Watching a movie with a boring and predictable plot is like reading a detective story in which it is clear from the first pages that the butler is the killer. It seems possible, but why? To save you time and nerves, we have compiled top 20 most interesting films with an exciting plot.
The list includes both recognized classics and recently released films that have high ratings on KinoPoisk and IMDb.
20. Triangle (2009)
Genre: thriller, horror.
Country: Australia, UK.
Rating Movie Search: 6.8.
IMDb rating: 6.9.
The thriller "Triangle" opens a selection of the most interesting films with an unpredictable plot. A group of young people goes on a yacht to the open sea, swim, sunbathe, get acquainted - in general, breathe in the joys of life with full breast. However, the sudden outbreak of a storm makes its adjustments. The yacht is wrecked, but fortunately (although, rather, unfortunately) a ship passes nearby, on which the survivors fall.
Of course, the ship is not simple (it's still a thriller and horror) - it is clearly not from the present time, abandoned by its crew and very ominous in appearance. "Aha!" - the sophisticated viewer will think and will be wrong - the outcome is much more unpredictable than it seems at first.
19. Get Out (2017)
Genre: thriller, horror, detective, comedy.
Country: USA, Japan.
Rating Movie Search: 7.0.
IMDb rating: 7.7.
Scene: America today. Main character: African American. The beginning: His white girlfriend wants to introduce her boyfriend to her parents. The Russian audience is already beginning to yawn, anticipating the production drama - the American people heroically crush the hydra of racism. However, the plot will go in a completely different direction.
The genre of the novelty is difficult to determine - whether it is a black comedy, or a comedy thriller, or horror with an absurd slant. In any case, it will be interesting to watch.
18. Night of Memories (2017)
Genre: thriller, detective.
Country: South Korea.
Rating Movie Search: 7.2.
IMDb rating: 7.3.
It is not easy to enter a university both in Russia and in South Korea. While preparing for exams, the young Korean Chin-juice even takes pills to maintain a high concentration of attention. It is because of the pills, according to the parents and the adored older brother, that he fancies incomprehensible sounds and rustles in a room where one cannot enter. However, the truth about what is happening will be much more shocking than at first it seems to him - and the viewer.
17. Mysterious forest (2004)
Genre: melodrama, thriller.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 7.2.
IMDb rating: 6.5.
The reason why this film did not receive enough popular love is the audience's expectations. Accustomed to the dashingly twisted thrillers like "Invincible" and "The Sixth Sense", fans of the work of the Indian director M. Knight Shyamalan were expecting another picture in this style. And we got a melodrama.True, in a mysterious and slightly frightening setting, plus the trademark Shyamalan twist at the end.
16. Moon 2112 (2009)
Genre: fantasy, detective, drama.
Country: United Kingdom.
Rating Movie Search: 7.6.
IMDb rating: 7.9.
Who said that the monopoly on the tangled end is exclusively the prerogative of detectives and thrillers? Science fiction also wants and can, which is proved by the dystopian film "Moon 2112". Everything begins quietly and peacefully - the astronaut-miner, alone serving the lunar mining station, looks forward to a quick return to earth, to his wife and little daughter. But three years of loneliness do not pass without leaving a trace for his psyche - shortly before D-day and H-hour, Sam gets into an accident. He wakes up in the medical compartment, but why does he not remember the moment of the accident?
15. Donnie Darko (2001)
Genre: thriller, mysticism.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 7.6.
IMDb rating: 8.1.
Like many good films, the fate of "Donnie Darko" at the box office did not work out - he barely hit his own budget. However, after the release on DVD, the picture slowly but surely acquired almost cult status. An elegant and frightening mystical thriller has found its way to the heart of the viewer. And it is true, who will remain indifferent to the appearance of an ominous giant rabbit on the lawn under the windows of an ordinary American teenager?
The ending of the film is difficult to guess - the director scatters hints in abundance throughout the film, which is actually even more confusing than it seemed at first.
14. Angel Heart (1987)
Genre: detective, thriller, horror.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 7.6.
IMDb rating: 7.3.
