They’ll make your blood pressure skyrocket, heart race, and have you gripping your seat with unbearable tension: Psychological thrillers are adrenaline injections in cinematic garb. At their best, these movies take us by the hand and accompany us into the deepest abysses of the human soul.
Shady characters play with the minds of both the protagonists and the viewers. Often the focus is on a question we ask ourselves repeatedly, a question that has burned itself deep into our brains and suddenly makes us see the world through different eyes: Which is real? What is not? Am I real?
1954: U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigates with his new colleague Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) the disappearance of patient Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer) from the Ashecliffe Hospital for mentally disturbed felons, which is located on Shutter Island off the coast of Massachusetts.
Soon, the two realize that the actions of the local doctors are highly unethical and even illegal. As a hurricane hits the island, a mass breakout from the clinic occurs – and Teddy suddenly no longer knows what is true and what is fiction. An atmospherically dense psycho-trip with numerous film-historical quotations and a bravura cast. Scary and breathtaking through and through!
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