Movies like Psycho
If Psycho's mix of hotel, clerk and detective stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Psycho's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Psycho II
1983 · Directed by Richard Franklin · 113 min6.5
Why you'll like itWith Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles · Shares: motel, serial killer, mental illness · Also horror and mystery
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
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The Shining
1980 · Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 144 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: hotel, psychological thriller, mother son relationship · Also horror and thriller
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter.
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The Big Sleep
1946 · Directed by Howard Hawks · 114 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: detective, private detective, missing person · Also mystery and thriller
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what…
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Identity
2003 · Directed by James Mangold · 90 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: detective, motel, serial killer · Also mystery and thriller
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to…
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Dressed to Kill
1980 · Directed by Brian De Palma · 105 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: shower, alter ego, serial killer · Also thriller and mystery
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…
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Se7en
1995 · Directed by David Fincher · 127 min8.4
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer, corpse · Also mystery and thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the…
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Memento
2000 · Directed by Christopher Nolan · 113 min8.2
Why you'll like itShares: motel, psychological thriller · Also mystery and thriller
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term…
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Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964 · Directed by Robert Aldrich · 133 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: psychological thriller, mental illness · Also horror and mystery · From the same decade (1960s)
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
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I See You
2019 · Directed by Adam Randall · 98 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: detective, serial killer · Also horror and thriller
When a 12-year-old boy goes missing at a local park, a detective investigates the case to help the boy's family find answers.
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Longlegs
2024 · Directed by Osgood Perkins · 101 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: serial killer, corpse · Also horror and mystery
FBI Agent Lee Harker is a gifted new recruit assigned to the unsolved case of an elusive serial killer. As the case takes complex turns, unearthing evidence of the occult, Harker discovers a personal connection to the…
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare
1994 · Directed by Wes Craven · 112 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: halloween, slasher · Also horror and mystery
A demonic force has chosen Freddy Krueger as its portal to the real world. Can Heather Langenkamp play the part of Nancy one last time and trap the evil trying to enter our world?
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The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
2021 · Directed by Michael Chaves · 111 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: halloween · Also horror and mystery
Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before,…