30 Best Thrillers With Shocking Endings: The Greatest Modern Plot Twists

Nowadays it’s quite hard to find movies with truly original and exciting plots. We, as an audience, can see upcoming plot twists from a mile away, predicting the ending of a particular film while watching its first scenes. However, some directors still know how to hit us with a shocking finale we definitely won’t see coming. Here’s the best examples.

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I See You

Rating IMDB – 6.8
Genre: Thriller, crime, detective story, drama
US production / 2019
Worldwide gross: $1,194,369
Directed by Adam Randall
Cast: Helen Hunt, John Tenney, Judah Lewis, Owen Teague, Libe Barer, Gregory Alan Williams, Allison King, Erica Alexander, Jennifer Grace, Adam Kern

The locals are proud of their small town, which is considered one of the safest places in the United States. The quiet life comes to an end when a boy disappears without a trace. All indications are that the problems of yesteryear are back: children are disappearing again.

Detective Greg Harper takes the case. He is respected among his colleagues, but suffering from the family troubles, or more precisely – from the betrayal of his beloved wife. But the lawman has to be on his guard, because there is a deadly danger lurking nearby.

The scenes at the beginning of the movie are filmed at Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

30 greatest thrillers with twist endings you won’t see coming

Before I Go to Sleep

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
Production UK, USA, France, Sweden / 2013
Budget: $22,000,000
Worldwide gross: $17,669,776
Directed by Rowan Joffe
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Ben Crompton, Anne-Mary Duff, Adam Levy, Gabriel Strong, Flynn MacArthur, Dean-Charles Chapman, Hannah Blamyers

Christine starts each morning with a clean slate – she had been in a terrible car accident, so now she is able to remember only the events of one day. Time after time, her patient and loving spouse tells Christine about their life together, the wedding and the crash.

And it seems that there is no hope to regain former happiness. But suddenly the neuropsychologist Nash gets interested in Christine’s case and offers her a strange therapy designed to help her have a “total recall”.

In the movie, the protagonist records all of her memories on camera, while in the novel, she prefers to write them down in her journal.

Director Rowan Joffe’s mother suffers from longtime amnesia.

This is the last picture shot on Fuji 35mm film. Production of this film ceased at the time of its release.

Fractured

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Thriller, detective
US production / 2019
Directed by Brad Anderson
Cast: Sam Worthington, Lily Rabe, Lucy Capri, Adjoa Andoh, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lauren Cochrane, Shane Dean, Chris Sigurdson, Chad Bruce, Gabriel Daniels

This is one of the best thrillers made in 2019. A man named Ray, along with his wife and daughter, goes on a long drive to get to their parents in time for Thanksgiving. After stopping for a break, the girl gets out of the car and accidentally falls, injuring her arm.

The parents and child rush to the nearest hospital. After waiting for help and sending their daughter for an X-ray, the man falls asleep in the waiting room. When he wakes up, he can’t find his family, and the admission log has magically disappeared.

Intruder

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Thriller, detective
Production South Korea / 2020
Budget: $5,300,000
Worldwide gross: $5,098,819
Directed by Song Won-pyeong
Cast: Kim Moo-yeol, Song Ji-hyo, Ye Soo-jung, Choi Sang-hoon, Park Min-ha, Heo Joon-seok, Seo Hee-jeong, Lim Seong-woo, Choi Young-woo, Kim Seung- bi

A young architect named Seo-jin has recently lost his wife, and now he systematically pours out his soul to a psychotherapist trying to find a way to feel alive again. The rest of his family members are just extraneous noise, which appears every day and goes away just as quickly.

The man’s life changes when he learns about his own sister, Yoo-jin, who has been missing for over twenty years. It turns out she is alive and ready to return to the family.

The film is directed by debutant Sohn Won-pyung. It’s worth noting that this is one of the best thrillers of 2020.

The actors playing the main roles have never met on a movie set before.

The Woman in the Window

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Thriller, crime, detective
US production / 2021
Directed by Joe Wright
Cast: Amy Adams, Fred Hechinger, Wyatt Russell, Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Brian Tyree Henry, Tracey Letts, Anthony Mackie, Mariah Boseman, Jennifer Jason Leigh

This is the new 2021 thriller with an unpredictable ending starring Amy Adams as child psychologist Anna Fox, who suffers from agoraphobia – i.e. she is afraid of open spaces and crowds of people in one place. Her hobby is to sit by the window with a bottle of wine and peep at the neighbors.

