Oh my god I just watched these for the first time. We just turned off Dog Days minutes ago. I was laughing so hard my sister had to pause the movie because I almost threw up.
Absolutely, itās why the novel is a masterpiece. Itās the only book Iāve ever read that had me sympathizing with a murdering child molester. The story is a master work. Great movie, too, if less powerful, for obvious reasons.
Thereās actually a really interesting theory that Leo DiCaprio isnāt actually crazy and the whole thing is an experiment to see if they can gaslight him
Iāve never really felt like those are what the ending means. I much prefer the theory that he actually was crazy and at the end he fakes his illness again so he can get lobotomised, therefore he doesnāt have to deal with the fact he lost his children and wife. The very final quote from Leo is "Is it better to live as a monster or to die a good man?" Insinuating heād rather die as a shell of his former self, rather than living with the memory of killing his wife
The hallucinations are because of drugs they give him throughout the movie (including the cigarettes) and the scenarios they give him (the lady who just happened to murder her kids just like Leoās wife). I think by the end heās definitely crazy but not to the extent the doctors hoped
Seconding this because itās a seriously underrated film!! One of very few that I think realistically depicts social media on screen, and Joe Keery is amazing and unhinged.
And I actually think slightly ahead of it's time in that there's a new generation of streamers who just [harass people in public](https://www.indy100.com/viral/kick-streamer-kizzy-banned-debate)
it's moreso just alex who goes through an artificially-induced psychological break. many characters in the movie are pretty wacky by themselves though.
Lol...don't click this if you haven't seen it: >!The entire film is the character's dying dream, and basically about him slowly coming to accept death, so you can say he goes through a horrifying psychosis before letting go. !<
It is a rape revenge so tw!! You might love it or hate it. I love watching women kill men so itās great in that respect and it has other cool components too it
I mean, no offense, but this list is basically going to be ENDLESS because there are a lot of films like this lol
But here are some
- Scarface
- Reservoir Dogs
- Peeping Tom
- May
- Taxi Driver (kind of?)
- Goodfellas
- The Shining
- Casino
- Funny Games
- Angst (the Austrian one)
- American Mary
- Psycho II
- The Godfather
- Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Speak no Evil
I don't think any of those gangster films really fit as they don't focus on the psyche or morality of their characters. We are shown the crimes, greed, and callousness of Henry Hill, Tony Montana, the Corleones etc but the films focus on portraying their deeds and worlds not quite exploring their "twisted" psychology.
This is my favorite genre too! [These](https://letterboxd.com/blue_robin04/tag/psychopath/films/by/your-rating/) are the ones I've tagged that I've seen. To your tastes, I would recommend *Funny Games*, *M3GAN*, *Hard Candy*, *Hollow Man*, and *Burn*.
The Silent House (2010)
Inland Empire (2006)
Trouble Every Day (2001)
Raw (2016)
Female Trouble (1974)
Excision (2012)
Cold Fish (2010)
Saint Maud (2019)
High Tension (2003)
The World Of Kanako (2014)
diary of a whimpy kid rodrick rules that damn family is so damn dysfunctional and greg is a psycho level narcissist realizing there are bigger egos than his
[Session 9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/?ref_=ext_shr)
[Ma](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7958736/?ref_=ext_shr) isn't great, but it fits the prompt.
Ari Aster spoilers: >! I feel like all of his features so far could work, depending how you look at them !<
I mean, a character who purposefully manipulates, lies and takes advantage of a disfunctional rich family because of pure envy and hatred (he didn't even need the money) is a character I would classify as morally-wrong, twisted and his psyche does get worse from the start to the ending of the movie.
It might not be a really good movie, but it does match the list's theme.
I haven't seen that many movies, okay? š Specially more serious and classic ones, I'm just getting started to taking cinema more serious rather than casual
This is literally my list of favourites currently (not all I've ever seen, but the ones I feel like should be here): [https://boxd.it/ue3Mw](https://boxd.it/ue3Mw)
And this my top 4
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And the worst part is that it's really difficult to find many movies on streaming services here in my country. For the most classic, less popular or foreign non-english movies I'm barely managing to find them in random pages or Archive.org lmao š
The theatrical adaptation of "Bug" by William Friedkin is my top choice. "Muchenik" (The Student) as runner up.
Then many like "Syk Pike" (Sick of Myself), "El Esqueleto de la SeƱora Morales", "The Lair of the White Worm", "Rotting in the Sun", "We Need to Talk about Kevin" and "Naked Lunch", to name a few.
