Film Class: Psychological Thriller

1.

Basic Instinct

1992 erotic thriller film by Paul Verhoeven

Overview: Basic Instinct is a 1992 neo-noir erotic thriller film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. The film follows San Francisco police detective Nick Curran (Michael Douglas), who is in ...

Release date: 20 March 1992

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Drama

Director: Paul Verhoeven

Cast: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Denis Arndt, Leilani Sarelle

Producer: William S. Beasley, Louis D'Esposito

Writer: Joe Eszterhas

A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

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Basic Instinct 4T

Films produced by Alan Marshall (producer) 15T

Films produced by Mario F. Kassar 25T

2.

Twin Peaks

1990s American drama television series

Overview: Twin Peaks is an American mystery serial drama television series created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It premiered on ABC on April 8, 1990, and originally ran for two seasons until its cancellation in ...

Release date: 8 April 1990

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Romance, Mystery, Horror, Fantasy, Crime

Director: David Lynch, Duwayne Dunham

Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle

Producer: Mark Frost, David Lynch

Writer: Mark Frost, David Lynch

An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks.

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Television series about the Federal Bureau of Investigation 34T

Television series about teenagers 1,026T

Rape in television 63T

3.

Chloe

2009 film by Atom Egoyan

Overview: Chloe is a 2009 erotic thriller film directed by Atom Egoyan, a remake of the 2003 French film Nathalie.... It stars Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried in the title role. Its screenplay was ...

Release date: 13 September 2009

Genre: Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Romance

Director: Atom Egoyan

Cast: Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson, Amanda Seyfried, Max Thieriot, R.H. Thomson, Nina Dobrev

Producer: Ali Bell, Jeffrey Clifford

Writer: Erin Cressida Wilson, Anne Fontaine

Suspecting her husband of infidelity, gynecologist Dr. Catherine Stewart hires an escort named Chloe in order to test his faithfulness. Soon, the rela ...

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English-language Canadian films 2,725T

2000s English-language films 4,264T

French psychological thriller films 66T

4.

Obsessed

2009 American psychological thriller by Steve Shill

Overview: Obsessed is a 2009 American psychological thriller film directed by Steve Shill and written by David Loughery. Starring Idris Elba, Beyoncé Knowles, and Ali Larter, the film tells the story of Lisa (L ...

Release date: 24 April 2009

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Director: Steve Shill

Cast: Idris Elba, Beyoncé, Ali Larter, Jerry O'Connell, Bonnie Perlman, Christine Lahti

Producer: Beyoncé, George Flynn

Writer: David Loughery

A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But when a temp worker starts ...

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Films scored by James Dooley 21T

2009 directorial debut films 221T

2009 psychological thriller films 48T

5.

Vanilla Sky

2001 film by Cameron Crowe

Overview: Vanilla Sky is a 2001 American science fiction psychological thriller film directed, written, and co-produced by Cameron Crowe. It is an English-language remake of Alejandro Amenábar's 1997 Spanish film ...

Release date: 10 December 2001

Genre: Mystery, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller, Fantasy

Director: Cameron Crowe

Cast: Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Kurt Russell, Jason Lee, Noah Taylor

Producer: Bill Block, Fernando Bovaira

Writer: Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

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Films about plastic surgery 32T

Films about suspended animation 33T

2000s American films 7,190T

6.

The Silence of the Lambs

1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme

Overview: The Silence of the Lambs is a 1991 American psychological horror film directed by Jonathan Demme and written by Ted Tally, adapted from Thomas Harris' 1988 novel. It stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling ...

Release date: 30 January 1991

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Drama

Director: Jonathan Demme

Cast: Jodie Foster, Lawrence A. Bonney, Kasi Lemmons, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Scott Glenn, Anthony Heald

Producer: Grace Blake, Ronald M. Bozman

Writer: Thomas Harris, Ted Tally

A young F.B.I. cadet must confide in an incarcerated and manipulative killer to receive his help on catching another serial killer who skins his victims ...

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Best Horror Film Saturn Award winners 45T

Films shot in Pittsburgh 66T

Films with screenplays by Ted Tally 8T

7.

The Prestige

2006 film by Christopher Nolan

Overview: The Prestige is a 2006 British-American mystery thriller film directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and his brother Jonathan, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Christopher Priest ...

