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Dr. Constance Petersen (Ingrid Bergman) is a psychiatrist at Green Manors mental asylum. The head of Green Manors has just been replaced, with his replacement being the renowned Dr. Anthony Edwardes (Gregory Peck). Romance blossoms between Dr. Petersen and Dr. Edwards but Dr. Edwards starts to show β¦odd aversions and personality traits. It is discovered that he is an impostor, and amnesiac, and may have killed the real Dr. Edwardes. Dr. Petersen is determined to discover the truth through unlocking the secrets held in the impostor's mind, a process which potentially puts her and others' lives at risk. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | childhood traumapolice investigationamnesiafalling in loveunrequited lovemental illnessguiltparanoiaseductionmemoryescapesuicidesurrealismmurder |
Mood: | murder trialtrain travelmurder suicide |
Locations: | rooftopsnowhoteltrain |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippolice detectivesuicide by gunshotsheriffpsychiatristkillerpolicemandetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | dream analysisreference to sigmund freudski resortstraight razordownhill skiingdrugged drinkworld war two veteranman faintingfainting manemergency surgeryburn scarcup of coffeepsychiatrist couchfemale psychiatristguilt complex β¦character appears in newspapercolt revolvermaster of suspensechildhood memoryhotel lobbyriding a traindream sequencetelephone callposing as a married couplenote slid under a doornote slid under doorbrother killing brotherrochester new yorkshooting oneselfreference to casanovaskin graftham sandwichreliving the pastcolor tintimpaled childtrip and fallswooningsleeping in a chairletter openersmugnessgrand central station manhattan new york cityromantic kisspsychebrushing hairfreudianmedical treatmentsleddingcigarette casefreudshot with a gunsanitywar injurythereminkissing in publicbellboyanalystplaying cardblack & white to colorstate trooperkleptomaniacbellhoppsychoanalystpatternsignaturesedativeanalysisaliasbegins with textfalling off a roofsubconsciousnew york city new yorkvermontforkdeja vupanic attackmurder suspectticketunwanted kissheadachenewlywedpsychiatric hospitalfamous scoreoperationshocknymphomaniacpsychoanalysisrobepsychiatryrazordruggedinsane asylumresorthoneymoonassumed identityautographphysiciandirector cameonew jobplaying cardspipe smokingloss of brothernervous breakdownsymbolismpassionate kisshousekeepersnowingaccidental killingcliffskiingpost traumatic stress disordercard playingsuperstitionlove at first sightmentorimpostorveteranstrong female leadpicnicrailway stationschizophreniamilkaccidental deathpsychologistdesperationpatientrome italyfaintingcard gamestrong female charactereyeglassessurgeryflirtingtherapyrefugeemurderersuspiciondeath of brotherscardeath of childauthorlibrarycoffeecigar smokingritualfalse accusationtrialimpalementnew yorknewspapershot in the backscientistmanhattan new york citytelephonerevolverhallucinationbookfalling from heightmirrordreamknifecigarette smokingone word titlebased on novelflashback (See All) |
John "Scottie" Ferguson is a retired San Francisco police detective who suffers from acrophobia and Madeleine is the lady who leads him to high places. A wealthy shipbuilder who is an acquaintance from college days approaches Scottie and asks him to follow his beautiful wife, Madeleine. He fears she β¦ is going insane, maybe even contemplating suicide, he believes she is possessed by a dead ancestor. Scottie is skeptical, but agrees after he sees the beautiful Madeleine. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited loveguiltparanoiamemorysuicidemurdersurrealism |
Locations: | rooftophotel |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | man faintingfainting mandream sequencereliving the pastpsychiatric hospitalfamous scorenervous breakdownimpostoraccidental deathfaintingfalling from heightmirrorcigarette smokingone word titlebased on novel β¦flashback (See All) |
Dr. Miranda Grey is a psychiatrist who works in a penitentiary, in the mental institution sector. She is married with Dr. Douglas Grey, the chief of department where Dr. Pete Graham also works. Chloe Sava, a patient of Dr. Miranda formerly abused by her stepfather, claims that she is frequently rape β¦d by the devil in her cell. After leaving the asylum in a stormy night, Dr. Miranda has a car accident, and when she wakes up, she is an inmate of the institution, being accused of an horrible crime and having no memory of the incident. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | unrequited lovemental illnessparanoiamemoryescapesuicidemurder |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshipsheriffpsychiatristkillerpolicemandoctorpolice |
Story: | telephone callsedativepsychiatric hospitalshocknervous breakdowndesperationpatienttherapymurderercigar smokingfalse accusationhallucinationmirrordreamknife β¦flashback (See All) |
