Drama Moments

Spanish director Jaume Balagueró is known for his horror films, such as the REC saga and The Nameless (Los Sin Nombre), but with Sleep Tight (Bed Time), he ventured into a different genre—the psychological thriller.

The plot revolves around the character of Vera (played by Elena Anaya), a young woman whom Robert keeps imprisoned in his laboratory and on whom he performs numerous surgical experiments. The relationship between the two characters becomes increasingly complex and disturbing, gradually revealing dark secrets and revenge.

Allison decides to take in a roommate to help with expenses and chooses Hedy Carlson (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh), a mysterious and reserved woman who seems like the perfect person to share the apartment with.

“Fracture” is a 2007 psychological thriller directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling.
The film follows the story of Ted Crawford (Hopkins), an engineer who murders his wife after discovering her affair with another man.

Mystic River tells the inner turmoil that follows a traumatic event.
The trauma of childhood abuse forever marks the life of Dave Boyle (Tim Robbins), separating him from childhood friends Sean (Kevin Bacon) and Jimmy (Sean Penn).

Nicholas Van Orton (Michael Douglas) is a wealthy banker in San Francisco, but he is an absolute loner and always spends his birthday alone. On the day of his 48th birthday (the age at which his father committed suicide long ago), his brother Conrad (Sean Penn), who has been away for a long time to recover from some addictions, suddenly returns to Nicholas’s life and gives him a card that grants him access to an unusual entertainment provided by a mysterious company called Consumer Recreation Services (CRS). Yielding to curiosity, Nicholas visits CRS…

What do we think about the death penalty?
Can we arrogate the right to decide when someone should die?

Shutter Island, an excellent work by Martin Scorsese, features a remarkable cast to stage a film that completely overturns the meaning of what we have seen during the performance in its finale.

That last half hour, where the death row inmate Matthew Poncelet’s hopes for life completely fade, wears us down.

Devil’s Knot is a film that follows step by step a story that made headlines for its numerous inconsistencies.