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Psychological Thriller

A subgenre of Thriller, Psychological Thrillers also focus on giving thrills to the audience. However, they focus on the characters and their psyches rather than the plot and action. It will often heavily overlap with the Mystery genre.

Philosophical and ethical issues are often explored in Psychological Thrillers. Common narrative devices used to facilitate the exploration of the characters' psyches are Back Story, first person narrative, and Stream Of Consciousness.

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Anime & Manga

The entire When They Cry franchise.
Perfect Blue
- In fact, most (if not all) of Satoshi Kon's works.
Monster
MW
Death Note
Anything by Fukumoto, special mention to Akagi which many people praised and enjoyed even without a clue on how to play Mahjong, also Legend of Strongest man Kurosawa, his only manga not about gambling.
Onani Master Kurosawa (AKA fapnote) is about a guy who likes to fap after class in the school's girls bathroom, Way way Better Than It Sounds.
Pandora Hearts
Liar Game

Fan Fiction

Kira Is Justice

Film

Arlington Road
Black Swan
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead
The Cell
Memento
M. Night Shyamalan is fond of these, including Unbreakable and The Village.
Hannibal
In the Line of Fire
Koma
One Hour Photo
Identity
Phone Booth
The Butterfly Effect
Flightplan
Ils
Jacob's Ladder
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Silence of the Lambs
The Element of Crime
Donnie Darko
Fight Club
Sucker Punch
Red Eye
Confessions

Live-Acton TV

Homeland

Literature

Sarah Waters' Affinity
Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley short stories.
Many of Desmond Cory's novels, including Deadfall.
Many of Mary Higgins Clark's novels.
Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None contains elements of this, but the Russian movie version expands on it. The result is very pleasing to watch.
Bad Monkeys.

Video Games