I love a good plot - and if it's convoluted, yet done well, nothing is better. Probably the ultimate example for me is the Usual Suspects. I believe this was my introduction to Kevin Spacey - no, it was Glengarry Glenn Ross - but this was the first time I adored him. Verbal Kint is one of the coolest characters ever invented. (Does anybody remember Mr. Spacey in Working Girl? I sure don't.)
Here are a few more if you like The Usual Suspects:
LA Confidential (also with Kevin Spacey)
Duplicity (Clive Owen and Julia have fantastic chemistry, plus it has Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti).
Devil in a Blue Dress - I wish they had made more of these. I love Mouse - and played by Don Cheadle he's a dream.
Frequency - I really like this time jumping move.
Lonestar - This may be Matthew M's only great movie.
Manchurian Candidate - both versions are good, but I do like the original better. If you only know Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts or Jessica Fletcher - check it out.
Michael Clayton - the supporting actors are amazing. Pay attention to Tilda (won an Oscar for this) and Tom W.
Third Man - this is Orson Welles as an actor - he wasn't just a director.
How could you forget Memento???
ReplyDeleteI thought I would do a time jumping / shifting / non-linear category and would save Memento for that, along with Sliding Doors, Pulp Fiction, Happy Accidents - I think I'm forgetting a biggie here.
ReplyDeleteI put Frequency here because it also had a noir / mystery feel that I thought grouped it with these.
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