Madison Avenue advertising man Roger Thornhill finds himself thrust into the world of spies when he is mistaken for a man by the name of George Kaplan. Foreign spy Philip Vandamm and his henchman Leonard try to eliminate him but when Thornhill tries to make sense of the case, he is framed for murder β¦. Now on the run from the police, he manages to board the 20th Century Limited bound for Chicago where he meets a beautiful blond, Eve Kendall, who helps him to evade the authorities. His world is turned upside down yet again when he learns that Eve isn't the innocent bystander he thought she was. Not all is as it seems however, leading to a dramatic rescue and escape at the top of Mt. Rushmore. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaseductionescapemurder |
Locations: | hoteltrain |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | hotel lobbytelephone callgrand central station manhattan new york citystate troopernew york city new yorkfamous scoredirector cameorailway stationeyeglassessuspicionlibraryfalse accusationimpalementnewspapershot in the back β¦manhattan new york citytelephonefalling from heightmirrorknifecigarette smoking (See All) |
John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability t β¦o put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | police investigationamnesiaguiltparanoiamemoryescapesuicidesurrealismmurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | police detectivepsychiatristdetectivedoctorpolice |
Story: | burn scarsubconsciousdeja vusymbolismpassionate kisscigar smokingfalse accusationimpalementscientisttelephonerevolverfalling from heightdreamknifecigarette smoking β¦flashback (See All) |
It's 1954, and up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston's Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He's been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn't been brought there β¦as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy's shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals "escape" in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything - his memory, his partner, even his own sanity. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | guiltparanoiamemoryescapemurdersurrealism |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | psychiatristdetectivedoctor |
Story: | world war two veteranfemale psychiatristdream sequencepsychesanitysedativeinsane asylumpipe smokingcliffpost traumatic stress disorderschizophreniapatienttherapymurderersuspicion β¦scarcigar smokingshot in the backrevolverhallucinationdreamcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback (See All) |
A group of thieves steal a rare gem, but in the process, two of the men double cross the leader of the thieving group, Patrick, and take off with the precious stone. Ten years later, prominent psychiatrist Nathan Conrad is invited to examine a disturbed young woman named Elisabeth. Patrick immediate β¦ly kidnaps Nathan's daughter, forcing Nathan to attempt to get Elisabeth to reveal a secret number which will ultimately lead Patrick to the whereabouts of the precious gem that has eluded him. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | police investigationparanoiaescapemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippolice detectivepsychiatristdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | reference to sigmund freudpsychiatric hospitalplaying cardspost traumatic stress disorderschizophreniadesperationpatientsuspicionscarshot in the backmanhattan new york citytelephonerevolverknifecigarette smoking β¦based on novelflashback (See All) |
Charlotte 'Charlie' Newton is bored with her quiet life at home with her parents and her younger sister. She wishes something exciting would happen and knows exactly what they need: a visit from her sophisticated and much traveled uncle Charlie Oakley, her mother's younger brother. Imagine her delig β¦ht when, out of the blue, they receive a telegram from uncle Charlie announcing that he is coming to visit them for awhile. Charlie Oakley creates quite a stir and charms the ladies club as well as the bank president where his brother-in-law works. Young Charlie begins to notice some odd behavior on his part, such as cutting out a story in the local paper about a man who marries and then murders rich widows. When two strangers appear asking questions about him, she begins to imagine the worst about her dearly beloved uncle Charlie. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltparanoiamemoryescapemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | detectivedoctorpolice |
Story: | telephone callbrushing hairpipe smokingcard playingsuperstitionstrong female leadrailway stationstrong female charactereyeglassesflirtingrefugeemurderersuspicionlibrarycoffee β¦cigar smokingnewspapertelephonebookdream (See All) |
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to int β¦ensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | childhood traumaguiltparanoiamemoryescapesuicidesurrealism |
Locations: | snowtrain |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotdoctor |
Story: | childhood memorytelephone calloperationaccidental killingaccidental deathsurgeryscardeath of childcigar smokingimpalementtelephonehallucinationfalling from heightknifecigarette smoking β¦one word titleflashback (See All) |
A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to β¦ prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble takes up his own investigation to find who really killed his wife, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | guiltparanoiaescapemurder |
