Top Paranoia Movies & TV Shows

Cast

Emmanuelle Bu00e9art

Franu00e7ois Cluzet

Nathalie Cardone

Andru00e9 Wilms

Torment (1994)

6.9 279 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: France

Duration: 102 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Working extremely hard to keep his hotel afloat, Paul begins hearing voices in his head. Convinced that his wife has been unfaithful, he begins to see every male guest as a potential threat. What follows is Paul's downward spiral into the madness of deranged jealousy where he finally discovers that hell is not a state of mind – hell is himself.

Plot: adultery, jealousy, marriage crisis, paranoia, violent husband, descent into madness, psychological thriller, failing marriage, ...

Cast

Charlton Heston

Leigh Taylor-Young

Chuck Connors

Joseph Cotten

Soylent Green (1973)

6.9 1.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 97 min.

Audience: PG

Story: In the year 2022, overcrowding, pollution, and resource depletion have reduced society’s leaders to finding food for the teeming masses. The answer is Soylent Green.

Plot: based on novel or book, paranoia, dystopia, greenhouse effect, global warming, overpopulation, water shortage, cannibal, ...

Time: 21st century

Cast

Georgina Campbell

Justin Long

Bill Skarsgu00e5rd

Richard Brake

Barbarian (2022)

6.9 3.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 103 min.

Audience: R

Story: In town for a job interview, a young woman arrives at her Airbnb late at night only to find that it has been mistakenly double-booked and a strange man is already staying there. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay the night anyway.

Plot: monster, sexual abuse, paranoia, flashback, basement, serial killer, duringcreditsstinger, paranoid, ...

Cast

Jake Gyllenhaal

Mu00e9lanie Laurent

Sarah Gadon

Isabella Rossellini

Enemy (2014)

6.8 6.5K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: Canada, France

Duration: 91 min.

Audience: R

Story: A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Plot: infidelity, based on novel or book, nightmare, professor, pregnancy, paranoia, toronto, canada, ...

Cast

Anne Hathaway

Jessica Chastain

Anders Danielsen Lie

Josh Charles

Mothers' Instinct (2024)

6.8 684 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: Belgium, United Kingdom

Duration: 94 min.

Audience: R

Story: Housewives Alice and Celine are best friends and neighbours who seem to have it all. However, when a tragic accident shatters the harmony of their lives, guilt, suspicion and paranoia begin to unravel their sisterly bond.

Style: shocking

Plot: based on novel or book, paranoia, remake, grief, female protagonist, guilt, death of son, motherhood, ...

Cast

Susannah York

Renu00e9 Auberjonois

Marcel Bozzuffi

Hugh Millais

Images (1972)

6.8 165 votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: While holidaying in Ireland, a pregnant children's author finds her mental state becoming increasingly unstable, resulting in paranoia, hallucinations, and visions of a doppelgänger.

Plot: adultery, husband wife relationship, schizophrenia, countryside, paranoia, delusion, supernatural, hallucination, ...

Cast

Joaquin Phoenix

Patti LuPone

Amy Ryan

Nathan Lane

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

6.7 1.4K votes

Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Country: United States of America, Finland

Duration: 179 min.

Audience: R

Story: Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

Style: absurdist

Plot: suicide, nightmare, funeral, therapist, paranoia, orgasm, trauma, dark comedy, ...

Cast

Bruce Willis

John Malkovich

Morgan Freeman

Helen Mirren

RED (2010)

6.7 7.2K votes

Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 111 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: After surviving an assault from a squad of hit men, retired CIA black ops agent Frank Moses reassembles his old team for an all-out war. Frank reunites with old Joe, crazy Marvin and wily Victoria to uncover a massive conspiracy that threatens their lives. Only their expert training will allow them to survive a near-impossible mission -- breaking into CIA headquarters.

Plot: assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), undercover agent, kidnapping, assault rifle, affectation, based on comic, shootout, ...

Cast

Shia LaBeouf

Sarah Roemer

Carrie-Anne Moss

David Morse

Disturbia (2007)

6.7 4.1K votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 105 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Kale has a life most teenagers would envy. He spends his days endlessly playing video games, surfing the net, eating junk food and watching cable. He has complete free reign of the house, and a beautiful young hottie named Ashley has just moved in next door. There’s only one problem—he’s not allowed to leave the house. Kale’s under court-ordered house arrest for three months, and if he takes one step beyond a 100-foot perimeter of the house, his next confinement will be in a real prison.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: paranoia, house arrest, neighbor, serial killer, paranoid

Cast

Kiana Madeira

Olivia Scott Welch

Benjamin Flores Jr.

