Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "psychology-professor"

1. Mindhunter (2017–2019)

TV-MA | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

In the late 1970s, two FBI agents broaden the realm of criminal science by investigating the psychology behind murder and end up getting too close to real-life monsters.

Stars: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Hannah Gross

Votes: 338,228

2. Basic Instinct (1992)

R | 127 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

A violent police detective investigates a brutal murder that might involve a manipulative and seductive novelist.

Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn

Votes: 219,867 | Gross: $117.73M

3. Deep Red (1975)

R | 127 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A jazz pianist and a wisecracking journalist are pulled into a complex web of mystery after the former witnesses the brutal murder of a psychic.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Gabriele Lavia, Macha Méril

Votes: 42,806

4. Modus (2015–2017)

45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

During a snowy Christmas season in Sweden, psychologist and profiler Inger Johanne Vik and her autistic daughter both get drawn into the investigation of a number of disturbing deaths.

Stars: Melinda Kinnaman, Henrik Norlén, Esmeralda Struwe, Simon J. Berger

Votes: 5,015

5. Simon (1980)

PG | 97 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A group of scientists takes Simon, a psychology professor, as a test person for a brainwash experiment. After that they try to convince him that he is a being from another planet.

Director: Marshall Brickman | Stars: Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart

Votes: 1,046

6. Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)

Not Rated | 83 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

A college professor attempts to salvage his personal and professional reputation by using a laboratory chimpanzee to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.

Director: Frederick De Cordova | Stars: Ronald Reagan, Diana Lynn, Walter Slezak, Lucille Barkley

Votes: 1,112

7. Separate Lives (1995)

R | 102 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance

A psychiatrist asks one of her psychology students, an ex-police detective, to shadow her a few nights. She fears she has split personality and may have killed someone. The student has a crush on his cute teacher and says yes.

Director: David Madden | Stars: Jim Belushi, Linda Hamilton, Vera Miles, Elisabeth Moss

Votes: 1,028 | Gross: $0.96M

8. A Kiss to Die For (1993 TV Movie)

Not Rated | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Those Bedroom Eyes - William, a Harvard psychology professor is having trouble dealing with life after the death of his wife when he meets a beautiful woman named Ali. As their relationship... See full summary »

Director: Leon Ichaso | Stars: Tim Matheson, Mimi Rogers, William Forsythe, Carlos Gómez

Votes: 262

9. Suicide Note (2016 TV Movie)

TV-14 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

When ambitious young, 21-year old psych student Molly White wakes up to discover her roommate Emma has committed suicide, she discovers only a suicide note detailing the devastating last ... See full summary »

Director: Jake Helgren | Stars: Kirby Bliss Blanton, Brant Daugherty, Lexi Giovagnoli, Stephen Colletti

Votes: 460

10. Just in Time for Christmas (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 96 min | Comedy, Romance

Lindsay, a psychology professor, gets a chance to decide between relocating to a new place for her dream job and marrying Jason, her childhood sweetheart when she is helped by a mysterious messenger.

Director: Sean McNamara | Stars: Eloise Mumford, Michael Stahl-David, Tess Atkins, Laura Soltis

Votes: 2,924

11. The Accused (1949)

Approved | 101 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A beautiful psychology professor tries to hide a self-defense killing.

Director: William Dieterle | Stars: Loretta Young, Robert Cummings, Wendell Corey, Sam Jaffe

Votes: 1,104

12. The Horse Boy (2009)

Unrated | 93 min | Documentary

A writer documents the journey his family takes to Mongolia to consult with nomadic shamans on the healing of their autistic son.

Director: Michel Orion Scott | Stars: Rupert Isaacson, Kristin Neff, Rowan Isaacson, Kendal Stewart

Votes: 721 | Gross: $0.16M

13. Blow Hot, Blow Cold (1969)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Gunnar Lindmark is a professor of psychology, while his wife Meret find here a reminiscent of an old extramarital love, ceased because of her lover's death. This crisis triggers jealousy of the professor who kills the Italian guy.

Director: Florestano Vancini | Stars: Giuliano Gemma, Bibi Andersson, Gunnar Björnstrand, Rosemary Dexter

Votes: 110

14. The Tenth Level (1976 TV Movie)

102 min | Drama

Inspired by Stanley Milgram's obedience research, psych professor Stephen Turner studies why people follow orders and hurt others. He is alarmed to see how much pain the students can be goaded to inflict in the name of science.

Director: Charles S. Dubin | Stars: William Shatner, Lynn Carlin, Ossie Davis, Viveca Lindfors

Votes: 237

15. Happy (2012)

Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Drama, Family

Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of Louisiana to the slums of Kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.

Director: Roko Belic | Stars: Marci Shimoff, Ed Diener, Richard Davidson, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Votes: 3,384

16. Incoherence (1994)

31 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

Three seemingly unrelated men commit petty crimes on the eve of an important televised discourse on social disorder in Korea.

Director: Bong Joon Ho | Stars: Yeon-su Yu, Sang-hyo Lim, Yun Il-ju, Dong-hwan Shin

Votes: 587

17. The Feminine Touch (1941)

Approved | 97 min | Comedy

An author writing a book on jealousy discovers his wife is an expert on the subject.

