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Exploring the Fascinating World of Psycho-Thrillers

Get ready to delve into the dark corners of the human mind with our curated list of the best movies and TV shows related to psycho-thrillers. From psychological mind games to spine-tingling suspense, we've got you covered. Whether you're a fan of classic Hitchcock or modern-day masterminds, our collection will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Cast

Bryan Cranston

Aaron Paul

Anna Gunn

RJ Mitte

Breaking Bad (2008) TV Show

8.9 18.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 62

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Walter White, a New Mexico chemistry teacher, is diagnosed with Stage III cancer and given a prognosis of only two years left to live. He becomes filled with a sense of fearlessness and an unrelenting desire to secure his family's financial future at any cost as he enters the dangerous world of drugs and crime.

Style: dark, violent

Plot: new mexico, drug dealer, narcissism, psychopath, terminal illness, outlaw, dark comedy, cancer, ...

Cast

Shin Ha-kyun

Yeo Jin-goo

Choi Dae-hoon

Choi Sung-eun

Beyond Evil (2021) TV Show

8.5 188 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: As a killing resembling a cold case resurfaces in a small town, the chase for the truth falls on two policemen who each harbor secrets of their own.

Plot: corruption, detective, trauma, investigation, police, psychopath, murder, serial killer, ...

Cast

Tom Hanks

David Morse

Bonnie Hunt

Michael Clarke Duncan

The Green Mile (1999)

8.5 19.4K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Country: United States of America

Duration: 189 min.

Audience: R

Story: A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Plot: mentally disabled, death penalty, based on novel or book, southern usa, psychopath, death row, jail guard, supernatural, ...

Time: great depression, 1930s

Cast

Anthony Perkins

Janet Leigh

Vera Miles

John Gavin

Psycho (1960)

8.4 11.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 109 min.

Audience: R

Story: When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

Plot: hotel, clerk, detective, shower, arizona, motel, halloween, stolen money, ...

Cast

John Cassini

8.4 23.3K votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 127 min.

Audience: R

Story: Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

Style: suspenseful

Plot: rage and hate, police, s.w.a.t., sadism, self-fulfilling prophecy, psychopath, detective, investigation, ...

Cast

Lee Seung-gi

Lee Hee-jun

Park Ju-hyun

Kwon Hwa-woon

Mouse (2021) TV Show

8.4 324 votes

Genre: Crime, Mystery, Science Fiction

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-14

Story: A psychopath's ruthless serial murders have left the entire nation gripped by fear and chaos. An honest, justice-seeking rookie police officer and a veteran detective with a tragic past, face off against the killer. After their encounter with the psychopath, their lives change completely.

Plot: detective, investigation, psychopath, serial killer, crime scene, killer, wrongful suspicion, murder mystery, ...

Cast

Jodie Foster

Anthony Hopkins

Scott Glenn

Ted Levine

The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

8.3 18.1K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 119 min.

Audience: R

Story: Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

Plot: prison, based on novel or book, kidnapping, psychopath, fbi, scientific study, murder, serial killer, ...

Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Moon Chae-won

Jang Hee-jin

Seo Hyun-woo

Flower of Evil (2020) TV Show

8.2 591 votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea, United States of America

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

Audience: NR

Story: Hiding a twisted past, a man maintains his facade as the perfect husband to his detective wife — until she begins investigating a series of murders.

Plot: detective, craftsman, investigation, psychopath, deception, murder, romance, antisocial personality disorder, ...

Cast

Malcolm McDowell

Patrick Magee

Carl Duering

Michael Bates

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

8.2 13.9K votes

Genre: Crime, Science Fiction

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Duration: 137 min.

Audience: NC-17

Story: In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an incarcerated Alex the option to undergo an invasive procedure that'll rob him of all personal agency. In a time when conscience is a commodity, can Alex change his tune?

Plot: police brutality, robbery, street gang, based on novel or book, nihilism, parent child relationship, society, sexuality, ...

Place: london, england, great britain

Cast

Jonathan Groff

Holt McCallany

Anna Torv

Stacey Roca

MINDHUNTER (2017) TV Show

8.1 3.0K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United States of America

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 19

Audience: TV-MA

Story: An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.

Style: psychological, chilling

Plot: prison, based on novel or book, fbi, psychology, interview, psychopath, serial killer, murderer, ...