This time her attention was drawn to the Russell family. Anna sees the bloody body of a neighbor falling dead. She calls the police, but it turns out that there was no massacre outside the window and she imagined it all. However, the girl is convinced that there was a murder and Anna will try to get to the bottom of it.

Fox 2000 Pictures purchased the rights to the novel written by A.J. Finn back in 2016.

The film was shot within three months.

Triangle

Rating IMDB – 6.9
Genre: Fantasy, thriller
Production UK, Australia / 2009
Budget: $12,000,000
Worldwide gross: $1,309,107
Directed by Christopher Smith
Cast: Melissa George, Liam Hemsworth, Michael Dorman, Henry Nixon, Rachael Carpani, Emma Lang, Joshua McIvor, Jack Taylor, Brian Probets

A handsome and self-sufficient man named Greg invites his longtime girlfriend, who is raising a child by herself, to relax with friends on a yacht. However, high waves rise and the ship loses control and capsizes.

The survivors try with all their might to gather on the upturned yacht so as not to freeze in the water. Salvation is near – a large cruise ship appears on the horizon, but the friends are surprised by the silence on board. The ship is completely empty, but everything on this ship is not so simple, and the heroes have to deal with the mysterious disappearance of people.

There are many references to 1980’s The Shining.

The name of the ship is Aeolus. It is named after the Greek lord of the winds.

It is one of the best shipwreck movies ever made.

The Perfection

Rating IMDB – 6.2
Genre: Thriller, drama
Production USA, Canada / 2018
Budget: $12,000,000
Worldwide gross: $1,309,107
Directed by Richard Shepard
Cast: Allison Williams, Logan Browning, Stephen Weber, Elaina Huffman, Marie Maskell, Kristina Yastrzhembska, Glynis Davies, Molly Grace, Mila Thompson, Mark Kandborg

Charlotte is a young and beautiful girl who loves music to her heart’s content. She graduated from a prestigious music school and is now quite successful in the musical field. The girl has a hard time putting up with the talent of a student named Lizzie.

One day the rivals decide to go on a little hike to get to know each other better and ferret out useful information. During this wander, Lizzie begins to suffer from nightmares that cause her to do terrible things.

Charlotte tries to support her “friend” in this difficult moment. The girls have no idea what awaits them in the near future.

Charlotte has been purposely pushing Elizabeth to cutting off her own hand.

The Girl on the Train

Rating IMDB – 6.5
Genre: Thriller, detective, drama, crime
US production / 2016
Budget: $45,000,000
Worldwide gross: $173,185,859
Directed by Tate Taylor
Cast: Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramirez, Laura Prepon, Allison Janney, Darren Goldstein, Lisa Kudrow

Rachel is an unhappy woman who has a drinking problem. Every day she rides the same train past the beautiful mansion where a couple in love lives.

One day, happiness leaves the house – the girl disappears without a trace. Rachel herself does not understand how she gets mixed up in a dark story, because only she was able to discern what is hidden from the eyes of others.

The leading actress, Emily Blunt, was pregnant during the filming.

Emily wore special lenses to make her look more believable in the role of an alcoholic.

In Darkness

Rating IMDB – 5.8
Genre: Thriller, detective
Production UK, USA / 2017
Directed by Anthony Byrne
Cast: Natalie Dormer, Ed Skrein, Emily Ratajkowski, Neil Maskell, Jan Beivut, James Cosmo, Joely Richardson, Amber Anderson, Michael Bott, Donja Kroll

Sofia is a blind girl who has been living in the dark since birth. Despite her serious health problems, she tries to live a full life: she plays in the orchestra, communicates with her peers, and also independently copes with household chores.

One day the girl witnesses a quarrel of the upstairs neighbors, after which Veronique, one of Sofia’s neighbors, is found dead. Mafia begins to hunt the only witness, but Sofia is not so simple.

The three actors who played the lead roles in this film had previously starred together in Game of Thrones.

