There are movies that draw you in so completely that you sink into them until the very end, and even after that you think of what you’ve seen for a long time.
This list is about such movies. Liked Video hopes you have a good time watching them!
The Lives of Others
Das Leben der Anderen
Starring: Ulrich Müe, Sebastian Koch, Martina Gedeck
Popular writer and playwright Georg Dreyman would have spent his whole life in fame and without troubles if not for his love affair with a famous actress. Too famous to pass unnoticed by a powerful secret police agent. And that’s how Dreyman’s bohemian life comes to an end.
- IMDb rating — 8.5
This Must Be the Place
Starring: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Olwen Fouere
A retired and bored rock singer sets out to find a former Nazi war criminal hiding in the USA who is the man responsible for the humiliation of his recently deceased father. This is an even-paced story about inner strength and hidden predestination and about how important it is to be someone rather than give the impression of someone. The image created by Sean Penn leaves a trace in your memory for a long time.
- IMDb rating — 6.7
Remember
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Martin Landau, Jürgen Prochnow
Zev’s life is closing in on the end. He bides his time in a retirement home, but he still has one important mission to fulfill: he must find the Nazi officer who killed his whole family in Auschwitz during WWII. Yet this mission isn’t an easy one…
- IMDb rating — 7.4
Enemy
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Mélanie Laurent, Sarah Gadon
Adam rents a movie and is surprised to see his exact lookalike in one of its episodes. His desire to find the doppelganger becomes an all-out obsession. But is that man really a double?
Perfect Blue
Pafekuto buru
Young singer Mima Kirigoe dreams of becoming an actress and tries to change the world of music to that of cinema. However, her fans seem to have overreacted to this news: there are strange calls, faxes, even an exploding envelope. And now her online diary has come up…only is it hers?
- IMDb rating — 7.9
Where the Truth Lies
Starring: Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, Alison Lohman
The naked body of a young woman is found in the hotel room of comedians Lenny and Vince. They had a solid alibi, but the killer has never been found. It was a sensational story, and that’s why Karen, a young journalist, gets the task of obtaining an interview from Vince even after many years. She accidentally meets Lenny too, but here begin assumptions and conjectures: what happened between them and who the killer was remains veiled.
- IMDb rating — 6.5
The Dead Girl
Starring: Toni Collette, Rose Byrne, Brittany Murphy
Arden finds the body of a woman named Christa. Arden’s own investigation leads her to Leah, a law school fellow whose sister has gone missing.
At the same time, a woman named Ruth finds herself in a complicated situation when she learns that her husband has something to do with Christa’s death.
And finally, Melora — a mother seeking answers to the questions posed by her wild daughter Christa’s troubled life.
- IMDb rating — 6.7
The Departed
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson
- IMDb rating — 8.5
Neerja
Starring: Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Yogendra Tikku
The movie is based on the real story of brave flight attendant Neerja Bhanot who sacrificed herself to protect 359 passengers onboard Flight 73 of Pan Am airlines in 1986 when it was hijacked by terrorists.
- IMDb rating — 7.8
Changeling
Starring: Angelina Jolie, John Malkovich, Jeffrey Donovan
The action takes place in Los Angeles in the 1920s. Christine calls the police to report her son missing, but when the boy is finally found she doesn’t admit he’s her child, despite his looks. And instead of help, the grieving mother only receives a ward in a mental care facility…
- IMDb rating — 7.8
