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The Best Psychological Thriller Movies On Netflix

Updated October 19, 2020 7.2k votes 3.5k voters 250.0k views36 items

The best psychological thriller films don't have cheap scares or ghosts that flash onto the screen without warning. Instead, their twisted messages will seep into your brain, and make you fear every silent moment. This list of the best psychological thriller movies on Netflix promises to keep your palms sweaty and your heart pumping.

Some wonderfully disturbing performances run throughout this Netflix thrillers list. If you're ready to leap beyond the paltry jump scares of lesser horror films and into the core-rattling ones of these classics, then this list of the best psychological thrillers on Netflix is the one for you. Vote up the best psychological thriller films streaming on Netflix, and get ready to be thrilled by plot twist after plot twist.

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Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm
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Bird Box
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The Frozen Ground
Vanessa Hudgens, Nicolas Cage
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Dylan Minnette, Piercey Dalton
Released: 2018
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Zodiac
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Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue
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Carter Jenkins, Lawrence Kao
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Jack Lowden, Martin McCann
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Fran Kranz, Adam Goldberg
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Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein
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