Locations: | rooftopsnowhoteltrain |
Characters: | police detectivesheriffpsychiatristdoctorpolice |
Story: | falling off a roofdruggedsnowingsuspicionscarcigar smokingfalse accusationnewspapershot in the backrevolverfalling from heightdreamcigarette smokingflashback |
Forty-year-old Christine Lucas wakes up in bed with a man she does not know, in an unfamiliar house. The man explains that he is her husband, Ben, and that she suffered brain damage from a car accident ten years earlier. Christine wakes up every morning with no memory of her life from her early twen β¦ties onwards. Christine receives treatment from Dr. Nasch, a neurologist at a local hospital who provides her a camera to record her thoughts and progress each day, and calls her every morning to remind her to watch the video in the camera. Soon, she starts to discover the truth around her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | amnesiamental illnessguiltparanoiamemoryescape |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippsychiatristdoctor |
Story: | dream sequencetelephone callsedativeassumed identityimpostorpsychologisttherapyscarfalse accusationtelephonehallucinationmirrordreamcigarette smokingbased on novel β¦flashback (See All) |
Larry and Carol are fairly normal New Yorkers who have sent their son off to college. They meet an elderly couple down the hall and later in the week find that the wife has suddenly died. Carol becomes suspicious of Paul who seems to be too cheerful and too ready to move on. She begins her investiga β¦tion. Larry insists she is becoming too fixated on their neighbor as all of the irregularities seem to have simple non-homicidal explanations. Ted, a recently divorced friend helps her investigation and Larry begins to become jealous of their relationship and agrees to help her. (Read More)
Themes: | paranoiamurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice officer |
Story: | telephone callshot with a gunplaying cardmurder suspectcard playingeyeglassesflirtingsuspicionauthorcoffeemanhattan new york citymirrorcigarette smokingflashback |
Dom Cobb is a skilled thief, the absolute best in the dangerous art of extraction, stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state, when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate β¦ espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible - inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse: their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime. But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | guiltmemoryescapesuicidemurdersurrealism |
Locations: | rooftopsnowhoteltrain |
Story: | drugged drinkdream sequencesubconsciousdeja vufamous scoresymbolismskiingimpostorstrong female leaddesperationstrong female characterfalse accusationshot in the backfalling from heightdream β¦knifeone word titleflashback (See All) |
While undergoing open heart surgery, a man's failed anesthetic leaves him completely alert, but paralyzed and unable to tell his doctors
Themes: | memorysuicidemurder |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippolicemandoctor |
Story: | begins with textnewlywedpassionate kisscard playingsurgeryshot in the backmanhattan new york cityfalling from heightmirrordreamcigarette smokingflashback |
Hitman Jef Costello is a perfectionist who always carefully plans his murders and who never gets caught. One night however, after killing a night-club owner, he's seen by witnesses. His efforts to provide himself with an alibi fail and more and more he gets driven into a corner.
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | police investigationparanoiamurder |
Locations: | hoteltrain |
Characters: | police detectivekillerpolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | telephone callmurder suspectplaying cardscard playingcard gamemurderersuspicionscarcigar smokingshot in the backrevolvercigarette smokingbased on novel |
A former rock star, Johnny Boz, is brutally killed during sex, and the case is assigned to detective Nick Curran of the SFPD. During the investigation, Nick meets Catherine Tramell, a crime novelist who was Boz's girlfriend when he died. Catherine proves to be a very clever and manipulative woman, a β¦nd though Nick is more or less convinced that she murdered Boz, he is unable to find any evidence. Later, when Nilsen, Nick's rival in the police, is killed, Nick suspects of Catherine's involvement in it. He then starts to play a dangerous lust-filled mind game with Catherine to nail her, but as their relationship progresses, the body count rises and contradicting evidences force Nick to start questioning his own suspicions about Catherine's guilt. (Read More)
Themes: | unrequited loveguiltparanoiaseductionmurder |
Characters: | police detectivepsychiatristpolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | female psychiatristshot with a gunmurder suspectstrong female leadaccidental deathpsychologiststrong female charactermurderersuspicionauthortelephonebookcigarette smoking |
Harry Angel has a new case, to find a man called Johnny Favourite. Except things aren't quite that simple and Johnny doesn't want to be found. Let's just say that amongst the period detail and beautiful scenery, it all gets really really nasty.
