Top 32 psychological thrillers: The list of highly rated movies

If you want to spend time at home, but not to be bored, you can watch movies with a subtext. The top list of psychological thrillers is presented here. It remains to find an interesting plot and immerse yourself in the world of fictional reality.

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The Devil All The Time

Rating: Kinopoisk – 7.1 / IMDB – 7.1;
Age limit: 18+;
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime;
US production / 2020;
Directed by:l Antonio Campos;
Cast: Jason Clarke, Harry Melling, Robert Pattinson, Sebastian Stan, Bill Skarsgård, Mia Wasikowska, Haley Bennett, Riley Keough, Tom Holland.

Willard Russell survived all the horrors of World War II. Returning to the USA, he begins an affair with a girl named Charlotte. The girl works as a waitress at a local restaurant. The lovers cannot be apart and soon get married.

Willard hopes that now life will get better, but fate decides otherwise: Charlotte falls ill, she has cancer. Willard struggles with the bitterness of loss, gradually losing his mind. His son Arvin is forced to grow up alone. The boy is a problem child who finds it difficult to find a common language with his peers.

The screenplay was adapted from the 2011 novel The Devil All the Time by Donald Ray Pollock.

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Run

Rating IMDB – 6.7;
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective;
US production / 2020;
Worldwide gross: $5,184,368;
Directed by: Anish Chaganti;
Cast: Pat Healy, Kira Allen, Sarah Paulson, Sharon Byer, B.J. Harrison, Joanne Rodriguez, Bradley Sawatsky, Onali Ames, Sara Sohn, Eric Athavale, Conan Hodgkinson.

The woman is raising her daughter Chloe. Mom takes care of her daughter like a baby, because the girl has poor health. Chloe uses a wheelchair and takes many pills every day.

The girl doesn’t leave the house and doesn’t communicate with her peers. Her every move is controlled by her mother, who argues that she just wants to protect her daughter from dangers.

Over time, the girl begins to suspect that her mother specifically created such conditions and Chloe needs to run away from here.

The creators have been looking for a performer for the role of Chloe for a long time. They decided to communicate with the participants of out-of-school programs of activities with people with disabilities.

“And then, like a bolt from the blue, we received a video of tests from Kiera Allen, which she made right in her dorm room. We were immediately struck by her natural appearance, which was atypical for Hollywood,” recalls director Aneesh Chaganty.

La migliore offerta

Rating IMDB – 7.8
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Production: Italy / 2012
Budget: €13,500,000
Worldwide gross: $20,596,350
Directed by: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Lynn Swanson, Miles Richardson, Kiruna Stamell, Dermot Crowley, Leah Kebede, Philip Jackson, Sylvia Hoeks, Geoffrey Rush, Donald Sutherland, Jim Sturgess

Virgil had a successful career. Now he is the manager of the auction house and has access to expensive copies, relics and luxury items. Virgil and his friend are pulling off criminal schemes: by manipulating buyers, they deceive sellers.

In the secret hall of a country villa, he managed to collect an incredible number of priceless paintings. These works of art are very expensive and should not be shown to everyone.

One day, a mysterious woman comes to the manager of the auction house. She doesn’t want to disclose her personal data and asks to sell antiques that belong to her family.

Among this purchase, Virgil discovers pieces of a lost mechanism. If he assembles this mechanism, he will reveal a great secret.

The title of the thriller was changed to Deception when the film was released in the UK. Most of the spectators were delighted with the finale, because the most cunning character was deceived.

Contratiempo

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: Manel Dueso, San Elamos, David Selvas, Paco Tous, Francesc Orella, Barbara Lenny, José Coronado, Ana Wagener, Mario Casas

Adrian wakes up in a hotel room and finds the lifeless body of his fancy. Soon the police arrive, and Adrian is the first on the list of prime suspects.

Adrian is not going to answer for a crime that he didn’t commit, so he hires Virginia Goodman, the best specialist in the whole country to get out of such situations.

Director Oriol Paulo made his debut with Contratiempo in 2016. This is his first independent film.

Durante la tormenta

Rating IMDB – 7.4
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Science Fiction, Detective
Production: Spain / 2018
Worldwide gross: $17,325,485
Directed by: Oriol Paolo
Cast: Adriana Ugarte, Chino Darin, Javier Gutierrez, Alvaro Morte, Nora Navas, Mikel Fernandez, Clara Segura, Mima Riera, Aina Clotet, Albert Perez

Vera learns from her husband the news that they are moving to a new house. She is very happy, because she has long dreamed of becoming the mistress of her own home. Finally they moved on4 so the new period in their life has began.

