Top rated 25 psychological mystery movies with painterly director

Check out today’s highest ranked movies with a psychological mystery and painterly director! Looking for the greatest movies of all times? Here is the list of the best movies with a psychological mystery and painterly director, based on the crowd's interest and popular searches from the country.

1 Saint Maud (2019)

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter with a former colleague throws up hints of a dark past, it becomes clear there is more to sweet Maud than meets the eye.

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2019-12-27 | Drama / Horror

Cast

Morfydd Clark, Jennifer Ehle

Rating

rating icon 6.577
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    godly
  2. Ranked #1 for
    fanatic
  3. Ranked #1 for
    fanaticism

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2 Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of art.

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2019-02-01 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Rene Russo, Jake Gyllenhaal

Rating

rating icon 5.363
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    prissy
  2. Ranked #2 for
    hammy performance
  3. Ranked #2 for
    high art

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3 I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

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2020-08-28 | Drama / Fantasy

Cast

Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley

Rating

rating icon 6.588
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    obtuse
  2. Ranked #1 for
    scratching head
  3. Ranked #1 for
    analytical

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4 Smile (2022)

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, Dr. Rose Cotter starts experiencing frightening occurrences that she can't explain.

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2022-09-23 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sosie Bacon, Kyle Gallner

Rating

rating icon 6.695
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    fakeout
  2. Ranked #1 for
    cheap jump scares
  3. Ranked #1 for
    false scare

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5 Midsommar (2019)

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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2019-07-03 | Horror / Drama

Cast

Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor

Rating

rating icon 7.2
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    disturbing
  2. Ranked #1 for
    horrifying
  3. Ranked #1 for
    slightly disturbing

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6 The Wonder (2022)

Haunted by her past, a nurse travels from England to a remote Irish village in 1862 to investigate a young girl's supposedly miraculous fast.

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2022-11-02 | Drama / Mystery

Cast

Florence Pugh, Kíla Lord Cassidy

Rating

rating icon 6.61
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #3 for
    completely baffled
  2. Ranked #3 for
    innocent girl
  3. Ranked #3 for
    minx

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7 Caveat (2021)

A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.

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2021-10-20 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Jonathan French, Leila Sykes

Rating

rating icon 5.953
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    creepier
  2. Ranked #2 for
    total darkness
  3. Ranked #2 for
    anticlimactic

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8 Decision to Leave (2022)

From a mountain peak in South Korea, a man plummets to his death. Did he jump, or was he pushed? When detective Hae-joon arrives on the scene, he begins to suspect the dead man’s wife Seo-rae. But as he digs deeper into the investigation, he finds himself trapped in a web of deception and desire.

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2022-06-29 | Thriller / Mystery

Cast

Park Hae-il, Tang Wei

Rating

rating icon 7.4
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    visual gimmick
  2. Ranked #1 for
    lust
  3. Ranked #2 for
    romantically involved

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9 Last Night in Soho (2021)

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she encounters her idol, a dazzling wannabe singer. But 1960s London is not what it seems, and time seems to be falling apart with shady consequences.

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2021-10-21 | Mystery / Thriller

Cast

Thomasin McKenzie, Anya Taylor-Joy

Rating

rating icon 7.344
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    glamorous
  2. Ranked #1 for
    dazzling
  3. Ranked #1 for
    kaleidoscopic

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10 We Need to Do Something (2021)

Seeking shelter from a storm, a family finds themselves trapped in a bathroom for days with no sign of rescue and untold evils lurking just beyond the walls.

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2021-09-03 | Horror / Mystery

Cast

Sierra McCormick, Vinessa Shaw

Rating

rating icon 5.3
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People's Taste Ranking

  1. Ranked #1 for
    final insult
  2. Ranked #1 for
    copping out
  3. Ranked #2 for
    locked in

Trailer

We Need to Do Something trailer
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