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Psychological Horror Movies

Kinora's catalogue lists 26 films of psychological horror, spanning 1940–2021. Each is tagged by where and when it takes place — filter by real-world setting, era, and environment, or open any film for its full tagged world.

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  • 1979

    Alien

    Far Future
    Off Worlddir. Ridley Scott
  • 2018

    Annihilation

    Florida — 2010s
    Wilderness · Coastal Sea · Undergrounddir. Alex Garland
  • 2010

    Black Swan

    New York City — 2000s
    Urbandir. Darren Aronofsky
  • 2004

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    New York City · Boston — 2000s
    Suburban · Urban · Coastal Seadir. Michel Gondry
  • 2017

    Get Out

    New York City — 2010s
    Suburban · Ruraldir. Jordan Peele
  • 2014

    Gone Girl

    New York City — 2010s
    Urban · Ruraldir. David Fincher
  • 2018

    Hereditary

    Utah — 2010s
    Rural · Suburbandir. Ari Aster
  • 1997

    Lost Highway

    Los Angeles — 1990s
    Urban · Desert · Ruraldir. David Lynch
  • 2000

    Memento

    Los Angeles — 2000s
    Urbandir. Christopher Nolan
  • 2019

    Midsommar

    Sweden — 2010s
    Rural · Wildernessdir. Ari Aster
  • 2001

    Mulholland Drive

    Los Angeles — 2000s
    Urbandir. David Lynch
  • 1998

    Perfect Blue

    Tokyo — 1990s
    Urbandir. Satoshi Kon
  • 1960

    Psycho

    Phoenix · California — 1950s
    Rural · Urbandir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1940

    Rebecca

    Monte Carlo · Cornwall — 1930s
    Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1968

    Rosemary's Baby

    New York City — 1960s
    Urbandir. Roman Polanski
  • 1972

    Solaris

    Near Future
    Off World · Rural · Wildernessdir. Andrei Tarkovsky
  • 2021

    Spencer

    London · Norfolk — 1990s
    Rural · Coastal Seadir. Pablo Larraín
  • 1977

    Suspiria

    West Berlin — 1970s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Dario Argento
  • 2014

    The Babadook

    Adelaide — 2010s
    Urban · Undergrounddir. Jennifer Kent
  • 1973

    The Exorcist

    Washington, D.C. · New York City — 1970s
    Urbandir. William Friedkin
  • 2019

    The Lighthouse

    Island · Coastal Sea · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
  • 1980

    The Shining

    Colorado — 1980s
    Wilderness · Mountain · Ruraldir. Stanley Kubrick
  • 1991

    The Silence of the Lambs

    Virginia · Baltimore · Memphis — 1990s
    Urban · Rural · Undergrounddir. Jonathan Demme
  • 1999

    The Sixth Sense

    Philadelphia — 1990s
    Urban · Suburbandir. M. Night Shyamalan
  • 2016

    The Witch

    Rural · Wildernessdir. Robert Eggers
  • 1958

    Vertigo

    San Francisco — 1950s
    Urban · Coastal Sea · Ruraldir. Alfred Hitchcock

Frequently asked

How many movies are of psychological horror?

Kinora's catalogue lists 26 films of psychological horror, spanning 1940–2021.

What are some movies of psychological horror?

Films of psychological horror in our catalogue include Alien (1979), Annihilation (2018), Black Swan (2010), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Get Out (2017).

What is the oldest movie of psychological horror?

Rebecca (1940) is the earliest film of psychological horror in our catalogue; the most recent is Spencer (2021).

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