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    Auberon Waugh

    List of films featuring psychopaths and sociopaths.

    Film Year Ref.
    Aguirre, the Wrath of God 1972 [1]
    Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003
    Alone in the Dark 1982
    American Psycho 2000 [2]
    Angst 1983
    Apocalypse Now 1979 [2]
    Audition 1999 [2]
    August Underground 2001
    August Underground's Mordum 2003
    August Underground's Penance 2007
    The Bad Seed 1956 [3][4]
    Basic Instinct 1992 [5]
    Be My Cat: A Film for Anne 2015
    Black Christmas 1974
    Black Christmas 2006
    Black Christmas 2019
    Blade Runner 1982 [6]
    Blue Velvet 1986 [1]
    Bonnie and Clyde 1967 [5]
    Mr. Brooks 2007 [7]
    The Cable Guy 1996 [2]
    The Call 2013
    Cape Fear 1962
    Cape Fear 1991 [1]
    Capture Kill Release 2016 [8]
    Child of Rage 1992 [9]
    Child of Rage: A Story of Abuse 1990 [10]
    A Clockwork Orange 1971 [6]
    The Collector 2009
    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 [1]
    Creep 2014
    Creep 2 2017
    The Dark Knight 2008 [6]
    Dead Man Walking 1995 [5]
    The Devil's Rejects 2005 [1]
    Don't Breathe 2016
    Dr. No 1962 [6]
    Drive 2011 [11]
    Eden Lake 2008
    Emelie 2015
    Falling Down 1993 [11]
    Fatal Attraction 1987 [2]
    Friday the 13th 1980
    Funny Games 1997 [1]
    Funny Games 2007
    The Godfather 1972 [5]
    The Good Son 1993
    Goodfellas 1990 [1]
    Gone Girl 2014
    Gladiator 2000 [5]
    Grotesque 2009
    Halloween 1978
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992
    Hard Candy 2005 [1]
    Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer 1986 [2]
    High Tension 2003 [12]
    The Hitcher 1986 [12]
    The Hills Have Eyes 1977 [7]
    Hostel 2005
    The Human Centipede (first sequence) 2009 [12]
    The Human Centipede 2 (full sequence) 2011
    The Human Centipede 3 (final sequence) 2015
    Hush 2016
    I Care a Lot 2020 [13]
    I Saw the Devil 2010
    I See You 2019
    I Spit on Your Grave 1978
    The Iceman Tapes: Conversations with a Killer 1992
    The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman 2001
    The Iceman and the Psychiatrist 2003
    In the Company of Men 1997 [1]
    Inglourious Basterds 2009 [12]
    Ichi the Killer 2001 [2]
    Joker 2019
    The King of Comedy 1982 [7]
    The Last House on the Left 1972
    The Last House on the Left 2009
    Leave Her to Heaven 1945
    Leon: The Professional 1994 [11]
    M 1931 [1][4]
    M.O.M. Mothers of Monsters 2020
    Malice 1993 [6]
    Man Bites Dog 1992 [1]
    Manhunter 1986
    Marathon Man 1976 [5]
    Martha Marcy May Marlene 2011 [12]
    Martyrs 2008
    Mikey 1992
    Misery 1990 [1]
    Mommie Dearest 1981 [2]
    Monster 2003
    Mother's Day 2010
    Natural Born Killers 1994 [1]
    The Night of the Hunter 1955 [1]
    Nightcrawler 2014 [4]
    No Country for Old Men 2007 [5]
    One Hour Photo 2002 [7]
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood 2019
    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest 1975 [5]
    Orphan 2009
    Pan's Labyrinth 2006 [7]
    Pearl 2022 [14]
    Peeping Tom 1960 [2]
    Play Misty for Me 1971 [2]
    The Plumber 1979
    Promising Young Woman 2020
    Psycho 1960 [6]
    The Purge 2013
    Reservoir Dogs 1992 [1]
    Saw 2004
    Saw X 2023
    Scary Movie 2000
    Schindler's List 1993 [5]
    Scream 1996
    Seven 1995 [1]
    Seven Psychopaths 2012 [1]
    Sexy Beast 2000 [2]
    The Silence of the Lambs 1991 [6]
    Skyfall 2012
    Sleep Tight 2011
    Snowtown 2011 [12]
    The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999 [6]
    Taxi Driver 1976 [12]
    The Texas Chain Saw Massacre 1974
    There Will Be Blood 2007 [1]
    Titanic 1997 [5]
    The Town That Dreaded Sundown 1976
    The Untouchables 1987 [5]
    Wait Until Dark 1967
    Wall Street 1987 [6]
    We Need to Talk about Kevin 2011 [6]
    What About Bob? 1991 [2]
    What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962
    When a Stranger Calls 1979
    When a Stranger Calls 2006
    Wolf Creek 2005 [7]
    Wrong Turn 2003 [7]
    You're Next 2011
    Zero Day 2003 [15]
    Zodiac 2007

    See also

    References

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    Credit: Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_films_featuring_psychopaths_and_sociopaths

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