Dramas with psychological dark theme

• Shokuzai
• Eerie Mienai Kao
• Garasu no Ashi
• Karamazov no Kyodai
• Ice World

I've noticed that some of them are already on you plan-to-watch list :)

Thank you, I will watch these after I finish Ice World

• +1 Ice World 

I wish Japan were still making dramas in this way. The way they make dramas now is okay, but back in the '90s their mojo was topnotch. I particularly liked how they incorporated the romance, without it taking anything away from the psychological element.  

I love this genre too, but much better in movies than dramas, personally. It's a genre that Japan excels at, as someone above mentions:

• Audition
• Cold Fish
• Confessions

These are movies, but they will totally f#¤%! you up ... I'm sorry for the cussing, but no other word is appropriate to describe the mayhem in these films. They're a must for any fan of the psychological thriller genre!

• Byakuyakou
• Kozoku Game
• Border

What a great dramas, thx <3

✔ hello monster 

✔ Gap Dong 

✔ Memoirs of a Murderer 

✔ Kiss that Kills 

✔ Missing Noir M 

✔ Love Me if You Dare 

✔ Day and Night 

EXTREMELY dark (18+) 

✔ Last Winter We Parted 

Not recommended above

Genkai Danchi 

Confessions

Yakou Kanransha 

not really psychological but definitely dark- The Count of Monte-Cristo: Great Revenge

The Blue Flame 

Snakes and Earrings --ADULT THEMES

Rinsho Hanzai Gakusha Himura Hideo no Suiri  (very much a sherlock holmes model)

Naze Shoujo wa Kioku wo Ushinawanakereba Naranakatta no ka? 

Naze Kazoku wa Kesareta no ka 

Mirai Nikki  --i hesitate to recommend this because the Anime is 100000% percent more creepy and psychological

Girls in the Dark

Evil and The Mask 

Dias Police: Ihou Keisatsu  and the movie dirty yellow boys (i am not sure if its subbed yet i watched it raw)

Boku no Yabai Tsuma - like monte cristo it is more of a revenge drama but oh so good

If you have seen these i am sorry i did not cross check with your watched list

and if you really want to go dark and bleak

Dodesukaden