Director: W.S. Van Dyke | Stars: Rosalind Russell, Don Ameche, Kay Francis, Van Heflin

Votes: 971

18. Shut Him Down: The Rise of Jordan Peterson (2018 TV Movie)

44 min | Documentary

Lauded as the most influential thinker of the Western world, psychology professor Jordan Peterson has become a polarizing paradox. After sparking both outrage and support for his stand ... See full summary »

Director: Patricia Marcoccia | Stars: Jonathan Haidt, Ethan Klein, Cathy Newman, Lane Patriquin

Votes: 231

19. Elliot Fauman, Ph.D. (1990)

PG-13 | Comedy, Romance

Psychology professor Elliott Fauman, Ph.D., in researching the lives and personalities of prostitutes, finds his "statistical architype" in actress Meredith Dashley. Fauman is unaware that ... See full summary »

Director: Ric Klass | Stars: Randy Lowell, Tim Abell, Randy Aaron Fink, Ira Smart

Votes: 21

20. Pokój z widokiem na morze (1978)

94 min | Drama

A man is on the ledge in a high building, ready to jump. There are efforts to get him back in. The gaping passers by are there, an irate police inspector, and people who's work is disturbed... See full summary »

Director: Janusz Zaorski | Stars: Piotr Fronczewski, Gustaw Holoubek, Marek Bargielowski, Marcin Tronski

Votes: 98

21. Dr. Ruth's House (1990 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

Sex-therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer starred in this unsold comedy pilot for ABC, in which she played a college professor who opens up her large on-campus house to five college students (Mac, ... See full summary »

Director: Art Dielhenn | Stars: Ruth Westheimer, Travis McKenna, Tim Conlon, Tammy Amerson

Votes: 7

22. Jordan Peterson Is Canada's Most Infamous Intellectual (2018 Video)

9 min | Short, News

Vice News interviews the clinical psychologist and professor, Jordan B. Peterson.

Stars: Jordan B. Peterson, Stephen Baiardi, Martin J. Kelly Jr., Ran Dosis

23. The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962–1965)
Episode: Anyone for Murder? (1964)

TV-PG | 48 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

James Parkerson is a professor and dean of psychology. He places a classified ad in the newspaper offering to help husbands and wives who want to be relieved of their spouses, ostensibly to... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Alfred Hitchcock, Barry Nelson, Patricia Breslin, Richard Dawson

Votes: 353

24. Amazing Stories (1985–1987)
Episode: One for the Books (1986)

Not Rated | 25 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

An elderly college janitor amazes himself, his wife and the scientific community when his brain turns into a sponge that soaks up more and more incredible knowledge of every subject taught ... See full summary »

Director: Lesli Linka Glatter | Stars: Leo Penn, Joyce Van Patten, Nicholas Pryor, John Alvin

Votes: 268

25. Miami Undercover (1961)
Episode: School for Girls (1961)

30 min | Drama

A brazen thief breaks into the dorm rooms of an exclusive girl's school, while the occupants are sleeping. he's stealing only high-value items like fur coats and diamond jewelry. The school... See full summary »

Director: Lee Sholem | Stars: Lee Bowman, Rocky Graziano, Eloise Hardt, Noel Drayton

Votes: 5

26. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
Episode: Psyched Out (1983)

TV-PG | Action, Crime, Drama

Rick and A.J. go back to college when a heartbroken student hires Simon & Simon to investigate her brother's mysterious death on campus. A.J. joins the track team and Rick signs on as a guinea pig for strange psychological experiments.

Director: Sigmund Neufeld Jr. | Stars: Gerald McRaney, Jameson Parker, Jeannie Wilson, Mary Carver

Votes: 71

27. Meadowlands (2007)
Episode: Episode #1.6 (2007)

TV-MA | 49 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Danny attempts to decipher the truth about Cape Wrath, while Samantha's visit with her dying father reveals more of the history behind Meadowlands, and the romantic triangle between York, Abigail and Evelyn takes a disturbing turn.

Director: Paul Walker | Stars: Sian Brooke, Ralph Brown, Lucy Cohu, Emma Davies

Votes: 41

28. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: All Fall Down (2010)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Horatio suspects that a disgraced graduate psychology student is killing the people who caused her to fail, and is leaving cryptic messages for the crime lab. However, could it actually be part of an even more sinister plan?

Director: Joe Chappelle | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Jonathan Togo, Rex Linn

Votes: 384

29. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Down Among the Fearful: Part 1 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A psychic, Randolph James, is found dead in his consulting rooms, murdered. Upon investigation it is discovered that he was living a double life: he is actually Rueben Beatty, a psychological researcher.

Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Edwin Thomas, Catherine Steadman, Tallulah Fox, Fifi Fox

Votes: 566

30. Inspector Lewis (2006–2015)
Episode: Down Among the Fearful: Part 2 (2013)

TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Reuben's killer also murders his co-researcher and suspicion falls on fellow psychic Frank Mclean and tarot reader Justine Skinner.

Director: Brian Kelly | Stars: Beatie Edney, Emily Joyce, Catherine Steadman, Adam Wadsworth

Votes: 482