The best thrillersget under your skin.
With this in mind, this list ranks some of the must-see thrillers of the past three decades.
These ten films span continents and cultures, from shadowy American cities to the rain-soaked alleys of South Korea.
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But fascination turns into obsession, and obsession twists into something far more sinister.
The Talented Mr. Ripleyisa sun-drenched nightmaredressed up as a glamorous European vacation.
He begins selling the grisly footage to a desperate local news station.
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Gyllenhaal transforms himself physically and psychologically for the role.
His gaunt frame and unblinking stare are almost reptilian.
Yethis character is also darkly funnyin his own absurd way.
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In the end,The Sixth Senseis cathartic as well as creepy.
7’Prisoners’ (2013)
Directed by Denis Villeneuve
“Pray for the best.
Prepare for the worst.”
Meanwhile,Jake Gyllenhaal is Detective Loki, the enigmatic cop racing against time to solve the case.
The director refuses to moralize here or provide easy answers.
Neither do the lead actors, both turning in impressively layered performances.
“Leonardo DiCapriostars here as U.S.
Visions of his traumatic past bleed into the investigation, blurring the lines between reality and hallucination.
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DiCaprio rises to the occasion with a fevered, desperate performance, pushing himself into new acting terrain.
No plan at all.
What begins as a clever grift quickly escalates into a tense battle of class warfare.
There are no clear villains or heroes here.
The rich aren’t monsters, just insulated by their wealth.
The poor aren’t saints, just survivors in a rigged game.
The prime one among many.”
As the bodies pile up, so do the dead ends, false confessions, and crushing frustration.
But then things become grimmer and melancholy, and the sense of dread mounts.
The crimes become increasingly grotesque, each tableau a grotesque moral allegory designed to horrify and provoke.
From here,David Fincherkeeps ratcheting up the darkness and tension.
Finally, narrative-wise, the infamous climax is a gut-punch that still reverberates decades later.
Brilliant, intelligent, audacious.
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