Quick, somebody reccomend me a really good thriller film

muppet

Ordering stuff off Play.com (which, btw, are selling some Pearl Jam shirts for £5, snap em up!) and I'm in the mood to watch some sort of a politically themed thriller film - kind of like the films Oliver Stone makes.

Reccomend away!

kenshunt

Michael Jackson's Thriller

sponger

Syriana is one of the greatest films ever made, IMO. I know lots of people would disgree with me on that.

But, most of those people complain that the movie is "convoluted."

If you pay attention to what's going on, you'll discover that it really is a fascinating movie filled with brilliantly laid out, intricate plot lines.

Also consider that it was based on the book "See No Evil" which was written by Bob Baer, who was considered by the CIA to have been one of the best covert CIA operatives in the middle east during the 1980's.

Bob Baer has said that while the book is fiction, it plays on what really goes on over there in the middle eastern spy networks, and how it all relates to the insider politics that go on in washington.

Yefa

I recommend "Z" by Costa-Gavras. It's about a political murder & coverup in Greece. It came out in 1969. It's a riveting film.

Heineken Helen

Ooooohhh my favourite genre they just don't make enough of them. Recent ones are In the valley of Elah is pretty good... BREACH is EXCELLENT. We own the night, not so political but a damn fine film none the less

Hitch-Hiker

Heineken Helen wrote:

Ooooohhh my favourite genre they just don't make enough of them. Recent ones are In the valley of Elah is pretty good... BREACH is EXCELLENT. We own the night, not so political but a damn fine film none the less

Noooo! Don't watch We Own the Night! Other than the car chase it's awful.
Breach is very good though.

mole1985

The Constant Gardener

Not sure if you would include this but The Last King Of Scotland

harmless_little_f***

Michael Clayton

and if you can push your definition to 'supernatural thriller', watch Don't Look Now.

Heineken Helen

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Michael Clayton

and if you can push your definition to 'supernatural thriller', watch Don't Look Now.

that was very good - not so supernatural though but well worth a look.

harmless_little_f***

Heineken Helen wrote:

that was very good - not so supernatural though but well worth a look.

Maybe 'psychological' is a better word.. but clairvoyance, ghosts of a dead girl, psychic intution.. all supernatural to my mind. Are we talking about the same film?

Heineken Helen

harmless_little_f*** wrote:

Maybe 'psychological' is a better word.. but clairvoyance, ghosts of a dead girl, psychic intution.. all supernatural to my mind. Are we talking about the same film?

the french one?

Hitch-Hiker

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/

Freaky Deaky!

harmless_little_f***

Heineken Helen wrote:

the french one?

No, the one I'm talking about is made in 1974, English and almost a horror film.

Heineken Helen

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/

Freaky Deaky!

ah ok, that's not the one I'm thinking about... there's a french one I saw a few months back, think it's relatively new. About this guy whose wife vanishes when swimming at their lake house and he was accused of killing her but then suddenly years later he gets an email from her? I thought it was called don't look now but it's very very good.

Hitch-Hiker

That was Tell No One. And you're right, it was frikkin deadly!

Heineken Helen

Hitch-Hiker wrote:

That was Tell No One. And you're right, it was frikkin deadly!

that's it! Thanks