Expectations did not justify themselves: during a strong thunderstorm, a shift in temporary layers occurs. A woman sees a dead boy who once lived in their new house. She tries to save him, but then remembers that she can’t interfere in the past. Vera broke the rules. Now her present has been changed, and she doesn’t know what to do.

The audience really liked this psychological thriller. People noted that the film is filled with love, fantasy and detective elements.

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, Tyler Perry, Casey Wilson, Scoot McNairy, Carrie Coon, Patrick Fugit, Neil Patrick Harris, Missi Pyle, Boyd Holbrook.

Nick is getting ready to celebrate another wedding anniversary. He loves his wife. The couple has their own traditions. For example, every year they play a game with her. This time on the eve of the holiday, Amy suddenly disappears. Nick is shocked and tries to find any clues.

Law enforcement agencies prevent him from spending all his energy searching for his wife, because Nick is suspected of a crime. If he knew what secrets of their family would have to reveal to complete strangers…

Ben Affleck sidelined filming Law of the Night to work on this project with David Fincher.

El cuerpo

Rating IMDB – 7.6
Genre: Thriller, detective, crime
Production: Spain / 2012
Worldwide gross: $8,779,609
Directed by: Oriol Paolo
Cast: Jordi Planas, Patricia Bargallo, Oriol Vila, Cristina Plazas, Nausicaa Bonnin, Juan Pablo Shuk, José Coronado, Aura Garrido, Hugo Silva, Belen Rueda

The body of a woman disappeared from the morgue. By the way, the deceased was a wealthy woman. She died suddenly of a heart attack.

The police inspector is trying to unravel this case and carefully examines the personal and professional activities of the deceased businesswoman. He also meets her husband, who says that he has always been like a puppet, and his wife controlled him. How will this story end?

The film received mixed reviews, with some believing that the plot is for silly viewers, while other viewers are sure that the plot is intriguing.

The Place

Rating IMDB – 7.0
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
Production: Italy / 2017
Worldwide gross: $5,784,397
Directed by: Paolo Genovese
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Marco Giallini, Alba Rohrwacher, Vittoria Puccini, Rocco Papaleo, Silvio Muccino, Silva D’amico, Vinicio Marchioni, Alessandro Borghi, Sabrina Ferilli, Giulia Lazzarini

Strangers meet in one place and at first do not know what will happen next. Then they learn that a very influential and mysterious Stranger has gathered them here.

This person is able to fulfill all the desires of people, to change their lives. But for every desire you have to pay a price. This game is not easy. What will the protagonists do?

This is an adaptation of the series titled The Booth at the End.

El secreto de Marrowbone

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Detective
Production: Italy / 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, Paul Jesson

A woman and her four children move from England to America. She runs away from her husband, who had a very unstable psyche. Life in a new place doesn’t feel good: Rose finds out that she is seriously ill.

The woman dies. If the children tell everyone that their mother has died, then they will move to live in an orphanage. They don’t want to live in bad conditions, so they are silent about the tragic incident.

Over time, a ghost appears in the house. Residents of this large house become really uneasy.

The film scenes were filmed in a real house, with natural light. In the interior there were three different staircases.

Terminal

Rating IMDB – 5.4
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime
Production: Ireland, UK, Hong Kong, Hungary, USA / 2018
Worldwide gross: $843,970
Directed by: Von Stein
Cast: Margot Robbie, Simon Pegg, Mike Myers, Max Irons, Dexter Fletcher, Katarina Chas, Matthew Lewis, Thomas Turgus, Nick Moran, Jordan Dunn

Pretty Annie works two jobs: during the day as a waitress, and at night she dances stripped in a nightclub. The girl was not lucky, because she grew up in a shelter and understands all the laws of this life.

One day, Annie decides to change her occupation and becomes a hired killer. The girl asks the mysterious Mr. Franklin to help her. She toughly settles scores with competitors and does an excellent job to achieve her goals. What’s next for her?

Viewers on the forums often changed the name of the film and discussed the actress, who allegedly played the main role in the wrong way.

Fractured

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Thriller, detective
US production / 2019
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Cast: Lily Rabe, Sam Worthington, Stephen Tobolowsky, Lucy Capri, Adjoa Andoh, Stephanie Cy, Lauren Cochrane, Natalie Bailey, Eric Athavale, Dennis Skallard

Ray Monroe with his wife and daughter are driving. The road is not easy, because they drive through the whole country.

