Movies Like The Psycho Lover

If you liked The Psycho Lover (1970), a horror movie directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Gothika (2003)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
After a car crash, criminal psychologist Dr. Miranda Grey regains consciousness only to find that she's a patient in the same mental institution that currently employs her. She's been accused of murdering her husband…
2
Stonehearst Asylum (2014)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.
3
6 Souls (2010)
★ 6/10Also horror
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
4
Body Parts (1991)
★ 5.9/10Also horror
A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing…
5
Unsane (2018)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
A woman is involuntarily committed to a mental institution where she is confronted by her greatest fear.
6
Happy Birthday to Me (1981)
★ 6/10Also horror
Virginia is proud that she belongs to a clique. The best students at a private school. But before her 18th birthday, a gruesome set of murders take place and her friends are the ones who are falling prey. Could it be…
7
The Brood (1979)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
A man tries to uncover an unconventional psychologist's therapy techniques on his institutionalised wife, amidst a series of brutal murders.
8
Psycho II (1983)
★ 6.5/10Also horror
Norman Bates is declared sane and released from the facility in which he was being held, despite the complaints of Lila Loomis, sister of his most famous victim. Is he really cured, or will he kill again?
9
Dressed to Kill (1980)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
After witnessing a mysterious woman brutally slay a homemaker, prostitute Liz Blake finds herself trapped in a dangerous situation. While the police thinks she is the murderer, the real killer is intent on silencing…
10
The Entity (1982)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
A single mom is raped by an invisible force. Her psychiatrist believes the experience stems from childhood trauma, while she knows something supernatural is at play.
11
Saw III (2006)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Jigsaw has disappeared. Along with his new apprentice Amanda, the puppet-master behind the cruel, intricate games that have terrified a community and baffled police has once again eluded capture and vanished. While…
12
American Mary (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.
13
Get Out (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also horror
Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial…
14
Smile (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also horror
After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.
15
Split (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also horror
Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls…
16
Possessor (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also horror
Tasya Vos, an elite corporate assassin, uses brain-implant technology to take control of other people’s bodies to terminate high profile targets. As she sinks deeper into her latest assignment, Vos becomes trapped…
17
Strange Darling (2024)
★ 6.9/10Also horror
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
18
Tau (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also horror
Held captive in a futuristic smart house, a woman hopes to escape by befriending the A.I. program that controls the house.
19
Don't Move (2024)
★ 6.3/10Also horror
A grieving woman in a secluded forest encounters a killer who injects her with a paralytic drug. As her body shuts down, her fight for survival begins.
20
Jigsaw (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also horror
Law enforcement finds itself chasing the ghost of a man dead for over a decade, embroiled in a diabolical new game that's only just begun.