The psychological thriller is an exceptional subgenre that dissolves any sense of reality and, instead of relying on physical action, it builds up the suspense through a character’s misconstrued perspective and complex mental state. Movies such as Rear Window, Cape Fear, and The Silence of the Lambs popularized the subgenre, paving the way for producing the best psychological thriller series, including Bates Motel, True Detective, and David Fincher‘s Mindhunter.
