Every David Fincher Movie Ranked From Worst To Best

It says an awful lot about the wonderful career that Fincher has had that this film rates so far down this list. While the promotional trailers hinted at a corny supernatural thriller, the film proves to be a brilliant builder of suspense that would make Alfred Hitchcock proud. The premise may be simple and uncomplicated, but with Fincher behind the camera and Jodie Foster in the lead, every last skerrick of tension is milked from the premise.

The story sees Foster's character Meg and her 11 year old daughter Sarah besieged in their new apartment's Panic Room, when three criminals break into the house in an attempt to steal $3 Million in bearer bonds situated in the very room they're hiding in. What follows is an intense standoff as the three burglars attempt to 'coax' Meg and Sarah out, with Meg using her ingenuity to keep the burglars at bay.

The movie has no right to be as engaging as it is, with what is essentially a B-Grade film script placed in the hands of a first rate Director and Actor. There are more cliches here than a Spielberg film from the 80's, with tropes like a sick child, a 'bumbling loser' who always makes the wrong decision and a bad guy making a last minute act of redemption all present. But the Fincher-Foster combo manages to make the whole thing work, pulling off a massive heist in the process.