At the next parking lot, an accident occurs with the girl: she inadvertently falls and gets injured.

Ray immediately takes his daughter to the hospital. The wife goes with the child, while Ray himself remains in the waiting room and accidentally falls asleep. When he wakes up, he realizes that his relatives have disappeared. Moreover, the hospital staff claims that the patient with such data did not come to them in the hospital.

The role of Sam Worthington was the most difficult, because the man had to play panic, fear, indignation. If he hadn’t coped with this role, then the film would have failed.

10 Cloverfield Lane

Rating IMDB – 7.2
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
US production / 2016
Budget: $15,000,000
Worldwide gross: $110,216,998
Directed by: Dan Trachtenberg
Cast: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Goodman, John Gallagher Jr.

Michelle quarrels with her lover. She hurries to pack her things and go away. The girl gets into the car, rushes at high speed in the night and gets into a car accident.

After a while, Michelle wakes up in a bunker. She is chained. What happened to the girl?

The film has a lot of visual effects, made by Kelvin Optics.

Old

Rating IMDB – 5.8
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Fantasy
US production / 2021
Budget: $18,000,000
Worldwide gross: $90,112,510
Directed by: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Ken Leung, Embeth Davidtz, Rufus Sewell, Gael Garcia Bernal, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Alex Wolff, Iman Elliott, Vicky Krips, Abby Lee, Thomasin McKenzie, Aaron Pierre

A company is resting on a remote deserted beach. Children have fun and play. By chance, in the water, the child finds the corpse of a woman. From this moment on, a relaxing holiday turns into a nightmare.

People age at an alarming rate. So, a six-year-old boy becomes an adult man in the blink of an eye. People start going crazy because they don’t recognize themselves.

Filming of this movie took place in the Dominican Republic.

La ragazza nella nebbia

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 Ghidone, Daniela Piazza, Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Marina Occhionero

Cold winter, a small alpine town, Christmas Eve. The local residents forget that there will be a holiday soon, because the modest sixteen-year-old Anna Lu suddenly disappears in the city. The girl went to church, but no one saw her since then.

Trying to investigate the case, the local police soon find themselves in a stalemate. Later, the famous Inspector Vogel comes here.

The audience rated the film quite high. They liked the twisted plot.

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: Michael Shaiffer, Simon Kunz, Tuppence Middleton, Mark Poltimore, Wahab Ahmed Sheikh, Matthew Cross, Danny Sapani, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, James McAvoy

Simon is an employee of the auction house. He is responsible for the safety of the auction items. An expensive painting is attempted to be stolen. During that Simon is injured and ends up in the hospital. The bandits kidnap him (in order to find out where the painting is) and start torturing him, but due to amnesia, he doesn’t remember anything.

The kidnappers are trying to find a way out of this situation. They hire the hypnotist Elizabeth, who should put him in a trance and help him remember everything.

All the actors were hypnotized. It was a part of their preparation for the film.

Fear of Rain

Rating IMDB – 6.9
Genre: Thriller, drama
US production / 2020
Worldwide gross: $24,565
Directed by: Castile Landon
Cast: Harry Connick Jr., Enuka Okuma, Katherine Heigl, Brian Young, Eugenie Bondurant, Bianca D’Ambrosio, Chiara D’Ambrosio, Israel Broussard, Lindsay Lamb, Madison Isman, Ashley Abrams, Julia Vasey

Young Rain Burroughs has schizophrenia. She perceives the world differently and finds it difficult to communicate with peers. Instead of learning how to build relationships, the girl struggles with disturbing thoughts, terrible memories.

Rain is forced to constantly determine what things are really happening and what are just figments of her imagination. Parents would really like to help the girl, but they can’t, because the disease is incurable.

Rain turns her attention to her neighbor. She believes that the neighbor kidnapped a child, but no one believes her except for a guy named Caleb. Was Rain really making up the story about her roommate, or is this just another manifestation of her illness?

This is a psychological thriller written and directed by a woman. The audience saw the film thanks to Castille Landon.

