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1. The Sinner (2017–2021)
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Detective Ambrose employs some unusual tactics and a deep capacity for empathy to solve his cases. His boundless dedication is driven by his dark past, leading him into powerful and often dangerously intimate bonds with his suspects.
Stars: Bill Pullman, Jessica Hecht, Dohn Norwood, Adam LeFevre
Votes: 139,058
2. Dressed to Kill (1980)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A mysterious blonde woman kills one of a psychiatrist's patients, and then goes after the high-class call girl who witnessed the murder.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon
Votes: 48,243 | Gross: $31.90M
3. Side Effects (I) (2013)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones
Votes: 197,161 | Gross: $32.17M
4. The Dead Zone (1983)
R | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A man awakens from a coma to discover he has a psychic ability to foresee future events.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Christopher Walken, Brooke Adams, Tom Skerritt, Herbert Lom
Votes: 77,341 | Gross: $20.77M
5. Anger Management (2012–2014)
TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, Romance
Ex-baseball-player Charlie is an anger-management therapist who has small-group sessions at home, an OCD teen daughter, an ex-wife, and a sex-buddy/therapist.
Stars: Charlie Sheen, Shawnee Smith, Noureen DeWulf, Michael Arden
Votes: 31,873
6. Gypsy (2017)
TV-MA | 51 min | Drama, Thriller
Therapist Jean Holloway becomes too immersed in the lives of her patients.
Stars: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Sophie Cookson, Karl Glusman
Votes: 18,737
7. Stay (I) (2005)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A psychiatrist attempts to prevent one of his patients from committing suicide while trying to maintain his own grip on reality.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, Ryan Gosling, Kate Burton
Votes: 86,049 | Gross: $3.63M
8. Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Not Rated | 124 min | Drama, Romance
The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie
Votes: 22,649 | Gross: $8.72M
9. The Jacket (2005)
R | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
A Gulf war veteran is wrongly sent to a mental institution for insane criminals, where he becomes the object of a doctor's experiments, and his life is completely affected by them.
Director: John Maybury | Stars: Adrien Brody, Keira Knightley, Daniel Craig, Kris Kristofferson
Votes: 119,305 | Gross: $6.30M
10. Welcome to Me (2014)
R | 87 min | Comedy, Drama
When Alice Klieg wins the Mega-Millions lottery, she immediately quits her psychiatric meds and buys her own talk show.
Director: Shira Piven | Stars: Kristen Wiig, James Marsden, Linda Cardellini, Wes Bentley
Votes: 19,649 | Gross: $0.61M
11. Don't Say a Word (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
When the daughter of a psychiatrist is kidnapped, he's horrified to discover that the abductors' demand is that he break through to a post traumatic stress disorder suffering young woman who knows a secret...
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sean Bean, Brittany Murphy, Skye McCole Bartusiak
Votes: 57,088 | Gross: $55.00M
12. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009)
R | 147 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Lisbeth is recovering in a hospital and awaiting trial for three murders when she is released. Mikael must prove her innocence, but Lisbeth must be willing to share the details of her sordid experiences with the court.
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre, Annika Hallin
Votes: 74,564 | Gross: $5.43M
13. Cat People (1942)
Not Rated | 73 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
An American man marries a Serbian immigrant who fears that she will turn into the cat person of her homeland's fables if they are intimate together.
Director: Jacques Tourneur | Stars: Simone Simon, Tom Conway, Kent Smith, Jane Randolph
Votes: 26,000 | Gross: $4.00M
14. What's New Pussycat (1965)
Approved | 108 min | Comedy
A playboy who refuses to give up his hedonistic lifestyle to settle down and marry his true love seeks help from a demented psychoanalyst who is having romantic problems of his own.
Director: Clive Donner | Stars: Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine
Votes: 11,064 | Gross: $18.82M
15. Abandoned (2010 Video)
PG-13 | 88 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Mary follows her boyfriend to the hospital for his orthopedic surgery. While she has a coffee in the cafeteria, he disappears. He's not on the hospital computer or CCTV.
Director: Michael Feifer | Stars: Brittany Murphy, Dean Cain, Stan Bly, Peter Bogdanovich
Votes: 6,417
16. A Thousand Little Cuts (2022)
87 min | Thriller
Doctor and patient try to unlock not only a traumatic event Anne is suppressing, but also who was there, why it happened, and why Anne's subconscious is fighting so hard to prevent her from talking about it.
Director: Josh Brandon | Stars: Marina Sirtis, Colin Ferguson, Rebecca Liddiard, Randy Wayne
Votes: 713
17. Instinct (1999)
R | 126 min | Drama, Thriller
When noted anthropologist Dr. Ethan Powell, who left society to live in the jungle, is imprisoned for murder, it's up to young psychiatrist Theo Caulder to get through to him.
Director: Jon Turteltaub | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Cuba Gooding Jr., Donald Sutherland, Maura Tierney
Votes: 34,295 | Gross: $34.10M
18. The Meddler (2015)
PG-13 | 103 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
An aging widow from New York City follows her daughter to Los Angeles in hopes of starting a new life after her husband passes away.
