Films that make you feel understood are doing something very specific and very hard.
Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Hoping to put to rest years of unease concerning a past case, retired criminal investigator BenjamÃn begins writing a novel based on the unsolved mystery of a newlywed's rape and murder. With the help of a former colleague, judge Irene, he attempts to make sense of the past.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Ripley, the sole survivor of the Nostromo's deadly encounter with the monstrous Alien, returns to Earth after drifting through space in hypersleep for 57 years. Although her story is initially met with skepticism, she agrees to accompany a team of Colonial Marines back to LV-426.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
Some films see you. Not in a mystical way. In a very specific, very human way.
Paranoia and hypervigilance. Recognisable to more people than they'd admit.
Suitable across ages. Nobody left out.
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
There's something in here that will feel very specifically aimed at you. That's not an accident.
Two young men attempt to prove they committed the perfect murder by hosting a dinner party for the family of a classmate they just strangled to death.
It articulates something you've felt but never quite had words for. That's the whole effect.
Some films earn their effect. These do.