The Lodge

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Horror
Production: UK, USA, Canada/2019
Worldwide gross: $3,155,858
Directed by: Severin Fiala, Veronica Franz
Cast: Richard Armitage, Alicia Silverstone, Jaeden Martell, Riley Keough, Leah McHugh, Rebecca Faulkenberry, Danny Keough, Kathleen Wells, Lola Reid

Richard has a hard time in his life: he recently lost his wife and remained a widower. Now he has to raise two children. It doesn’t take too long before the man begins a relationship with Grace. Soon the lovers decide to get married. Only Richard’s children are shocked because they hate Grace.

To reconcile family members, Richard sends them to a place far from civilization. The man hopes that the impossible can be done before Christmas. From the start of their journey, things don’t go according to plan.

The audience noted that the genre of the film does not correspond to the plot at all. This is not a horror movie, but an ordinary melodrama with a predictable ending.

The Guilty

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Thriller, Crime
US production / 2021
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Jake Gyllenhaal, Adrian Martinez, Christina Vidal, Peter Sarsgaard, Paul Dano, Bill Burr, Edie Patterson, Eli Goree, David Castaneda, Beau Knapp, Riley Keough, Da’Vin Joy Randolph

Murders, terrorist acts, violence and other troubles have consumed this world. Every day something happens. Joe Baylor works as a rescue operator.

One day, Joe receives a call from a woman who says she has been kidnapped. The operator sends the group to the specified location. Rescuers who arrived at the call did not find the victim. They accepted the challenge as false. Only Joe understands that everything is not so simple here. The man decides to help a stranger on his own.

Jake Gyllenhaal played the title role. The actor didn’t pass the casting, because he produced the project himself.

Uma Vida Sublime

Rating IMDB – 6.2
Genre: Thriller
Production: Portugal / 2018
Worldwide gross: $12,751
Directed by: Luis Diogo
Cast: Eric Da Silva, Suzy Filipe, Rui Oliveira, Paulo Calatre, Valdemar Santos, Mafalda, Jorge Rolla, Thiago Moreira, Angela Marcus, Teresa Chavez

Is there a perfect life? Probably not, but Gil hoped for a positive answer. After all, he has a huge house in a prestigious area, a car, a good job that doesn’t require special efforts from him.

Trouble occurs in Gil’s personal life. The wife arranges scandals and is constantly dissatisfied with her husband.

Daughters, noticing such an attitude, lose all respect for their father. From that moment on, the daughters do nothing but only demand from their father money for new things.

Gil gets bored with everything. He is morally tired of such ups and downs, so he closes himself. He began to spend time without relatives. One day he gets into the car of a stranger to help him and does not even realize that he is in mortal danger.

The film echoes Paolo Coelho’s novel Veronica Decides to Die.

Mothers’ Instinct

Rating IMDB – 6.5
Genre: Thriller
Production: France, Belgium / 2018
Worldwide gross: $121,922
Directed by: Olivier Masset-Depass
Cast: Werle Batens, Anne Cosens, Mehdi Nebbu, Arieh Warthalter, Jules Lefebvre, Luan Adam

Brussels, early 1960s. The area where the main characters live is calm. Here people trust each other, neighbors live peacefully too.

Best friends Alice and Celine have been living in this place for several years. Women communicate, share secrets, their children and husbands are also good friends.

One day, a tragedy strikes the families of the main characters: one of them loses the son named Maxim. He dies. Friendship between women is crumbling. What will happen next?

The original title of the film translates as “Dual”. In the Russian box office, the picture received a different name, but it also conveys the essence of the film successfully.

Greta

Rating IMDB – 6.1
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
Production: Ireland, USA / 2018
Worldwide gross: $18,653,107
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Chloe Grace Moretz, Maika Monroe, Jane Perry, Jeff Hiller, Parker Sawyers, Brandon Lee Sears, Arthur Lee, Rosa Escoda, Jessica Preddy

Francis McCullen moves to live in a big city. She hasn’t yet come to her senses after the death of her mother. Being in the subway, she discovers a woman’s handbag. There are documents of a certain Greta Hideg within. The woman decides to contact the metro workers, but can’t find the person on duty.

Francis wants to find the owner of the bag and give the lost thing in person. Eric’s friend searches the bag and offers to take the money, but Francis refuses. She continues her search for Greta. She finds this woman, a warm relationship develops between them. But in the future, Francis realizes that these relationships are fake.

The film “Greta” 2018 did not receive great success among the viewers.