Director: Lorene Scafaria | Stars: Susan Sarandon, Rose Byrne, J.K. Simmons, Jerrod Carmichael
Votes: 14,039 | Gross: $4.27M
19. Dare (2009)
R | 92 min | Drama, Romance
A drama centered around three high school seniors - an aspiring actress, her misfit best friend, and a loner - who become engaged in an intimate and complicated relationship.
Director: Adam Salky | Stars: Emmy Rossum, Zach Gilford, Ashley Springer, Cady Huffman
Votes: 4,481
20. BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A beautiful New York model and socialite enjoys a very active night-life, but all things change when she falls for a married man and the consequences are tragic.
Director: Daniel Mann | Stars: Elizabeth Taylor, Laurence Harvey, Eddie Fisher, Dina Merrill
Votes: 7,284 | Gross: $16.46M
21. The Good Heart (2009)
R | 99 min | Comedy, Drama
A cantankerous but ailing bartender takes a kindly young homeless man in under his wing.
Director: Dagur Kári | Stars: Paul Dano, Brian Cox, Bill Buell, Boði
Votes: 5,173 | Gross: $0.02M
22. Move Over, Darling (1963)
Approved | 103 min | Comedy, Romance
After being lost at sea for several years, a missing wife thought long dead returns just after her husband has remarried.
Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen, Thelma Ritter
Votes: 6,490
23. Clinical (2017)
104 min | Horror, Thriller
A psychiatrist tries to put her life back together after a violent attack by seeking to repair the life of a new patient, but he has his own terrifying history.
Director: Alistair Legrand | Stars: Vinessa Shaw, Kevin Rahm, India Eisley, Aaron Stanford
Votes: 9,111
24. Mausoleum (1983)
R | 96 min | Fantasy, Horror
A 10 year-old girl, mourning the death of her mother, becomes possessed by a demon who has been preying on her female ancestors for centuries. Years later, the demon starts to take over, both mentally and physically.
Director: Michael Dugan | Stars: Marjoe Gortner, Bobbie Bresee, Norman Burton, Maurice Sherbanee
Votes: 3,091
25. Mr. Jones (1993)
R | 114 min | Drama, Romance
After being arrested during a manic episode, a man who suffers from bipolar disorder is treated by a psychiatrist who begins to develop romantic feelings towards him.
Directors: Mike Figgis, Jon Amiel | Stars: Richard Gere, Lena Olin, Anne Bancroft, Tom Irwin
Votes: 7,659 | Gross: $8.32M
26. The Humbling (2014)
R | 112 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A stage actor who is slowly losing his mind engages in a relationship with a sexually confused younger woman.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Al Pacino, Greta Gerwig, Nina Arianda, Charles Grodin
Votes: 7,204
27. Veronika Decides to Die (2009)
R | 103 min | Drama, Romance
After a frantic suicide attempt, Veronika awakens inside a mysterious mental asylum. Under the supervision of an unorthodox psychiatrist who specializes in controversial treatment, Veronika learns that she has only weeks to live.
Director: Emily Young | Stars: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jonathan Tucker, Erika Christensen, Florencia Lozano
Votes: 13,173
28. The Drowning (2016)
Not Rated | 95 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A psychiatrist faces his past, present and future when he finds himself involved in the treatment of a young man recently released from prison for a murder committed when the boy was just 11 years old.
Director: Bette Gordon | Stars: Julia Stiles, John C. McGinley, Tracie Thoms, Avan Jogia
Votes: 3,345
29. Clair Obscur (2016)
105 min | Drama
Two Turkish women, one oppressed by sexist traditions and one liberated by modern mores, have more in common than it would seem.
Director: Yesim Ustaoglu | Stars: Funda Eryigit, Ecem Uzun, Mehmet Kurtulus, Okan Yalabik
Votes: 2,904
30. Menendez: Blood Brothers (2017 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 87 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
This film explores the inner lives and motivation behind the murders of entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Kitty at the hands of their sons Lyle and Erik in 1989.
Directors: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato | Stars: Nico Tortorella, Courtney Love, Benito Martinez, Meredith Scott Lynn
Votes: 474
31. Gun Shy (2000)
R | 101 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
An undercover agent relies on the support of an unstable therapy group while working a sting operation.
Director: Eric Blakeney | Stars: Liam Neeson, Sandra Bullock, Oliver Platt, José Zúñiga
Votes: 7,851 | Gross: $1.63M
32. Bad Therapy (2020)
97 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A couple seeks out Judy Small, a marriage counselor; but the counselor is more than what meets the eye.
Director: William Teitler | Stars: Rob Corddry, Anna Pniowsky, Alicia Silverstone, Aisha Tyler
Votes: 1,068
33. Triage (2009)
R | 99 min | Drama, Mystery, War
The wife of a photojournalist sets out to discover why he came home from a recent assignment without his colleague.
Director: Danis Tanovic | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Sives, Paz Vega, Kelly Reilly
Votes: 10,678
34. Mister Frost (1990)
R | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer gets sent to a mental institution, but as his insidious presence cause the doctors and orderlies to receive strange visions, his psychiatrist tries to find out his true identity.
