In this final special edition KBZ article of Films About Psychic Powers, we’ll look at the 30 best films featuring the psychic abilities of telekinesis, pyrokinesis, telepathy and more.
These 30 films will include some of the best psychic powers films of the 1970’s from Carrie (1976) and The Fury (1978) to more recent films such as The Black Phone (2022) and Late Night with the Devil (2024).
Though this article will only cover the 30 Best Films About Psychic Abilities, you can check out our other lists of films by psychic ability below (including our entire list of every film listed by psychic ability):
- The Complete List of Films by Psychic Power Ability
- Best Films About Telekinesis
- Best Films About Telepathy
- Best Films About Pyrokinesis
- Best Films About ESP & Clairvoyance
- Best Films About Mediums
- Best Films About Premonitions & Precognition
- Best Psychic Powers Comedies
- Best Films About Psychic Powers
For our rankings we’re going to use some criteria to help define and refine our list. First, the film must show some form of psychic ability such as telekinesis, telepathy, pyrokinesis and more.
Second, the film must primarily be about psychic powers. This means films such as Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977) and The Green Mile (1999) won’t make our Top 30 but we will list them in the honorable mentions section below.
Third, the more psychic powers are shown in the film and critical to the plot, the higher it will rank. This would affect films like Poltergeist (1982) and Chronicle (2012). Even though Poltergeist is the better film, it only shows the medium Tangina for a short period of time. Whereas Chronicle is solely about psychic powers and shows the use of these powers throughout the film. As a result, Chronicle will rank higher for this list.
And fourth, we had to follow our rule for all of KBZ’s film listings where we only list films that have a 4.0/10 or higher rating. We’re also only considering films released after 1960 unless they’re considered one of a few classic subgenre films made prior to that date.
Our complete list of Films About Psychic Powers features over 333+ films from 1960 – 2023 and though we don’t yet break down films by their psychic ability in our collection, you can refer to our Complete List of Films by Psychic Power Ability if you have a favorite psychic ability and the films they’re used in. You can also subscribe to our newsletter to get updated as we release future articles on each psychic ability and add the latest and greatest subgenre films to our collection.
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The 30 Best Films Featuring Psychic Abilities
Honorable Mentions: Village of the Damned (1960), The Exorcist (1973), The Legend of Hell House (1973), Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977), Damien: Omen II (1978), Eyes of Laura Mars (1978), The Medusa Touch (1978), Patrick (1978), The Beastmaster (1982), The Clairvoyant (1982), The Sender (1983), Black Rainbow (1989), Fear (1990), Wilder Napalm (1993), Mortal Kombat (1995), Phenomenon (1996), Stir of Echoes (1999), The Green Mile (1999), Premonition (2004), Next (2007), Jumper (2008), Take Shelter (2011), Horns (2013), In Your Eyes (2014), The Darkest Minds (2018), Code 8 (2019), The Nightshifter (2019), Host (2020), Last Night in Soho (2021), Mortal Kombat (2021), Seobok: Project Clone (2021), The Innocents (2021), FIrestarter (2022), The Puppetman (2023), The Boy and the Heron (2023) and Oddity (2024).
Ranks 30-1:
#30 Haunters (2010) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#29 Matilda (1996) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#28 Red Lights (2012) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#27 Push (2009) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#26 Resurrection (1980) Where to Stream / Buy: YouTube
#25 Final Destination (2000) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#24 Poltergeist (1982) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#23 Late Night with the Devil (2024) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#22 Ghost (1990) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#21 The Gift (2000) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#20 The Conjuring (2013) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#19 Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#18 Eli (2019) Where to Stream / Buy: Netflix
#17 The Prophecy (1995) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#16 Zapped! (1982) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#15 Chronicle (2012) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#14 What Women Want (2000) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#13 Minority Report (2002) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#12 The Black Phone (2022) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
#11 Dreamscape (1984) Where to Stream / Buy: Amazon
