Prisoners DIRECTOR: Denis Villeneuve CAST: Hugh Jackman Gone girl was based on the book by Gillian Flynn. One of the few big budget productions that actually took me by surprise story-wise. Gone Girl is the opposite – it is constantly tickling the viewer’s curiosity and hunger for sensation, and gives the thriller enthusiast more than he/she could wish for. Fincher is a talented writer/director, but he sometimes has the tendency to go so far in terms of making a plot waterproof, that it actually becomes dry and rather boring (A good example is the way too long and tedious Zodiac). Sure the story takes on high unlikely turns of events, but boy is it juicy stuff. Marketeers must have known that with David Fincher as the intelligent director and Ben Affleck in a potentially dark role as the suspected husband, they had gold in their hands. The film is centered around a mediahype, but Gone Girl received more than enough attention itself. Gone Girl DIRECTOR: David Fincher CAST: Ben Affleck The charismatic leader, played by a terrifying Patrick Stewart, is ice-cold and relentless, and immediately starts scheming to get rid of the band. Not just any murder, a murder committed by a crazy neo-nazi at a nazi hangout. Anton Yelchin (who recently died in a tragic car accident) and his band get locked up in a room after they have witnessed a murder. Green Room is more claustrophobic, and plays with anxiety over not knowing what happens to the protagonists. In Blue Ruin the thrill mainly came from having no clue what the protagonist was going to do next. Green Room is perhaps slightly less arty, and in that sense less visually spectacular, but in terms of suspense it's stronger. Green Room DIRECTOR: Jeremy Saulnier CAST: Anton YelchinĪfter 2014's above mentioned Blue Ruin, we did not expect to Saulnier to pull it off again and earn himself his second place on the list.

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