Shutter Island(2010) - English

I must begin with awe. shutter Island is an excellent piece of movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio (as Mr. Teddy Marshal) and Ben Kingsly (as Dr. Cowley). It is a horror-psychology thriller that can catch your full-length attention. Movie begins with the arrival of Mr. Teddy and Mr. Chuck, who are U S Marshals, to the Shutter Island. It is a lonely island where the criminally insane and so very dangerous patients are treated. The cops are there to investigate the missing of a patient. But later they realize that the place is really one intended to experiment with human minds and to make them do spy work. Teddy wants it to stop. But then he learns that the hospital people are trying to declare him as insane by secretly giving him psycholeptic drugs. Teddy is on fight against the authorities. But on way to the end of the movie, Teddy is forced to accept hard realities giving the audience a wonderful movie experience.
I recommend this as a must-watch movie.

Insomnia(2002) -English

Insomnia is another Christopher Nolan film starring Al Pacino, Robbin Williams and Hilary Swank. It a crime thriller telling the story of a Los Angels police officer Dormer (Al Pacino) who comes to a small town in Alaska for the investigation of the murder of a teenage girl. During a chase of the murderer Dormer accidentally kills his partner. Since there could be reasons for him to kill him deliberately, he conceals this fact from the public fearing public disbelief. But the guilt haunts Dormer, he loses sleep and the intellectual activity in the investigation gets very challenging. But he still chases the murderer and finally solves the case.
This movie is truly thrilling and it is interesting to see the midnight-sun phenomenon in Alaska incorporated with the story. The shooting locations will also catch your attention

The Happening(2008) - English

 

This is another catching Manoj Shyamalan film that tells the story of a mysterious natural disaster that all of a sudden starts spreading from a park. Some neurotoxin is unknowingly given out into the air which affects the minds of the people and they start committing suicide. There arises many theories on what actually is happening. At first it is thought that it is some kind of bioterrorist attack using some airborne chemical. Later speculations give way to frantic efforts to escape from the toxin. The story evolves around a science teacher, his wife and the daughter of his best friend who committed suicide after being infected by the neurotoxin. The movie goes along the mass hysteria spread among the public and the picturization of it is very impressive. It is a movie worth watching

The Prestige(2006) - English

This is a mystery-thriller which tells the story of two rival stage magicians, Angiers and Borden, of the 19th century. They both were assistants of a famous magician and later they split up and try to outwit each other as independent magicians. This blind competiton and rivalry leads into tragic results. The famous scientist, Nikola Tesla is portrayed in this story as the scientist who helps Angiers to perform teleportation on stage. The direction of this movie is marvellous and it is difficult to summarize the story in a few lines. I may have to tell scene by scene. Story takes sudden and frequent twists. The overall suspense is kept all along upto the climax.

The Village(2004) - English

 

The Village is an interesting suspense thriller movie directed by Manoj Night Shyamalan. It tells the story of a village where people live in constant fear of some nameless monsters which are supposed to inhabit in the surrounding forests. They had the borders of the village lined with oil lamps and nobody dared to cross the limits. They see skinned animal bodies which makes the children frightned and it is also seen that the adults keep some secrets from their own children. Story is centred on Lucius Hunt, a young man who seeks permision of the adults to go to the city to get medicines from there. But he is not permitted. When the story evolves, Lucius met with a mishap and get injured badly. Then Ivy, a blind girl who loves Lucius, at last decides to cross the forest to bring medicine from city. This venture of hers unreveals the key suspense of the movie.

The way of story telling of Shyamalan is very catching and background score needs special mention in it. Its a movie worth spending time for.

The Sixth Sense(1999) - English

 

Another Night Syamalan touch on the screen. Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osmant add attraction to this wonderfully picturized thriller movie. Dr. Malcome(Willis) is a children psychologist who keeps a regret for being unable to help a boy, Vincent, with hallucinations. Also he finds that his profession caused a distance between him and his wife Anna. After a long time of rest, he meets another boy, Cole(Haley) whose condition is much similar to that of Vincent. He decides to help Cole and thereby satisfying his regret for Vincent. Cole reveals to him that he can communicate with dead people. On Malcome's advice Cole helps a lot of ghosts to fulfill their desires. The end of the movie is really marvellous. Syamalan's style to keep such suspense upto the end is really something!

