7 Psychological Thrillers to Watch After Verity

Verity opened with $32.6 million at the domestic box office, and Screen Rant suggests seven psychological thrillers to follow it. The film, directed by Michael Showalter, stars Anne Hathaway as a bestselling author and Dakota Johnson as the writer hired to finish her series. Josh Hartnett plays the husband caught between them. If that mix of suspicion, attraction, and competing stories worked for you, these movies aim for the same effect.

Screen Rant starts with Gone Girl, calling it the unavoidable comparison. David Fincher's 2014 adaptation of Gillian Flynn's novel follows a wife's disappearance and the growing suspicion around her husband. The outlet notes that Pike's performance and the story's cold humor still hold up a decade later. It became a Netflix hit again in 2026.

For the pulpy side of Verity, Screen Rant recommends A Simple Favor. Paul Feig's film pairs Anna Kendrick as a mommy vlogger with Blake Lively as the glamorous Emily who vanishes. The site says the movie balances murder, betrayal, and dark comedy, making it a good double feature if you liked Verity's mix of seduction and suspicion.

Joel Edgerton's The Gift gets a nod for its unreliable narration. Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall play a couple unsettled by an old acquaintance (Edgerton). Screen Rant says the film, like Verity, earns its tension from deciding whose version of events to trust. The final stretch leaves much deliberately open.

Steven Soderbergh's Side Effects is best approached with little prior knowledge, according to Screen Rant. Rooney Mara stars as a woman whose new medication leads to a shocking incident. The outlet says the story shifts gears as hidden motives emerge, making it a sharp pick for viewers who enjoyed guessing who was manipulating whom.

Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island takes unreliable perspective further. Leonardo DiCaprio plays a U.S. Marshal investigating a disappearance at an asylum. Screen Rant notes that the film rewards rewatches and its ending still inspires competing interpretations, much like Verity.

Park Chan-wook's The Handmaiden is called the most elaborate on the list. Set in colonial Korea, it follows a pickpocket hired as a maid to a wealthy heiress as part of a con. Screen Rant says perspective shifts reveal information that changes earlier scenes, demonstrating how much a story depends on who tells it.

Darren Aronofsky's Black Swan approaches psychological uncertainty from within the protagonist. Natalie Portman stars as a ballerina whose pursuit of perfection blurs reality and hallucination. Screen Rant says the film forces viewers to experience the unraveling firsthand, and its ending remains debated.

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