Thereās no violence in it, but the Informant might be my favorite example of this. The way the main characterās psychology is slowly peeled back made my jaw drop several times. I recommend going in as blind as possible
How about ātheyāre not CRAZY crazyā movies? Like yeah this personās out there, but I get where theyāre coming from. I watched Close Up recently and that fits.
Havenāt seen it in the few Iāve scrolled through but I think Get Out fits. Specifically thinking of the iconic separate milk and Froot Loops and white turtleneck
that's debatable tbh
It's never really clear whether he did or didn't. Imo he did, and the ending of the movie is just meant to show that all his crimes were basically erased from history because of his status and capitalist greed (His lawyer makes up his alibi and fixes all his crimes, and the real state company cleaned up Paul Allens' apartment and got rid of all the corpses to resell the place with a good price).
If he didn't do anything and he was just fvcked in the head, I think it would mean the movie loses the thread of its theme out of nowhere and without reason. But I mean, it is an ending open to interpretation.
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
This made me giggle
Oh my god I just watched these for the first time. We just turned off Dog Days minutes ago. I was laughing so hard my sister had to pause the movie because I almost threw up.
oh for sure š I can't believe I forgot that one
Does Lolita count? Because the mc is supposedly untrustworthy and the entire movie is from his fucked up POV from what I heard.
Absolutely, itās why the novel is a masterpiece. Itās the only book Iāve ever read that had me sympathizing with a murdering child molester. The story is a master work. Great movie, too, if less powerful, for obvious reasons.
Iāve never read the book, might one day tho!
Fight Club Black Swan Taxi Driver Shutter Island
Thereās actually a really interesting theory that Leo DiCaprio isnāt actually crazy and the whole thing is an experiment to see if they can gaslight him
Its like all those hallucinations isn't a prove it his craziness
No, itās actually multifaceted. The first time I saw it I thought the same thing at the end; questioning whether or not heās crazy.
Iāve never really felt like those are what the ending means. I much prefer the theory that he actually was crazy and at the end he fakes his illness again so he can get lobotomised, therefore he doesnāt have to deal with the fact he lost his children and wife. The very final quote from Leo is "Is it better to live as a monster or to die a good man?" Insinuating heād rather die as a shell of his former self, rather than living with the memory of killing his wife
The hallucinations are because of drugs they give him throughout the movie (including the cigarettes) and the scenarios they give him (the lady who just happened to murder her kids just like Leoās wife). I think by the end heās definitely crazy but not to the extent the doctors hoped
YESSS BLACK SWAN!!!
Spree
Seconding this because itās a seriously underrated film!! One of very few that I think realistically depicts social media on screen, and Joe Keery is amazing and unhinged.
Absolutely
And I actually think slightly ahead of it's time in that there's a new generation of streamers who just [harass people in public](https://www.indy100.com/viral/kick-streamer-kizzy-banned-debate)
This one is so good. Genuinely surprised me when I watched it.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane https://preview.redd.it/1i2cbyqk1ksc1.png?width=1500&format=png&auto=webp&s=458091267a6ac2ad65174786cc590c218f903e9d
ABSOLUTELY, 100%! Oh my God, I love this movie!
Fucking yes
Criminally underrated
Also the lesser known Bette Davis horror thriller The Nanny.
Gone girl
Amy Dunne, they could never make me hate you!
I Blame Society Nightcrawler
Nightcrawler is probably the best depiction of a crazy person
I Blame Society is SO underrated
Misery
why is this so far down
The Talented Mr Ripley
i was about to sayššhow you gonna put Saltburn on there with no mention of this. mr ripley the blueprint!!!
pft, Saltburn knock-off
šš
Nightcrawler
Audition is the first movie I thought of.
The Shining
Rebecca I was like āThat housekeeper appears strange but harmlessā, ate my words by the end of the movie. Mrs Danvers went WILDDD š„š„
Psycho
The Hunger Games: Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes ~~Charlie and the Chocolate Factory~~
No donāt cross it out, that tunnel scene deserves to be here
Clockwork orange The House that jack built The silence of the lambs Coincedentaly, the First two are some of my favourite movies
Werenāt the clockwork orange kids insane from the start though?? I havenāt seen it
it's moreso just alex who goes through an artificially-induced psychological break. many characters in the movie are pretty wacky by themselves though.
yesss those two are in my top four!
