List of films featuring psychopaths and sociopaths

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List of films featuring psychopaths and sociopaths.

FilmYearRef.
Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 [1]
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003
Alone in the Dark 1982
American Psycho 2000 [2]
Angst 1983
Apocalypse Now 1979 [2]
Audition 1999 [2]
August Underground 2001
August Underground's Mordum 2003
August Underground's Penance 2007
The Bad Seed 1956 [3]
Basic Instinct 1992 [4]
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne 2015
Black Christmas 1974
Black Christmas 2006
Black Christmas 2019
Blade Runner 1982 [5]
Blue Velvet 1986 [1]
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 [4]
Mr. Brooks 2007 [6]
The Cable Guy 1996 [2]
The Call 2013
Cape Fear 1962
Cape Fear 1991 [1]
A Clockwork Orange 1971 [5]
The Collector 2009
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 [1]
Creep 2014
Creep 2 2017
The Dark Knight 2008 [5]
Dead Man Walking 1995 [4]
The Devil's Rejects 2005 [1]
Don't Breathe 2016
Dr. No 1962 [5]
Drive 2011 [7]
Eden Lake 2008
Emelie 2015
Falling Down 1993 [7]
Fatal Attraction 1987 [2]
Friday the 13th 1980
Funny Games 1997 [1]
Funny Games 2007
The Godfather 1972 [4]
The Good Son 1993
Goodfellas 1990 [1]
Gone Girl 2014
Gladiator 2000 [4]
Grotesque 2009
Halloween 1978
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992
Hard Candy 2005 [1]
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 [2]
High Tension 2003 [8]
The Hitcher 1986 [8]
The Hills Have Eyes 1977 [6]
Hostel 2005
The Human Centipede (first sequence) 2009 [8]
The Human Centipede 2 (full sequence) 2011
The Human Centipede 3 (final sequence) 2015
Hush 2016
I Care a Lot 2020 [9]
I Saw the Devil 2010
I See You 2019
I Spit on Your Grave 1978
The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer 1992
The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman 2001
The Iceman and the Psychiatrist 2003
In the Company of Men 1997 [1]
Inglourious Basterds 2009 [8]
Ichi the Killer 2001 [2]
Joker 2019
The King of Comedy 1982 [6]
The Last House on the Left 1972
The Last House on the Left 2009
Leave Her to Heaven 1945
Leon: The Professional 1994 [7]
M 1931 [1]
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters 2020
Malice 1993 [5]
Man Bites Dog 1992 [1]
Manhunter 1986
Marathon Man 1976 [4]
Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 [8]
Martyrs 2008
Misery 1990 [1]
Mommie Dearest 1981 [2]
Monster 2003
Mother's Day 2010
Natural Born Killers 1994 [1]
The Night of the Hunter 1955 [1]
Nightcrawler 2014
No Country for Old Men 2007 [4]
One Hour Photo 2002 [6]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 [4]
Orphan 2009
Pan's Labyrinth 2006 [6]
Pearl 2022 [10]
Peeping Tom 1960 [2]
Play Misty for Me 1971 [2]
The Plumber 1979
Promising Young Woman 2020
Psycho 1960 [5]
The Purge 2013
Reservoir Dogs 1992 [1]
Saw 2004
Saw X 2023
Scary Movie 2000
Schindler's List 1993 [4]
Scream 1996
Seven 1995 [1]
Seven Psychopaths 2012 [1]
Sexy Beast 2000 [2]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 [5]
Skyfall 2012
Sleep Tight 2011
Snowtown 2011 [8]
Strangers on a Train 1951
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 [5]
Taxi Driver 1976 [8]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
There Will Be Blood 2007 [1]
Titanic 1997 [4]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976
The Untouchables 1987 [4]
Wait Until Dark 1967
Wall Street 1987 [5]
We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 [5]
What About Bob? 1991 [2]
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
When a Stranger Calls 1979
When a Stranger Calls 2006
Wolf Creek 2005 [6]
Wrong Turn 2003 [6]
You're Next 2011
Zodiac 2007

See also

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