Release date: 17 October 2006

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson

Producer: Christopher Ball, Valerie Dean

Writer: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan

Two stage magicians engage in competitive one-upmanship in an attempt to create the ultimate stage illusion.

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2000s English-language films 4,356T

Films with screenplays selected in The Black List 118T

British historical thriller films 10T

8.

The Cell

2000 science fiction psychological horror film

Overview: The Cell is a 2000 science fiction psychological horror film directed by Tarsem Singh in his directorial debut, and starring Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film follows scientists ...

Release date: 17 August 2000

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Director: Tarsem Singh

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Colton James, Dylan Baker, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Gerry Becker, Musetta Vander

Producer: Julio Caro, Donna Langley

Writer: Mark Protosevich

An F.B.I. Agent persuades a social worker, who is adept with a new experimental technology, to enter the mind of a comatose serial killer in order to learn ...

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2000s English-language films 4,269T

English-language German films 842T

German science fiction thriller films 10T

9.

Taboo

2002 American film

Overview: Taboo is an American mystery thriller film directed by Max Makowski, written by Chris Fisher, and starring Nick Stahl, Eddie Kaye Thomas, January Jones, Amber Benson, Derek Hamilton, and Lori Heuring ...

Release date: 14 January 2002

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Director: Max Makowski

Cast: Nick Stahl, Eddie Kaye Thomas, January Jones, Lori Heuring, Derek Hamilton, Amber Benson

Producer: Chris Fisher, Amy Gardner

Writer: Eric Drilling, Chris Fisher

While staying at a secluded mansion, six young adults reveal their personal demons during an innocent game called Taboo. They reunite a year later, only ...

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2000s English-language films 4,277T

2002 psychological thriller films 26T

American mystery thriller films 320T

10.

Sliver

1993 film by Phillip Noyce

Overview: Sliver is a 1993 American erotic thriller film based on the Ira Levin novel of the same name about the mysterious occurrences in a privately owned New York high-rise sliver building. Phillip Noyce directed ...

Release date: 21 May 1993

Genre: Romance, Thriller, Drama

Director: Phillip Noyce

Cast: Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger, Polly Walker, Colleen Camp, Amanda Foreman

Producer: Joe Eszterhas, Robert Evans

Writer: Ira Levin, Joe Eszterhas

A woman moves into an exclusive New York City apartment building, which she soon discovers houses tenants with all manner of shocking secrets.

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American erotic romance films 33T

1993 thriller films 22T

Films set in apartment buildings 137T

11.

Psycho

1960 film by Alfred Hitchcock

Overview: Psycho is a 1960 American psychological horror thriller film produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The screenplay, written by Joseph Stefano, was based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Robert ...

Release date: 16 June 1960

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, John McIntire

Producer: Alfred Hitchcock

Writer: Joseph Stefano, Robert Bloch

A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40,000 from her employer's client, goes on the run, and checks into a remote motel run by a young man under the domination ...

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LGBT-related horror thriller films 20T

1960s English-language films 3,111T

Films about sexual repression 72T

12.

Peeping Tom

1960 British film by Michael Powell

Overview: Peeping Tom is a 1960 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Michael Powell, written by Leo Marks, and starring Carl Boehm, Anna Massey, and Moira Shearer. The film revolves around a serial ...

Release date: 7 April 1960

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director: Michael Powell

Cast: Karlheinz Böhm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey, Maxine Audley, Brenda Bruce, Miles Malleson

Producer: Albert Fennell, Michael Powell

Writer: Leo Marks

A young man murders women, using a movie camera to film their dying expressions of terror.

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1960s British films 972T

1960s English-language films 3,342T

Films about snuff films 90T

13.

Panic Room

2002 American film by David Fincher

Overview: Panic Room is a 2002 American thriller film directed by David Fincher. The film stars Jodie Foster and Kristen Stewart as a mother and daughter whose new home is invaded by burglars, played by Forest ...

Release date: 29 March 2002

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller, Drama

Director: David Fincher

Cast: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker, Dwight Yoakam, Jared Leto, Patrick Bauchau

Producer: Ceán Chaffin, John S. Dorsey

Writer: David Koepp

A divorced woman and her diabetic daughter take refuge in their newly-purchased house's safe room, when three men break-in, searching for a missing ...

