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1. Shutter Island (2010)
R | 138 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Teddy Daniels and Chuck Aule, two US marshals, are sent to an asylum on a remote island in order to investigate the disappearance of a patient, where Teddy uncovers a shocking truth about the place.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Votes: 1,461,682 | Gross: $128.01M
2. Donnie Darko (2001)
R | 113 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a man in a large rabbit suit who manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.
Director: Richard Kelly | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne
Votes: 851,676 | Gross: $1.48M
3. Brothers (I) (2009)
R | 105 min | Drama, Thriller, War
While on tour in Afghanistan, Sam's helicopter is shot down and he is presumed dead. Back home, it is his screw-up brother who looks after the family. Sam does return, but with a lot of excess baggage.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Natalie Portman, Tobey Maguire, Sam Shepard
Votes: 147,462 | Gross: $28.50M
4. 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)
PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young woman is held in an underground bunker by a man who insists that a hostile event has left the surface of the Earth uninhabitable.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin
Votes: 355,755 | Gross: $72.08M
5. Night Hunter (2018)
R | 98 min | Action, Thriller
A weathered Lieutenant, his police force, and a local vigilante are all caught up in a dangerous scheme involving a troubled, recently-arrested man who's linked to years of female abductions and murders.
Director: David Raymond | Stars: Henry Cavill, Ben Kingsley, Alexandra Daddario, Stanley Tucci
Votes: 27,162
6. 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: 197,345 | Gross: $32.17M
7. The Voices (2014)
R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror
A likable guy pursues his office crush with help from his evil talking pets, but things turn sinister when she stands him up for a date.
Director: Marjane Satrapi | Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Gemma Arterton, Anna Kendrick, Jacki Weaver
Votes: 62,739
8. Conspiracy Theory (1997)
R | 135 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A taxi driver with a penchant for conspiracy theories becomes a target after one of these theories turns out to be true. Unfortunately, to save himself, he has to figure out which theory it is.
Director: Richard Donner | Stars: Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart, Cylk Cozart
Votes: 107,430 | Gross: $75.98M
9. Love & Mercy (2014)
PG-13 | 121 min | Biography, Drama, Music
In the 60s, Beach Boys leader Brian Wilson struggles with emerging psychosis as he attempts to craft his avant-garde pop masterpiece. In the 80s, he's a broken, confused man under the 24-hour watch of shady therapist, Dr. Eugene Landy.
Director: Bill Pohlad | Stars: John Cusack, Paul Dano, Elizabeth Banks, Paul Giamatti
Votes: 42,670 | Gross: $12.55M
10. Kill Your Darlings (2013)
R | 104 min | Biography, Drama, Romance
A murder in 1944 draws together the great poets of the beat generation: Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs.
Director: John Krokidas | Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, Ben Foster
Votes: 41,306 | Gross: $1.03M
11. Jacob's Ladder (2019)
R | 89 min | Horror, Thriller
After his brother returns home from war, Jacob Singer struggles to maintain his sanity. Plagued by hallucinations and flashbacks, Singer rapidly falls apart as the world and people around him morph and twist into disturbing images.
Director: David M. Rosenthal | Stars: Michael Ealy, Jesse Williams, Nicole Beharie, Guy Burnet
Votes: 3,554
12. Three Christs (2017)
R | 109 min | Drama
Three Christs follows Dr. Alan Stone who is treating three paranoid schizophrenic patients at the Ypsilanti State Hospital in Michigan, each of whom believed they were Jesus Christ. What transpires is both comic and deeply moving.
Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Richard Gere, Peter Dinklage, Bradley Whitford, Walton Goggins
Votes: 3,759
13. Brothers (2004)
R | 117 min | Drama, War
Two brothers must negotiate changing roles and shifting family dynamics when one is sent to war in Afghanistan.
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Ulrich Thomsen, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Connie Nielsen, Sarah Juel Werner
Votes: 11,835 | Gross: $0.38M
14. True Believer (1989)
R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A cynical former civil liberties attorney now reduced to "specializing" in defending drug dealers becomes transformed by an eight-year-old murder case.
Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto
Votes: 5,454 | Gross: $8.74M
15. The Terminal Man (1974)
PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Hoping to cure his violent seizures, a man agrees to a series of experimental microcomputers inserted into his brain but inadvertently discovers that violence now triggers a pleasurable response to his brain.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: George Segal, Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, Donald Moffat
Votes: 2,571 | Gross: $0.22M
16. Mine Games (2012)
TV-14 | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A group of young friends make an incomprehensible discovery in an abandoned mine, but the more they try to change the future, the more they seal their fate.
