You will never be the same after finishing these mind-bending psychological thrillers

Psychological thrillers have the ability to, well, as the title says, penetrate very deeply into the human psyche. This means that they challenge you and twist some of the concepts you take for granted so that you can rethink them. That is why we have now chosen some of the best ones and that you should be careful, because you will never be the same after you finish them.

Probably one of the first psychological thrillers you have to see to change your life, is ‘Enter the Void’, the masterpiece of Gaspar Noé. It is a title originally released in 2009, which tells the story of Oscar, a drug dealer who lives in Tokyo with his sister. One day the boy is killed by the police and his spirit witnesses life after death.

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There is no doubt that one of the psychological thrillers that you will finish and you will never be the same person again is ‘Primer’, a sci-fi film directed by Shane Carruth. The story follows a group of scientist friends who invent a machine that reduces the mass of any object, only to discover that it also has the ability to travel through time.

Border

With a mixture of magical realism, we have a psychological thriller that will change you completely. It’s called ‘Border’, directed by Ali Abbasi, and released in 2018, which is about a guard who has a sixth sense to identify possible smuggling culprits. However, one day he meets a person who cannot prove guilty of his crimes.

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A ghost story

Starring Casie Affleck alongside Rooney Mara, we have a psychological thriller like no other you’ll see. This is “A Ghost Story” by David Lowery and A24. The story follows a young man who loses his life, but returns as a ghost to witness the loneliness of his widowed wife and the infinity of eternal life as the years go by. Available on HBO Max.

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Now that Brandon Cronenberg is out, it’s a good time to recall what he did with the fantastic ‘Possessor’, a sci-fi psychological horror film starring Andrea Riseborough and Christopher Abbott. The story follows Tasya, an assassin for a company that implants brain devices to control important people. Available on HBO Max.

under the skin

Finally we have a sci-fi thriller based on A24, directed by Jonathan Glazer and starring Scarlett Johansson. This is “Under the Skin”, the story of a seductive human-looking alien who lures several men under her spell, to take advantage of them. Available on HBO Max.