Calibre

Rating IMDB – 6.8
Genre: Thriller, drama
Production: UK / 2017
Directed by: Matt Palmer
Cast: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony Curran, Ian Peary, Kate Bracken, Cal Macaninck, Cameron Jack, George Anton, Olivia Morgan, Teresa Bradley

Vaughn and Marcus are going to rest in the Scottish Highlands. Vaughn leaves his pregnant lover at home, and he leaves to have fun. The guys go to a local pub, where they chat with a friendly resident and a couple of girls.

The next morning the friends go hunting. The deer runs past, and Markus gives Vaughn the first shot. But the shot proved fatal…

Work on the film lasted for 9 years. Filming started in 2016.

The Dig

Rating IMDB – 6.3
Genre: Thriller
Production: Ireland, UK / 2018
Worldwide gross: $23,839
Directed by: Andy Tohill, Ryan Tohill
Cast: Francis Magee, Moe Dunford, Lorcan Kranich, Emily Taaffe, Katherine Devlin

Ronan Callaghan did time for murder. Now he is returning to his home in Northern Ireland. It’s been 15 years since he’s been away from home. Ronan meets Sean, the father of the murdered girl, who has been unsuccessfully trying to find the body of his daughter all this time, but the search hasn’t been successful.

Sean’s mood gets hard, because he sees the murderer of his daughter again. Ronan agrees to help find the girl’s body. The problem is that on the night of the crime, the guy was drunk and does not remember anything.

Critics called this film a serious movie made for an adult audience. This is a drama, the events of which unfold in the outback. Not everyone understands how hard is the life of the lower strata of society.

School’s Out

Rating IMDB – 6.5
Genre: Thriller, Drama, Crime, Detective
Production: France / 2018
Worldwide gross: $487,374
Directed by: Sebastian Marnier
Cast: Laurent Lafitte, Emmanuelle Bercot, Luana Bajrami, Victor Bonnel, Pascal Greggory, Veronica Ruggia, Gringe, Gregory Montel, Thomas Shimeka, Thomas Guy

Pierre Hoffman gets a new job. He was lucky because the prestigious college did not take ordinary people from the street. Pierre is happy, because now he has a job. But he has no idea what trials lie ahead of him.

Pierre learns that the previous teacher just jumped out of the window during the lesson. He is shocked by this information. Every day at work only breeds fear. It is difficult for the teacher, because the children do not listen to him. The atmosphere in the classroom is heavy. If the teacher knew what the other side of a prestigious job is, he would not have come here.

Unsane

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Thriller, detective
US production / 2018
Worldwide gross: $14,293,601
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Cast: Juno Temple, Claire Foy, Amy Irving, Joshua Leonard, Aimee Mullins, Jay Pharoah

The girl leaves her hometown. This is not her desire, but a necessity, because the obsessive boyfriend doesn’t leave her in peace. In another city, she has to find a new job.

Instead of the expected changes, the girl ends up in a psychiatric hospital. She doesn’t go there of her own free will. She sees a familiar nurse there. Her nightmare comes to life again, and her fears intensify. What is it: the patient’s disease or reality?

The film was shot on a tight schedule on an iPhone 7 Plus in 4K using the FiLMiC Pro app.

L’uomo del labirinto

Rating IMDB – 5.7
Genre: Detective, thriller
Production: Italy / 2019
Worldwide gross: $2,517,731
Directed by: Donato Carrisi
Cast: Carla Cassola, Dustin Hoffman, Toni Servillo, Filippo Dini, Luis Gnecco, Sergio Leone, Riccardo Cicogna, Vinicio Marchioni, Orlando Sink, Valentina Belle.

Samantha wakes up in a room with no windows. She has absolutely no idea what is happening to her. Next to her is Dr. Green, who works as a criminal psychologist. He explains to her that fifteen years ago, she was kidnapped by an unknown criminal. Samantha almost miraculously managed to escape from the maniac.

Now the psychologist wants to penetrate her mind to find the criminal. But the search for the past is like walking through a dangerous labyrinth. This does not bode well.

The director himself made a film based on his book. He did not allow adjustments and did not listen to criticism.

Welcome Home

Rating IMDB – 5.2
Genre: Thriller
US production / 2018
Worldwide gross: $331,704
Directed by: George Ratliff
Cast: Aaron Paul, Emily Ratajkowski, Riccardo Scamarchio, Katie Louise Saunders, Alice Bellagamba, Francesco Aquaroli, Evgeny Krylov, Igor Mikhailov, Daphne Alexander, Nav Ghotra

Brian and Cassie are in a relationship but are going through a crisis. Their feelings have begun to cool, and they are trying to do everything possible not to lose each other. To save their feelings, they go to Tuscany. Ahead of a married couple is a road and a luxurious villa.