Strangerland

Rating IMDB – 5.2
Genre: Thriller, detective, drama, crime
Production Ireland, Australia / 2014
Budget: $10,000,000
Directed by Kim Farrant
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Joseph Fiennes, Hugo Weaving, Lisa Flanagan, Maine Wyatt, Maddison Brown, Nicholas Hamilton, Jim Russell, Sean Keenan, Bronwyn Penrith

The Parker family decides to move to a small town on the outskirts of Australia after one of their children is caught up in a school sex scandal. The fifteen-year-old girl continues to rebel against her parents’ custody, but her new company can’t be called good and their acquaintance leads to Lily and her younger brother disappearing without a trace.

The heroes’ patience is at its limit – old problems and conflicts that have been piling up for years begin to surface. The grievances burst out and create a real storm in the Parker family.

Nicole Kidman played the most successful role in this movie in the last few years of her acting career.

There are references to the work of the famous rockstar Laurie Anderson in the film.

The Vanished

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Thriller, crime, detective
US production / 2020
Directed by Peter Facinelli
Cast: Anne Heche, Thomas Jane, Jason Patric, Alex Haydon, Peter Facinelli, Alexei Archer, Christopher Wente, John D. Hickman, Mitchell L. Johnson, Kakei Heim

A man named Paul, who fought in the Gulf War, goes on vacation with his wife and daughter to the shore of a picturesque lake. After stopping at a specially designated vacation spot, the family gets ready to go fishing and doesn’t notice that 10-year-old Taylor is missing.

After speaking with the local sheriff, the couple begin to seriously worry, because it turns out that a dangerous criminal has escaped from a nearby prison.

One of the main roles was played by Peter Facinelli, known from the Twilight franchise.

Strange but True

Rating IMDB – 5.9
Genre: Thriller
Production Canada / 2019
Worldwide gross: $343,038
Directed by Rowan Etheil
Cast: Nick Robinson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Brian Cox, Margaret Qualley, Connor Jessup, Blythe Danner, Yanaya Stephens, Mena Massoud, Sarah Allen

This is yet another thriller with a shocking plot twist. The story revolves around a young girl named Melissa. It’s been five years since Ronnie Chase was killed in a limousine accident. During that time, the family has managed to split: the mother became aggressive and distrustful, the father left for his mistress, and brother Philip moved away.

One day Melissa, the dead man’s ex-girlfriend, arrives at the family home and claims she is pregnant with Ronnie. All she has proof of is a conversation with a fortune teller, but that is enough to get hope into the heads of the housemates.

The film features a therapeutic message showing the viewers the importance of solving problems, not silencing them.

Return to Sender

Rating IMDB – 5.1
Genre: Thriller, drama
US production / 2015
Directed by Foad Mikati
Cast: Rosamund Pike, Shiloh Fernandez, Nick Nolte, Camryn Manheim, Alexi Wasser, Rumer Willis, Illyana Douglas, Stephen Louis Grasch, Donna DuPlantier, Ian Barford

This thriller with an unpredictable ending follows the story of a young woman, Miranda Wells, who lives in a small town. She works in a hospital and devotes almost all her time to the sick, while forgetting about her personal happiness.

A friend of the her arranges a blind date for her. Miranda comes to the appointed place to meet a man who hides terrible secrets.

According to viewers, this is the worst role of Rosamund Pike.

The movie has been the subject of heated arguments among the professional film critics.

Crooked House

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Drama, crime, detective
Production UK, USA / 2017
Worldwide gross: $3,625,952
Directed by Gilles Paquet-Brenner
Cast: Max Irons, Stephanie Martini, Glenn Close, Honor Neefsy, Christina Hendricks, Terence Stamp, Julian Sands, Gillian Anderson, Christian McKay, Amanda Abbington

The film is based on the novel by Agatha Christie. In the family estate of the Leonidis family, an elderly man, Aristide, the head of a wealthy family, suddenly passes away. Relatives write off everything to age. However, the doctor who treated the grandfather assures that he was poisoned.

Granddaughter Sophia invites Charles Hayward, a private detective, to help solve the murder of a relative. After the young man arrives, the story gradually leads to an unexpected ending.

Agatha Christie loved this novel more than the others she wrote.

Charles Heward’s passenger car is a 1955 Bristol 405 that appeared in a movie Booksmart.

