10 Best Psychological Thrillers On Netflix
7. Shutter Island
Arguably Martin Scorsese's most underrated movie of the past twenty years, Shutter Island sees the master filmmaker crafting a perplexing puzzle of a film.
A pair of detectives travel to a hospital for the criminally insane on a secluded island in search of a missing patient. The two eventually come to learn that the island itself is its own mystery, with secrets hiding around every corner.
Shutter Island is a name often thrown around when talking about the best modern psychological thrillers, and for good reason. Everything about it is top notch. From the cinematography and the score to the characters and the story, the movie is on point at all times. It traps you in a perpetual state of anxiety with not a moment wasted when it comes to building its oppressively chilling tone.
Martin Scorsese is mostly known for his crime dramas and gangster flicks, but here we see him treading unfamiliar ground. The film is an anomaly in his filmography, but one that stands out more like a diamond than a sore thumb. If you haven't had a chance to check it out yet, well, what are you waiting for?