A must-watch movie.

The Silence of the Lambs(1991) - English

This is one one of my most favorite horror-crime thriller movies. A young lady police officer, Ms Starling is assigned to investigate a murder series where the killer is just known as Buffalo Bill. No one knows anything more about him. Ms. Starling decides to seek the help of an imprisoned cannibalistic killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter(Antony Hopkins) who was a brilliant psychiatrist too. Dr. Lecter agrees to help her if he is moved away from the prison  where he is now and where he dislikes. But Lecter is so dangerous a man and a transfer of him is very risky. Starling takes the risk. Now there are two equally dangerous people she has to take care of. 

This is one of the top five thrillers ever made. The sole role of Antony Hopkins as  'Hannibal the Cannibal' made me a fan of him.

Lola Rennt(1998) - German

Lola Rennt, also called 'Run Lola Run' is a thriller movie. The movie consists of three segments, each of which has same beginning but drastically different outcomes. Manni, Lola's boyfriend is a small scale criminal. In an operation he lost a huge amount which he has to return to his boss immediately. Lola tells him to wait for 20 minutes, she would arrange the money. That is the beginning of Lola's three runs. She leaves the phone receiver and starts running. The movie shows how a second of delay changes the outcomes of the runs drastically. It's a full-length thriller and is comparatively short also.

Man on Fire(2004) - English

 

One of my favourite Denzel Washington movies. Denzel plays the role of Creasy, an alcoholic man who happened to be a the bodyguard of a little girl, Pita. Creasy was an unsociable man and kept a distance with Pita who was very sociable. After a while, Creasy gradually began to love the child and they become friends. But, one day Pita got kidnapped and Creasy was mortally injured in the attempt to save her. After recovering, Creasy set out find out the ruffians behind Pita's kidnap. Then the story becomes a full length thriller. Denzel has shown marvelous performance. It is a movie worth spending time for.

Hotaru no Haka(1988) - Japanese

 

This movie, more popularly known as 'Grave of the fireflies' is the best animated movie I ever saw. It tells the story of a teenager Sieta and his little sister Setsuko who are orphaned after the World War II. Their father who was a soldier dies in war and their mother, of disease. The children get shelter in an aunt's home and becomes a burden for them. Then Sieta sets out with his sister to an old cave. The sufferings they undergo and Sieta's attempts to keep his sister happy are picturized in a very touching manner. I am not shy to say that at the end of the movie, I cried and the climax haunted me for days. The best of all movies based on World War, i would say. A 100% must-watch movie.

Signs(2002)

 

The film directed by Manoj Night Syamalan tells the story of an alien invasion in a different and attractive way. The most striking point I observed is that the overall time an alien appears on screen is less than 2 or 3 seconds, but it conveys the stunning effect of an alien invasion.

Mel Gibson is on the lead role. The movie is centred at him and his family. The entire story of alien attack on the planet is portrayed by five or six people living in a small house. The flash back of the family is attractively told in a parallel track. That is quite something! Mr. Syamalan also has performed a short but memorable role in the movie. The performance of the two little children is excellent. Really a good Director's movie

Jurassic Park(1993)

Its a must-watch Spielberg movie ever released in Hollywood industry.
John Hammond, a rich Englishman re-creates the extinct Dinosaurs from fossilized dino-DNA. He creates a Jurassic park in an island.But due to some mishap in the park while its construction, government shows doubt in the stability of the island and demands recommendations from experts to endorse the park. So Hammond brings a group of scientists to see the park and approve its possibilities. Hammond's grand-children also join them. But the situations get bad when one among Hammond's staff ttries to steal dinosaur embryos from the island and he disrupts all the safety systems in the park. The expert team along with two little children are out in the park where they must face an ordeal to get back.
The movie is not a saddist one (many of the movies dealing with such monsters often are). It contains many notable situations and dialogues. The writer Michael Chrichton has tried to make the story scientifically as plausible as possible. The computer graphics is really breath-taking.