Best Psychological Thrillers on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Psychological Thrillers on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 100 titles in category code 5505. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Fiction. (2008)
Rated 8.9/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2008, 1h 47m. When a sheltered young woman becomes enamored with a struggling writer, she goes to great lengths to become involved in his creative process.
2. Seven (1995)
Rated 8.6/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1995, 2h 06m. A seasoned homicide detective and his new partner are on a desperate hunt for a killer whose gruesome crimes are based on the Seven Deadly Sins.
3. Psycho (1960)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1960, 1h 48m. When a larcenous real estate clerk goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel.
4. The Prestige (2006)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2006, 2h 10m. Desperate to reveal each other's secrets, two rival magicians begin to perform increasingly risky tricks -- which soon turn deadly.
5. Joker (2019)
Rated 8.5/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2019, 2h 01m. In 1981 Gotham City, a struggling, mentally ill comic battles to be seen.
6. The Shining (1980)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1980, 1h 59m. Jack Torrance descends into madness -- terrorizing his wife and young son -- after living at a deserted and eerie hotel during its off season.
7. Memento (2000)
Rated 8.4/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 2000, 1h 48m. Suffering short-term memory loss after a head injury, Leonard Shelby embarks on a grim quest to find the lowlife who murdered his wife.
8. Taxi Driver (1976)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, one of IMDb's Top 250, from 1976, 1h 53m. While looking out for a misguided child prostitute, an unhinged cabbie descends into madness while grappling with society’s moral decline.
9. The Blue Elephant 2 (2019)
Rated 8.3/10 on IMDb, from 2019, 2h 10m. When a former criminal psychiatrist discovers that a patient holds a secret that threatens his family, he must resort to extreme measures to save them.
10. The Son (2018)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 32m. In this psychological thriller, painter Lorenzo's life spirals out of control as he fears his wife is trying to isolate him from their infant son.