Julia Rehwald

Fear Street: 1994 (2021)

6.7 2.7K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 108 min.

Audience: R

Story: After a series of brutal slayings, a teen and her friends take on an evil force that's plagued their notorious town for centuries.

Plot: witch, based on novel or book, shopping mall, murder, curse, teenage girl, slasher, drugs, ...

Time: 1990s

Burn After Reading (2008)

6.7 5.3K votes

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money for Linda to have life-changing cosmetic surgery. Predictably, events whirl out of control for the duo, and those in their orbit.

Plot: washington dc, usa, blackmail, paranoia, dark comedy, black humor, plastic surgery, autobiography, ...

Cast

Sosie Bacon

Kyle Gallner

Jessie T. Usher

Robin Weigert

Smile (2022)

6.7 4.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 115 min.

Audience: R

Story: After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

Plot: suicide, new jersey, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), therapist, detective, paranoia, trauma, curse, ...

The Guest (2014)

6.6 2.2K votes

Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America, United Kingdom

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.

Plot: high school, psychopath, harassment, halloween, diner, bullying, arms dealer, iraq war veteran, ...

Conspiracy Theory (1997)

6.6 1.7K votes

Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery

Country: United States of America

Duration: 135 min.

Audience: R

Story: A man obsessed with conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of his theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, in order to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.

Plot: new york city, assassin, central intelligence agency (cia), helicopter, government, chase, politics, obsession, ...

Cast

Elizabeth Olsen

Sarah Paulson

Hugh Dancy

John Hawkes

Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)

6.6 828 votes

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: After several years of living with a cult, Martha finally escapes and calls her estranged sister, Lucy, for help. Martha finds herself at the quiet Connecticut home Lucy shares with her new husband, Ted, but the memories of what she experienced in the cult make peace hard to find. As flashbacks continue to torment her, Martha fails to shake a terrible sense of dread, especially in regard to the cult's manipulative leader.

Plot: mind control, rape, sexual abuse, sibling relationship, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), paranoia, group sex, cult, ...

Cast

Josh Hartnett

Elijah Wood

Jordana Brewster

Clea DuVall

The Faculty (1998)

6.6 2.3K votes

Genre: Horror, Science Fiction

Country: United States of America

Duration: 104 min.

Audience: R

Story: When creepy things start happening at Herrington High, the students begin to suspect that their faculty is being controlled by body-snatching aliens.

Plot: drug dealer, high school, homophobia, paranoia, alien, teacher, alien invasion, drugs, ...

Cast

Johnny Depp

John Turturro

Maria Bello

Timothy Hutton

Secret Window (2004)

6.6 4.0K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

Plot: adultery, jealousy, nightmare, police, isolation, alcohol, window, mississippi river, ...

Cast

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Richard Dawson

Maru00eda Conchita Alonso

Yaphet Kotto

The Running Man (1987)

6.5 2.9K votes

Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 101 min.

Audience: R

Story: By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pacifies the populace by broadcasting a number of game shows in which convicted criminals fight for their lives, including the gladiator-style The Running Man, hosted by the ruthless Damon Killian, where “runners” attempt to evade “stalkers” and certain death for a chance to be pardoned and set free.

Plot: based on novel or book, dystopia, game show, on the run, totalitarian, prison break, paranoid, dark future, ...

Red Sparrow (2018)

6.5 6.4K votes

Genre: Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 140 min.

Audience: R

Story: Prima ballerina Dominika Egorova faces a bleak and uncertain future after she suffers an injury that ends her career. She soon turns to Sparrow School, a secret intelligence service that trains exceptional young people to use their minds and bodies as weapons. Dominika emerges as the most dangerous Sparrow after completing the sadistic training process. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, she meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.

Style: suspenseful, intense

Plot: central intelligence agency (cia), sexual abuse, budapest, hungary, based on novel or book, self sacrifice, spy, patriotism, ...

Cast

Maika Monroe

Karl Glusman

Burn Gorman

Mu00e3du00e3lina Anea

Watcher (2022)

6.5 1.2K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United Arab Emirates, United States of America

Duration: 96 min.

Audience: R

Story: As a serial killer stalks the city, Julia — a young actress who just moved to town with her husband — notices a mysterious stranger watching her from across the street.

Plot: husband wife relationship, window, paranoia, language barrier, stalker, decapitation, neighbor, serial killer, ...

Place: romania

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