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1. The Mentalist (2008–2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake, and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John", the madman who killed his wife and daughter.

Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 200,712

2. Psych (2006–2014)

TV-PG | 44 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

When a novice sleuth convinces the police he has psychic powers, he and his reluctant best friend are hired on as consultants to help solve complicated cases.

Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Corbin Bernsen

Votes: 105,828

3. Nightmare Alley (2021)

R | 150 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A grifter working his way up from low-ranking carnival worker to lauded psychic medium matches wits with a psychologist bent on exposing him.

Director: Guillermo del Toro | Stars: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 165,420 | Gross: $11.34M

4. Ghost (1990)

PG-13 | 127 min | Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After a young man is murdered, his spirit stays behind to warn his lover of impending danger, with the help of a reluctant psychic.

Director: Jerry Zucker | Stars: Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn

Votes: 236,062 | Gross: $217.63M

5. The Big White (2005)

R | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

To remedy his financial problems, a travel agent has his eye on a frozen corpse, which just happens to be sought after by two hitmen.

Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Robin Williams, Giovanni Ribisi, Holly Hunter, Tim Blake Nelson

Votes: 15,219

6. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Sally's parents' marriage breaks up when her father undergoes a mid-life crisis and impulsively weds a prostitute. Meanwhile, Sally's own marriage also begins to disintegrate.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Naomi Watts, Josh Brolin, Gemma Jones

Votes: 47,542 | Gross: $3.25M

7. The Manitou (1978)

PG | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi

A psychic's girlfriend finds out that a lump on her back is a growing reincarnation of a 400-year-old demonic Native American spirit.

Director: William Girdler | Stars: Tony Curtis, Susan Strasberg, Michael Ansara, Stella Stevens

Votes: 3,318

8. Fallen Angel (1945)

Approved | 98 min | Crime, Film-Noir, Mystery

A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.

Director: Otto Preminger | Stars: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford

Votes: 6,516

9. Death Defying Acts (2007)

PG | 97 min | Drama, History, Romance

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini (Guy Pearce) enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con him.

Director: Gillian Armstrong | Stars: Catherine Zeta-Jones, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Saoirse Ronan

Votes: 10,499 | Gross: $0.00M

10. An Honest Liar (2014)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

The life and career of the renowned stage magician turned scientific skeptic of the paranormal, James Randi.

Directors: Tyler Measom, Justin Weinstein | Stars: James Randi, Penn Jillette, Teller, Ray Hyman

Votes: 10,499 | Gross: $0.12M

11. Man on a Swing (1974)

PG | 110 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic. However, when the chief discovers that the "psychic" is in possession of information known only... See full summary »

Director: Frank Perry | Stars: Cliff Robertson, Joel Grey, Dorothy Tristan, Elizabeth Wilson

Votes: 768

12. Supernatural (1933)

Passed | 65 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A serial black widow murderess returns to life in the body of a young woman to exact revenge on a former lover, a phony spiritualist who betrayed her.

Director: Victor Halperin | Stars: Carole Lombard, Randolph Scott, Alan Dinehart, Vivienne Osborne

Votes: 933

13. Night of the Ghouls (1959)

Unrated | 69 min | Horror

A phony spiritualist raises the dead.

Director: Edward D. Wood Jr. | Stars: Kenne Duncan, Duke Moore, Tor Johnson, Valda Hansen

Votes: 2,659

14. Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)

Passed | 74 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

Charlie's investigation of a phony psychic during the 1939 World Exposition on San Francisco's Treasure Island leads him to expose a suicide as murder.

Director: Norman Foster | Stars: Sidney Toler, Cesar Romero, Pauline Moore, Victor Sen Yung

Votes: 1,879

15. Dark Intruder (1965)

Approved | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.

Director: Harvey Hart | Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Peter Mark Richman, Judi Meredith, Gilbert Green

Votes: 475

16. The Red Shoes (I) (2010)

Drama, Romance

On the last day of the People Power Revolution in the Philippines in February 1986, 10-year-old Lucas Munozca finds himself swept up into a euphoric crowd that has entered the grounds of ... See full summary »

Director: Raul Jorolan | Stars: Marvin Agustin, Nikki Gil, Liza Lorena, Tessie Tomas

Votes: 14

17. Succubus: The Demon (2006 Video)

85 min | Horror

A recently married couple won't live a long and happy life. When Henri loses his beautiful wife to a terrible disease his mind breaks. To get his wife back he wanders into the world of occultism and finds an ultimate tragedy.