Themes: | amnesiamemorymurder |
Locations: | snowhoteltrain |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivedoctor |
Story: | straight razorworld war two veterandream sequencerazorsuperstitionpatientritualmanhattan new york cityrevolverhallucinationmirrordreamcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
James McAvoy and Daniel Radcliffe star in a dynamic and thrilling twist on a legendary tale. Radical scientist Victor Frankenstein (McAvoy) and his equally brilliant protege Igor Strausman (Radcliffe) share a noble vision of aiding humanity through their groundbreaking research into immortality. But β¦ Victor's experiments go too far, and his obsession has horrifying consequences. Only Igor can bring his friend back from the brink of madness and save him from his monstrous creation. (Read More)
Themes: | escape |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | straight razordream sequenceassumed identityphysiciancard gamesuspicionlibraryshot in the backscientistrevolverfalling from heightmirrorknifebased on novelflashback |
JJ 'Jake' Gittes is a private detective who seems to specialize in matrimonial cases. He is hired by Evelyn Mulwray when she suspects her husband Hollis, builder of the city's water supply system, of having an affair. Gittes does what he does best and photographs him with a young girl but in the ens β¦uing scandal, it seems he was hired by an impersonator and not the real Mrs. Mulwray. When Mr. Mulwray is found dead, Jake is plunged into a complex web of deceit involving murder, incest, and municipal corruption all related to the city's water supply. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiamurder |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | police detectivedetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | telephone callfamous scoreassumed identitydirector cameoaccidental killingimpostoreyeglassessuspicionfalse accusationshot in the backtelephonerevolverknifecigarette smokingone word title |
Marnie Edgar is a habitual liar and a thief who gets jobs as a secretary and after a few months robs the firms in question, usually of several thousand dollars. When she gets a job at Rutland's, she also catches the eye of the handsome owner, Mark Rutland. He prevents her from stealing and running o β¦ff, as is her usual pattern, but also forces her to marry him. Their honeymoon is a disaster and she cannot stand to have a man touch her and on their return home, Mark has a private detective look into her past. When he has the details of what happened in her childhood to make her what she is, he arranges a confrontation with her mother realizing that reliving the terrible events that occurred in her childhood and bringing out those repressed memories is the only way to save her. (Read More)
Themes: | childhood traumaamnesiaparanoiamemorymurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | detective |
Story: | reference to sigmund freudkleptomaniacpatternaliaspanic attacknewlywedpsychoanalysishoneymoondirector cameorevolverone word titlebased on novelflashback |
Friendship, love, and coming of age in New York City, summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro has just graduated from high school, sells marijuana, and trades pot for therapy from a psychologist, Dr. Jeffrey Squires. Luke is attracted to a classmate, Stephanie, who's out of his league and Squires' step-daughte β¦r. By July, he's hanging out with Stephanie, taking her on his rounds selling pot out of an ice-cream pushcart. Then things take a turn. In the background, Squires and his wife as well as Luke's parents are having their troubles. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in loveunrequited loveparanoia |
Locations: | rooftoptrain |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippsychiatristpolicemanpolice officerpolice |
Story: | telephone callpsychoanalysiscard playingpsychologisttherapycoffeenewspapermanhattan new york citybookmirrordreamcigarette smoking |
Quadripeligic ex-cop Lincoln Rhyme was looking forward to his assisted suicide when he got the news: some sicko was abducting people in a taxi and leaving them to die in particularly sadistic ways. With time counting down between each abduction and possible death, Rhyme recruits rather-unwilling Ame β¦lia Donaghy, haunted by her cop father's suicide and thinking she's next, into working the crime scenes to track down the killer. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapesuicidemurder |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | police detectivesuicide by gunshotkillerdetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | grand central station manhattan new york citydirector cameomentorscarauthorshot in the backmanhattan new york cityrevolverknifebased on novel |
The film centers on a wounded Gulf war veteran who returns to his native Vermont suffering from bouts of amnesia. He is hitching and gets picked up by a stranger, things go pear shaped when a cop pulls them over and is murdered by the stranger. The vet. is wrongly accused of killing the cop and land β¦s up in an asylum. A quack doctor prescribes a course of experimental therapy, restraining him in a heavy duty straight jacket-like device, and locks him away in a body drawer of the basement morgue. During course of his treatment he gets flashbacks and visions of his future , where he can foresee he is to die in four days time. The catch is he doesn't know how. Thus commences the classic race against time. (Read More)
Themes: | amnesiamental illnessmurder |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippsychiatristpolice officerdoctor |
Story: | vermontinsane asylumveteranpsychologisttherapyrevolverhallucinationcigarette smoking |
Incarcerated and charged with murder, David Aames Jr. is telling the story of how he got to where he is to McCabe, the police psychologist. That story includes: being the 51% shareholder of a major publishing firm, which he inherited from his long deceased parents; the firm's board, appointed by Dav β¦id Aames Sr., being the 49% shareholders who would probably like to see him gone as they see him as being too irresponsible and immature to run the company; his best bro friendship with author, Brian Shelby; his "friends with benefits" relationship with Julie Gianni, who saw their relationship in a slightly different light; his budding romance with Sofia Serrano, who Brian brought to David's party as his own date and who Brian saw as his own possible life mate; and being in an accident which disfigured his face and killed the person who caused the accident. But as the story proceeds, David isn't sure what is real and what is a dream/nightmare as many facets of the story are incompatible to be all real. The mysterious man in the restaurant may be able to shed some light on David's confusion. (Read More)
