Urban Psychological Horror Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 56 films of psychological horror and set in cities, spanning 1942–2025. 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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• 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
• 2014

  As Above, So Below

  Paris · Iran — 2010s
  Underground · Urbandir. John Erick Dowdle
• 2000

  Audition

  1990s
  Urbandir. Takashi Miike
• 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
• 2025

  Bugonia

  2020s
  Rural · Urbandir. Yorgos Lanthimos
• 2018

  Burning

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

  Caché

  Paris — 2000s
  Urbandir. Michael Haneke
• 1992

  Candyman

  Chicago — 1990s
  Urbandir. Bernard Rose
• 1962

  Carnival of Souls

  Kansas · Salt Lake City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Herk Harvey
• 1942

  Cat People

  New York City — 1940s
  Urbandir. Jacques Tourneur
• 1985

  Cat's Eye

  New York City · Atlantic City · Wilmington · North Carolina — 1980s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Lewis Teague
• 1997

  Cure

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
• 1988

  Dead Ringers

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 1973

  Don't Look Now

  Venice — 1970s
  Urbandir. Nicolas Roeg
• 2014

  Enemy

  Toronto — 2010s
  Urbandir. Denis Villeneuve
• 1977

  Eraserhead

  Timeless
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 2015

  Ex Machina

  Near Future
  Urbandir. Alex Garland
• 1999

  Fight Club

  1990s
  Urbandir. David Fincher
• 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
• 2001

  Mulholland Drive

  Los Angeles — 2000s
  Urbandir. David Lynch
• 2003

  Oldboy

  1980s · 2000s
  Urbandir. Park Chan-wook
• 1997

  Open Your Eyes

  Madrid — 1990s
  Urbandir. Alejandro Amenábar
• 1960

  Peeping Tom

  London — 1960s
  Urbandir. Michael Powell
• 1998

  Perfect Blue

  Tokyo — 1990s
  Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
• 1998

  Pi

  New York City — 1990s
  Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
• 1954

  Rear Window

  1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1965

  Repulsion

  London — 1960s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 1998

  Ring

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

  Rosemary's Baby

  New York City — 1960s
  Urbandir. Roman Polanski
• 1973

  Sisters

  New York City — 1970s
  Urbandir. Brian De Palma
• 1977

  Suspiria

  Berlin — 1970s
  Urbandir. Dario Argento
• 1989

  Tetsuo: The Iron Man

  1980s
  Urbandir. Shinya Tsukamoto
• 2014

  The Babadook

  Adelaide — 2010s
  Urban · Suburbandir. Jennifer Kent
• 1979

  The Brood

  Toronto — 1970s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 1974

  The Conversation

  San Francisco — 1970s
  Urbandir. Francis Ford Coppola
• 1969

  The Cremator

  Prague — 1930s
  Urbandir. Juraj Herz
• 1997

  The Devil's Advocate

  New York City — 1990s
  Urbandir. Taylor Hackford
• 1973

  The Exorcist

  Washington, D.C. — 1970s
  Urbandir. William Friedkin
• 1991

  The Silence of the Lambs

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

  The Sixth Sense

  Philadelphia — 1990s
  Urbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
• 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
• 1983

  Twilight Zone: The Movie

  France · Vietnam — 1940s · 1960s · 1980s
  Urban · Rural · Wildernessdir. John Landis
• 1958

  Vertigo

  San Francisco — 1950s
  Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
• 1983

  Videodrome

  Toronto — 1980s
  Urbandir. David Cronenberg
• 1962

  What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

  Los Angeles — 1960s · 1910s · 1930s
  Urban · Coastal Seadir. Robert Aldrich