Two of the films which I found to be the best thrillers of all time were the films Se7en and The Departed. These films were seen to be top films of this genre which many people took a liking for in many different ways. These films had top directors, David Fincher and Martin Scorsese and won Scorsese his Best Director Oscar.
The Best Films
Se7en - The film that established David Fincher's apparently inseparable relationship with the darker side of human existence, this film sidesteps the cliches it appears to bury itself in, two mismatched cops, one black, one white, the old-timer on the edge of retirement and a brilliant serial killer with a twisted methodology with fierce intelligence, in an unusual density of literary reference and through exceptional performances from a top cast, with Morgan Freeman's haunted Somerset and Brad Pitt's feisty Mills more than ably matched. A top thrill in this film comes in the long foot chase midway through the film that really gets the energy high.
The Departed - The film that finally won Scorsese his long overdue Best Director Oscar, as well as Best Film, The Departed is similarly a remake of the Hong Kong thriller Infernal Affairs, but with entirely different emphases and twists. Perhaps surprisingly for Scorsese, this tale of a cop posing as a mobster (Leonardo DiCaprio) and a mobster doing the same (Matt Damon) is often as laugh-out-loud funny as it is suspenseful, with great comedic turns by Mark Wahlberg and Alec Baldwin as the police and a wonderfully over the top Jack Nicholson as Costello, the head of the Boston mob. This film is full of thrills, most notably when Di Caprio and Damon meet within the film.
I really enjoyed watching both of these films as they each brought something different, using things individual to the directors and actors. They were very good watches and both were quite intriguing.
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