Highest-Rated Movies about 'Psychological Horror'

The Ring (1998), Hagazussa: A Heathen's Curse (2017), Forbidden Planet (1956), The Evil Dead (1981), Kuroneko (1968), The Innocents (1961), The Dead Center (2018), The Circle (2000) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Psychological Horror movies.

#1. The Ring (1998)

Storyline: When her niece is found dead along with three friends after viewing a supposedly cursed videotape, reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushima) sets out to investigate. Along with her ex-husband, Ryuji (Hiroyuki Sanada), Reiko finds the tape, watches it -- and promptly receives a phone call informing her that she'll die in a week. Determined to get to the bottom of the curse, Reiko and Ryuji discover the video's origin and attempt to solve an old murder that could break the spell.

Plot Keywords: horror, supernatural, psychological thriller, mystery, ghost, death, urban legend ...

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#5. Kuroneko (1968)

Storyline: In this ghost story based on a folk tale of feudal Japan, a group of samurai mercenaries led by Raiko Minamoto (Kei Satô) storm the home of Yone (Nobuko Otowa) and her daughter, Shigei (Kiwako Taichi), pillaging their food before raping and murdering the pair and finally burning the house down. When the samurai are set upon by vengeful vampire-like ghosts, it falls to the warrior Gintoki (Kichiemon Nakamura) to slay the malicious spirits, but his connection to the victims leads to conflict.

Plot Keywords: horror, supernatural, folklore, ghost story, black-and-white, period drama, 1960s ...

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#6. The Innocents (1961)

Storyline: Based on the Henry James story "The Turn of the Screw," a psychological thriller about a woman who takes a governess job for two orphans in a Victorian home. She begins to see what she believes are ghosts and suspects the children's bizarre behavior is the result of supernatural powers.

Plot Keywords: horror, psychological thriller, gothic, haunted house, supernatural, black and white, british film ...

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#8. The Circle (2000)

Storyline: Two women in Iran are given temporary leave from prison and attempt to flee to one of the women's hometown, but are caught by police. Meanwhile, one of their friends who has escaped jail is pregnant and in need of an abortion. "The Circle" tells the story of each of these women by shifting back and forth between them.

Plot Keywords: thriller, mystery, science fiction, horror, supernatural, curse, death ...

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#12. The Exterminating Angel (1962)

Storyline: Edmundo Nobile (Enrique Rambal) invites friends over for an opulent dinner party. While the guests enjoy their food, the servants disappear one by one. Afterward, the visitors retire to the salon for an evening of music and conversation -- but in the morning, they are mysteriously incapable of leaving the room. As days go by and they run out of food and water, panic and madness set in. The army and the police arrive, but fail in their attempts to enter the house as conditions inside deteriorate.

Plot Keywords: surrealism, black comedy, social satire, upper class, absurdity, psychological horror, fate ...

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#14. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920)

Storyline: Scientist Dr. Henry Jekyll (John Barrymore) is intelligent and diligent, but also uptight and extremely serious about his work. When his friend, Sir George Carew (Brandon Hurst), takes him to a show featuring the sensual Miss Gina (Nita Naldi), an aroused Jekyll sets out on a quest to separate man's saintly and sinful sides. His experiments succeed, and his evil alter ego, Mr. Hyde, is created. As the doctor uncontrollably alternates between Jekyll and Hyde, danger looms.

Plot Keywords: gothic horror, psychological thriller, dual identity, classic adaptation, black and white film, moral dilemma, scientific experiment ...

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#15. Fists in the Pocket (1965)

Storyline: Augusto (Marino Mase) is the oldest son in a dysfunctional Italian family that includes a blind mother (Liliana Gerace), a selfish sister, Giulia (Paola Pitagora), and two epileptic brothers, Alessandro (Lou Castel) and Leone (Pier Luigi Troglio). Augusto is planning to marry Lucia (Jennie MacNeil) despite Giulia's repeated attempts to drive them apart, but cannot do so while taking care of the clan. An angry and unstable Alessandro decides to help Augusto by killing their mother and siblings.

Plot Keywords: psychological drama, family conflict, mental illness, moral dilemma, black comedy, social critique, existentialism ...

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