Themes: | amnesiaunrequited loveparanoiamemorymurdersurrealism |
Characters: | police officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | analystnew york city new yorkheadachephysicianpsychologistauthorfalse accusationmanhattan new york cityhallucinationdreamflashback |
Earl Brooks is a highly respected businessman and was recently named Portland's Man of the Year. He hides a terrible secret however: he is a serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer. He has been attending AA meetings and has kept his addiction to killing under control for two years now but his a β¦lter ego, Marshall, has re-appeared and is pushing him to kill again. When he does kill a couple while they are making love, he is seen and photographed by someone who also has his own death and murder fetish. In a parallel story, the police detective investigating the murder is having problems of her own. She is going through a messy divorce and a violent criminal who had vowed revenge some years before has escaped from prison and is after her. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | seductionsuicidemurder |
Mood: | murder suicide |
Locations: | rooftophotel |
Characters: | police detectivekillerpolicemandetectivedoctorpolice |
Story: | telephone callschizophreniaeyeglassesmurderernewspapertelephonehallucinationmirrordreamflashback |
The pediatrician Alexandre Beck misses his beloved wife Margot Beck, who was brutally murdered eight years ago when he was the prime suspect. When two bodies are found near where the corpse of Margot was dumped, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes suspect again. The mystery increases when Al β¦ex receives an e-mail showing Margot older and alive. (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemoryescapesuicidemurder |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | killerpolicemandetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | childhood memorytelephone calldesperationmurderersuspicionfalse accusationnewspapershot in the backtelephonerevolvermirrorcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
Forever alone in a crowd, failed comedian Arthur Fleck seeks connection as he walks the streets of Gotham City. Arthur wears two masks -- the one he paints for his day job as a clown, and the guise he projects in a futile attempt to feel like he's part of the world around him. Isolated, bullied and β¦disregarded by society, Fleck begins a slow descent into madness as he transforms into the criminal mastermind known as the Joker. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | childhood traumamental illnessescapemurder |
Characters: | police detectivepsychiatristdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | female psychiatristtelephone callunwanted kissinsane asylumaccidental killingschizophreniamurderersuspicionscarnewspapershot in the backtelephonerevolverhallucinationmirror β¦dreamcigarette smokingone word titleflashback (See All) |
A once handsome playboy, Cesar finds himself in a mental facility and he can't remember why. All he can remember is meeting the love of his life for one day, and then getting into a car accident which left his face horribly disfigured. But the pain of becoming physically undesirable may help him to β¦find the truth. (Read More)
Themes: | amnesiaparanoiamemorysuicidesurrealismmurder |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | psychiatristpolicemandoctorpolice |
Story: | dream sequencesubconsciousinsane asylumsymbolismpsychologistsurgerydreamflashback |
Mort Rainey is a successful writer going through a rather unfriendly divorce from his wife of ten years, Amy. Alone and bitter in his cabin, he continues to work on his writing when a stranger named John Shooter shows up on his doorstep, claiming Rainey stole his story. Mort says he can prove the st β¦ory belongs to him and not Shooter, but while Mort digs around for the magazine which published the story in question years ago, things begin to happen around Shooter. Mort's dog dies, people begin to die, and his divorce proceedings with Amy continue to get uglier. It seems that Shooter has Mort over a barrel, but perhaps Mort has his own ideas on how to resolve all the problems that plague him lately. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessparanoiamemorymurder |
Locations: | snow |
Characters: | sheriffpolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | telephone callcliffschizophreniafaintingeyeglassessuspicionauthorrevolverhallucinationbookfalling from heightmirrordreamcigarette smokingbased on novel β¦flashback (See All) |
On his birthday, Walter Sparrow, an amiable dog-catcher, takes a call that leaves him dog bit and late to pick up his wife. She's browsed in a bookstore, finding a blood-red-covered novel, a murder mystery with numerology that loops constantly around the number 23. The story captivates Walter: he dr β¦eams it, he notices aspects of his life that can be rendered by "23," he searches for the author, he stays in the hotel (in room 23) where events in the novel took place, and he begins to believe it was no novel. His wife and son try to help him, sometimes in sympathy, sometimes to protect him. Slowly, with danger to himself and to his family, he closes in on the truth. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiasuicidemurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | psychiatristdetectivepolice officerdoctor |
Story: | superstitionmurdererauthorrevolverhallucinationbookfalling from heightdreamknifecigarette smokingflashback |
After taking a bullet to the head, Salander is under close supervision in a hospital and is set to face trial for attempted murder on her eventual release. With the help of journalist Mikael Blomkvist and his researchers at Millennium magazine, Salander must prove her innocence. In doing this she pl β¦ays against powerful enemies and her own past. (Read More)
Themes: | suicidemurder |
Mood: | murder trialmurder suicide |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippsychiatristpolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | psychiatric hospitalpsychiatrystrong female leadpatientstrong female charactersurgerytrialcigarette smokingbased on novelflashback |
A thought-provoking and haunting exploration of how reality and dream-states may combine to form complex interactions. The line between the imagination and reality blurs when an accomplished Psychiatrist takes on a patient that appears to be suicidal.
