If you are a fan of psychological thrillers, perhaps you should see a distinct category of excitement resulting from psychological manipulation by one person over another, in order to confuse him and question his mind or his memory for personal purposes.
In this category, cinema is known as "gaslighting" movies, and this is a group of the most famous films belonging to this category.
The "invisible man" who defeated Corona
On February 28, 2020, The Invisible Man, which combined horror, excitement and science fiction, was released as a contemporary treatment of the old classic version of the movie itself.
Although the budget of the work did not exceed 7 million dollars, in addition to stopping its presentation soon after the closing of the cinema halls and theaters due to the outbreak of the Corona pandemic, it succeeded in drawing attention to become a talk about communication platforms, but it sits on the throne of the box office with revenues close to 130 million dollars, knowing that it was returned To roll out with the halls coming back to work this month, which means potential revenue increases.
The events of the film revolved around a wife who suffers from being a party to a harmful relationship that she does not know how to escape from because of her husband's influence and threats, until one day she dares to flee, to be surprised within weeks of the news of her husband's suicide.
Although this means that she was saved from the clutches of this abusive relationship, she soon feels the existence of a hidden object that follows her, which brings back doubts about her husband's survival, while no one believes her, which causes a lot of excitement especially with the end that the work ends And its probability of interpretation.
Life is not what it looks like
The movie "The Girl on the Train", a female lead, was awarded to Emily Blunt, and it belongs to the category of mystery and excitement. The work was produced in 2016, and its events are excerpted from a novel by the same name written by Paula Hawkins. Although he achieved remarkable success at the box office, as his revenues exceeded $ 173 million out of a budget not exceeding $ 45 million, he received varying reviews of cash, which varied between positive and negative.
As for the work story, it revolves around a young woman who is addicted to alcohol, which threatens her marriage and ends her with divorce, and affects her psychologically, so she suffers from anxiety disorders that she tries to address with more alcohol abuse and observing the world around her, especially as she rides the train on a daily basis, which allows her to spoil the lives of others - Including the life of her ex-wife and his new wife - and making up stories about her.
Because of an accident that you see from the train window, she decides to involve herself in the life of one of the characters that she follows from a distance, and with the passage of events it becomes clear that there are people who psychologically and mentally manipulate the heroine for her delusions of unreal things, whether about herself or others, a discovery that changes the course of everything.
Mystery of the lost son
If you are a fan of films based on true stories, you should watch Changeling, which is based on real events in Los Angeles in 1928. The film is starring Angelina Jolie and John Malkovich, and directed by Falklint Eastwood. Oscar, Golden Globe, British BAFTA and Palme d'Or at Cannes.
The work tells about Christine, the operator, whose nine-year-old son suddenly disappears without a trace behind him, and when the police fail to find him, they bring a boy like the missing son and give him to the mother who wants to retrieve her son to the point that she overlooks some details at the moment of retrieval, especially with media pressure Around her.
But, she continues to deny that this child is her son, and when she insists on her words - which threatens the police's credibility - she is placed in a mental institution and accused of madness, but she does not despair and insists on reaching those who believe her, and continues the search for her lost son.
Nostalgia 1980s
"Overboard" is one of the films presented by the couple Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and became famous in the eighties with tremendous public success when shown on television, which prompted the makers of the drama to reproduce it more than once, until it was "passed", so it was presented an Egyptian version in 1993, starring Nelly and Youssef Mansour, and dubbed "Mechanics".
Although the work belongs to the category of "light-comic", it also bore the imprint of mental manipulation, because the plot revolves around a rich spoiled girl who hires a carpenter for a job, and while he is doing his work, she insults her and leaves him without paying his dues. And unless she reckons his account, she suffers from an accident that loses her memory, and when her path crosses with the carpenter again, he decides to delude her with incorrect things in retaliation, so that the events take place in a romantic comic frame.