10 Psychological Thrillers That Genuinely Mess With Your Head
1. The Game (1997)
Despite its middling box office returns upon release, David Fincher's The Game is still one of the most genuinely thrilling and badly underrated mystery films ever released.
Premiering in 1997 and starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn, the film revolves Nicholas van Orton, and a strange game that his brother Conrad 'gifts' him on his birthday. The game is set up by a company named Consumer Recreation Services and is designed to help make high-rollers in society enjoy their lives more.
Things begin to spiral out of control however, and Nicholas is quickly thrown into potentially deadly situations that mask over a huge conspiracy.
The film culminates in a showdown on a rooftop where Nicholas' fragile mental state is thrown completely into dissaray. The climax and conclusion to the film is honestly one of the biggest rollercoasters of emotion going, and takes more than watch to really get a full grasp of.
The mystery of the game, its players, motivations and true meaning really couple with a superb performance from Douglas and the overall hysterics and paranoia of people's everyday lives to leave behind a film that is one of the most jaw-dropping thrillers ever released.