Hope in films works best when it's been earned. These earn it.
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
It doesn't wrap things up perfectly. It just leaves you believing in the possibility of better.
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Somerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate man seeks revenge on his captors.
It doesn't wrap things up perfectly. It just leaves you believing in the possibility of better.
A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
The films that leave you hopeful do so by taking the hard stuff seriously first.
Resolution and justice. Quietly hopeful.
Good paired viewing. Worth pausing to discuss.
An ailing barrister is thrust back into the courtroom in what becomes one of the most unusual and eventful murder cases of the lawyer's career when he finds himself defending a man being tried for the murder of a socialite.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
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 troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.
It doesn't wrap things up perfectly. It just leaves you believing in the possibility of better.
Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.
It doesn't wrap things up perfectly. It just leaves you believing in the possibility of better.
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
The hope at the end of this has been paid for by everything that came before. It's earned.
Some films earn their effect. These do.