Psychological Horror Movies
Kinora's catalogue lists 98 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
Suburbandir. Wes Craven - 1988
Akira
Urbandir. Katsuhiro Otomo - 2000
American Psycho
Urbandir. Mary Harron - 1987
Angel Heart
Urbandir. Alan Parker - 2018
Annihilation
Wilderness · Coastal Seadir. Alex Garland - 2014
As Above, So Below
Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle - 1991
Barton Fink
Urbandir. Joel Coen - 2010
Black Swan
Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky - 1966
Blow-Up
Urbandir. Michelangelo Antonioni - 1986
Blue Velvet
Suburbandir. David Lynch - 2025
Bugonia
Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos - 2018
Burning
Urban · Ruraldir. Lee Chang-dong - 2005
Caché
Urbandir. Michael Haneke - 1992
Candyman
Urbandir. Bernard Rose - 1962
Carnival of Souls
Urbandir. Herk Harvey - 1976
Carrie
Suburbandir. Brian De Palma - 1942
Cat People
Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur - 1985
Cat's Eye
Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague - 2009
Coraline
Ruraldir. Henry Selick - 2014
Creep
Wilderness · Mountaindir. Patrick Brice - 1998
Cube
dir. Vincenzo Natali - 1997
Cure
Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa - 1988
Dead Ringers
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1955
Diabolique
Suburbandir. Henri-Georges Clouzot - 2019
Doctor Sleep
Ruraldir. Mike Flanagan - 1973
Don't Look Now
Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg - 2001
Donnie Darko
Suburbandir. Richard Kelly - 2014
Enemy
Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve - 1977
Eraserhead
Urbandir. David Lynch - 1997
Event Horizon
Off Worlddir. Paul W. S. Anderson - 2015
Ex Machina
Urbandir. Alex Garland - 1999
Fight Club
Urbandir. David Fincher - 1997
Funny Games
Ruraldir. Michael Haneke - 2017
Get Out
Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele - 2014
Gone Girl
Suburbandir. David Fincher - 1978
Halloween
Suburbandir. John Carpenter - 2018
Hereditary
Suburbandir. Ari Aster - 1968
Hour of the Wolf
Islanddir. Ingmar Bergman - 1995
In the Mouth of Madness
dir. John Carpenter - 1978
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Urbandir. Philip Kaufman - 1990
Jacob's Ladder
Urban · Wildernessdir. Adrian Lyne - 2019
Joker
Urbandir. Todd Phillips - 1971
Klute
Urbandir. Alan J. Pakula - 2024
Late Night with the Devil
Urbandir. Cameron Cairnes - 1997
Lost Highway
Urban · Desertdir. David Lynch - 1978
Martin
dir. George A. Romero - 2019
Midsommar
Ruraldir. Ari Aster - 1990
Misery
Ruraldir. Rob Reiner - 2001
Mulholland Drive
Urbandir. David Lynch - 2003
Oldboy
Urbandir. Park Chan-wook - 1964
Onibaba
Wildernessdir. Kaneto Shindō - 1997
Open Your Eyes
Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar - 2007
Paranormal Activity
Suburbandir. Oren Peli - 1960
Peeping Tom
Urbandir. Michael Powell - 1998
Perfect Blue
Urbandir. Satoshi Kon - 1966
Persona
Coastal Seadir. Ingmar Bergman - 2009
Pontypool
Rural · Undergrounddir. Bruce McDonald - 1960
Psycho
Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1954
Rear Window
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1940
Rebecca
Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1965
Repulsion
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1998
Ring
Urban · Islanddir. Hideo Nakata - 1968
Rosemary's Baby
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1966
Seconds
Suburban · Coastal Seadir. John Frankenheimer - 2010
Shutter Island
Islanddir. Martin Scorsese - 1972
Solaris
Off Worlddir. Andrei Tarkovsky - 1977
Suspiria
Urbandir. Dario Argento - 2011
Take Shelter
Rural · Coastal Seadir. Jeff Nichols - 2014
The Babadook
Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent - 1956
The Bad Seed
dir. Mervyn LeRoy - 1999
The Blair Witch Project
Wildernessdir. Daniel Myrick - 1979
The Brood
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 1974
The Conversation
Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola - 1969
The Cremator
Urbandir. Juraj Herz - 1997
The Devil's Advocate
Urbandir. Taylor Hackford - 1973
The Exorcist
Urbandir. William Friedkin - 1976
The House with Laughing Windows
Ruraldir. Pupi Avati - 1961
The Innocents
Ruraldir. Jack Clayton - 2019
The Lighthouse
Island · Coastal Seadir. Robert Eggers - 2022
The Menu
Islanddir. Mark Mylod - 1980
The Shining
Mountaindir. Stanley Kubrick - 1991
The Silence of the Lambs
Urbandir. Jonathan Demme - 1999
The Sixth Sense
Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan - 1975
The Stepford Wives
Suburbandir. Bryan Forbes - 2024
The Substance
Urbandir. Coralie Fargeat - 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Anthony Minghella - 1976
The Tenant
Urbandir. Roman Polanski - 1974
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Ruraldir. Tobe Hooper - 2016
The Wailing
Rural · Mountaindir. Na Hong-jin - 1973
The Wicker Man
Island · Ruraldir. Robin Hardy - 1983
Twilight Zone: The Movie
Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis - 1992
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Ruraldir. David Lynch - 2014
Unfriended
Suburbandir. Levan Gabriadze - 2019
Us
Coastal Sea · Suburban · Undergrounddir. Jordan Peele - 1958
Vertigo
Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock - 1983
Videodrome
Urbandir. David Cronenberg - 2011
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Suburbandir. Lynne Ramsay - 1962
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich
Frequently asked
How many movies are of psychological horror?
Kinora's catalogue lists 98 films of psychological horror, spanning 1940–2025.
What are some movies of psychological horror?
Films of psychological horror in our catalogue include A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), Akira (1988), American Psycho (2000), Angel Heart (1987), and Annihilation (2018).
What is the oldest movie of psychological horror?
Rebecca (1940) is the earliest film of psychological horror in our catalogue; the most recent is Bugonia (2025).