The vacation starts off well, but Cassie twists her leg during her morning run. The stranger offers his help, the girl agrees. Such an act did not please the jealous Brian. From this moment on, the young couple is in danger.

Aaron Paul and Emily Ratajkowski started their careers in music videos.

Inheritance

Rating IMDB – 5.6
Genre: Thriller, drama, detective
US production / 2020
Worldwide gross: $304,931
Directed by: Von Stein
Cast: Lily Collins, Simon Pegg, Connie Nielsen, Chace Crawford, Marke Richardson II, Michael Beach, Chris Gann, Jose Herrera, Christina DeRosa, Harrison Stone

The rich and influential father of the family suddenly dies. He was a wealthy man and left a good legacy to his daughter. The girl suspects that something is wrong here and tries to find out the mysteries of her father’s past.

Simon Pegg was not immediately approved for the role. Before starting filming, he had to go through a grueling 6-month training to achieve the required body shape for the role of Morgan.

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: Haley Bennett, Emily Blunt, Rebecca Ferguson, Luke Evans, Laura Prepon, Edgar Ramirez, Justin Theroux, Allison Janney

Rachel drinks a lot – she tries to cope with depression after a divorce this way. Life does not add up, but the ex-husband is doing well: he married a beautiful woman, and now he is raising a child.

Rachel suffers and gets on the same train every day, and every time she passes by a beautiful cottage. It seems that life there is perfect. Only once the mistress of the house disappears. And Rachel witnesses what happened there..

After watching the film, critics said that Emily Blunt was too beautiful and charming to play the role of chronic alcoholic Rachel Watson. Makeup artists applied special make-up to visually create a swollen face.

The Silence of the Lambs

Rating IMDB – 8.6
Genre: Thriller, detective, drama, crime, horror
US production / 1990
Budget: $19,000,000
Worldwide gross: $130,742,922
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Cast: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Brooke Smith, Scott Glenn, Ted Levin, Anthony Heald, Casey Lemmons, Diane Baker, Charles Napier, Roger Corman

There is a sophisticated maniac operating in the Midwest. He kidnaps and then kills young women. They can’t catch him for a long time. FBI agent Clarissa Starling decides to meet with psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter, who is in prison for crimes like that, to convince him to help catch the maniac.

He agrees, but on the condition that Clarissa tells him about her personal life, which was not easy and simple. The girl is tormented by the fact that she has to stir up old, already dormant memories, and she also has to communicate alone with a terrible maniac.

The image of Hannibal Lecter was not written from scratch – the serial killer Albert Fish became the prototype.

Red Dragon

Rating IMDB – 7.2
Genre: Thriller, detective, drama
Production: USA, Germany / 2002
Budget: $78,000,000
Worldwide gross: $93,149,898
Directed by: Brett Ratner
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel, Emily Watson, Mary-Louise Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Anthony Heald, Ken Leung, Frankie Faison

The plot of the film touches upon the time when the FBI agents were trying to catch the elusive Hannibal Lecter – a sadist and a murderer. Will Graham, an FBI agent, managed to catch a maniac, but the policeman almost died. After this operation, Will left the bureau.

After some time, a new serial killer appears. He cuts out entire families at night. The cynical press nicknamed him “The Tooth Fairy”.

Will Graham is back on the job, but he needs help with this investigation. He decides to seek advice from his old acquaintance, Hannibal Lecter, so that his sophisticated mind tells where to look for traces of the killer.

Anthony Hopkins was forced to lose almost 10 kg in order to look young on the screen.

The Cage

Rating IMDB – 6.4
Genre: Horror, fantasy, thriller, crime
Production: USA, Germany / 2000
Budget: $57,000,000
Worldwide gross: $104,155,843
Directed by: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D’Onofrio, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Jake Weber, Dylan Baker, Colton James, Jerry Becker, Musetta Vander, Patrick Bauchot

A young woman, who is a psychiatrist, uses modern techniques to penetrate the subconscious of a serial killer. He kidnapped and killed young women in the most sophisticated way.

The last of his victims was never found, and the police have hope that the girl is still alive. But only the criminal knows where she is. The doctor’s task is to get this information from a sadist who is in a coma. Now the life of a young girl depends on the psychiatrist’s skill and courage.