List of films featuring psychopaths and sociopaths

List of films featuring psychopaths and sociopaths.

Film	Year	Ref.
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] [4]
Basic Instinct	1992	[5]
Be My Cat: A Film for Anne	2015
Black Christmas	1974
Black Christmas	2006
Black Christmas	2019
Blade Runner	1982	[6]
Blue Velvet	1986	[1]
Bonnie and Clyde	1967	[5]
Mr. Brooks	2007	[7]
The Cable Guy	1996	[2]
The Call	2013
Cape Fear	1962
Cape Fear	1991	[1]
Capture Kill Release	2016	[8]
Child of Rage	1992	[9]
Child of Rage: A Story of Abuse	1990	[10]
A Clockwork Orange	1971	[6]
The Collector	2009
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover	1989	[1]
Creep	2014
Creep 2	2017
The Dark Knight	2008	[6]
Dead Man Walking	1995	[5]
The Devil's Rejects	2005	[1]
Don't Breathe	2016
Dr. No	1962	[6]
Drive	2011	[11]
Eden Lake	2008
Emelie	2015
Falling Down	1993	[11]
Fatal Attraction	1987	[2]
Friday the 13th	1980
Funny Games	1997	[1]
Funny Games	2007
The Godfather	1972	[5]
The Good Son	1993
Goodfellas	1990	[1]
Gone Girl	2014
Gladiator	2000	[5]
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	[12]
The Hitcher	1986	[12]
The Hills Have Eyes	1977	[7]
Hostel	2005
The Human Centipede (first sequence)	2009	[12]
The Human Centipede 2 (full sequence)	2011
The Human Centipede 3 (final sequence)	2015
Hush	2016
I Care a Lot	2020	[13]
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	[12]
Ichi the Killer	2001	[2]
Joker	2019
The King of Comedy	1982	[7]
The Last House on the Left	1972
The Last House on the Left	2009
Leave Her to Heaven	1945
Leon: The Professional	1994	[11]
M	1931	[1] [4]
M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters	2020
Malice	1993	[6]
Man Bites Dog	1992	[1]
Manhunter	1986
Marathon Man	1976	[5]
Martha Marcy May Marlene	2011	[12]
Martyrs	2008
Mikey	1992
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	[4]
No Country for Old Men	2007	[5]
One Hour Photo	2002	[7]
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood	2019
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	1975	[5]
Orphan	2009
Pan's Labyrinth	2006	[7]
Pearl	2022	[14]
Peeping Tom	1960	[2]
Play Misty for Me	1971	[2]
The Plumber	1979
Promising Young Woman	2020
Psycho	1960	[6]
The Purge	2013
Reservoir Dogs	1992	[1]
Saw	2004
Saw X	2023
Scary Movie	2000
Schindler's List	1993	[5]
Scream	1996
Seven	1995	[1]
Seven Psychopaths	2012	[1]
Sexy Beast	2000	[2]
The Silence of the Lambs	1991	[6]
Skyfall	2012
Sleep Tight	2011
Snowtown	2011	[12]
Strangers on a Train	1951
The Talented Mr. Ripley	1999	[6]
Taxi Driver	1976	[12]
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre	1974
There Will Be Blood	2007	[1]
Titanic	1997	[5]
The Town That Dreaded Sundown	1976
The Untouchables	1987	[5]
Wait Until Dark	1967
Wall Street	1987	[6]
We Need to Talk about Kevin	2011	[6]
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	[7]
Wrong Turn	2003	[7]
You're Next	2011
Zero Day	2003	[15]
Zodiac	2007

See also

• Fictional portrayals of psychopaths

References

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