New York, fifties. A client turns to a private detective with the surname "Angel" (that is, Angel) with a request to find a famous musician who disappeared during the war. It starts off as a classic noir detective story with all the hallmarks of the genre, including fedora hats and femme fatale. Here are just streaks of fog creeping over the sidewalk, and ominous music hint that things are not as simple as they seem.
13. Perfect Strangers (2016)
Genre: drama, comedy.
Country: Italy.
Rating Movie Search: 7.6.
IMDb rating: 7.8.
Allowing others to look at your cell phone is always a bad idea. And when are these seven others? At a dinner party, to have fun, seven friends decide to play an interesting game - to answer SMS and calls each other. Of course, the whole experience of mankind suggests that this venture will turn out not as merrily as it seemed to them at first.
From measured arthouse cinema with trademark witty dialogues, the film gradually develops in a wave of benign and vigorous drama with an abundance of plot shifters.
12. Planet of the Apes (1968)
Genre: fiction
Country: USA
Rating Movie Search: 7.7
IMDb rating: 8.0
Burton's remake of the 1968 original came out not very successful (a rare critic gave it more than 5-6 points on a ten-point scale), so let's turn to the original source. Although the plot of the film has long been the property of mass culture, in those days it produced a downright shocking effect. Who would have thought that the laws of evolution could not be avoided by anyone?
11. Saw: A Survival Game (2004)
Genre: thriller, horror.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 7.8.
IMDb rating: 7.6.
The film that kicked off the franchise's triumphant march around the world is the best of the series. Two people find themselves in an empty room, chained to pipes. A corpse lies between them. To be saved, they will have to play a terrible game - otherwise not only they will suffer, but other people as well.
An excellent example of how a low-budget film, thanks to a strong script and an unexpected ending, won not only high marks from critics, but also the popular love of connoisseurs scariest horror movies Worldwide.
10. Gone Girl (2014)
Genre: detective, thriller.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 7.9.
IMDb rating: 8.1.
An ideal family lives for itself, lives does not grieve, both are young, healthy, financially secure, even a little famous. The wife once served as the prototype for the heroine of popular teen books written by her parents.On the fifth anniversary of their marriage, the husband returns home to find that his wife has disappeared. A police investigation begins, and the ideal facade is shattered into small fragments - it turns out that both spouses have lost their jobs, have started to row, the family has problems, there is less money, and more and more debts.
Does this mean that the husband (as others begin to think) killed his wife? Or is the truth even scarier than it seems at first?
9. Others (2001)
Genre: horror, mysticism, drama.
Country: USA, Spain, France, Italy.
Rating Movie Search: 7.9.
IMDb rating: 7.6.
A mother lives with two children in an old mansion on the island of Jersey. They await, albeit without much hope, the return from the war of their missing father. Children suffer from a rare disease - an allergy to bright light, so the windows in the house are always curtained, and the electric lighting is replaced by candles and kerosene lamps. Perhaps it is because of this that one day the house leaves all the staff. True, a replacement is quickly found for them - three servants appear at the door, who, as they say, once worked in this house and will happily work in it again. But are they exactly who they seem?
8. Remember (2000)
Genre: detective, thriller
Country: USA
Rating Movie Search: 7.9
IMDb rating: 8.5
One of the first Nolan films, in which the director's signature style is already felt - an original composition, coupled with completely unexpected plot twists and an ending. The protagonist of the film is looking for his wife's killer. But after the trauma he suffered, he does not remember anything that happened more than fifteen minutes ago. He has to leave notes for himself, dictate texts on a dictaphone and even capture what happened on his own skin.
In addition to a purely detective plot, the film has a special subtext - Nolan wanted to look at the world through the eyes of a person whose worldview is completely different from ours. Whether he succeeded - decide for yourself.
7. Best offer (2013)
Genre: thriller, melodrama.
Country: Italy.
Rating Movie Search: 8.0.
IMDb rating: 7.8.
One of the most interesting and stylish films about art. It begins with the fact that an auction dealer who is not too clean on hand receives an offer to evaluate works of art in the mansion of an eccentric lady who has not been shown in the sunlight for many years. The reality turns out to be even more bizarre than expectations - in addition to the masterpieces themselves, on which you can warm your hands well, each canvas is fraught with a mystery, and spare parts from a mysterious mechanism are scattered around in abundance.