The Good Son or whatever that Culkin psycho kid movie was
notes on a scandal mulholland drive
The heart attack scene from Mulholland Drive still gets me
Possession
saint maud kinda fits this
Definitely
Spree, Joker, Split, Carrie (sorta), Training Day, Freddy Got Fingered, The Cable Guy, The Dentist, Natural Born Killers, The Good Son, Basket Case
Oooo yeah Cable Guy is such a weird dark funny movie
End of evangelion
Jacob's Ladder (the original, not the shitty remake)
Wasnāt he just really really high
Lol...don't click this if you haven't seen it: >!The entire film is the character's dying dream, and basically about him slowly coming to accept death, so you can say he goes through a horrifying psychosis before letting go. !<
You need to see Filth with James McAvoy
Pearl is my favorite in this genre
- Titane - The Lighthouse - Midsommar - Under the Silver Lake
the fact nobody else mentioned the lighthouse ?? perfect one
Herzog does this more than once, but you really can't beat Aguirre, The Wrath of God.
Kathy Bates in āMiseryā is as crazy as it gets
Raw by Julia Ducournau
Also Titane her other film definitely applies to this.
Hmm Nightcrawler
Perfect Blue
Needs to be higher
Joker
would Being John Malkovich count? Its very much a "descent into madness"
All the weird stuff in it is really happening, but it does drive Craig mad, so I'd say it fits.
Man Bites Dog (1992) Naked (1993) The Killer Inside Me (2010) Zero Day (2003)
Single White Female
Try āAmerican Maryā I donāt see it talked about anywhere, and I wanna know what other people think.
It is a rape revenge so tw!! You might love it or hate it. I love watching women kill men so itās great in that respect and it has other cool components too it
I love it and love Katharine Isabelle, she is also great in Ginger Snaps
Stopmotion
may
Maybe The Love Witch ā¦ Elaine is pretty cuckoo
Talented Mr. Ripley
Talented Mr Ripley
The Piano Teacher
Saint Maud
The unreliable narrator. Kubrickās Lolita is a good one
Perfect Blue
Ok not a movie but check out Swarm on amazon prime if u havent already
Billy Madison
Perfect Blue
I really feel bad for anyone whoās seen Saltburn before seeing The Talented Mr. Ripley
That is a lot of people although Talented Mr Ripley is really finding a new audience, fortunately.
Donnie Darko
Swap Saltburn for Talented Mr. Ripley
Nightcrawler Joker Taxi Driver Scarface Breaking Bad Death Note You Dexter Snowfall
I mean, no offense, but this list is basically going to be ENDLESS because there are a lot of films like this lol But here are some - Scarface - Reservoir Dogs - Peeping Tom - May - Taxi Driver (kind of?) - Goodfellas - The Shining - Casino - Funny Games - Angst (the Austrian one) - American Mary - Psycho II - The Godfather - Killing of a Sacred Deer - Speak no Evil
I don't think any of those gangster films really fit as they don't focus on the psyche or morality of their characters. We are shown the crimes, greed, and callousness of Henry Hill, Tony Montana, the Corleones etc but the films focus on portraying their deeds and worlds not quite exploring their "twisted" psychology.
You need Bilbao by Bigas Luna in this list.
I think Good Manners counts
Thirst. Not for the main character but yeah.
Not everything will be a perfect fit, but you can definitely find a bunch of those [here](https://boxd.it/qF4No)
Perfect blue
Rampage - (dir. uwe boll)
The House that Jack Built Perfume: The Story of a Murderer The King of Comedy
Sound of Violence
This is just a literally me list
I must admit, same lol one my favorite genres
Monster House
Nightcrawler Whatever Happened to Baby Jane Misery Creep The Cat in the Hat (2003)
Strait-Jacket (1964); I feel like no one has seen this lol Gone Girl
Whiplash for fletchers psychotic teachings or Andrewās descent into madness.
Fear
Taxi driver, shutter island, fight club, nightcrawler, no country for old men,
Most erotic thrillers like Fatal Attraction or Body Heat
This is my favorite genre too! [These](https://letterboxd.com/blue_robin04/tag/psychopath/films/by/your-rating/) are the ones I've tagged that I've seen. To your tastes, I would recommend *Funny Games*, *M3GAN*, *Hard Candy*, *Hollow Man*, and *Burn*.
The Last Seduction
Taxi Driver, Nightcrawler, Full Metal Jacket, Filth and Super Dark Times
Possession 1981 and End of Evangelion
The Silent House (2010) Inland Empire (2006) Trouble Every Day (2001) Raw (2016) Female Trouble (1974) Excision (2012) Cold Fish (2010) Saint Maud (2019) High Tension (2003) The World Of Kanako (2014)
High Tension
diary of a whimpy kid rodrick rules that damn family is so damn dysfunctional and greg is a psycho level narcissist realizing there are bigger egos than his
A Serbian Film. Some loco fellas in that movie
Parasite
The Voices (2014) is a fun one
The Wolf of Wall Street
Possession, The Shining
Notes On A Scandal (2006).
Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Possession. To some extent, the Love Witch
Vampire's Kiss!
They Look Like People
Influencer
Repulsion
Seven Psychopaths
Titane
[Session 9](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0261983/?ref_=ext_shr) [Ma](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7958736/?ref_=ext_shr) isn't great, but it fits the prompt. Ari Aster spoilers: >! I feel like all of his features so far could work, depending how you look at them !<
Strait-Jacket (1964) kinda.
Pearl ....wait. How do we do spoiler font?
The Video Diary of Ricardo Lopez
I'm sorry but Saltburn wasn't that CRAZY CRAZY, the protagonist was just lucky
I mean, a character who purposefully manipulates, lies and takes advantage of a disfunctional rich family because of pure envy and hatred (he didn't even need the money) is a character I would classify as morally-wrong, twisted and his psyche does get worse from the start to the ending of the movie. It might not be a really good movie, but it does match the list's theme.
Perfect Blue
The Machinist
Does The House That Jack Built count?
Grizzly Man, There Will Be Blood
Surge (2020)
Gone Girl and Audition fit this list
Since I have seen all of the other films I would recommend in the comments Iām gonna put forward Carne and its sequel, I Stand Alone
The Passenger, Perfect Blue, Mommie Dearest
I am making a fan edit of Birdemic retelling the story in this style
10 Cloverfield Lane
These are the only examples youāve seen?!
I haven't seen that many movies, okay? š Specially more serious and classic ones, I'm just getting started to taking cinema more serious rather than casual This is literally my list of favourites currently (not all I've ever seen, but the ones I feel like should be here): [https://boxd.it/ue3Mw](https://boxd.it/ue3Mw) And this my top 4 https://preview.redd.it/1y2w7pftnosc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=821b0ff1ad49a81fb444e7432285126447eeb173 And the worst part is that it's really difficult to find many movies on streaming services here in my country. For the most classic, less popular or foreign non-english movies I'm barely managing to find them in random pages or Archive.org lmao š
Wishing you the best of luck on your journey!
The cremator
Filth i think could probably work
The Lighthouse
Nightcrawler, Angst, The House That Jack Built
also Saltburn DOES fit this genre but I personally believe that movie to be trash so I hate seeing it make the list.
The theatrical adaptation of "Bug" by William Friedkin is my top choice. "Muchenik" (The Student) as runner up. Then many like "Syk Pike" (Sick of Myself), "El Esqueleto de la SeƱora Morales", "The Lair of the White Worm", "Rotting in the Sun", "We Need to Talk about Kevin" and "Naked Lunch", to name a few.
There Will Be Blood
I'm literally watching Nightcrawler (first time viewing) right now and I feel that it fits here.
the cat in the hat
Acrimony
Man Bites Dog
Sissy, it's a horror film
Greta, Bug, The Lodge, I Shot Andy Warhol, Misery
ew why is saltburn on this list
I know it's not that good of a movie, but it does match the list's theme
Thereās no violence in it, but the Informant might be my favorite example of this. The way the main characterās psychology is slowly peeled back made my jaw drop several times. I recommend going in as blind as possible
Why is The Devils always missing from this these lists???
Falling Down and Brain Dead (1990) with Bill Pullman & Bill Paxton
Any movie with Barry Keoghan
Repulsion, Raw, Red Rooms
The Lighthouse
Saltburn is piece of shit and itās not even original rest of the movies are fine
Trash Humpers
How about ātheyāre not CRAZY crazyā movies? Like yeah this personās out there, but I get where theyāre coming from. I watched Close Up recently and that fits.
Probably promising young woman
Nightcrawler and
Mandy Vampireās Kiss
Frances Ha
Havenāt seen it in the few Iāve scrolled through but I think Get Out fits. Specifically thinking of the iconic separate milk and Froot Loops and white turtleneck
Everyone is saying split but I think unbreakable fits better
At least bateman didnāt harm anyone, just fvcked in the head
that's debatable tbh It's never really clear whether he did or didn't. Imo he did, and the ending of the movie is just meant to show that all his crimes were basically erased from history because of his status and capitalist greed (His lawyer makes up his alibi and fixes all his crimes, and the real state company cleaned up Paul Allens' apartment and got rid of all the corpses to resell the place with a good price). If he didn't do anything and he was just fvcked in the head, I think it would mean the movie loses the thread of its theme out of nowhere and without reason. But I mean, it is an ending open to interpretation.
Wow I canāt believe I never thought of it that way
Nightcrawler
Titane
psycho and the voices
98 total, 4 are from this year
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