It is 20 years since the premiere of Donnie Darko, the film directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jena Malone.
Next, we recommend 5 psychological thrillers that you cannot stop watching:
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1- The Machinist
Trevor Reznik, a factory employee, has suffered from a serious problem of insomnia for a year, an illness that he hides and that causes terrible hallucinations. Due to fatigue, both his physical and mental health have deteriorated. Repelled by his physical appearance, his co-workers first avoid him, then turn on him when one of them loses an arm in an accident involving Trevor.
2- Memento
The memory of Leonard, an investigator for an insurance agency, is irreversibly damaged by a blow to the head while trying to prevent the murder of his wife: this is the last fact he remembers from the past. Recent memory has lost her: everyday events disappear from her mind in a few minutes. Thus, to investigate and try to avenge the murder of his wife, he has to resort to the help of an instant camera and the notes tattooed on his body.
3- A Ghost Story
A musician dies in a car accident and returns as a ghost to the house where he lived with his wife.
4- Enemy
Adam (Gyllenhaal) is an affable history teacher who leads a rather drab life. One day, watching a movie, he discovers an actor who is identical to him. Obsessed with the idea of having a double, the search for that man will have unexpected consequences for him… Free adaptation of the novel “El hombre duplicado”, by Jose Saramago.
5- Eternal Radiance of a mind without memories
Joel (Jim Carrey) takes a terrible blow when he discovers that his girlfriend Clementine (Kate Winslet) has had all the memories of their stormy relationship erased from his memory. Desperate, he contacts the creator of the process, Dr. Howard Mierzwiak, to erase Clementine from his memory. But when Joel’s memories start to fade, he suddenly rediscovers his love for Clementine. From the bottom of his brain, he will try to stop the process.
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