Themes: | mental illnessguiltmemorysuicidesurrealism |
Locations: | train |
Characters: | doctor patient relationshipsheriffpsychiatrist |
Story: | reference to sigmund freudtelephone callpatientlibrarydreamcigarette smokingone word titleflashback |
Phoenix officeworker Marion Crane is fed up with the way life has treated her. She has to meet her lover Sam in lunch breaks and they cannot get married because Sam has to give most of his money away in alimony. One Friday Marion is trusted to bank $40,000 by her employer. Seeing the opportunity to β¦take the money and start a new life, Marion leaves town and heads towards Sam's California store. Tired after the long drive and caught in a storm, she gets off the main highway and pulls into The Bates Motel. The motel is managed by a quiet young man called Norman who seems to be dominated by his mother. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | unrequited lovemental illnessguiltmurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | sheriffpsychiatristkillerpoliceman |
Story: | telephone callmurder suspectfamous scoredirector cameonervous breakdownimpostorfaintingeyeglassesmurderernewspaperhallucinationone word titlebased on novelflashback |
Lawrence Talbot's childhood ended the night his mother died. His father sent him from the sleepy Victorian hamlet of Blackmoor to an insane asylum, then he goes to America. When his brother's fiancee, Gwen Conliffe, tracks him down to help find her missing love, Talbot returns to his father's estate β¦ to learn that his brother's mauled body has been found. Reunited with his estranged father, Lawrence sets out to find his brother's killer... and discovers a horrifying destiny for himself. Someone or something with brute strength and insatiable blood lust has been killing the villagers, and a suspicious Scotland Yard inspector named Aberline comes to investigate. (Read More)
Themes: | suicidemurder |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | killerdoctor |
Story: | straight razordream sequencebegins with textrazorinsane asylumpassionate kissstrong female leadstrong female characterdeath of brotherscarimpalementnewspaperhallucinationmirrorflashback |
In San Francisco, the criminal psychologist Helen Hudson is specialized in serial-killers. During a trial, the accused Daryll Lee Cullum kills a police officer and tries to kill her and she becomes agoraphobic. Now Helen lives a reclusive life with her gay friend Andy that helps her. Sometime later, β¦ there is a wave of crimes and Detectives M.J. Monahan and Reuben Goetz are investigating the murder cases. Helen identifies that the murderer is copycatting notorious serial-killers and she anonymously contacts the Police Department. After fourteen phone calls, she is identified by the police. Detectives M.J. and Reuben visit her and Helen teams up with them and prepares the profile of the killer that wants to be famous. But soon the copycat killer Peter Foley contacts and stalks Helen and M.J. and Reuben give protection to her. Will they be capable to stop Foley before the next murder? (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiamurder |
Characters: | police detectivekillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | drugged drinkstrong female leadpsychologiststrong female charactermurderertrialone word title |
With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends β¦up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapesuicidesurrealismmurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | psychiatristpolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | deja vuinsane asylumschizophreniamurderersuspicionauthormanhattan new york cityrevolverhallucinationbookcigarette smokingflashback |
While taking a shower, Kate Miller, a middle-aged, sexually frustrated New York City housewife, has a rape fantasy while her husband stands at the sink shaving. Later that day, after complaining to her psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott about her husband's pathetic performance in bed, she meets a stran β¦ge man at a museum and returns to his apartment where they continue an adulterous encounter that began in the taxicab. Before she leaves his apartment, she finds papers which certify that the man has a venereal disease. Panicked, Kate rushes into the elevator, but has to return to his apartment when she realizes she's forgotten her wedding ring. When the elevator doors open, she's brutally slashed to death by a tall blonde woman wearing dark sunglasses. Liz Blake, a high-class call girl, is the only witness to the murder and she becomes the prime suspect and the murderess's next target. Liz is rescued from being killed by Kate's son Peter, who enlists the help of Liz to catch his mother's killer as Detective Marino who's in charge of the case is uncooperative in the investigation. (Read More)
Themes: | falling in lovemental illnessguiltparanoiaseductionmurder |
Characters: | police detectivepsychiatristkillerpolicemanpolice |
Story: | straight razortelephone callmurder suspectpsychoanalysisdesperationcigar smokingfalse accusationtelephonehallucinationmirror |
Suffering from hysteria, Sabina Spielrein is hospitalized under the care of Dr. Carl Jung who has begun using Dr. Sigmund Freud's talking cure with some of his patients. Spielrain's psychological problems are deeply rooted in her childhood and violent father. She is highly intelligent however and ho β¦pes to be a doctor, eventually becoming a psychiatrist in her own right. The married Jung and Spielrein eventually become lovers. Jung and Freud develop an almost father-son relationship with Freud seeing the young Jung as his likely successor as the standard-bearer of his beliefs. A deep rift develops between them when Jung diverges from Freud's belief that while psychoanalysis can reveal the cause of psychological problems it cannot cure the patient. (Read More)
Characters: | doctor patient relationshippsychiatristdoctor |
Story: | reference to sigmund freudfreudianpsychoanalystpsychoanalysispipe smokingpassionate kissmentorpatientcigar smokingcigarette smoking |
Two sisters who, after spending time in a mental institution, return to the home of their father and cruel stepmother. Once there, in addition to dealing with their stepmother's obsessive and unbalanced ways, an interfering ghost also affects their recovery.
