"Safety Last"( Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor, 1923) was one of the first Thrillers to be made. The film is about a man who organises for the 'Human Fly' to climb the building where he works for a publicity stunt. The film takes a turn when the 'Human Fly' cannot do the stunt; the organiser of the stunt is then forced to climb the building himself.
"M"(Fritz Lang,1931) is a crime-thriller set in Germany, where children are being killed by an own known killer. When other criminals in the city become subject to the police, they group together to find the murderer.
"Gaslight"(George Cukor, 1944) is a psychological thriller featuring a scheming husband plotting to make his innocent young wife go insane, in order to acquire her inheritance.
"Rope"(Alf
red Hitchcock, 1948) was Alfred Hitchcock's first film to be shot in technicolour. With the chilling tag-line of "It begins with a shriek... It ends with a shot!", it follows two friends who kill a fellow classmate for an intellectual thrill. It is up to their former teacher to discover their secret.
"Niagara"(Henry Hathoway, 1953) is a film-nourish film. The film is set around a femme fatale played by Marilyn Monroe. It shows her on her honey-moon to 'Niagara Falls' and her plans to murder her husband.
"Psycho"(Alfred Hitchcock, 1960) is the classical thriller set in a motel. With its iconic music and shower scenes, this films is a stencil for thriller films. The story follows a women who steals $40,000 from a client and her stay at a motel whilst on the run.
"Taxi Dri
ver"(Martin Scorsese, 1976) follows the story if an unstable Vietnam war veteran as he takes up the job of taxi driving. The tainted city in which the film is set pushes him to
lash out. He must try and help a young prostitute, to give her a better life than the one she has."Fatal Attraction"(Adrian Lyne, 1987) is a film about a married man who has a one night stand. That night comes back to haunt him as the women becomes obsessed and begins stalking him and his family.
"Se7en
"(David Fincher, 1995) follows two detectives, one a rookie and the other a veteran, as they try and stop a serial killer from performing more murders. All of the murders follow a pattern; each on is applicable to one of the seven deadly sins.
"Donnie Darko"(Richard Kelly, 2001) shows the life of a troubled teenager. After an aeroplane engine falls onto his bedroom, he begins to see a large bunny. The film shows his struggle to find out about time-travel and the crimes that he commits whilst being manipulated by 'Frank'.
"Shu
tter Island"(Martin Scorsese, 2010) is set in 1954 on an island that houses a hospital for the criminally insane. Two detectives hop on a ferry to the island to investigate the disappearance of one of the patients.
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