigo earned the honor of toppling
Citizen Kane as the greatest film of all
time according to Britain’s
distinguished sight and sound magazine
and with good reason for this
psychological thriller possesses a
near-perfect amount of character depth
and plot twists to keep audiences
guessing right until the very end you
you were the company where the
counterfeit weren’t you when she
dinner’ll I get it
do you agree with our list which
psychological thriller do you think
tortured Minds enough to warrant
inclusion for more psychotically awesome
top 10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com do you think
you’re talking
you
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