Director: Sami Haavisto | Stars: Markus Salo, Pekka Oinonen, Veera Toivanen, Mika Vattulainen

Votes: 71

18. Derren Brown: Messiah (2005 TV Special)

65 min | Documentary

Derren Brown takes on a number of fake identities as he travels across the USA trying to convince people of his abilities in the area of psychic powers and the supernatural world.

Director: Tim Knight | Stars: Derren Brown, Lorraine DiFelice, Ann Druffel, Abby Haydon

Votes: 456

19. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #6.12 (2004)

TV-14 | 69 min | Crime, Drama

Following her escape, Kris meets up with Selena. Karen's convinced that CCTV can prove her innocence. Tina thinks she's pregnant. Bev names Al's murderer during a psychic reading. Di and Jim's wedding day arrives.

Director: Jim Loach | Stars: Claire King, James Gaddas, Victoria Bush, Victoria Alcock

Votes: 34

20. Journey to the Unknown (1968– )
Episode: The Indian Spirit Guide (1968)

60 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

A widow desperate to contact her late husband falls prey to a con artist out to expose phony spiritualists.

Director: Roy Ward Baker | Stars: Julie Harris, Tom Adams, Tracy Reed, Catherine Lacey

Votes: 44

21. Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999– )
Episode: Pure (2005)

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

The team races against time to locate a kidnapped 18-year-old girl. The case is complicated when the detectives receive a dubious offer of help from a man who claims to have had psychic visions of the missing teenager.

Director: Aaron Lipstadt | Stars: Christopher Meloni, Mariska Hargitay, Richard Belzer, Diane Neal

Votes: 1,165

22. Mission: Impossible (1966–1973)
Episode: Zubrovnik's Ghost (1966)

TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

Rollin and Barney are sent to investigate the case of a scientist who believes her dead husband's ghost is giving her orders on how to complete her important work.

Director: Leonard J. Horn | Stars: Steven Hill, Barbara Bain, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Votes: 370

23. The Partridge Family (1970–1974)
Episode: Who Is Max Ledbetter and Why Is He Saying All Those Terrible Things? (1972)

TV-G | 30 min | Comedy, Family, Music

The Partridges hire a psychic performer for Tracy's birthday party. Keith and Danny keep asking for predictions about their lives, so the psychic asks them to help his failing business from a foreclosure.

Director: Christopher Morgan | Stars: Shirley Jones, David Cassidy, Susan Dey, Danny Bonaduce

Votes: 70

24. Veronica Mars (2004–2019)
Episode: Blast from the Past (2005)

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

Veronica appears on a cable-access show hosted by a psychic as part of the investigation, and Wallace confronts his mother. Plus, Veronica uncovers evidence about the bus crash.

Director: Harry Winer | Stars: Kristen Bell, Percy Daggs III, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring

Votes: 895

25. Nova (1974– )
Episode: Secrets of the Psychics (1993)

TV-PG | 56 min | Documentary

Stage magician and scientific skeptic James Randi recounts his cases debunking claims of the supernatural around the world.

Director: Carl Charlson | Stars: James Randi, Johnny Carson, Mike Douglas, Uri Geller

Votes: 78

26. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Pilot (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A double murder seems to be the work of a notorious serial killer named Red John, but CBI consultant Patrick Jane thinks it's the work of a copycat.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 2,879

27. Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950–1955)
Episode: Episode dated 1 April 1955 (1955)

Drama

Andy tells Mitch he had two visions - Chicago would win the World Series and that he could jump off the top of two-story tall building carrying only an umbrella and land unharmed. When ... See full summary »

Director: Alan Beaumont | Stars: Bernardine Flynn, Maurice Copeland, Jim Bannon, Brigid Bazlen

28. Hawkins Falls: A Television Novel (1950–1955)
Episode: Episode dated 4 April 1955 (1955)

Drama

Mitch Fredericks is frantic, but Dr. Corey is unconcerned, on the day Andy is to jump from the roof with only an umbrella.

Director: Alan Beaumont | Stars: Bernardine Flynn, Maurice Copeland, Jim Bannon, Ros Twohey

29. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Yang 3 in 2D (2010)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

A woman tells the police she was kidnapped by Yin. They do not believe her, but Shawn does. When she is missing again, Shawn and Gus think she has been kidnapped again. Yang is released from the psychiatric prison to help find him.