The Lie

Rating IMDB – 5.8
Genre: Thriller, drama
US production / 2020
Directed by Vina Sud
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard, Mireille Enos, Joey King, Cas Anwar, Patti Kim, Nicholas Lee, Devery Jacobs, Danielle Kind, Alan Van Sprang, Rodrigo Fernandez-Stoll

A girl named Kayla was on her way to ballet school with her father. At the bus stop, they saw Britney, a friend of Kayla’s, and offered her a ride. But then the unexpected happens… Kayla confesses to her family that she killed her best friend.

Terrified parents try by all means to hide the monstrous act of an only child, sinking into the darkness of lies and deceit.

The film premiered twice – both in 2018 and 2020.

Wicker Park

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Thriller, drama, melodrama, detective
US production / 2004
Budget: $30,000,000
Worldwide gross: $21,568,818
Directed by Paul McGuigan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Rose Byrne, Matthew Lillard, Diane Kruger, Christopher Cousins, Jessica Pare, Vlasta Vrana, Amy Sobol, Ted Whittell, Isabelle dos Santos

Matthew, an aspiring manager, has not been able to forget the disappearance of Lisa for a long time. The guy dreams of seeing and touching her perfect body again – the girl has completely taken over his head and heart.

The hero decides to leave the city for two years, but later he returns, finds a place to live, and his life begins to take on colors again. But suddenly he sees his former love miraculously come back here. Matt follows the girl, but has no idea yet what kind of story he will get himself into.

The establishment where the protagonist eavesdrops on Lisa is called Bellucci’s, which is where Monica Bellucci was the host.

Wicker Park is the second film starring both Rose Byrne and Diane Kruger. The first one was Troy.

The Ghost Writer

Rating IMDB – 7.2
Genre: Thriller, drama, crime, detective
Production France, Germany, Great Britain / 2009
Budget: $45,000,000
Worldwide gross: $60,222,298
Directed by Roman Polanski
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams, Kim Cattrall, Tom Wilkinson, James Belushi, Eli Wallach, Timothy Hutton, Desiree Erasmus, Robert Pugh

In the literature business, ghostwriters are true geniuses creating novels under someone else’s names. Their lives are constant torment of the heart, which develops into something more: bestsellers.

An accident happens and one of the ghostwriters is found dead under mysterious circumstances. It happens just before he was managed to finish soon-to-be bestseller based on the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang. Now the publisher must find another ghostwriter to complete the novel.

Lang’s house, located on the beach, was built from the ground up in a studio.

Searching

Rating IMDB – 7.6
Genre: Detective, thriller, drama
Production USA, Russia / 2018
Budget: $880,000
Worldwide gross: $75,462,037
Directed by Anish Chaganti
Cast: John Cho, Sara Sohn, Alex Jane Gow, Megan Liu, Kaya Dawn Lau, Michelle La, Joseph Lee, Dominic Hoffman, Sylvia Minasian, Melissa Disney

David Kim is a father who has lost touch with his only daughter after the death of his wife. The girl got accepted into a college and hardly speaks to her father, because David does not like to touch the subject of his wife’s death, which is very important to Margot.

One day, the girl disappears altogether: she does not come home, does not show up at college, does not show up for piano lessons. The police fail to find any evidence, and David himself takes over the investigation. The man finds Margot’s laptop, he gains access to all her acquaintances and hobbies.

It took 13 days to shoot the film.

Flightplan

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
US production / 2005
Budget: $55,000,000
Worldwide gross: $223,387,299
Directed by Robert Schwentke
Cast: Jodie Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sean Bean, Kate Beahan, Michael Irby, Assaf Cohen, Erika Christensen, Shane Edelman, Mary Gallagher, Hayley Ramm

During a flight, Kayla Pratt has her six-year-old daughter mysteriously disappeared. The woman has just recently buried a loved one and now she cannot fully control her emotions.

The plane’s passengers, pilots and attendants do not believe that the girl could have disappeared during the flight. All the facts suggest that Julia did not board the plane at all. Realizing that she will have to solve this mystery on her own, Kayla decides to rely entirely on her intuition and sharp mind.

Originally, the leading role was to be played by a male actor.

Surprisingly, the plane where the majority of the story took place does not exist in real life. Nevertheless, the film critics were sure that it was an Airbus A380.

