Psycho
Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles
A secretary on the run for embezzlement takes refuge at a secluded California motel owned by a repressed man and his overbearing mother.
Why you'll love it
A classic suspense thriller that relies on psychological tension rather than gore.
Rear Window
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
A photographer in a wheelchair spies on his neighbors from his Greenwich Village courtyard apartment window, and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder, despite the skepticism of his fashion-model girlfriend.
Why you'll love it
A suspenseful thriller that relies on tension and mystery, not gore.
The Sixth Sense
Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette
After being shot by a resentful former patient whom he failed to help, a Philadelphia child psychologist seeks redemption by treating a young boy with a disturbing secret.
Why you'll love it
A suspenseful supernatural thriller that focuses on atmosphere and story rather than gore.
Get Out
Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford
A young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.
Why you'll love it
A suspenseful horror film that relies on social commentary and psychological tension rather than gore.
The Others
Nicole Kidman, Christopher Eccleston, Fionnula Flanagan
In 1945, immediately following the end of Second World War, a woman who lives with her two photosensitive children on her darkened old family estate in the Channel Islands becomes convinced that the home is haunted.
Why you'll love it
A suspenseful ghost story that relies on atmosphere and psychological tension rather than gore.