The best psychological thrillers on Amazon Prime Video to start the year

Sometimes it’s hard to find the title that fills your eyes, and makes you take advantage of the Christmas holidays, or take advantage of the days off in a new year. However, here we leave you with some of the best psychological thrillers that you can watch on the Amazon Prime Video platform and that will surely keep you entertained until the end credits roll out.

The best psychological thrillers they must have the ability to make you think, but not only mentally challenge you to put yourself in the shoes of their protagonists. This is precisely “Nursery”, a science fiction thriller by Lorgan Finnegan, starring Imogen Poots and Jesse Eisenberg. It is about a couple who are about to buy their first home and arrive in a neighborhood where all the houses are identical. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

Immersion

From Chile and by the hand of Nicolás Postiglione, comes one of best thrillers on amazon prime video, ‘Immersion’. The story stars Consuelo Carreño, Alfredo Castro and Mariela Mignot, and is about a father who takes his two daughters to the family home by the lake. One day they see three young locals asking for help, but their father refuses because he looks at them suspiciously.

Pig

One of best psychological thrillers of 2022 was played by Nicolas Cage and Alex Wolff in ‘Pig’, by Michael Sarnoski. The plot of this suspenseful story follows a truffle hunter who lives alone outside of Oregon. But criminals steal his beloved pig, and now he’s forced to relive his past in Portland as he searches for his kidnapped roommate. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

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golden desert

Directed by Anthony Hayes, we have ‘Desierto de Oro’, an action and suspense film starring Zac Efron. The story follows two men who find the largest gold nugget ever discovered by mankind. But with such wealth, they now have to find a way to hide it and not let greed take over. Available on Amazon Prime Video.

nightcrawler

Even if it is not part of the Amazon Prime Video catalog and you have to pay an extra amount, “Nightcrawler” is an experience not to be missed. It is a thriller from Dan Gilroy, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, which brings to life a young man who finds in tabloid journalism an opportunity to be a successful reporter.

The Girl Who Killed Her Parents | The boy who killed my parents

Lastly we have a rather particular thriller, given that these are two films, but which tell the same story from different perspectives. ‘The Girl Who Killed Her Parents’ and ‘The Boy Who Killed My Parents’, both by Mauricio Eca, deal with the death of the Richthofen couple, based on one of the most shocking real cases in Brazil.