10 Recent Non-Horror Movies That Are TERRIFYING

Oscar-winning drama I'm Still Here is a devastating depiction of existence under a military dictatorship, centered around the true story of Eunice Paiva (Fernanda Torres), a Brazilian woman who desperately fights for accountability after her husband is disappeared by the regime.

Though extremely measured in tone and in no way over-the-top, the film does a magnificent job of depicting the sheer mortifying reality with which those in power can make those who threaten them vanish.

And it then falls to those who are left behind to pick up the pieces and try to hold those responsible to account before it's too late.

Furthermore, I'm Still Here feels like a relevant, cautionary tale in an era defined by overpowering political polarisation, where violent right wing-extremism is on the rise.

Much as we have more than 50 years of distance from the crimes depicted in the film, the dangers it depicts still feel frighteningly current - the most terrifying truth of all.