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My favorite genre of movie is Psychological Drama and I've seen a lot of the good ones, I'm wondering what other underrated PsyDramas are out there that I should know about?



My favorite genre of movie is Psychological Drama and I've seen a lot of the good ones, I'm wondering what other underrated PsyDramas are out there that I should know about?
Afflicted (1997) is very good and I think falls into this category.



Eyes Wide Shut
A Beautiful Mind
Taxi Driver
Nocturnal Animals
The Machinist
Memento
Shutter Island
Gone Girl
Prisoners

And many many more...



You ask what "other" ones there are, but didn't list any of the ones you like for comparison. Which ones did you have in mind, if only so people can avoid the redundancy?



Two quick notes: the title is Affliction, and we did a podcast about it a couple of years ago.
Aye, you're right YODA, a thousand apologies!



You ask what "other" ones there are, but didn't list any of the ones you like for comparison. Which ones did you have in mind, if only so people can avoid the redundancy?
Of the movies listed here I've seen all of them except Afflictions and Nocturnal Animals, I've seen a lot a list would be impossible to make



Hellloooo Cindy - Scary Movie (2000)
Of the movies listed here I've seen all of them except Afflictions and Nocturnal Animals, I've seen a lot a list would be impossible to make
You didn’t answer the question at all lol. What is a psychological drama? What are some you like?



Of the movies listed here I've seen all of them except Afflictions and Nocturnal Animals, I've seen a lot a list would be impossible to make
That may be, but if the list of ones you've seen is impossible, obviously a list of recommendations without a lot of duplicates will be impossible, too.



That may be, but if the list of ones you've seen is impossible, obviously a list of recommendations without a lot of duplicates will be impossible, too.
Silence of the Lambs
Seven
Fight Club
The Sixth Sense
Psycho
Memento
Usual Suspects
Shutter Island
The Shining
Inception
American Psycho
Vertigo
The Game
Taxi Driver
Gone Girl
Black Swan
Girl On A Train
Zodiac
The Machinist
Primal Fear
Mystic River
Goodnight Mommie
Mystic River
Fatal Attraction
No Country For Old Men
The Others
Butterfly Effect
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Falling Down
Prisoners
12 Monkies
Requiem For A Dream
Signs
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Secret Window
Jacob's Ladder
Pulp Fiction
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jaws
Gone Baby Gone
Hard Candy
Hide and Seek
The Village
Interstellar
Eyes Wide Shut
The Good Son
Side Effects
Basic Instincts
Limitless
The Flatliners Remake
Cube
China Town

Those are what I can think of now, I'll think on it some more



My favorite genre of movie is Psychological Drama and I've seen a lot of the good ones, I'm wondering what other underrated PsyDramas are out there that I should know about?
Are you looking to get recommendations that you might then watch?



Are you looking to get recommendations that you might then watch?
Yes, I feel like I'm in a movie rutt and just keep watching the same things



Yes, I feel like I'm in a movie rutt and just keep watching the same things
Check these out...

127 Hours
A Clockwork Orange
Alive (1993)
Dead Man Walking (1995)
Eraserhead
The Shining
Solaris
Wendy and Lucy
Night Moves
Melancolia (2011)



The Talented Mr. Ripley
For more Ripley movies try these (in order of preference):
Purple Noon
An American Friend
Ripley's Game

For more adaptations of Patricia Highsmith:
The Cry of the Owl (Le cri du hibou) (1987)
The Two Faces of January (2014)
Strangers on a Train

And naturally most of Hitchcock's films would qualify. Gaslight (1944) is a must-see.

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