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1. Smile (V) (2022)

R | 115 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

After witnessing a bizarre, traumatic incident involving a patient, a psychiatrist becomes increasingly convinced she is being threatened by an uncanny entity.

Director: Parker Finn | Stars: Sosie Bacon, Jessie T. Usher, Kyle Gallner, Robin Weigert

Votes: 161,693

2. Freud (2020)

TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Thriller

Young Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.

Stars: Robert Finster, Ella Rumpf, Georg Friedrich, Christoph F. Krutzler

Votes: 13,308

3. Freud (1962)

Passed | 140 min | Biography, Drama

An examination of Czech-Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud's career when he began to treat patients diagnosed with hysteria, using the radical technique of hypnosis.

Director: John Huston | Stars: Montgomery Clift, Susannah York, Larry Parks, Susan Kohner

Votes: 3,320

4. Neverwas (2005)

PG-13 | 103 min | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery

A psychiatrist searches for insight into the life of his father, who was an acclaimed children's author. But he is shocked when his journey leads him to believe that the fantasy-land his father wrote about might actually exist.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Aaron Eckhart, Ian McKellen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Nolte

Votes: 6,980

5. The Impossible Years (1968)

G | 92 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

The eldest daughter of a Professor of Psychology at a large conservative university causes havoc, and great embarrassment, for her father with her free-willed and uninhibited lifestyle.

Director: Michael Gordon | Stars: David Niven, Lola Albright, Chad Everett, Ozzie Nelson

Votes: 800

6. The Spies (1957)

Not Rated | 125 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Short of cash for his private clinic, a French psychiatrist accepts money from a NATO Intelligence agent to shelter a defecting Soviet-bloc scientist but enemy spies are closing-in.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot | Stars: Curd Jürgens, Peter Ustinov, O.E. Hasse, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 1,099

7. Daria (2020)

93 min | Mystery, Thriller

When Daria disappears after their first date, Marek finds her in a psychiatric hospital. Everything might be part of a disturbing game played by powerful pharmaceutical companies, though ... See full summary »

Director: Matej Pichler | Stars: Klára Miklasová, Jaromír Nosek, Pavel Delong, Paul Louis Harrell

Votes: 114

8. Caruso Paskoski, Son of a Pole (1988)

102 min | Comedy, Romance

Psychiatrist Caruso is arguably as nutty as his patients. He can remember at two years old being completely besotted by the charms of a naked girl. Even today, he can think of little else besides sex, sex, sex.

Director: Francesco Nuti | Stars: Francesco Nuti, Clarissa Burt, Ricky Tognazzi, Antonio Petrocelli

Votes: 676

9. Justice in Unity: Redux (2023 Video Game)

M | Crime, Drama, Horror

A French-American police detective and a Victorian-era psychiatrist must face their inner demons, but little do they realize that not every choice they make is their own, as something less than human watches from the dark.

Director: Noëlle McHenry | Stars: Vincent Fallow, Robyn Rybnik, Shawn McClurg, Phoenix Emrys

10. Theatre Night (1985–1990)
Episode: What the Butler Saw (1987)

85 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Dr. Prentice, a psychiatrist is attempting to interview an attractive secretary, Geraldine. Unwittingly surprised by his wife, he hides the girl. The affairs multiply as Mrs. Prentice, ... See full summary »

Director: Barry Davis | Stars: Dinsdale Landen, Tessa Peake-Jones, Prunella Scales, Tyler Butterworth

Votes: 60