Truth or Dare

Rating IMDB – 5.6
Genre: Thriller, horror, detective
Production UK / 2011
Budget: $1,000,000
Worldwide gross: $260,588
Directed by Robert Heath
Cast: Jenny Jacques, David Oakes, Liam Boyle, Florence Hall, Alexander Vlahos, Jack Gordon, Thomas Kane, David Stern, Jason Mazza, Mark Underwood

This is a thriller about survival games. Five buddies go to the birthday party of a former classmate named Felix. But instead of the birthday boy, they are met by his creepy brother, Justin, who claims that Felix recently committed suicide because they played a game of truth or dare during the graduation party. Justin is sure the one responsible for his brother’s death is in the house.

The guy ties up his friends and makes them play the very same game until someone admits their guilt in his brother’s death.

The viewers highly praised the performance of the actor who played the role of Justin.

Faces in the Crowd

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Thriller, drama
Production Canada, France / 2011
Budget: $15,000,000
Worldwide gross: $45 249
Directed by Julien Magnat
Cast: Milla Jovovich, Julian McMahon, David Atrakchi, Michael Shanks, Marianne Faithfull, Sarah Wayne Callies, Valentina Vargas, Kate Yakula, Apollonia Vanova, Nels Lennarson

A terrible event happened in the life of a young girl – a serial killer almost took her life. She managed to get away, however, but a rather serious head injury made her weak and almost helpless.

The girl can no longer remember the faces of other people. As soon as they are out of sight, people are erased from her memory forever.

The motion picture was filmed in Winnipeg, Canada.

The part of the boyfriend of the girl with no memory was played by fifteen actors.

Stonehearst Asylum

Rating IMDB – 6.8
Genre: Thriller, drama
US production / 2014
Worldwide gross: $2,467,351
Directed by Brad Anderson
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Jim Sturgess, Ben Kingsley, David Thewlis, Michael Caine, Brendan Gleeson, Jason Flemyng, Sophie Kennedy Clark, Sinead Cusack, Edmund Kingsley

An aspiring medical worker named Edward decides to take a job at the local psychiatric hospital. The man soon notices that one of the doctors at the hospital is missing.

Edward discovers that unstable patients are behind everything, and soon a terrible thing happens – the whole asylum goes under their control. And God only knows what will happen next. This is one of the best films set in psychiatric institutions.

The movie is based on a short story by Edgar Allan Poe.

This is the second movie where Ben Kingsley played the role of a doctor in a hospital for the mentally ill.

Get Out

Rating IMDB – 7.7
Genre: Horror, thriller, detective
Production USA, Japan / 2017
Budget: $4,500,000
Worldwide gross: $255,407,969
Directed by Jordan Peele
Cast: Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, Lakeith Stanfield, Stephen Root, Lil Rel Howery

Marrowbone

Rating IMDB – 6.7
Genre: Horror, thriller, drama, detective
Production Spain, USA / 2017
Budget: €8 000 000
Worldwide gross: $12,294,931
Directed by Sergio H. Sanchez
Cast: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth, Matthew Stagg, Nicola Harrison, Kyle Soller, Tom Fisher, Mira Katherine Pierce, Paul Jesson

The film is set in 1968, when a mother and her children flee England to get to America, leaving her mentally disturbed spouse behind. Soon the weakened woman dies and leaves the children in a difficult situation, because they cannot tell anyone about the death of their mother as they surely would be separated and sent to foster homes.

The only way out of the situation is to wait until Jack turns 21, and he can formalize custody of his siblings. However, their lifestyle and loneliness wake up the ghost who lives in the mirrors.

All scenes in the house, with the exception of the library and the attic, are shot in the same location with natural light.

This is the directorial debut for Sergio G. Sanchez.

Gone Girl

Rating IMDB – 8.1
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
US production / 2014
Budget: $61,000,000
Worldwide gross: $369,330,363
Directed by David Fincher
Cast: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Kim Dickens, Patrick Fugit, David Clennon, Lisa Baines, Missi Pyle

The married couple is preparing to celebrate the fifth anniversary of their marriage, but suddenly the wife goes missing. There are traces of blood everywhere in the house, which someone diligently tried to clean up, but because of the rush the culprit did not succeed.

It seems like an elaborate treasure hunt as there is some clues in every room of the house – a game that now missing wife used to arrange regularly for her beloved husband. And it looks like this particular prank may shed some light on the woman’s disappearance.

Ben Affleck, during his breaks, liked to sing popular songs from the 1980s.

