7 movies that take your breath away

7. "Memoir of a Murderer" 

• 2017
• Republic of Korea
• Thriller, detective, drama, crime
• Directed by Won Shin-young
• Starring: Seol Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Seol-hyun, Oh Dal-soo, Hwang Seok-chon
• IMDb Rating: 7.2

Elderly Kim Byung-soo (Sol Kyung-gu) has been killing people, but has been living the life of an ordinary citizen for 17 years and is thinking of moving into a nursing home. A series of murders occur in his town. Byung-soo decides to neutralize the maniac, but the plan is complicated by dementia, which confuses his memory.

"Memoir of a Murderer" was recognized as the best film of 2017 at the Barcelona Asian Film Festival. The film garnered more than one million views in just five days after its release.

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6. "Source Code"

• 2011
• USA, Canada, France, Germany
• Fantasy, Action, Thriller, Drama
• Directed by: Duncan Jones
• Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden
• IMDb Rating: 7.5

Military man Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up on a train eight minutes before it explodes. He returns to the train again and again after the terrorist attack, gradually realizing that he is being brought back so that Stevens can figure out who is behind the crime and how to prevent it. The life of the girl Christina (Michelle Monaghan), with whom he has fallen in love, and the fate of all of Chicago depend on him.

To the creators of the movie "Source Code" brought a profit exceeding the budget almost five times — $148 million.

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5. "Contratiempo" 

• 2016
• Spain
• Thriller, Crime, Detective
• Directed by Oriol Paolo
• Starring: Mario Casas, Ana Vahener, Jose Coronado, Barbara Lennie, Francesc Orella, Barbara Lenny
• IMDb Rating: 8.0

Businessman and happy family man Adrian Doria (Mario Casas) is arrested on charges of murdering his secret lover Laura (Barbara Lennie). All the evidence is against him. His only hope is experienced attorney Virginia Goodman (Ana Wachener). She was about to end her career, but has decided to take on one last case she has no intention of losing.

With a budget of €4 million, the movie grossed over $30 million at the box office. The commercially successful movie was re-shot in other countries as well. An Italian remake, "The Invisible Witness", was released in 2018 and an Indian remake titled "Badla" was released in 2019.

"Kept in suspense until the very end, you can re-watch it again to understand some of the details. It's rare to find a decent movie nowadays, so 5*," — Avgustina15.

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4. "Knives Out"

• 2019
• USA
• Detective, comedy, drama, crime
• Directed by: Ryan Johnson
• Starring Daniel Craig, Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Christopher Plummer
• IMDb Rating: 8.0

The patriarch of a large family, Harlan Tromby (Christopher Plummer), who celebrated his 85th birthday the day before, is found dead. Under suspicion fall all the participants of the celebration. But first of all — a migrant nurse Martha (Ana de Armas), who cannot lie. The famous detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) takes up the case.

"I watched the movie in one breath. And now every time if it comes on TV I stop and watch it as if for the first time until the last scene. That's how good it is" — U_lol.

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3. "Gone Girl" 

• 2014
• USA
• Drama, thriller
• Director: David Fincher
• Starring: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon
• IMDb Rating: 8.1

On the day of their five-year marriage anniversary, Nick's (Ben Affleck) wife Amy (Rosamund Pike) disappears without a trace. He becomes the prime suspect in the case of his missing spouse. Nick will have to prove innocence and solve the riddles left by Amy before her disappearance. Only he gradually realizes that he didn't know his wife at all.

The movie received several nominations at prestigious awards, among them "Golden Globe", "Oscar", BAFTA. For her role as Amy, Rosamund Pike won Best Actress at the Empire Magazine Awards and was also nominated in the same category at the U.S. Screen Actors Guild Awards and the BAFTA Awards.

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2. "Prisoners"  

• 2013
• USA
• Thriller, Drama, Crime, Detective
• Director: Denis Villeneuve
• Starring: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Maria Bello, Terrence Howard
• IMDb Rating: 8.1

During Thanksgiving, the young daughters of two cronies, Keller (Hugh Jackman) and Franklin (Terrence Howard), go outside — and don't return. The police investigation goes nowhere. A grief-stricken Keller takes justice into his own hands and kidnaps a man he believes is involved in the girls' disappearance.

"A grim movie about missing children and the search for possible kidnappers with a fairly well-written plot. The acting is excellent and the movie keeps you in suspense. The overall grayness of the picture reflects the mood of the characters and the situation as a whole. Though the story seems quite simple and not new, it leaves questions for reflection," — nikmov.

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1. "Shutter Island" 

• 2010
• USA
• Thriller, Detective, Drama
• Director: Martin Scorsese
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer
• IMDb Rating: 8.2

Federal Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) is sent to the impregnable Shutter Island to a highly guarded asylum for mentally ill criminals. He and his partner Chuck Owley (Mark Ruffalo) must investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), who murdered her own children. Exhausting, incessant headaches and nightmarish dreams keep Teddy from concentrating and making sense of the case.

"It's a very cool movie. On first viewing, there were details that I thought were weird and yet I didn't figure out the main plot. But when you watch the movie for the second and third time, you notice a lot of details, clues..... And yet there are things that are not quite explainable, which make the ending "open". The music and sound design are above all praise - I was shivering at times," — iEstale.

"Oooh great movie. It's such a puzzle until the end, at first you think one thing, then... kapetz, you can't believe it. Well the plot is dashingly twisted and straight goosebumps," — Katerina_Usenko.

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