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After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
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r/MovieSuggestions on Reddit: What are some good psychological thriller movies that you would recommend?
June 1, 2024 -

OK, so obviously I’m a fan of the psychological thrillers, horror, etc. even psychological drama if it’s good enough I’m down. I’m looking for some new stuff to watch. I feel like I’ve seen everything which I know is not true but maybe with some suggestions I won’t waste an hour to two hours of my life on a shitty move.

Editing to add a small list of movies that are super gory that i liked (definitely not a full list of movies I would recommend in the psychological bubble, but for those people who don’t like things that have a lot of blood in it I figured I would post a small little last here):

Any of Jordan Peele movies(Get Out was his best in my opinion) heads up if you’re white his movies may make you a tad uncomfortable

Midsommar( some graphic Scenes but not necessarily gore)

Mother was good but definitely gore towards the end

Donnie Darko is a fav

Parasite is really amazing if you’re OK with watching subtitles it is one of my favorite movies

Sinister was great.

I like a Simple Favor and Gone Girl they are both good and have a similar vibe (very little blood, definitely not gore)

Leave the world behind was good but felt like it was not ended great like it left you looking for a sequel

Don’t worry darling was great

The circle was pretty good

The Strays was reallllllllly good

Personally, I like anything and night Shamalama dingdong( M night Shyamalan) puts out however he is definitely like a you’ll love it or hate it kind of guy. His movies can fill a bit on the silly side, but I still think they’re great.

Invisible man

Gerald’s Game

Missing was alright

Hard Candy can be intense and the “gore” isn’t shown so I don’t consider it gore

I enjoyed Ma not very gore at all

Split was great

We need to talk about Kevin was good too

I Care A lot was pretty good

10 cloverfield lane was good but left me wanting more

Black phone was fantastic but definitely unsettling no gore

Oh and there was this one movie on Netflix that I can’t think of the name right now but basically it’s about a guy that’s like a celebrity of sorts and he’s accused of murdering his girlfriend he hires this really attractive, female lawyer and her husband is the prosecutors lawyer and it basically turns into like affair but it’s so much more than that it’s pretty great. There’s a few twists that I didn’t see coming I just can’t for the life of me think of the name.

Edit number 2 lol

Found the name of the movie it’s Mea Culpa

Discussions

What are some great, relatively unknown psychological thriller/mysteries?

I noticed a lack of David Mamet on your list. You might like some of his work, unless you excluded them intentionally of course. House of Games - The Spanish Prisoner - Heist - The Edge - Ronin are a few of his movies you could categorize as thrillers.

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