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Films produced by David Koepp 3T

2002 psychological thriller films 25T

2002 crime thriller films 36T

14.

Niagara

1953 thriller film-noir directed by Henry Hathaway

Overview: Niagara is an American 1953 film noir thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway, produced by Charles Brackett, and written by Brackett, Richard L. Breen and Walter Reisch. The film stars Marilyn Monroe ...

Release date: 21 January 1953

Genre: Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller

Director: Henry Hathaway

Cast: Marilyn Monroe, Joseph Cotten, Jean Peters, Max Showalter, Denis O'Dea, Richard Allan

Producer: Charles Brackett

Writer: Charles Brackett, Walter Reisch

As two couples are visiting Niagara Falls, tensions between one wife and her husband reach the level of murder.

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1950s English-language films 1,582T

Films scored by Sol Kaplan 41T

American psychological thriller films 555T

15.

Murder by Numbers

2002 film by Barbet Schroeder

Overview: Murder by Numbers is a 2002 American psychological thriller film produced and directed by Barbet Schroeder starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, and Michael Pitt. It is loosely based on the ...

Release date: 19 April 2002

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery

Director: Barbet Schroeder

Cast: Sandra Bullock, Ben Chaplin, Ryan Gosling, Michael Pitt, Agnes Bruckner, Chris Penn

Producer: Sandra Bullock, Frank Capra III

Writer: Tony Gayton

Two gifted high school students execute a "perfect" murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective ...

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2000s English-language films 4,265T

2002 psychological thriller films 26T

2002 crime thriller films 37T

16.

Freaks

1932 film by Tod Browning

Overview: Freaks is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film produced and directed by Tod Browning, and starring Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova and Roscoe Ates. It follows a trapeze artist who joins a group ...

Release date: 20 February 1932

Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Director: Tod Browning

Cast: Wallace Ford, Leila Hyams, Olga Baclanova, Roscoe Ates, Henry Victor, Harry Earles

Producer: Tod Browning, Dwain Esper

Writer: Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Willis Goldbeck

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his ...

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1930s French-language films 276T

1930s English-language films 2,555T

1932 horror films 16T

17.

Fear

1996 American film

Overview: Fear is a 1996 American psychological thriller film directed by James Foley and written by Christopher Crowe. It stars Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Alyssa Milano and Amy Brenneman ...

Release date: 12 April 1996

Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama

Director: James Foley

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon, William Petersen, Amy Brenneman, Alyssa Milano, Christopher Gray

Producer: Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela

Writer: Christopher Crowe

When Nicole met handsome, charming, affectionate David, he was everything. It seemed perfect, but soon she sees that David has a darker side. And his ...

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1990s American films 4,802T

Films with screenplays by Christopher Crowe (screenwriter) 8T

1990s English-language films 6,492T

18.

Fatal Attraction

1987 American film directed by Adrian Lyne

Overview: Fatal Attraction is a 1987 American psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne from a screenplay written by James Dearden, based on his 1980 short film Diversion. Starring Glenn Close, Michael ...

Release date: 11 September 1987

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Director: Adrian Lyne

Cast: Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, Anne Archer, Ellen Latzen, Stuart Pankin, Ellen Foley

Producer: Stanley R. Jaffe, Sherry Lansing

Writer: James Dearden

A married man's one-night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

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Films with screenplays by James Dearden 7T

Fatal Attraction 6T

1980s American films 3,412T

19.

Enough

2002 thriller film by Michael Apted

Overview: Enough is a 2002 American thriller film directed by Michael Apted. The movie is based on the 1998 novel Black and Blue, by Anna Quindlen, which was a New York Times bestseller. It stars Jennifer Lopez ...

Release date: 24 May 2002

Genre: Thriller

Director: Michael Apted

Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Noah Wyle

Producer: Rob Cowan, Jeanney Kim

Writer: Nicholas Kazan

After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.

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English-language action drama films 22T

2000s American films 7,136T

2000s English-language films 10,085T

20.

Color of Night

1994 American erotic thriller film

Overview: Color of Night is a 1994 American erotic mystery thriller film produced by Cinergi Pictures and released in the United States by Hollywood Pictures. Directed by Richard Rush, the film stars Bruce Willis ...

Release date: 19 August 1994