Director: Richard Gray | Stars: Joseph Cross, Briana Evigan, Rafi Gavron, Julianna Guill
Votes: 4,407
17. Mad Dog Time (1996)
R | 93 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
With his boss in the madhouse, a mobster is temporary boss of the criminal empire just as vicious rivals threaten the control of the empire.
Director: Larry Bishop | Stars: Michael J. Pollard, Henry Silva, Gabriel Byrne, Jeff Goldblum
Votes: 3,682 | Gross: $0.08M
18. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Approved | 64 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
An aspiring reporter is the key witness at the murder trial of a young man accused of cutting a café owner's throat and is soon accused of a similar crime himself.
Director: Boris Ingster | Stars: Peter Lorre, John McGuire, Margaret Tallichet, Charles Waldron
Votes: 4,616
19. Nightmare Man (2006)
R | 89 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Ellen receives mask by mistake, has hallucinations, husband leaves when car breaks down, escapes home during hallucination, husband tells her not to call police as she imagines things.
Director: Rolfe Kanefsky | Stars: Tiffany Shepis, Blythe Metz, Luciano Szafir, Aaron Sherry
Votes: 2,463
20. Two Women (1999)
95 min | Drama, Romance
A sensation when released in 1999 in Iran, Two Women charts the lives of two promising architecture students over the course of the first turbulent years of the Islamic Republic. Tahimine ... See full summary »
Director: Tahmineh Milani | Stars: Niki Karimi, Merila Zare'i, Mohammad Reza Forutan, Atila Pesiani
Votes: 1,729
21. The Way It Melts (2015)
15 min | Short, Drama, Mystery
A paranoid schizophrenic works as a prosthesis by night while seeking treatment for his illness by day.
Director: Dan Sheldon | Stars: Daniel Bonjour, Eric Roberts, Lizzie Hartman, Frederik Hamel
22. Lovely Thoughts (2016)
80 min | Thriller
Drew Scully (Christopher Millan), paranoid schizophrenic, believes he is being chased by two men. During his escape, his car breaks down and he is rescued by two people with the intention ... See full summary »
Director: Marcello Peschiera | Stars: Gabrielle Alexander, David Brzostowicki, Jeffrey Creightney, Jason Dunlap
23. Bred Alert (2009)
Short, Comedy, Drama
A mentally ill man plays a war game.
Directors: Mykola Yeriomin, Mikhail Bondarev | Star: Mikhail Bondarev
Votes: 17
24. The Turing Test: Can a Computer Pass for a Human? (2016)
5 min | Documentary, Animation, Short
Director: Patrick Smith | Star: Addison Anderson
25.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1985–1989)
Episode:
Murder Party
(1988)
TV-PG | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A wealthy shady businessman is poisoned during his birthday party at his mansion. The main suspects are four of the people closest to him and they all had very good reasons to want him dead. Darkly comical plot twists ensue.
Director: Allan King | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, David McCallum, Leigh Taylor-Young, David Hemblen
Votes: 97
26.
Barney Miller (1975–1982)
Episode:
Good-Bye, Mr. Fish: Part 2
(1977)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Fish finally reports for work but refuses to acknowledge that he is obligated to retire.
Director: Danny Arnold | Stars: Hal Linden, Max Gail, Ron Glass, Jack Soo
Votes: 141
27.
The Hunger (1997–2000)
Episode:
But at My Back I Always Hear
(1997)
TV-MA | 27 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A university professor rejects an advance made by one of his students and discovers that her twisted obsession with him does not end with her death.
Director: Patricia Rozema | Stars: Terence Stamp, Michael Gross, Karen Elkin, Cary Lawrence
Votes: 101
28.
Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode:
Gemini
(2003)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A string of murder victims that include an optician, plastic surgeon, and hair stylist seems to have racial overtones.
Director: Frank Prinzi | Stars: Vincent D'Onofrio, Kathryn Erbe, Jamey Sheridan, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 324
29.
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode:
Coerced
(2003)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In resolving the kidnapping case of a little boy by a schizophrenic, Stabler uncovers further crimes at an adult group home with Huang's help.
Director: Jean de Segonzac | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal
Votes: 967
30.
Without a Trace (2002–2009)
Episode:
Hawks and Handsaws
(2004)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young criminal defense lawyer working for legal aid goes missing, last seen in the middle of the night apparently running from people shooting after him. A quick bit of research and it is... See full summary »
Director: Kevin Hooks | Stars: Anthony LaPaglia, Poppy Montgomery, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Enrique Murciano
Votes: 172
31.
