Psychological Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated January 17, 2021
The Scapegoat
2012 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSoon after meeting his doppelgänger, schoolteacher John Standing is duped into taking the man's place at the head of an aristocratic but troubled family. As Standing grows into his new identity, he learns that his lookalike has sinister intentions.
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I Saw the Devil
2011 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsSecret agent Kim Soo-hyeon learns how far he'll go for revenge after his fiancée is brutally slain by a serial killer. With police baffled, Soo-hyeon decides to catch the murderer, but his growing violence makes him wonder who the monster really is.
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The Wave
2008 | NR | 4.0 out of 5 StarsTo give his students a real-world example of how dictatorships can grow powerful, a high school teacher starts a social experiment that gives some of his students a strong advantage while leaving others subservient and powerless.
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Talaash
2012 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsSet in the jumbled landscape of Mumbai, this mystery drama centers on a police inspector who's trying to cope with the collapse of his marriage. When he meets a prostitute while investigating a recent death, events conspire to further entangle them.
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Triple Dog
2010 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsDuring an innocent slumber party, an arrogant girl organizes a competitive game of dares, challenging her friends to pull off incredibly risky stunts. As the night unfolds, the teens slowly unravel, turn on one another and uncover shocking secrets.
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Memento
2000 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsSuffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find out who murdered his wife. Shelby snaps Polaroids of people and places, jotting down contextual notes on the backs of photos to aid in his search.
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Seeking Justice
2011 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter his wife is brutally raped, English teacher Will Gerard is approached by a man from a vigilante group who offers to exact revenge on the perpetrator. But once the deed is done, Will discovers that the group expects a certain favor in return.
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Donovan's Echo
2012 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsPlagued by déjà vu, retired nuclear physicist Donovan becomes convinced that his young neighbor and her mother are doomed to die on the anniversary of his wife and daughter's deaths. But are his visions real, or the products of a tormented mind?
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Sleeping with the Enemy
1991 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA bride discovers that, in private, her new husband is a psychotic who takes out his frustrations on her with his fists. She plots her escape by faking her death and starts over with a new identity, till her sadistic spouse discovers the subterfuge.
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Phantom
2013 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA Cold War Soviet submarine captain struggles with a rogue KGB group trying to seize control of the ship's nuclear missile. Meanwhile, he secretly suffers from seizures that affect his grip on reality.
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Some Folks Call It a Sling Blade
1993 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe short film that inspired the Oscar-winning feature takes a controversial look inside the mind of mentally challenged murderer Karl Childers. Shot in stark black-and-white, the movie stars Billy Bob Thornton as Childers and Molly Ringwald as the reporter who interviews him on the day of his release from an insane asylum. The film derives its title from the infamous killer's description of the weapon he used to murder his mother.
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Columbus Circle
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen her next door neighbor is murdered, an agoraphobic Manhattan heiress who hasn't left her apartment in decades finds herself forced to deal with the detective investigating the case and the new couple who move into the dead woman's apartment.
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N-Secure
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsAfter his fiancée, Robin, breaks his heart, Memphis businessman David Washington immediately jumps into another relationship with the insecure Tina Simpson, but his raging jealousy and own deep insecurities slowly poison her feelings for him.
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The Lady Vanishes
1938 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTraveling aboard a transcontinental train, young Iris Henderson (Margaret Lockwood) becomes alarmed when an acquaintance, elderly governess Miss Froy (Dame Mae Whitty), suddenly vanishes. Inexplicably, all the other passengers deny having seen the woman. So Iris turns to her lone ally -- handsome music scholar Gilbert Redman (Michael Redgrave) -- for help. As the two search for clues to Froy's disappearance, they uncloak a sinister plot.
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Along Came a Spider
2001 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen a girl is kidnapped from a prestigious prep school, homicide detective Alex Cross takes the case, teaming up with young security agent Jezzie Flannigan in hopes of finding the girl and stopping the brutal psychopath before it's too late.
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The Experiment
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this gripping thriller, a group of men volunteers to take on the roles of guards and inmates at a mock prison as part of a controversial psychological study. But when the guards abuse their power in alarming ways, the prisoners stage a revolt.
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Hannibal
2001 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAnthony Hopkins returns as serial killer Hannibal Lecter -- one of the great villains in screen history -- in this riveting sequel that finds his only surviving victim trying to draw Lecter out of hiding by using FBI agent Clarice Starling as bait.
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Boy Wonder
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA young Brooklyn boy witnesses the brutal murder of his mother and grows up obsessed with finding her killer. By day, he's a quiet, straight-A student; by night, he's a vigilante who patrols the streets.
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Side Effects
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsEmily copes with her depression by taking antidepressant medication. But when her dire state apparently spirals out of control due to her husband's prison release, she turns to a new medication that alters her life forever.
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The Perfect Host
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA fugitive on the lam decides to crash a dinner party. But he seriously regrets it when the mysterious and unusual host soon has him convinced that he would have been better off hiding somewhere else. David Hyde Pierce plays the memorable Warwick Wilson; Nathaniel Parker, Clayne Crawford and Helen Reddy also star in this thriller from first-time feature writer-director Nick Tomnay.
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Dead Again
1991 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsLos Angeles gumshoe Mike Church takes the case of a woman beset with amnesia and soon makes the startling discovery that he and his client are connected -- via reincarnation -- to a lurid 40-year-old murder.
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Shuffle
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsDesperate to solve the mystery behind his wife's death, Lovell Milo is trapped living his life out of order. He is forced to piece together clues while waking up every day at a different age, on a different day of his life.
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American Psycho
2000 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith a chiseled chin and physique, Patrick Bateman's looks make him the ideal yuppie -- and the ideal serial killer. Bateman takes pathological pride in his business card and his CD collection, all while plotting his next victim's vivisection.
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Fatal Attraction
1987 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsMarried Dan Gallagher gives in to the tantalizing flirtations of attractive Alex Forrest, and they embark on a steamy weekend fling. But Dan's passing indiscretion comes back to haunt him as an increasingly unhinged Alex refuses to let go.
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The Good Son
1993 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsTragedy has hit the Evans family, and Henry might not be as innocent as he seems -- but no one will believe Mark and what he thinks of his cousin. Before long, a confrontation with Henry has Mark fighting for his life.
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