The viewing pleasure is added by chic interiors, expensive restaurants and other attributes of a beautiful life. However, its wrong side turns out to be far from as luxurious as it seems at first glance.
6. Vertigo (1958)
Genre: detective, drama, thriller.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 8.0.
IMDb rating: 8.3.
One of the best and most famous plot twists from the acclaimed classic - Alfred Hitchcock. Stylish, beautiful and exciting movie with the indispensable attributes of the genre - a detective in a fedora hat and a fatal blonde. Scotty Ferguson, the main character, suffers from mental illness - after his partner fell from the roof in front of him, he became afraid of heights. Scotty retires, but there is no rest for the guardians of the law. An old friend asks to track down his wife, who, he fears, is suffering from some kind of obsession. It turns out that the beautiful blonde believes that she is the embodiment of a great-grandmother who once committed suicide. Will Scotty manage to save the beauty he has already fallen in love with?
5. Oldboy (2003)
Genre: drama, detective, thriller.
Country: South Korea.
Rating Movie Search: 8.1.
IMDb rating: 8.4.
An unremarkable Korean businessman lives his quiet, boring life. However, in one unhappy moment, everything changes dramatically and irrevocably - he is kidnapped right from under the noses of friends. The hero awakens in a small apartment consisting of only one room and a bathroom. It is impossible to contact the outside world - the room lacks not only a telephone, but even windows.Did he think that he would have to spend fifteen years in captivity?
The second and most famous part of the trilogy by South Korean director Park Chan Wook, which brought tears to Quentin Tarantino's eyes (the director himself admitted that he sobbed while watching the film at the Cannes Film Festival).
4. Sixth Sense (1999)
Genre: thriller, horror, drama.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 8.2.
IMDb rating: 8.1.
An internationally renowned child psychiatrist is in crisis after one of his former patients kills himself before his eyes. He goes deep into himself, trying to figure out exactly where he made the mistake that caused the tragedy, but his obsession is not bearing the fruits that he hoped for. His wife has moved away from him, colleagues no longer try to contact him. Suddenly, however, another little patient appears in the doctor's life, whose symptoms are terribly similar to those of a dead boy. And the doctor is trying to correct the mistake of his life.
“The Sixth Sense” is one of the best works of director M. Night Shyamalan, long ago snapped up for quotes (who does not know “I see dead people?”).
3. Prestige (2006)
Genre: thriller, drama.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 8.5.
IMDb rating: 8.5.
What is a person ready to go for the cause of his life? For the eternal acting - just for the sake of a two-minute trick that can call out joyful amazement in front of the public? Or killing countless small birds so that another hidden in advance can happily fly to freedom?
Christopher Nolan shows the audience the inner kitchen of magicians, magicians and sorcerers, masters of illusion and lords of the imagination. However, when life itself enters this closed world, everything becomes even more terrible - and even more wonderful.
2. Island of the Damned (2009)
Genre: thriller, drama.
Country: USA.
Rating Movie Search: 8.5.
IMDb rating: 8.1.
Another work from the acclaimed master of cool films with an unexpected ending - Christopher Nolan. The US Marshal and his partner are trying to investigate the disappearance of a dangerous criminal from a place where it is impossible to escape. A hospital for dangerous madmen is located on the island and is guarded around the clock. In addition to the desire to complete the task, the marshal pursues another goal - to find the murderer of his wife. However, the ominous setting of the prison and the incessant flashbacks of the protagonist's memories suggest that the movie is not as simple as it seems.
1. Fight Club (1999)
Genre: thriller, drama
Country: USA
Rating Movie Search: 8.7
IMDb rating: 8.8
In the first place in the list of the most interesting films with a tense plot - "Fight Club", which has long and firmly received the status of a cult. He is among the top ten most best movies of all time... In addition to a strong script, an unexpected twist at the end, an excellent game of the main characters, the film contains:
- postmodern play with meanings;
- protest against the consumer society;
- search for your masculine self in the world of confidently winning feminism;
- rebellion against parental figures and capitalist society;
- and much, much more, including great camera work and juicy and stylish shots.
A cool film in which everyone will find something for themselves. Perhaps this is the reason for its wild popularity.