Wire in the Blood (2002–2008)
Episode:
Torment
(2006)
TV-MA | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a young prostitute is found dead, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill sees an immediate parallel with the crimes committed by an incarcerated serial killer, Derek Tyler. There can be ... See full summary »
Director: Declan O'Dwyer | Stars: Robson Green, Simone Lahbib, Andrew Westfield, Michael Dunning
Votes: 289
32.
Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode:
Richard Trenton Chase: The Vampire of Sacramento
(2010)
45 min | Documentary, Crime
Profile of Richard Trenton Chase, whose decent into paranoid schizophrenia lead him to be known as The Vampire of Sacramento.
Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Ray Biondi, Richard Chase, Richard Trenton Chase
Votes: 19
33.
Evidence of Evil (2018– )
Episode:
The Schenectady Strangler
(2019)
Documentary, Crime
The story of the tragic murder of 41-year-old paranoid schizophrenic Brett Wentworth, how police tracked his killer down and how advanced forensic technology was key to solving the crime.
Director: Áine O'Neill | Star: Martin Gilligan
34.
Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode:
Twisted Minds
(2008)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
When a deranged mind snaps, there's no telling when the killing will stop. A young woman opens fire in a shopping mall, a nurse develops a deadly desire for attention and a mother driven by despair does the unthinkable.
Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Dan Balcaban, Bruce Bartlett, Candice DeLong
Votes: 40
35.
Law & Order (1990– )
Episode:
Skate or Die
(2009)
TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murders of three homeless men lead detectives to a possible serial killer.
Director: Norberto Barba | Stars: Jeremy Sisto, Anthony Anderson, S. Epatha Merkerson, Linus Roache
Votes: 294
36.
FBI (2018– )
Episode:
Brother's Keeper
(2021)
TV-14 | 43 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After a man is killed by an explosive package shipped to his home, the team attempts to capture the sender and intercept his latest deadly parcel.
Director: Alex Chapple | Stars: Missy Peregrym, Zeeko Zaki, John Boyd, Katherine Renee Kane
Votes: 368
37.
Waking the Dead (2000–2011)
Episode:
End Game: Part 1
(2009)
TV-MA | 59 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An old adversary, serial Killer Linda Cummings, entices Boyd to solve 2 more murders. Is she for real or just playing games.
Director: Daniel Percival | Stars: Trevor Eve, Sue Johnston, Tara Fitzgerald, Wil Johnson
Votes: 144
38.
The Bridge (2011–2018)
Episode:
Avsnitt 5
(2011)
TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
The murderer has groomed a number of schizophrenics to commit carefully synchronized violent crimes on the same day in Malmo and Copenhagen.
Director: Lisa Siwe | Stars: Sofia Helin, Kim Bodnia, Dag Malmberg, Ellen Hillingsø
Votes: 1,154
39.
True Crime Authors (2003– )
Episode:
The Westies
(2003)
Documentary
Adapted from the critically acclaimed true crime bestsellers, each author tells their infamous stories on-camera. Each story is told only from the author's perspective. Even among the Mob, ... See full summary »
Stars: T.J. English, Brian Bogulski, Jimmy Coonan, Roy DeMeo
40.
Perception (2012–2015)
Episode:
Nemesis
(2012)
TV-MA | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Kate wants to impress a new boss and asks Dan to evaluate a young man who's been accused of stalking a federal judge. The judge earlier remanded the young man for treatment as a ... See full summary »
Director: Christopher Misiano | Stars: Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith
Votes: 339
41.
Stalker (2014–2015)
Episode:
Crazy for You
(2014)
TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The TAU investigates when a psychiatrist is seemingly being stalked by one of his patients. However, they soon find that there is more to the case than meets the eye, while Beth makes a shocking discovery.
Director: Liz Friedlander | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Maggie Q, Mariana Klaveno, Victor Rasuk
Votes: 388
42.
Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode:
Protection
(2015)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The team heads to Los Angeles, California where three people have been murdered in two separate incidents over three days, each victim shot thirteen times while sitting in a car or next to ... See full summary »
Director: Tawnia McKiernan | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook
Votes: 1,992
43.
Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode:
Robert Napper: The Green Chain Rapist
(2014)
43 min | Documentary, Crime
In the Plumstead section of London, Robert Napper, the Green Chain Rapist, struck in the open, targeting mothers accompanied by children.
Director: Peter Chipping | Stars: Christopher Slade, Laurence Alison, Jeff Edwards, Conrad Ellam
Votes: 16