Director: Mel Damski | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,089

30. That's My Line (1980–1981)
Episode: James Randi/James Hydrick

Reality-TV

The paranormal investigator, James Randi, debunks the claims of telekinetic power by the 21-year-old James Hydrick.

Stars: Bob Barker, Stephen Drake, James Hydrick, Ronald Markman

31. CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode: Sleepless in Miami (2010)

TV-14 | 44 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Horatio finds a confused, disoriented man in the Everglades next to a buried severed head, and soon discovers that the man may have committed the crime while in a dream-like trance.

Director: Sam Hill | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Jonathan Togo, Rex Linn

Votes: 312

32. The Mentalist (2008–2015)
Episode: Red Moon (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

CBI connects a small-town triple homicide to a cop killer, and a "psychic" who offers to help with the case suggests that the killer's actions are based on the moon cycle.

Director: Simon Baker | Stars: Simon Baker, Robin Tunney, Tim Kang, Owain Yeoman

Votes: 1,473

33. Derren Brown Investigates (2010– )
Episode: The Man Who Contacts the Dead (2010)

49 min | Documentary

Derren travels to Liverpool to meet a psychic called Joe Power who claims to be able to communicate with the dead.

Stars: Derren Brown, Claire Cooper, Chris Fountain, Joe Power

Votes: 34

34. Lawrence Leung's Unbelievable (2011)
Episode: Psychics (2011)

Comedy

Lawrence visits the Mind, Body, Spirit Festival in Sydney, and TAM Las Vegas to reveal how psychics are able to cheat and fool people.

Directors: Nathan Earl, Craig Melville | Stars: Lawrence Leung, Banachek, James Randi, Richard Dawkins

Votes: 6

35. Psych (2006–2014)
Episode: Deez Nups (2013)

TV-PG | 43 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Lassiter is getting married, so Shawn, Gus, and the other guys throw him a bachelor party, while Juliet and Karen throw a bachelorette party for Marlowe. En route to the wedding, they encounter a local mob boss. Juliet doubts Shawn.

Director: James Roday Rodriguez | Stars: James Roday Rodriguez, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson

Votes: 1,072

36. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Episode: Charlie's Mom Has Cancer (2012)

TV-MA | 22 min | Comedy

Charlie's Mom tells him she has cancer. The gang tries to help her out, each in their own way. Meanwhile, Frank thinks his mind may be slipping.

Director: Richie Keen | Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson

Votes: 2,533

37. Celebrity Big Brother (2001– )
Episode: Day 11 (2012)

Reality-TV

13 Celebrity Big Brother contestants are isolated from the outside world for 24 days in a custom built house. Watching over these Housemates is Big Brother - heard only via a voice. He is ... See full summary »

Stars: Marcus Bentley, Prince Lorenzo Borghese, Samantha Brick, Julian Clary

38. Impractical Jokers (2012–2016)
Episode: Episode #2.6 (2014)

TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy

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Director: Paul Young | Stars: Roisin Conaty, Joel Dommett, Marek Larwood, Paul McCaffrey

39. Bones (2005–2017)
Episode: The Psychic in the Soup (2015)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Avalon Harmonia lends her expertise when the remains of a psychic are found rotting in the trunk of a tree. But Hodgins is angered when she claims to see Sweets' ghost; and Angela is put in... See full summary »

Director: Jeannot Szwarc | Stars: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor

Votes: 705

40. The Ministry of Time (2015–2020)
Episode: Tiempo de magia (2016)

TV-MA | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

The 1924 Ministry contacts its 2016 self, concerned that one of its top agents plans to sell the secret of time travel to the highest bidder.

Directors: Paco Plaza, Marc Vigil | Stars: Hugo Silva, Aura Garrido, Nacho Fresneda, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo

Votes: 180

41. Garage Sale Mysteries (2013–2020)
Episode: Garage Sale Mystery: The Novel Murders (2016)

TV-G | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Antiques expert Jennifer Shannon thinks two clues found at the scene of a murder are really clues from a mystery novel.

Director: Norma Bailey | Stars: Lori Loughlin, Sarah Strange, Steve Bacic, Eva Bourne

Votes: 1,116

42. CollegeHumor Originals (2006–2023)
Episode: How Fake Psychics Fool Their Victims (2017)

TV-MA | 6 min | Comedy

Adam reveals a few tricks used by psychics. The only thing mediums are in touch with are the cognitive blind spots of their victims.