The best psychological thrillers are born from a marriage of danger and cerebral uncertainty.

The inability to discern what is real from what isnt makes any situation more intense.

The 21st century has providedsome of the greatest psychological thrillers that cinema has to offer.

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This is a selection of the 10 best psychological thrillers of the last 25 years, ranked.

Simply put,Uncut Gemsisone of the most impressive feats of filmmaking and screenwriting of the 21st century.

The most important things that he must remember are tattooed onto his body.

Adam Sandler holding a gold necklace in ‘Uncut Gems’

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Delightfully peculiar and bold,Parasiteis a rousing watch, fully deserving of its monumental Best Picture win.

Few movies feel as fresh and exciting as thisit’s enough to reinforce anyone’s love for movies.

Teddy follows a trail of breadcrumbs that will challenge his perception of the past.

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The Machinistis often referenced as the film in which Bale’s appearance resembles a living skeleton.

1’Zodiac' (2007)

1970s San Francisco.

A serial killer operating with extreme precision and ruthlessness taunts Bay Area police with cryptic messages and letters.

Leonard Shelby sits starkly shadowed in crisp black and white in Memento.

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The cerebral code-cracking is interwoven with harrowing recreations of true-to-life homicides.

As disturbing as it can be,Zodiacis consistently gripping and immaculately presented.

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The Kim family lounges about in the backyard of the house of the Park family in a cropped closeup from the poster for Parasite. There is a sinister redacted line superimposed over every person’s eyes.

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Shutter Island (2010)

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Trevor Reznik looking at his frail body in the mirror in The Machinist

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Hugh Jackman threatening Paul Dano in ‘Prisoners’

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Lou aims his camera up while climbing a set of stairs in the film Nightcrawler

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Nina, staring into a mirror at herself with blood red eyes in Black Swan.

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A couple by the lake in Zodiac

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Black Swan

Gone Girl