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]
American Psycho 2000 [2]
Angst (1983 film) 1983 [2]
Apocalypse Now 1979 [2]
Audition 1999 [2]
The Bad Seed 1956 [3] [4]
Basic Instinct 1992 [5]
Blade Runner 1982 [6]
Blue Velvet 1986 [1]
Bonnie and Clyde 1967 [5]
Mr. Brooks 2007 [7]
The Cable Guy 1996 [2]
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 Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 [1]
The Dark Knight 2008 [6]
Dead Man Walking 1995 [5]
The Devil's Rejects 2005 [1]
Dr. No 1962 [6]
Drive 2011 [11]
Falling Down 1993 [11]
Fatal Attraction 1987 [2]
Funny Games 1997 [1]
The Godfather 1972 [5]
Goodfellas 1990 [1]
Gladiator 2000 [5]
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]
The Human Centipede (first sequence) 2009 [12]
I Care a Lot 2020 [13]
In the Company of Men 1997 [1]
Inglourious Basterds 2009 [12]
Ichi the Killer 2001 [2]
The King of Comedy 1982 [7]
Leon: The Professional 1994 [11]
M 1931 [1] [4]
Malice 1993 [6]
Man Bites Dog 1992 [1]
Marathon Man 1976 [5]
Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 [12]
Misery 1990 [1]
Mommie Dearest 1981 [2]
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]
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 [5]
Pan's Labyrinth 2006 [7]
Pearl 2022 [14]
Peeping Tom 1960 [2]
Play Misty for Me 1971 [2]
Psycho 1960 [6]
Reservoir Dogs 1992 [1]
Schindler's List 1993 [5]
Seven 1995 [1]
Seven Psychopaths 2012 [1]
Sexy Beast 2000 [2]
The Shining 1980 [1]
The Silence of the Lambs 1991 [6]
Snowtown 2011 [12]
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 [6]
Taxi Driver 1976 [12]
There Will Be Blood 2007 [1]
Thoroughbreds 2017 [5]
Titanic 1997 [5]
The Untouchables 1987 [5]
Wall Street 1987 [6]
We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 [6]
What About Bob? 1991 [2]
Wolf Creek 2005 [7]
Wrong Turn 2003 [7]
Zero Day 2003 [15]

See also

References

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