A Cure for Wellness

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Thriller, fantasy, horror, drama, fantasy, detective
Production USA, Germany / 2017
Budget: $40,000,000
Worldwide gross: $26,620,002
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Cast: Dane DeHaan, Jason Isaacs, Mia Goth, Ivo Nandi, Adrian Schiller, Celia Imrie, Harry Groner, Thomas Norström, Ashok Mandanna, Magnus Krepper

An aspiring broker named Lockhart gets caught in a financial fraud, but his bosses decide to give another chance to the promising employee. It is planned to merge two companies into one, and soon the meeting of a board of directors is to be held.

However, one of the them decides to go to the Alps, and Lockhart’s task is to find him and return the fugitive to sign the contract.

The majority of the movie was filmed in the German castle of Hohenzollern.

The film is set in Switzerland, but all the scenes were shot in Germany.

The Girl in the Fog

Rating IMDB – 6.8
Genre: Thriller , crime , drama
Production Italy, Germany, France / 2017
Worldwide gross: $4,996,317
Directed by Donato Carrisi
Cast: Toni Servillo, Jean Reno, Alessio Boni, Lorenzo Riquelmi, Galatea Ranzi, Michela Cescon, Lucrezia Guidone, Daniela Piazza, Thierry Toscan, Catherine Buscemi

On Christmas Eve, a 16-years-old teenager goes missing in a small town called Aveshot. A girl from a religious family, quiet and shy, walks out the door and disappears into a dense fog. The local police have absolutely no leads, so the metropolitan detective Vogel takes on the case.

His methods are quite strange – the man tries to get the killer to make a mistake with the help of journalists. This strategy does not work, and the investigation comes to a standstill. Vogel goes from hunter to game.

This is the first directorial project of Donato Carrisi.

The Invisible Guest

Rating IMDB – 8.1
Genre: Thriller, drama, crime, detective
Production Spain / 2016
Budget: €4,000,000
Worldwide gross: $31 191 910
Directed by Oriol Paolo
Cast: Mario Casas, Ana Wachener, José Coronado, Barbara Lenny, Francesc Orella, Paco Tous, David Selvas, Iñigo Gastesi, San Elamos, Manel Dueso

Adrian Doria, a young and attractive businessman, wakes up in a locked hotel room with the cold body of the girl he spent the night with.

The man becomes the main suspect, but he refuses to plead guilty and decides to seek the help of a well-known specialist in the city who can solve any problem with the law – Virginia Goodman.

Over the course of one night, they will sort out what is going on in order to find a logical explanation for the police.

In India, the movie was shown under the title Revenge.

Black Butterfly

Rating IMDB – 6.2
Genre: Thriller
Production USA, Spain, Italy / 2016
Worldwide gross: $391,431
Directed by Brian Goodman
Cast: Antonio Banderas, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Piper Perabo, Vincent Riotta, Bryan Goodman, Kathy McGovern, Jake Daley, Craig Peritz, Randall Paul, Christina Moglia

A man named Paul is a writer and lives in the middle of nowhere, away from other people. The last couple of weeks have been extremely unfortunate: the client has rejected the book, and the author himself is trying to numb the pain with a glass of alcohol.

However, everything starts to change dramatically when he meets a mysterious stranger. After learning that it is a traveler, the hero offers him a bed for the night. But who is this man really, and what secret keeps a tattoo in the form of a black butterfly?

The black butterfly is an attribute of misfortune and a sign of imminent death.

Trance

Rating IMDB – 6.9
Genre: Thriller, drama, crime, detective
Production UK, France / 2013
Budget: $20,000,000
Worldwide gross: $24,261,569
Directed by Danny Boyle
Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, Danny Sapani, Matthew Cross, Wahab Sheikh, Mark Poltimore, Tuppence Middleton, Simon Kunz, Michael Shaiffer

Simon, a lover of values, can no longer resist the temptation and decides to team up with robbers to steal a painting worth about 27 million pounds. However, the plan goes awry, the wretched auctioneer gets hit on the head and then loses his memory.

The man does not even remember where he hid the expensive painting. The criminal mastermind decides to enlist the help of a hypnotist to try to get useful information out of Simon. With each passing day, the stakes grow higher, the lines are blurred, and it becomes unclear who is really the hostage.