Themes: | amnesiamental illnessguiltparanoiamemorysuicidesurrealism |
Locations: | rooftop |
Story: | dream sequencepatienteyeglassessuspicioncoffeenewspaperhallucinationmirrorcigarette smokingflashback |
A shy ladies' companion, staying in Monte Carlo with her stuffy employer, meets the wealthy Maxim de Winter. She and Max fall in love, marry and return to Manderley, his large country estate in Cornwall. Max is still troubled by the death of his first wife, Rebecca, in a boating accident the year be β¦fore. The second Mrs. de Winter clashes with the housekeeper, Mrs. Danvers, and discovers that Rebecca still has a strange hold on everyone at Manderley. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | unrequited lovesuicidemurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | doctor |
Story: | newlywedphysiciandirector cameohousekeepercliffaccidental deathmirrordreamcigarette smokingone word titlebased on novelflashback |
When two Chicago musicians, Joe and Jerry, witness the the St. Valentine's Day massacre, they want to get out of town and get away from the gangster responsible, Spats Colombo. They're desperate to get a gig out of town but the only job they know of is in an all-girl band heading to Florida. They sh β¦ow up at the train station as Josephine and Daphne, the replacement saxophone and bass players. They certainly enjoy being around the girls, especially Sugar Kane Kowalczyk who sings and plays the ukulele. Joe in particular sets out to woo her while Jerry/Daphne is wooed by a millionaire, Osgood Fielding III. Mayhem ensues as the two men try to keep their true identities hidden and Spats Colombo and his crew show up for a meeting with several other crime lords. (Read More)
Themes: | seductionescapemurder |
Locations: | snowhoteltrain |
Characters: | policemanpolice |
Story: | reference to sigmund freudhotel lobbytelephone callbellhopresorthoneymoonassumed identitysnowingcard playingrailway stationeyeglassesflirtingcigar smokingnewspaper |
Brian Lackey is determined to discover what happened during an amnesia blackout when he was eight years old, and then later woke with a bloody nose. He believes he was abducted by aliens, and N. McCormick, a fellow player on Brian's childhood baseball team, may be the key as to exactly what happened β¦ that night. As Brian searches for the truth and tries to track him down, Neil McCormick takes up hustling and moves to New York, in attempts to forget childhood memories that haunt him. Together, the two of them uncover the terrible truth of the scars they share. (Read More)
Themes: | childhood traumaamnesiaunrequited loveguiltparanoiamemory |
Locations: | rooftopsnow |
Story: | childhood memorytelephone callsubconsciousnew jobpipe smokingsnowingpost traumatic stress disorderfaintingeyeglassesscarlibrarynew yorkdreamcigarette smokingbased on novel β¦flashback (See All) |
Tom Farrell is a navy officer who gets posted at the Pentagon and is to report to the secretary of defense David Brice. He starts an affair with Susan Atwell not knowing that she is Brice's mistress. When Susan is found dead, Tom is assigned to the case of finding the killer who is believed to be a β¦KGB mole! Tom could soon become a suspect when a Polaroid negative of him was found at Susan's place. He now has only a few hours to find the killer before the computer regenerates the photo. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapesuicidemurder |
Locations: | hotel |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotkiller |
Story: | straight razortelephone callbellhoppassionate kissaccidental killinglibraryfalse accusationrevolverfalling from heightmirrorcigarette smokingbased on novel |
Abducted on a rainy night in 1988, the obnoxious drunk, Oh Dae-Su, much to his surprise, wakes up locked in a windowless and dilapidated hotel room, for an unknown reason. There, his invisible and pitiless captors will feed him, clothe him and sedate him to avoid committing suicide, and as his only β¦companion and a window to the world is the TV in his stark cell, the only thing that helps Oh Dae-Su keep going is his daily journal. But then, unexpectedly, after fifteen long years in captivity, the perplexed prisoner is deliberately released, encouraged to track down his tormentor to finally get his retribution. Nevertheless, who would hate Oh Dae-Su so much he would deny him of a quick and clean death? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmemorysuicidemurder |
Locations: | rooftopsnowhotel |
Characters: | suicide by gunshotdoctorpolice |
Story: | telephone callsnowingschizophreniafaintingflirtingnewspapermanhattan new york cityhallucinationbookfalling from heightknifecigarette smokingone word titleflashback |
