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Mystery/suspense films - suggestions wanted

posted 8 years ago by benettfreeman
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I'm looking to find new mystery/suspense films that I haven't seen. I'm posting this here because I think it might attract the right kind of people to provide kind suggestions.

Here are films I have seen and liked, with some element of mystery or suspense (in no order):-

Gone Baby Gone *
Zodiac * (Gyllenhaal version)
Birth *
Paris, Texas
Womb
The Legend of 1900
In the Bedroom
The Lobster
Oldboy
Twelve Monkeys
The Next Three Days *
Amelie *
Slumdog Millionaire
Vertigo *
Chaotic Ana *
L'Appartement *
Romeo is Bleeding
The Tenant
Nine Queens
Upstream Color *
Ex Machina *
Fight Club
The Prestige
Leon
Moon
The Place Beyond the Pines *
The Secret in their Eyes
I Origins *
The Good Shepherd
The English Patient
Triangle * (I'm reluctant to asterisk this in case I get suggestions that are too steeped in the horror genre, which I do not like, but the actual way that this script is configured is absolute genius, IMO)
Changeling *
Knowing * (same caveat as Triangle, because this is kinda sci-fi, but I still really like it)
Sex and Lucia
Tzameti (2005) *
Intacto *
The Spanish Prisoner *
House of Games *
Heist *
(pretty much anything good by Mamet, really)
Sound of My Voice *
Gosford Park
The Life of David Gale
Michael Clayton
Volver
K-PAX
The East
Twice Born
Tell No One *
Conspiracy Theory
The Usual Suspects
Se7en *
Prisoners (2013) *
Shutter Island *
Incendies
The Constant Gardner
Liar (1997)
Angel Heart
The Whistleblower
Edge of Darkness
eXistenZ
The Pledge *
Triple 9
The Butterfly Effect
The Ghost (Polanski) *
State of Play

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* = Those films marked with asterisks are perhaps the best examples of what I'm looking for, but the suggested films don't have to be exactly like those, or even be that amazing, as long as they have a good story.

If any of you feel like taking the time to think of films that are not on my list, which means there is a chance I haven't seen it, I'd welcome your recommendations.

Thank you for reading :)

[–] ac_away 8 years ago

You should watch the following:

- Primal Fear (1996)
- Identity (2003)
- The Game (1997)
- Cube (1997)
- Mystic River (2003)
- The Prestige (2006)
- The Illusionist (2006)
- Memento (2000)
- Inception (2010)
- The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2009) * Note, I am referring to the original swedish first film of the saga 'Millenium'. I have not seen the american version made by David Fincher so I can't compare both, but the Original is solid and you should watch it.

This is what I could think of the top of my head, but for now it should be enough.

I will come back with more. Plus I have to watch some from your list too.

Thanks for sharing!

:D

[–] benettfreeman 8 years ago

Thanks for your suggestions. Sadly I have watched all of them :)

Btw, I've watched both versions of Dragon Tattoo, and I think Fincher's superior cinematography just edges it.

[–] wdement 8 years ago

Chinatown is the greatest murder mystery ever

[–] Filmmoxie 8 years ago

Side Effects
The Machinist
Enemy
Donnie Darko
Coherence
A Wolf At The Door (Brazilian)
Network
Primer

I am a huge movie lover, and watch several movies per week, from all over the world, and both new & old. I mostly like Thriller & Suspense, Mystery, and Horror, and some Sci-Fi. I've seen all of the movies on your list and agree with you/liked most of them, so if you'd like some more suggestions, perhaps a few more obscure ones, too, let me know.

[–] jfurness4 8 years ago

JFK