Time: 1970s

Cast

Peter Lorre

Ellen Widmann

Inge Landgut

Otto Wernicke

M (1931)

8.1 2.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: Germany

Duration: 110 min.

Audience: PG-13

Story: In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellant and disruptive to city life that he is even targeted by others in the seedy underworld network. With both cops and criminals in pursuit, the murderer soon realizes that people are on his trail, sending him into a tense, panicked attempt to escape justice.

Plot: berlin, germany, psychopath, detective inspector, child murder, investigation, film noir, organized crime, ...

Place: germany

Strangers from Hell (2019) TV Show

8.0 144 votes

Genre: Drama, Mystery

Country: South Korea

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 10

Audience: TV-MA

Story: Unpleasant events disturb the life of an aspiring crime fiction writer when he becomes a resident of an apartment building teeming with shady neighbors.

Plot: post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), fight, kidnapping, paranoia, hallucination, investigation, psychopath, psychological abuse, ...

The End of the F***ing World (2017) TV Show

8.0 3.6K votes

Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 2

Episodes: 16

Audience: TV-MA

Story: James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.

Style: provocative

Plot: psychopath, road trip, dark comedy, coming of age, rebellion, burlesque, teen drama, deadpan, ...

No Country for Old Men (2007)

7.9 13.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Thriller, Western

Country: United States of America

Duration: 122 min.

Audience: R

Story: Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

Plot: vietnam veteran, sheriff, trailer park, based on novel or book, hitman, psychopath, drug trafficking, motel, ...

Time: 1980s

Place: texas

Cast

Sandra Oh

Jodie Comer

Fiona Shaw

Kim Bodnia

Killing Eve (2018) TV Show

7.9 1.5K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama

Country: United Kingdom, United States of America

Seasons: 4

Episodes: 32

Audience: TV-14

Story: A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.

Style: psychological

Plot: london, england, based on novel or book, obsession, psychopath, female protagonist, female assassin, lgbt, ...

Cast

Robert Mitchum

Shelley Winters

Lillian Gish

Billy Chapin

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

7.9 1.8K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller

Country: United States of America

Duration: 93 min.

Audience: 12

Story: In Depression-era West Virginia, a serial-killing preacher hunts two young children who know the whereabouts of a stash of money.

Plot: prison, robbery, based on novel or book, psychopath, widow, boat, fanatic, count, ...

Cast

Idris Elba

Dermot Crowley

Hermione Norris

Michael Smiley

Luther (2010) TV Show

7.9 1.2K votes

Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery

Country: United Kingdom

Seasons: 5

Episodes: 20

Audience: TV-14

Story: A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

Style: psychological, suspenseful

Plot: london, england, detective, self-destruction, police, psychopath, murder, serial killer, ...

Place: united kingdom

Cast

Lee Byung-hun

Choi Min-sik

Jeon Kuk-hwan

Cheon Ho-jin

I Saw the Devil (2010)

7.8 3.1K votes

Genre: Horror, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 144 min.

Audience: R

Story: Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. Soo-hyeon, a top-secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself.

Plot: psychopath, revenge, serial killer, mercilessness, brutality, blunt, hard, grim, ...

Place: south korea

Cast

Kim Yun-seok

Ha Jung-woo

Seo Young-hee

Kim You-jung

The Chaser (2008)

7.8 1.6K votes

Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller

Country: South Korea

Duration: 125 min.

Audience: NR

Story: Joong-ho is a dirty detective turned pimp, who's in financial trouble as several of his girls have recently disappeared without clearing their debts. While trying to track them down, he finds a clue that the vanished girls were all called up by the same client, whom one of his girls is meeting with right now.

Style: tense

Plot: prostitute, kidnapping, psychopath, pimp, investigation, gore, rope, based on true story, ...

Cast

Dhanush

Sonia Agarwal

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Sudeep Sarangi

Nagesh

Kadhal Konden (2003)

7.8 22 votes

Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller

Country: India

Duration: 150 min.

Story: A genius-yet-introverted orphan, raised by a church priest, is sent to college where he turns out to be a social outcast. Although he is shunned by the majority of the other students, one girl shows him kindness and befriends him. Things take a turn when he falls for her, and she in turn falls for another classmate.

Plot: psychopath, sociopath, tragic love, abused

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