Dennis Clegg is in his thirties and lives in a halfway house for the mentally ill in London. Dennis, nicknamed "Spider" by his mother has been institutionalized with acute schizophrenia for some 20 years. He has never truly recovered, however, and as the story progresses we vicariously experience hi β¦s increasingly fragile grip on reality. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessparanoiamemorysurrealismmurder |
Locations: | train |
Story: | brushing hairrailway stationschizophreniaeyeglassesmurderernewspaperhallucinationcigarette smokingone word titlebased on novelflashback |
Two years after the events of Scream, Sidney Prescott and Randy are attending Windsor college. They are trying to get on with their lives...Until a new Ghostface killing spree begins. With the help of Dewey and Gale, Sidney must find out who's behind the murders. As the body count goes up, the list β¦of suspects goes down. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapemurder |
Characters: | police detectivekillerdetectivepolice officerpolice |
Story: | director cameostrong female leadstrong female charactersuspicionscarauthorlibraryfalse accusationimpalementtelephonehallucinationknifecigarette smoking |
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | paranoiaescapemurder |
Locations: | rooftop |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivepolice officerdoctorpolice |
Story: | playing cardticketinsane asylummentorimpostordesperationlibrarycoffeecigar smokingrevolverfalling from heightknifecigarette smokingflashback |
Sent from the city to investigate the murder of a teenage girl in a small Alaska town, a police detective (Pacino) accidentally shoots his own partner while trying to apprehend a suspect. Instead of admitting his guilt, the detective is given an unexpected alibi, but this "solution" only multiplies β¦the emotional complexity and guilt over his partner's death. He's also still got a murder to solve, in addition to the blackmail and framing of an innocent bystander being orchestrated by the man they were chasing. There's also a local detective (Swank) who is conducting her own personal investigation... of his partner's death. Will it all come crashing down on him? (Read More)
Themes: | guiltmurder |
Locations: | snowhotel |
Characters: | police detectivepolicemandetectivepolice |
Story: | telephone callmurder suspectaccidental deathtelephonehallucinationbookcigarette smokingflashback |
Michael Clayton, a high-priced law firm's fixer, leaves a late night poker game, gets a call to drive to Westchester, and watches his car blow up as he's taking an impromptu dawn walk through a field. Flash back four days. He owes a loan shark to cover his brother's debts (Michael's own gambling hab β¦its have left him virtually broke). His law firm is negotiating a high-stakes merger, and his firm's six year defense of a conglomerate's pesticide use is at risk when one of the firm's top litigators goes off his meds and puts the case in jeopardy. While Michael is trying to fix things someone decides to kill him. Who? Meanwhile his son summarizes the plot of a dark fantasy novel. (Read More)
Themes: | mental illnessguiltsuicidemurder |
Locations: | snowhotel |
Characters: | policemandetectivepolice |
Story: | telephone callsignaturesedativepanic attacknervous breakdownsnowingcard playingcard gamenew yorkmanhattan new york citybookmirrordreamflashback |
After the death of her ill mother in a fire, the young teenager Anna tries to commit suicide and is sent to a mental institution for treatment. Ten months later, Anna still cannot remember what had happened on the night her mother died. Her psychiatric Dr. Silberling, however, discharges her telling β¦ that she has resolved her issues. Her father and successful writer, Steven, brings her back home in an isolated mansion nearby the coast. Anna finds that her mother's former nurse, Rachel Summers, is her stepmother now. Anna meets her beloved sister, Alex, swimming in the sea. She discovers that Steven has not delivered the letters and CDs that Alex had sent to her. As time moves on, Anna is haunted by ghosts and she believes that Rachel killed her mother. Alex and Anna decide to look for evidence to prove that Rachel is the murderer and Anna discovers the truth about the fire in the boat house. (Read More)
Subgenre: | suspense |
Themes: | mental illnessparanoiaescapesuicidesurrealismmurder |
Characters: | sheriffpsychiatristpolice |
Story: | passionate kissaccidental killingschizophreniamurderersuspicionscarauthorfalse accusationhallucinationfalling from heightdreamknifeflashback |