Shutter Island

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2010
Drama, Thriller, Mystery

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

A professionally done spooky movie from Scorsese. If you watch twisted psychological movies, it shouldn’t surprise you with its script, but the execution and acting are so well that I…
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Lucky Number Slevin

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2006
Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery

Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.

A master class on how to make an interesting crime movie. It reminds of The Usual Suspects, but it’s too good to care about this. Many crime movies are considered…
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Stonehearst Asylum

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2014
Thriller

A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

Just like the main actor, this movie is quality stuff. Spooky, atmospheric and entertaining in its own way. The script could have been a little more spicy, but overall fluent…
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Ender’s Game

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2013
Science Fiction, Action, Adventure

Based on the classic novel by Orson Scott Card, Ender’s Game is the story of the Earth’s most gifted children training to defend their homeplanet in the space wars of the future.

One of these movies, accidentally seen on TV. It’s clever, emotional, well-acted (especially the kid), and has an amazing melancholic animation scene.
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