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Readers are presented psychological films list of the best.
10 Remember | year 2000
“Remember” (2000) opens top ten psychological films. The film was twice nominated for an Oscar film award. The protagonist of the film, Leonard Shelby, in an instant loses the dearest person and memory … He suffers from a rare form of amnesia: a man remembers everything that happened before the tragedy and cannot remember the events of ten minutes ago. The only goal in Leonard’s life is to find the murderer of his wife, but how to do this if the memory refuses to serve him? The notes that the hero continuously makes, at almost every step, will help.
9. Phone booth | 2002
“Phone station” (2002) – psychological film by Larry Cohen, nominated for an MTV film award. A single phone call can completely change a person’s life or even take it away… The main character Stu of the film is accidentally drawn into a terrible game with a maniac killer. A young man makes a fatal mistake by picking up the phone in a booth. Now he is completely at the mercy of the manic killer, who is at gunpoint. Any rash step and Stu is dead …
8. Faces in the crowd | 2011
“Faces in the Crowd” (2011) – psychological thriller starring Milla Jovovich. In the life of a young teacher Anna, a tragedy happens: she almost becomes a victim of a serial killer. A murder is being committed in front of her eyes. Noticing Anna, the maniac throws the body of the murdered woman and starts chasing the witness. The heroine jumps from the bridge, but hits her head on an iron beam. She is rescued by a tramp and taken to the hospital. But soon Anna realizes that strange things are happening to her: she does not recognize her loved ones, and sometimes even herself in the mirror. Doctors make a terrible and rare diagnosis – prosopagnosia …
7. Alarm call | year 2013
“Emergency call” (2013) Best Psychological Thriller directed by Brad Anderson. This is the story of rescue operator Jordan Turner, who receives an alarming call from a teenage girl on one of her shifts. She asks for help, as a criminal entered the house. At one point, the connection is cut off. Jordan makes a fatal mistake and dials the number to which the call was made … All that the operator hears in the end is the death screams of the victim. Time passes, but Jordan cannot forgive himself for what he did. But one day the call center receives a call from a girl who is kidnapped by a maniac-killer. Jordan decides to save the kidnapped at all costs. She soon realizes that this is the same psychopath who killed the girl who was talking to Jordan…
6. Awakening | 1990
“Awakening” (1990) is one of the best psychological films based on real events. The film is based on the book of memoirs by Oliver Sachs. The film was nominated for an Oscar three times. Shy neurologist Malcolm Sayer finds himself in the ward with patients with lethargic encephalitis. He cannot look indifferently at people who are more like plants. Malcolm conducts experiments and seeks a cure for a paralyzing disease. The doctor decides to try the invented drug on one of the patients. The doctor begins to notice how the experimental patient gradually begins to literally wake up: he learns to speak, move, feel, live in a new way …
5. Disappeared | year 2014
“Gone Girl” (2014) – psychological thriller, for which Rosamund Pike was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Gillian Flynn. The story begins on the fifth anniversary of a young married couple, Nick and Amy Dunn. Returning home in the evening and about to celebrate their fifth anniversary, Nick discovers that Amy has disappeared, and traces of violence remain in the house: blood, scattered objects. He goes to the police to look for his wife. But the longer the investigation lasts, the more evidence against Nick himself emerges. Gradually, the hero begins to guess that the wife decided to present her soul mate with a very unusual and dangerous surprise: she deliberately fakes her death and leaves evidence against Nick to the police …
4. Don’t tell anyone | 2006
“Do not tell anyone” (2006) – the best French psychological thriller directed by Guillaume Canet. The picture was awarded the highest ratings from film critics. Alexander and Margot Beck have been happily married for several years. But one day family happiness comes to an end – Margo is killed. The offender is found, but he confesses to all crimes, except for the murder of Alexander’s wife. Several years pass, and the heartbroken widower cannot recover from the loss. Somehow he receives an email from an unknown sender. In it, he finds a videotape where he sees Margot. Everything would be fine, but only the record was made after the death of his wife …
3. Mind Games | year 2001
“Mind games” (2001) is one of the best psychological dramas based on real events. The plot is based on the biography of John Forbes Nash Jr., who was a great mathematician and Nobel Prize winner in economics. The film won four Oscars and one Golden Globe. The film begins with a description of the life of a genius in his youth. Gradually, he begins to develop paranoid schizophrenia, accompanied by hallucinations. The disease begins to progress more and more. It comes to the fact that John’s illness jeopardizes his professional career and personal relationships with loved ones.
2. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | 1975
“Flying over Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) – the best psychological drama, based on the book of the same name by Ken Kesey. The film is the winner of five Oscars, three Golden Globe film awards and other prestigious awards. This is one of the most successful psychological films in the history of cinema. The main character of the picture Randle Patrick, wanting to avoid imprisonment, pretends to be mentally ill and ends up in a psychiatric hospital. There he encounters a world completely unfamiliar to him before, where his own laws reign, which are established by the cruel nurse Mildred Ratched. McMurphy. He is frankly surprised why, even if not quite mentally healthy people, unquestioningly obey her and follow all her instructions. The hero arranges a real rebellion and a coup in the hospital, overthrowing McMurphy from the “pedestal”.
1. Silence of the Lambs | 1990
“Silence of the Lambs” (1990) – the best psychological film based on the book of the same name by Thomas Harris. The film has won five Oscars and one Golden Globe. This is one of the few films that managed to win so many film awards. Maniac kidnaps and kills girls all over America. The FBI believes that the atrocities are committed by the same person. To attack the trail of a psychopath, the secret service seeks help from Hannibal Lector, a former doctor of a psychiatric hospital and a current prisoner, who is considered one of the most brilliant killers and incredible psychopaths. An inexperienced young girl, agent Clarissa Starling, is sent to him, who should persuade Lector to cooperate with the FBI. He is ready to help the investigation, but on the condition that Clarissa will regale his sick imagination with details from his personal life.
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