1. "The Sin of the American Countryside"
The film is an adaptation of a true crime record film directed by Tommy O. Havo, co-written by Irun Turner and Tommy O. Havo, starring Ellen Page, Harley McFarland, Nick Cissé, and released in the United States on January 19, 2007.
The film depicts a real child abuse incident that took place in 1965 in the tranquil idyllic scenery of Indiana, USA, and the film's footage is heavily derived from the real court records of the case.
Endings based on true stories are often painful, because real life is a cycle of endless pain and suffering, and there are not so many happy endings.
2. "Eight Millimeters"
The film is a suspense film produced by Columbia Pictures, directed by Joe Schumacher and co-starring Nicholas Cage, Joaquin Phoenix, Chris Ball, etc., and was released in the United States on February 26, 1999.
The film tells the story of Tom Wheeler who discovers some kind of secret in a seemingly uncanny eight-millimeter film and thus draws his life into the abyss of sin.
What makes the film so commendable is that the character Tom Wells is not limited to figuring out who the face behind the mask really is, but digs deeper into this group of viewers who have such a bloody, perverted hobby and are hidden behind.
3. "Buried Alive"
The film is a suspenseful, thriller-based film released by Lionsgate Pictures, directed by Spanish director Rodrigue Cortez and starring Ryan Reynolds, and released in the United States on September 24, 2010. He received 10 nominations at the 25th Spanish Goya Awards in 2010 and won three awards: Best Sound, Best Editing, and Best Original Screenplay.
The film tells the story of an American construction contractor who is attacked by a group of Iraqis while working in Iraq, and wakes up to find himself buried alive in a coffin, and he must escape every second with only his mobile phone and a flashlight.
A coffin, a man, a lighter, a mobile phone and a package, minimalist equipment and extreme space did not limit the film itself due to the sense of isolation, but with its unique perspective, superb shots and meticulous plot, it once again refreshed the box office miracle of low-budget films, and created a refreshing anti-war vision of horror and freshness.
4. "Fatal Gift"
The film, directed and written by Joel Edgerton and starring Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hauer, was released in the United States on August 7, 2013.
The story is a black story about the husband and wife's secret adultery and murder of the wife's suicide, and the doctor who directly murdered the wife is a real underground love relationship. So all this premeditation added more complicated character relationships, and in the end, although the husband succeeded, he did not expect that the next target would be himself. The so-called mantis tonic cicada yellow finches are behind.
It's not the kind of reversal that surprises you, but the kind of slow and meticulous progression of the plot layer by layer and finally throwing the audience a meaningful, intriguing ending that will continue to torture the characters in the film.
5. "The Death of the Sacred Deer"
Directed by Orgus Lancemoos and starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Alicia Silverstone, Rafi Cassidy, Bill Kemp, and others, the film was released in France on May 22, 2017.
The film tells the story of a successful surgeon who tries to integrate a teenage teenager into his family, but is forced to make unimaginable sacrifices as the teenager becomes more sinister.
Director Lance Moss set up a triple metaphor, and even directly and deliberately concealed an important node in the development of the plot, forcing the audience to use allusions to associate the plot with themselves, such an extreme approach also led to the film's perception is very polarized.
6. "Dark Flower"
The film is a 1998 police action film produced by Galaxy Image, directed by You Dazhi and starring Liu Qingyun, Leung Chao-wai and Shao Meiqi, and released in Hong Kong on January 1, 1998.
The film mainly tells the story of the game between the corrupt policeman Achen and the killer Yaodong, but unfortunately they both become pawns of the boss behind the scenes, Mr. Hong.
This film is a masterpiece of du qifeng, Wei Jiahui and You Dazhi's style, full of absurdity and pessimistic despair, emphasizing the existence and limitation of time. It is a sad dark flower world without hope and love, a political allegory of the inability of small characters in the whirlpool of fate to return to heaven and kill themselves.
7. "Happy Death Day"
Directed by Christopher B. Randon and starring Jessica Rod and Issel Brossard, the film was released in the United States on October 13, 2017.
The film tells the story of a female college student who repeatedly experiences the day she was murdered to track down the real culprit.
Compared with orthodox horror suspense movies, it is more entertaining and the atmosphere is relatively relaxed. In addition to the halo of the circular narrative structure, the plot arrangement is also completely exquisitely designed, and the bright rhythm can firmly grasp the audience's attention throughout the whole process.
8. Blade Runner
Directed by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, And Rutger Hal, the film was released in the United States in June 1982.
Set in Los Angeles in 2019, the film depicts a group of replicants with exactly the same intelligence and senses as humans, venturing back to Earth on a hijacked spaceship, seeking a way to survive before their mechanical energy is about to run out. The Los Angeles Blade Runner police send the elite Deckard to track down and eliminate these replicants, but encounters the beautiful female replicants during the operation and falls in love with her.
This gloomy and depressing work always runs through the speculation of the value of people and people. On the one hand, human beings try to eliminate replicants created by themselves that are stronger than themselves in all respects, while on the other hand, the contradiction between replicants and human struggle for the right to survive forces the viewer to reflect on himself through the fate of replicants.
9. "Dog Teeth"
Directed by Ogus Lancemos and starring Agoriki Papulia, Anna Kalitzdu, Kristus Passaris, etc., the film was released in Greece on November 11, 2009.
The film tells the story of a couple who enclose their three children in a large rural mansion and prevent them from leaving.
The film is full of grotesque, absurd and human distortions, gradually turning people from sneering to fearful, and the premiere of the Cannes Film Festival caused great controversy in the audience, and it was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Every detail, every action, and every scene in the film contains deep meaning, and the characters' every move and every word are carefully choreographed. Importantly, the film is extremely symbolic, and you can see it as a process of extreme family education in the family, as a reflection on the so-called natural emancipation of the family system and the middle class, and can be extended to a metaphor and symbol of a totalitarian government.
10. "Blind Mountain"
A 2007 film by Chinese director Li Yang, starring Huang Lu and others, Blind Mountain casts a critical eye on China's long-standing social problem, human trafficking.
The new film was filmed in a village in Qinling, Shaanxi Province, and except for the heroine Huang Lu, who is a 03-level acting undergraduate at the Beijing Film Academy, all of them used local villagers and non-professional actors. Li Yang said that the topic of abducting and trafficking in women is not new, but he focuses on the people behind the incident. In early 2006, Li Yang made a special trip to Jintang and Zhongjiang in Chengdu and spent more than two months interviewing the living conditions of the abducted women rescued and writing a script.