Genre
Psychological Thrillers
Thrillers whose tension comes from unstable minds rather than physical danger — unreliable narrators, paranoia, and the slow suspicion that the protagonist is the problem.
Four textbook cases
Not the best four — the four that define the shape. Start anywhere.
Vertigo
Alfred Hitchcock · 1958
Repulsion
Roman Polanski · 1965
Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky · 2010
Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese · 2010
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