Movies About Madness
Kinora's catalogue lists 120 films about madness and lost sanity, spanning 1931–2025. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.
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- 1951
A Streetcar Named Desire
Urbandir. Elia Kazan - 1974
A Woman Under the Influence
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1972
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Werner Herzog - 2000
American Psycho
Urbandir. Mary Harron - 1983
Angst
Ruraldir. Gerald Kargl - 1979
Apocalypse Now
Wilderness · Ruraldir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Urbandir. Frank Capra - 1991
Barton Fink
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 1986
Betty Blue
Coastal Sea · Urban · Ruraldir. Jean-Jacques Beineix - 1956
Bigger Than Life
Suburbandir. Nicholas Ray - 2014
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Urbandir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu - 1984
Birdy
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1986
Blue Velvet
Suburbandir. David Lynch - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 1985
Come and See
Rural · Wildernessdir. Elem Klimov - 1998
Cube
dir. Vincenzo Natali - 1997
Cure
Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 1985
Day of the Dead
Underground · Wildernessdir. George A. Romero - 1988
Dead Ringers
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1975
Deep Red
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 2001
Donnie Darko
Suburbandir. Richard Kelly - 1964
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
Urbandir. Stanley Kubrick - 1980
Dressed to Kill
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 2014
Enemy
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1977
Eraserhead
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1997
Event Horizon
Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson - 1993
Falling Down
Urbandir. Joel Schumacher - 1998
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Urban · Desertdir. Terry Gilliam - 2018
First Reformed
Ruraldir. Paul Schrader - 1944
Gaslight
Urbandir. George Cukor - 1999
Girl, Interrupted
dir. James Mangold - 1989
Heathers
Suburbandir. Michael Lehmann - 1986
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
Urbandir. John McNaughton - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 1968
Hour of the Wolf
Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman - 1953
House of Wax
Urbandir. André de Toth - 1966
Hunger
Urbandir. Henning Carlsen - 1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Ruraldir. Robert Aldrich - 1995
In the Mouth of Madness
dir. John Carpenter - 1997
Insomnia
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Erik Skjoldbjærg - 1970
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne - 1976
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles
Urbandir. Chantal Akerman - 2019
Joker
Urbandir. Todd Phillips - 2003
Kontroll
Underground · Urbandir. Nimród Antal - 1954
La Strada
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Federico Fellini - 1945
Leave Her to Heaven
Ruraldir. John M. Stahl - 1992
Léolo
Urbandir. Jean-Claude Lauzon - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1973
Ludwig
dir. Luchino Visconti - 1956
Lust for Life
Rural · Urbandir. Vincente Minnelli - 1931
M
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1978
Magic
Ruraldir. Richard Attenborough - 2011
Melancholia
Ruraldir. Lars von Trier - 1978
Midnight Express
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1976
Network
Urbandir. Sidney Lumet - 1997
Open Your Eyes
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1977
Opening Night
Urbandir. John Cassavetes - 1960
Peeping Tom
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1989
Pet Sematary
Rural · Wildernessdir. Mary Lambert - 1998
Pi
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1982
Pink Floyd: The Wall
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1991
Raise the Red Lantern
Urbandir. Zhang Yimou - 1985
Ran
Mountain · Ruraldir. Akira Kurosawa - 1964
Red Desert
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1965
Repulsion
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1945
Scarlet Street
Urbandir. Fritz Lang - 1996
Shine
Suburban · Urbandir. Scott Hicks - 1963
Shock Corridor
dir. Samuel Fuller - 2010
Shutter Island
Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1973
Sisters
Urbandir. Brian De Palma - 1996
Sling Blade
Ruraldir. Billy Bob Thornton - 2021
Spencer
Ruraldir. Pablo Larraín - 1961
Splendor in the Grass
Ruraldir. Elia Kazan - 1959
Suddenly, Last Summer
Urbandir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz - 1950
Sunset Boulevard
Urbandir. Billy Wilder - 2007
Sunshine
Off Worlddir. Danny Boyle - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 1968
Targets
Suburban · Urbandir. Peter Bogdanovich - 1997
Taste of Cherry
Urbandir. Abbas Kiarostami - 1976
Taxi Driver
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 1982
Tenebre
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1979
The Amityville Horror
Suburbandir. Stuart Rosenberg - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 2000
The Beach
Island · Coastal Sea · Urbandir. Danny Boyle - 1970
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 1968
The Boston Strangler
Urbandir. Richard Fleischer - 1979
The Brood
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1954
The Caine Mutiny
Coastal Seadir. Edward Dmytryk - 1969
The Cremator
Urbandir. Juraj Herz - 1978
The Deer Hunter
Urban · Wildernessdir. Michael Cimino - 1973
The Exorcist
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1991
The Fisher King
Urbandir. Terry Gilliam - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 1982
The King of Comedy
Urbandir. Martin Scorsese - 2019
The Lighthouse
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers - 2012
The Master
Urbandir. Paul Thomas Anderson - 2001
The Others
Rural · Islanddir. Alejandro Amenábar - 1980
The Shining
Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick - 1968
The Swimmer
Suburbandir. Frank Perry - 1966
The Sword of Doom
Rural · Urbandir. Kihachi Okamoto - 1976
The Tenant
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1957
The Three Faces of Eve
Urbandir. Nunnally Johnson - 2009
The White Ribbon
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 2016
The Witch
Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers - 1971
The Working Class Goes to Heaven
Urbandir. Elio Petri - 1956
The Wrong Man
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1961
Through a Glass Darkly
Island · Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 1995
Twelve Monkeys
Urban · Undergrounddir. Terry Gilliam - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1983
Videodrome
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1971
Wake in Fright
Desert · Ruraldir. Ted Kotcheff - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 1991
What About Bob?
Ruraldir. Frank Oz - 1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich - 1949
White Heat
Urbandir. Raoul Walsh
Frequently asked
How many movies are about madness and lost sanity?
Kinora's catalogue lists 120 films about madness and lost sanity, spanning 1931–2025.
What are some movies about madness and lost sanity?
Films about madness and lost sanity in our catalogue include A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972), American Psycho (2000), and Angst (1983).
What is the oldest movie about madness and lost sanity?
M (1931) is the earliest film about madness and lost sanity in our catalogue; the most recent is Bugonia (2025).