Okay, okay. Here’s another thread for movies. Basically what are some of your favorite movies that are “thrillers”. Not action movies like DieHard or Terminator, but movies that have some sort of psychological aspect to it or are really fast-paced due to the plot, not the visual action going on. They can have a lot of action, but movies that are not driven purely by special effects and so on. Here are some of mine:
Inception
The Manchurian Candidate (the original)
Silence of the Lambs
Mulholland Drive
pretty much anything by Alfred Hitchcock, specifically Psycho, Vertigo, Rear Window, Strangers on a Train, Shadow of a Doubt, Dial M for Murder, Notorious, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Rope
Memento
Basic Instinct
The Usual Suspects
JFK
Chinatown
M
Play Misty For Me
Touch of Evil
10 non-action bad ass movies with lots of suspense from the top of my head:
Romeo is bleeding
Audition
Infernal Affairs
Violent Cop or Hana Bi
Aguirre the Wrath of God
Bad Lieutnant
Ichi the Killer (uncut!)
Paths of Glory
Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer
Let me also mention Jin Roh, an anime, that totally deserves to be on that list.
Warning: most people will find these completely depressing. Probably no girlfriend compatible material here.
Best psychological thriller ever, and funniest unintentional comedy ever.
A sketch-bag skulks around the apartment of fat chicks with night vision goggles, tries to elicit pity by stumbling to load a couch into a van with a fake cast, lures them in, beats them to unconsciousness with said cast, traps them in a basement well and periodically insists they apply lotion to their skin, under penalty of being doused with a hose…all for the greater purpose of constructing a suit out of their skins!
Best psychological thriller ever, and funniest unintentional comedy ever.
A sketch-bag skulks around the apartment of fat chicks with night vision goggles, tries to elicit pity by stumbling to load a couch into a van with a fake cast, lures them in, beats them to unconsciousness with said cast, traps them in a basement well and periodically insists they apply lotion to their skin, under penalty of being doused with a hose…all for the greater purpose of constructing a suit out of their skins!