Creators of thrillers, embracing manydirections, relentlessly experiment with style, but the basic genre values remain unshakable. The most interesting thrillers are an exciting and tough movie, whose weighty part of the fascination is created by analyzing the psychology of the main characters. This publication contains a list of the best genre samples recommended for viewing by connoisseurs of cinematography.
As already mentioned, interesting thriller filmsoften do not have an unambiguous genre policy, a striking example of this trend can serve Stanley Kubrick's project "Radiance" (IMDb: 8.40), in which the thriller and horror blended harmoniously. According to the opinion of many critics, the main character of the picture is the ominous Hotel Overluck, in which there are only three guests - a struggling literary writer, Jack Torrens, his wife and son. Heroes are in utter isolation from the outside world. The antagonist of the King's and Kubrick's masterpiece prepared for the family a lot of trials in the form of ghosts of sinister twin girls, a dead lady in the bathroom, a talkative barman, moving vegetation, and so on. Every self-respecting film-man must certainly get acquainted with the cult film, assess how skillfully Kubrick exerts tension, gradually opening the most terrible corners of the building to the beholder, turning "Overluck" into a blood-thirsty living being - absolute evil in its pure form.
Unfortunately, Soviet cinema can not boast ofa lot of interesting thriller films, however, like the Russian film industry. Nevertheless, there is still a remarkable domestic film, worthy to be included in this list. This is Renat Davletyarov's work "Steel Butterfly" (IMDb: 7.20). The narrative is built on the hunt for a maniac killing underage girls. Law enforcement authorities can not find and detain a murderer with the help of scant evidence, so a decision is made to catch the killer "on the bait". As a bait, they decide to use a female homeless girl with the eloquent nickname of the plague. But the character played by Daria Melnikova is even more unpredictable than the raging maniac. So, the police operation turns into a complex psychological knot, and "Steel Butterfly" - in an interesting thriller.
The heroine of the picture "Candy" by David Sladeis a minor girl. However, the development of events in the foreign project has a slightly different turn. A chamber but exceptionally interesting thriller tells the story of photographer Jeff Cowler (Patrick Wilson), to whom his 14-year-old model (Ellen Page) pours a sleeping pill into the drink. Upon recovering himself, the hero discovers that he is tied to a chair, and the girl accuses him of being addicted to pedophilia, as well as rape and murder. Jeff tries to prove his innocence. But which of the actors is sincere, you can understand only in the finals. "Lollipop" is a thriller with an interesting ending.
Despite the fact that the Argentine film industry does nottoo known, it is capable of giving the world wonderful performances, for example, as the work of Juan Jose Campanella "The Mystery in His Eyes" (IMDb: 8.20). This interesting thriller was awarded the "Oscar", although the Hollywood Film Academy rarely sees this award for genre films. At the heart of the picture is a story about the police hunt for a killer killer at a time when Argentine special services resorted to helping criminals in reprisal with individuals disagreeable with the government. The film has a nice Hollywood remake with a similar title "The Mystery in Their Eyes", but he can not overshadow the excellent original.
David Fincher went much further in the studyprocess of hunting a policeman for a criminal, and the movie masterpiece "Seven" appeared (IMDb: 8.60). In a gloomy but interesting thriller, Fincher considers the features of a detective investigation of the atrocities of a maniac punishing his victims for biblical sins. Two detectives work on the case: "veteran" William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) and his young partner Mills (Brad Pitt). The detectives think of themselves as hunters, but soon they become victims of a psychopath who knows perfectly well how to manipulate police officers.
By the way, after not too successful "Alien 3"an interesting thriller "Seven" persuaded critics and viewers that Fincher is a promising director whose career is worth watching, especially since his authorship belongs to the legendary "Fight Club", the frankest "Zodiac" and the intriguing "Game".
Almost every second criminal thrillerurges law enforcement officials to think like a criminal. Most convincingly, Jonathan Demme in the "Silence of the Lambs" (IMDb: 8.60) did this. Demmy's work reveals the peculiarities of the relationship between the FBI trainee Clarissa Starling (Jodie Foster) with the maniac-cannibal and the doctor of psychiatry Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins). An interesting thriller "The Silence of the Lambs" was not the first film about Hannibal, but it was this impeccably stylish and stunning tape that made him one of the most horrific and charming antagonists of world cinema. The project deservedly received five "Oscars".
The most interesting thrillers areAgeless child of Alfred Hitchcock's "Dizziness" (IMDb: 8.40). An amazing movie strip demonstrates the intricate psychological game of intruders with a private detective, tormented by guilt, fear of heights and bouts of dizziness. To individual contemporaries, the narrative of the 1958 tape may seem slow. But this is a small tribute for the chance to participate in the most famous, significant and influential project in the history of the world film industry. It is also recommended to get acquainted with the equally interesting film-thriller of the author "Window to the Courtyard".
"Mad Dogs" (IMDb: 8.30) Quentin Tarantino is one of the strongest debuts in the big cinema. The picture is impressive because it is the work of an amazingly gifted person who has not studied in a film school and has mastered the wisdom of the profession already occupying a director's chair. And Tarantino not only put the tape, but also came up with a general idea of professional robbers who, after an unsuccessful attempt at robbery, try to figure out who put them and gave them to the police. The next work of the director "Pulp Fiction" is known at times, but the cult status of "Mad Dogs" is fully deserved. The main roles were played by H. Keitel, T. Roth and M. Madsen.
Interesting thriller movies with excitingoften in the form of an auxiliary effect use eroticism. The most erotic project in this list is Paul Verhoeven's "Basic Instinct". The achievement of the tape is that the narrative does not lose its psychologism among the episodes of a rather frank "nudity." The main character of the work of the Dutch director - police detective Nick Carren (Michael Douglas), leading the investigation of a sophisticated brutal murder on sexual grounds. Among the suspects is the mistress of the murdered who is not particularly hiding that she could commit a crime. But the more evidence the investigator discovers, the harder it becomes to believe that such an intelligent woman could be so stupidly set up.
Darren Aronofsky, following his unbridledfantasy, was not afraid to remove the psychological thriller about the ballet "Black Swan". In 2010, it was the most unexpected genre project, which became a rolling hit. The picture tells about the ballerina torn by the complexes, which will perform a double role in the production of "Swan Lake". The choreographer is sure that the heroine will excel at playing the White Swan, but the frank, passionate Black party remains questionable. Trying to get used to two cardinally opposite images, the heroine Natalie Portman is on the verge of a nervous breakdown and loss of reason.
Judging by the reviews, the thrillers with an interesting story also include films:
Of course, there are all new films of this genre that are interesting to see.
