Best Psychological Movies (Use Spoiler Tags)

I loved this movie because I did not see it coming that they were the ghosts and the other people were who they were 'haunting'. Just a fantastic story!

Another role for Nicole Kidman that I loved. She's done a bit of acting for a lot of different genres and it shows her diversity as an actress! :)
 
I agree about how you'll never be able to keep things secret in this day and age but if you really don't want to be spoiled then don't go to places where you may be spoiled, you know? Things don't change, even back then if you wanted to keep Psycho's ending a surprise then you didn't look for the book or avoided people who were talking about it. It may be a bit more difficult to hide from spoilers but essentially it's the same thing.

But back to Psycho - I think what makes it great is not so much the shock value - the amount of violence and sex (kind of anyway) - but how effectively Hitchcock manipulates the audience the whole time. First you think it's about an affair, then about how she steals the $40,000, then about whether she gets caught by the policeman, even at Bates Motel you wonder if she's going to repent after that talk with Norman, and then finally she dies and even then Hitchcock plays out the MacGuffin as long as he can. It's really awesome. And of course the final bit at the end, the last speech by Mother about how she'd "never hurt a fly" - that's the definition of creepiness.
 
So true. I remember reading stories about how Hithcock wouldn't allow anyone in the theater after the movie started and told the audience not to share the twist with anyone. I find that so awesome. No one does that now.

Like with Sixth Sense. The twist in that was ruined almost as soon as it hit theaters. It sucks that twist get ruined now if you even go online before you see the film.
 
I know! I couldn't stop thinking about Memento for days.



This is one of the movies that were spoiled for me so I was too upset to watch it. I probably should give it a try, but man, I'm still not over it. :lol:
 
Frailty was cool. :nod:

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I'm currently watching David Fincher's The Game staring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn... I forgot how crazy this movie is! :thud:
 
Hitchcock was and still is the master of suspense films. I love him! My best friend is a huge fan so I have seen Psycho a lot with her. I haven't seen his other films, but I plan to one day. :)

Psychological movies stay with your mind even after viewing them. You find yourself talking about them for days after seeing them...
 
The shining. For a long time since i had first watched it i still didnt understand why jack torrence turned into the raged killer he was going to be. The whole photo at the end from the 9020s style with him in it confused me still does Apart me think he turned into that because the previous man that they had talked about had done it so his spirit inhabited him another things it was the confined space just like the previous duded that it had happend to him but all the visions in his child is scary enough and weird enough that i sometimes think that he was rincarnated etc in another life form and did the same thing again thats why he was the orginal caretaker. meh ill never understand but it stil plays with my mind.
 
Psycho psychologically scarred so many people back then! The mind bender to end mind benders.

Now with the Internet is so hard to keep a secret so that movies like Psycho could work like they did back then. Now you know too much before the movie's out with the freakin spoilers flying around.
 
Memento was the best in my opinion, Fight Club, Identity and Donnie Darko are also good. You guys should also check out Frailty.
 
Def. :nod:

It stayed with me too! :nod: I was really taken in with the story and the characters. I want the DVD as well. I haven't seen this in ages and I've been wanting to for a long time.
 
Yes. I love Vanilla Sky. I thought my brother Ian and I are were the only ones who loved this movie. Its so good to see another fan out there. :nod: It was one of those movies that stayed with me long after I watched it. I hope to get it on DVD one day. I already bought it for my brother Ian one year for Christmas. He likes that much. In fact, he was the one who told my husband and I to go and see it when it was in the theaters. I am so glad we did. Its such a great movie! Love it!
 
I'm surprised no one has mentioned the original Psycho (there are like 1 million awful remakes, not to be confused with Hitchcock's awesomeness).

The whole reveal at the very end, along with the psychiatrist's explanation, blew my mind, even after I had already seen the movie. It's just so perfectly complex.

And Anthony Perkins plays Norman Bates so well.
 
^^ They showed them back to back around Halloween on TV and it was weird because the opening sequence was exact in both, only the 1999 was in colour.
 
Yes! A fan! :D

Oh, tell me about it! I didn't see the end coming at all, which is just how I like it. After you know the foreshadowing is obvious, but the movie still plays to your expectations if you don't know what's going on.

What a well made movie! When Nicole Kidman realizes what's going on, what a peformance!

Vanilla Sky is another movie I enjoyed that people weren't so fond of. I never watched the original, but I thought the movie was well made and certainly had some interesting and powerfuls scenes. :nod:
 
Memento is probably my all-time favourite movie.

The Matrix is just made of awesomeness.

I really like Donnie Darko.

American Beauty definetly has great moments.
 
american beauty. i think it's just brilliant.
the plot is so amazing and twistful. i especially loved wes bentley's character, it was one great performance.
i believe that when you once watch it, it leaves this itchy feeling and you must watch it again. that happened to me. :D
 
The Others is an awesome movie! :nod: I wasn't spoiled for the ending thank goodness and definitely did not see it coming. I can watch that movie again tomorrow and still be shocked at certain things.
 
I'll keep an eye out for Viggo. I haven't seen it since 1999 when it came out. :eek:

I'm thinking of maybe watching the original and the remake back to back.
 
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