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Thriller/Mystery Film Recommendations?

V23

V23

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Looking for recommendations for these types of movies if anyone knows any good ones.

I saw Prisoners last night for the first time and that was excellent, although hard to watch at times :p

Here's a list of the ones I've seen - I realise some of these might not fit in the strict definition of a thriller, so please be kind :D

The Invitation
The Gift
The Guest
Prisoners
Blue Ruin
Green Room
Wind River
Don't Breathe
Get Out
Coherence
Source Code
Gone Girl
Nocturnal Animals
10 Cloverfield Lane
Nightcrawler
Stoker
Memento
Split
It Follows
The Witch
Hush
Sicario
Hell or High Water
Hereditary
A Quiet Place
Bone Tomahawk

I may have missed a few as well.

Any recommendations are appreciated.
 
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The Silver

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I've seen every movie on your list, I recommend getting into Korean cinema, those guys know their thrillers.

I Saw The Devil
Bedevilled
Memories of Murder
The Chaser
The Yellow Sea
A Bittersweet Life
Mother
A Hard Day
Cold Fish(this is Japanese)
Oldboy
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
A Dirty Carnival
No Mercy
 
Wag

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All the movies you listed are relatively recent. How about some older stuff like Hitchcock?
 
AlteredBeast

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North by Northwest
Psycho
Rear Window
The 59 Steps

Hell, pretty much every Hitchcock.
 
AlteredBeast

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Body Heat
What Lies Beneath (do not watch a trailer!)
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LOL re: WLB. Zemeckis does that shit on purpose. he even stated as much. He's like "The audience doesn't want to be fooled, they want to know exactly what they are getting into"

Which is why the trailer for Cast Away shows him getting home and talking to his ex-wife, etc. Like WTF. Anyone who complains about that "spoiler", the statute of limitations on that ran out 15 years ago.
 

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I always loved The Conversation, but might be biased because I had to watch it tens of times for an essay.
 
The Silver

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I suspect you've seen it but you'd also like Triangle.

Timecrimes(Spanish thriller) would be up your alley too.

Triangle and Timecrimes are closer to something like Coherence to give you an idea.
 
adamsappel

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AlteredBeast said:
LOL re: WLB. Zemeckis does that shit on purpose. he even stated as much. He's like "The audience doesn't want to be fooled, they want to know exactly what they are getting into"

Which is why the trailer for Cast Away shows him getting home and talking to his ex-wife, etc. Like WTF. Anyone who complains about that "spoiler", the statute of limitations on that ran out 15 years ago.
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I know! I want someone to watch it without being spoiled. I think it's probably a very effective thriller.

Try some David Mamet: House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner and Heist.
 
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Can I piggyback little bit here? I would like the same genre films but from 60s and 70s. I have seen most Agatha Christie films but beyond that, not that much.

Edit. Oh, and I have also seen every Hitchcock film.
 
AlteredBeast

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adamsappel said:
I know! I want someone to watch it without being spoiled. I think it's probably a very effective thriller.

Try some David Mamet: House of Games, The Spanish Prisoner and Heist.
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Love Mamet. The Verdict and The Untouchables is pretty hard to beat for back-to-back screenplays (even if they were 5 years apart)
 
MarioW

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Looks like you might be a Jake Gyllenhaal fan? You might like to check out Enemy and Zodiac.

And it's not exactly a thriller or mystery, but also check out Donnie Darko if you haven't seen it for another great Gyllenhaal film filled with weirdness that reveals itself over the course of the film.
 
NTGYK

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Zodiac and Se7en for sure.

Christopher Nolan's Insomnia and The Prestige are great as well.
 
SJRB

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The Mothman Prophecy is really great.

Awesome cast but a really creepy, weird atmosphere makes the movie.
 
apocat

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You should check out Memories of murder. One of my favourite films, and I usually don't even really like crime movies.
 
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The Prestige*
Zodiac
Minority Report* (Source Code-like)
Frequency* (not scary)
Lucky Number Slevin* (not scary)
Shutter Island
Housebound
Hot Fuzz* (not scary)
Mothman Prophecies
Deja Vu (Source Code-like)
Disturbia

To add some more:

Crimson Peak
The Others
The Burbs* (not scary)
1408
Looper

Edit: The starred ones means they're my favorite and you have to watch them or else you may or may not die in 7 days.
 
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spirit_bear

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If you liked The Witch then I can't recommend The Blackcoat's Daughter enough.
 
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nachum00

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Mulholland Drive
The Game
Blowout
Dressed to Kill
Rear Window
Vertigo
Chinatown
Laura
The Third Man
Jacobs Ladder
Eyes Wide Shut
The Conversation
Blue Velvet
Fargo
The Handmaiden
Sexy Beast
Elle
The Long Goodbye
Zodiac
The Tenant
 
BowieZ

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Three must-see recent Agatha Christies:

Endless Night (2013)
And Then There Were None (2015)
Crooked House (2017)
 
retroman

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That's already quite a solid list in the OP. If you don't mind older films, here's a few you might enjoy.

Double Indemnity
The Big Heat
The Asphalt Jungle
Dial M For Murder
Rififi
Night And The City
The Third Man
Deathtrap
The Big Clock
Scarlet Street
Sleuth
White Heat
Touch Of Evil
Ministry Of Fear
The Naked Kiss
Laura
Sunset Boulevard
The Killing
The 39 Steps
Out Of The Past
Frenzy
The Stranger
Rear Window
In A Lonely Place
The Caller
Rope
 
retroman

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Zabo said:
Can I piggyback little bit here? I would like the same genre films but from 60s and 70s. I have seen most Agatha Christie films but beyond that, not that much.

Edit. Oh, and I have also seen every Hitchcock film.
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Have you seen Sleuth? It's my favourite seventies mystery film!

Avoid the remake, though.
 
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Moose the Mooche said:
Mulholland Drive is one hell of a thriller/mystery. My fav movie of all time
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This. I think you'd like David Lynch movies. They'll probably fuck you up though, at least that's what these movies do to me.

I noticed that you, OP, didn't mention any Hitchcock movies.

Check out Vertigo (insane twist!) and Rope and Psycho (and basically everything else)! He's the master of supense and thriller. Even though these movies are quite old, nothing comes even close.
 
Venture

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The Ghost Writer is a fantastic recent one if you've got no qualms with a Polanski movie.
 
retroman

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Brian de Palma also made some fine thrillers, like Blow Out, Dressed To Kill and Raising Cain.
 
ryseing

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Zodiac is on Prime if you're American and is the best film of the 00's.

Watch Zodiac.
 
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