Psychological Horror Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 77 films of psychological horror, spanning 1940–2025. 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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• 1984

  A Nightmare on Elm Street

  Ohio — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Wes Craven
• 1988

  Akira

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo
• 2000

  American Psycho

  New York City — 1980s
  Urbandir. Mary Harron
• 1987

  Angel Heart

  New York City · New Orleans — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alan Parker
• 2018

  Annihilation

  Florida — Near Future
  Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland
• 2014

  As Above, So Below

  Paris · Iran — 2010s
  Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle
• 1991

  Barton Fink

  Los Angeles — 1940s
  Urbandir. Joel Coen
• 2010

  Black Swan

  New York City — 2010s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1966

  Blow-Up

  London — 1960s
  Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni
• 1986

  Blue Velvet

  North Carolina — 1980s
  Suburbandir. David Lynch
• 2025

  Bugonia

  2020s
  Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• 2018

  Burning

  Seoul — 2010s
  Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong
• 2005

  Caché

  Paris — 2000s
  Urbandir. Michael Haneke
• 1976

  Carrie

  1970s
  Suburbandir. Brian De Palma
• 1985

  Cat's Eye

  New York City · Atlantic City · Wilmington · North Carolina — 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague
• 2009

  Coraline

  Ashland — 2000s
  Ruraldir. Henry Selick
• 2014

  Creep

  California — 2010s
  Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice
• 1998

  Cube

  Timeless
  dir. Vincenzo Natali
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 1988

  Dead Ringers

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 2019

  Doctor Sleep

  New Hampshire — 1980s · 2010s
  Ruraldir. Mike Flanagan
• 2001

  Donnie Darko

  Virginia — 1980s
  Suburbandir. Richard Kelly
• 2014

  Enemy

  Toronto — 2010s
  Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1977

  Eraserhead

  Timeless
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 1997

  Event Horizon

  Space — Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson
• 2015

  Ex Machina

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Alex Garland
• 1999

  Fight Club

  1990s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 2017

  Get Out

  New York City — 2010s
  Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
• 2014

  Gone Girl

  2010s
  Suburbandir. David Fincher
• 1978

  Halloween

  Illinois — 1970s
  Suburbandir. John Carpenter
• 2018

  Hereditary

  Utah — 2010s
  Suburbandir. Ari Aster
• 1978

  Invasion of the Body Snatchers

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Philip Kaufman
• 1990

  Jacob's Ladder

  New York City · Vietnam — 1970s
  Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne
• 2019

  Joker

  1980s
  Urbandir. Todd Phillips
• 1971

  Klute

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula
• 2024

  Late Night with the Devil

  New York City · California — 1970s
  Urbandir. Cameron Cairnes
• 1997

  Lost Highway

  Los Angeles — 1990s
  Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch
• 2019

  Midsommar

  Sweden — 2010s
  Ruraldir. Ari Aster
• 1990

  Misery

  Colorado — 1990s
  Ruraldir. Rob Reiner
• 2001

  Mulholland Drive

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 2003

  Oldboy

  1980s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
• 2007

  Paranormal Activity

  San Diego — 2000s
  Suburbandir. Oren Peli
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1966

  Persona

  1960s
  Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman
• 2009

  Pontypool

  Ontario — 2000s
  Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald
• 1960

  Psycho

  Phoenix — 1950s
  Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1954

  Rear Window

  1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1940

  Rebecca

  Monte Carlo · Cornwall — 1930s
  Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1998

  Ring

  Japan — 1990s
  Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata
• 1968

  Rosemary's Baby

  New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 2010

  Shutter Island

  Boston — 1950s
  Islanddir. Martin Scorsese
• 1972

  Solaris

  Near Future
  Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky
• 1977

  Suspiria

  Berlin — 1970s
  Urbandir. Dario Argento
• 2011

  Take Shelter

  Ohio — 2010s
  Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols
• 2014

  The Babadook

  Adelaide — 2010s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent
• 1999

  The Blair Witch Project

  Maryland — 1990s
  Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick
• 1974

  The Conversation

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 1973

  The Exorcist

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1961

  The Innocents

  Essex — 1800s
  Ruraldir. Jack Clayton
• 2019

  The Lighthouse

  New England — 1800s
  Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers
• 2022

  The Menu

  2020s
  Islanddir. Mark Mylod
• 1980

  The Shining

  Colorado — Timeless
  Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick
• 1991

  The Silence of the Lambs

  Baltimore · Memphis · Ohio — 1990s
  Urbandir. Jonathan Demme
• 1999

  The Sixth Sense

  Philadelphia — 1990s
  Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 1975

  The Stepford Wives

  Connecticut — 1970s
  Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes
• 2024

  The Substance

  Los Angeles — Near Future
  Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat
• 1999

  The Talented Mr. Ripley

  New York City · Italy — 1950s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella
• 1976

  The Tenant

  Paris — 1970s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 1974

  The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

  Texas — 1970s
  Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper
• 2016

  The Wailing

  South Korea — 2010s
  Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin
• 1973

  The Wicker Man

  Scotland — 1970s
  Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy
• 1983

  Twilight Zone: The Movie

  France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
• 2014

  Unfriended

  Fresno — 2010s
  Suburbandir. Levan Gabriadze
• 2019

  Us

  Santa Cruz — 1980s · 2010s
  Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele
• 1958

  Vertigo

  San Francisco — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1983

  Videodrome

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 2011

  We Need to Talk About Kevin

  2000s
  Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay