jethrofloyd Posted June 27, 2016 #1 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Well, we have a threads about the best horror and ghost movies. I'm curious, what are your favorite mystery movies? My list: Mullholand Drive The Game Mystic River Insomnia Donnie Darko Blue Velvet The Box Triangle The Number 23 The Shutter Island 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted June 27, 2016 #2 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Perfect Getaway is one of my favorites. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted June 27, 2016 #3 Share Posted June 27, 2016 That's a great list. Practically all the ones you listed are twitch psychological thrillers, which are my faves. They involve protagonists whose conception of reality or self-identity is revealed to be mistaken. Typical plot devices include: hallucinations, drugs, mental illness, mind control, emotional distress, guilt, suppression, amnesia, memory, surrealism, time-travel, brainwashing, dreams and death. Other good ones include: Boxing Helena, The Machinist, Jacob's Ladder, Memento, Inland Empire, Vanilla Sky, Lost Highway, A Scanner Darkly All also fall under the Mystery genre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farmer77 Posted June 27, 2016 #4 Share Posted June 27, 2016 How could I forget Momento?? and I would like to add The Usual Suspects. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire. Posted June 27, 2016 #5 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Memento and Jacob's Ladder are two of my favorites. Shutter Island was pretty good too. Oh and Mystic River. That ending! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV-426 Posted June 27, 2016 #6 Share Posted June 27, 2016 Mystery is a bit harder to define than ghost and horror I'd say. It covers a much broader spectrum. Some great films mentioned so far. I'd add Gone Girl as one of the better recent movies, and Rear Window and Vertigo for some classic Hitchcock. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalfAnIdiot Posted June 30, 2016 #7 Share Posted June 30, 2016 The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo; Seven; Zodiac; Source Code; Prisoners (sorry for the Jake Gyllenhall trifecta); Gone Baby Gone; Laura; Chinatown... for starters. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oniomancer Posted June 30, 2016 #8 Share Posted June 30, 2016 On 6/27/2016 at 11:31 AM, Clair said: That's a great list. Practically all the ones you listed are twitch psychological thrillers, which are my faves. They involve protagonists whose conception of reality or self-identity is revealed to be mistaken. Typical plot devices include: hallucinations, drugs, mental illness, mind control, emotional distress, guilt, suppression, amnesia, memory, surrealism, time-travel, brainwashing, dreams and death. Other good ones include: Boxing Helena, The Machinist, Jacob's Ladder, Memento, Inland Empire, Vanilla Sky, Lost Highway, A Scanner Darkly All also fall under the Mystery genre. Angel heart.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerryko Posted July 31, 2016 #9 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Zodiac Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finder of Lost Things Posted January 1, 2017 #10 Share Posted January 1, 2017 Gaslight North by Northwest Shutter Island was great but my all time favorite is Vertigo with Rear Window coming in a close second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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