Director: Philippe Setbon | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker, Alan Bates, Jean-Pierre Cassel
Votes: 2,810
35. Frankie & Alice (2010)
R | 101 min | Biography, Drama
A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.
Director: Geoffrey Sax | Stars: Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgård, Phylicia Rashad, Chandra Wilson
Votes: 5,847 | Gross: $0.69M
36. Stereo (1969)
Not Rated | 65 min | Sci-Fi
A group of Canadian university students agree to partake in a grisly psychological experiment, which renders them incapable of speech but able to communicate telepathically.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Ronald Mlodzik, Jack Messinger, Paul Mulholland, Iain Ewing
Votes: 2,615
37. There Goes the Neighborhood (1992)
PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Crime, Romance
A dying prisoner tells the prison therapist about $8,500,000 stolen mob money hidden under a basement floor. A prisoner overhears it and breaks out. Who gets the money.
Director: Bill Phillips | Stars: Jeff Daniels, Catherine O'Hara, Hector Elizondo, Rhea Perlman
Votes: 1,250
38. Screaming Mimi (1958)
Approved | 79 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Thriller
Virginia Wilson saw a man get shot right after he tried to kill her, so she goes to psychiatrist Dr. Greenwood. He falls in love with her and takes over her life, but she insists on continuing her career as a stripper.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Anita Ekberg, Philip Carey, Gypsy Rose Lee, Harry Townes
Votes: 773
39. Carefree (1938)
Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Musical, Romance
A psychiatrist falls in love with the woman he's supposed to be nudging into marriage with someone else.
Director: Mark Sandrich | Stars: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear
Votes: 4,315
40. Cold Heart (2001)
R | 95 min | Crime, Romance, Thriller
A dangerous psychopath seduces his psychiatrist's unhappy wife.
Director: Dennis Dimster | Stars: Nastassja Kinski, Jeff Fahey, Josh Holloway, Hudson Leick
Votes: 856
41. Once Upon a Time Veronica (2012)
Unrated | 91 min | Drama
A woman tries to make a life for herself in a violent Brazilian city.
Director: Marcelo Gomes | Stars: Hermila Guedes, W.J. Solha, João Miguel, Renata Roberta
Votes: 716
42. A Mother on the Brink (2019 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 86 min | Drama, Thriller
A mother is forced to question her sanity when her daughter disappears and she's told that she's been dead for over a year, igniting a chase for the truth in order to save her little girl's life before it's too late.
Director: Jason Bourque | Stars: Kelly Thiebaud, Matt Hamilton, Lina Renna, Phillip Mitchell
Votes: 235
43. The Haunted Airman (2006 TV Movie)
R | 68 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A wounded RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair, is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to lose his mind.
Director: Chris Durlacher | Stars: Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling, Robert Pattinson, Daniel Ainsleigh
Votes: 2,130
44. Thirst (1949)
Not Rated | 83 min | Drama
A needy couple in a bad marriage travel back to Stockholm after a trip to Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different persons - her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend.
Director: Ingmar Bergman | Stars: Eva Henning, Birger Malmsten, Birgit Tengroth, Hasse Ekman
Votes: 2,831
45. Terror Tract (2000)
R | 96 min | Comedy, Horror, Romance
A real estate agent terrifies a couple with the grim fates of the previous owners of a house they're looking at.
Directors: Lance W. Dreesen, Clint Hutchison | Stars: John Ritter, David DeLuise, Allison Smith, Kim Correll
Votes: 1,912
46. Therapy for a Vampire (2014)
Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Horror
Sigmund Freud's newest patient is a vampire fed up with his undying relationship with his wife.
Director: David Rühm | Stars: Anatole Taubman, Tobias Moretti, Dominic Oley, Cornelia Ivancan
Votes: 1,085 | Gross: $0.03M
47. Cameron's Closet (1988)
R | 88 min | Fantasy, Horror
A father (Tab Hunter) who experiments with his son's (Scott Curtis) psychokinetic powers is unaware that these experiments release a demon from hell, which lives in his son's closet, preparing to take over the young boy's soul.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Cotter Smith, Mel Harris, Scott Curtis, Chuck McCann
Votes: 1,137 | Gross: $0.14M
48. Toad Road (2012)
Unrated | 76 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A portrait of contemporary youth culture, where the lines between reality and fiction are blurred with often frightening results.
Director: Jason Banker | Stars: James Davidson, Sara Anne Jones, Whitleigh Higuera, Jamie Siebold
Votes: 1,442
49. As Deusas (1972)
95 min | Drama
A psychiatrist lends her country house to a patient, expecting she would repose. But she meets a neurotic former lover, and the psychiatrist gets so involved in the couple's problems that she ends up getting dependent of them.
Director: Walter Hugo Khouri | Stars: Lilian Lemmertz, Mário Benvenutti, Kate Hansen
Votes: 130
50. Call Me Anna (1990 TV Movie)
97 min | Biography, Drama
Actress Patty Duke portrays herself in this autobiographical film that details her long-time struggle with mental illness.
Director: Gilbert Cates | Stars: Patty Duke, Timothy Carhart, Howard Hesseman, Deborah May
Votes: 187