Jodie Foster searches for her daughter on a plane, John Travolta accidentally uncovers a secret government conspiracy, and Michael Shannon tries to hide from the apocalypse: we tell about the heroes of paranoid thrillers who resist attempts to shake...
«Flightplan» (2005)
A claustrophobic, gripping thriller about a widowed American woman Kyle Pratt (), who boards a plane with her daughter Julia ( Marlene Lawston ), and the girl disappears mid-flight. Everyone around tries to convince the heroine that she checked in for the flight completely alone, and at some point Kyle is ready to believe the offered version, if not for the obvious evidence of Julia's presence on the plane.
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Открыть материалThe film by German director Robert Schwentke (who later made a name for himself in second-tier action films like «RED» and «R.I.P.D.») boasts an engaging story, vivid visuals, and a steady pace. You'll have to guess until the very end whether Foster's heroine has truly gone mad with grief or if it's the machinations of mysterious evil forces. And Foster herself certainly suits the thriller genre.
«Black Box» (2020)
Mathieu (Pierre Niney) is an acoustic engineer with a unique ear. One day, he is tasked with confirming evidence of a technical cause for a plane crash. It seems like a routine formality, but the slightly slender and meticulous Mathieu suddenly discovers that everything is a sham, and the truth must be brought to the public at all costs. The aviation industry disagrees and tries to convince him otherwise, and when words fail, threats and an attempt to eliminate the stubborn acoustic engineer come into play.
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«Blow Out» (1981)
Noir by Brian De Palma . A young sound engineer Jack () works in film at the intersection of niche genres: from pornography to cheap horror films. In search of a new sound for the scream of another 'final victim,' he wanders into a park and accidentally records strange noises that will later lead to the uncovering of a conspiracy to assassinate a US presidential candidate. Of course, no one believes Jack, and the neurotic sound engineer will have to use all his technical knowledge to prove he's right.
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Открыть материалBesides its paranoid plot, «Blow Out» is also De Palma's tribute to film industry professionals, a true technical and optical experiment with split screens and camera movement. On top of that, Travolta's character manages to edit an entire short film from a small snippet of audio recording, which is skillfully embedded within the film itself.
«Take Shelter» (2011)
A gloomy, taciturn man Curtis () lives quite happily with his family in a small town. But lately, Curtis is uneasy: at night, he has terrifying nightmares about the end of the world, which are frighteningly realistic and seem to warn him of an impending apocalypse. Doubting his sanity, Curtis nevertheless begins to quietly build a shelter for his family in case doomsday actually arrives.
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Открыть материалThose around him watch the man's efforts with bewilderment and sympathetically twirl a finger at their temple. Some try to talk Curtis out of it, but he doesn't listen. Having fallen out with his neighbors and left in complete solitude, the hero anxiously waits: will the nightmare prophecy come true, or will he have to make an appointment with a psychiatrist? For his role as a prophet in his own country, Michael Shannon was awarded the Saturn Award.
«Unsane» (2018)
Suffering from stalking, a girl named Sawyer (Claire Foy) moves to another city hoping to forever get rid of an obsessive stranger, find a job, and start a new life. However, the stress she endured makes itself known there as well, so Sawyer makes an appointment at a closed psychiatric clinic, where they slip her a paper for involuntary hospitalization for 24 hours. To this problem, another is added: Sawyer realizes with horror that her longtime stalker has gotten a job at that very clinic. Attempts to tell the staff only worsen the situation – no one believes the girl and consider her complaint a figment of her inflamed imagination.
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Открыть материал«Breakdown» (1997)
A married couple Jeff () and Amy ( Kathleen Quinlan ) move to California for permanent residence. Having sent their belongings by truck, they themselves travel by car. Suddenly, the vehicle breaks down, and Jeff asks a random driver to give his wife a ride to the nearest gas station to call for help. Having waited for neither his wife nor help, Jeff himself reaches the gas station, but Amy is not there, and the slightly hostile locals try to convince Jeff that he was driving alone and there was no wife with him.
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Открыть материалBefore turning into a primitive action film, «Breakdown» delivers a powerful psychological thriller from the very first minutes, where Russell's hero frantically rushes about in search of his missing wife, while trying to convince himself that he hasn't gone crazy.
«10 Cloverfield Lane» (2016)
Michelle () breaks up with her boyfriend, gets into her car, and drives aimlessly. Along the way, she hears on the radio about some strange electrical interference and at that moment gets into an accident. Waking up in a stranger's house, Michelle realizes with horror that she has become a prisoner of some strange man ( John Goodman ), who won't let her outside because he believes the end of the world has come and his home is the only island of salvation. Michelle doesn't believe the stranger and tries to see with her own eyes what the man is talking about.
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Открыть материал«10 Cloverfield Lane» is the second film in the «Cloverfield» universe, cleverly created by producer J.J. Abrams. The sequel continues the story of the original, but with a more visually pleasing cinematic picture and in a different genre, relying more on a comprehensive portrait of universal paranoia and distrust of one's neighbor.
«The Girl on the Train» (2016)
At the center of the plot is a quietly alcoholic girl named Rachel Watson (), who every day passes by train past the house of her ex-husband Tom ( Justin Theroux ), who now lives with another woman, Megan ( Haley Bennett ). On one such trip, instead of the usual scene, Rachel sees a stranger. Deciding that Tom's new wife is cheating on him, Rachel intends to cause a scandal for Megan, but soon learns that she has been killed, and where she herself was at that moment, Rachel absolutely does not remember.
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Открыть материалThe psychological thriller by Tate Taylor has all the necessary components of the genre, although at times it resembles a pulp novel about a love hexagon, traumatic memories, and the harms of alcohol. But one idea works flawlessly for Taylor: getting on a train as one person and getting off as a completely different one is entirely possible. If there's a will.
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