The first thing one likely thinks of when hearing the term thriller is thrills, for obvious reasons.
However, some thrillers prioritize the chase or the journey over the kill or destination, so to speak.
Lore leads her four younger siblings across a war-torn Germany in 1945.
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Amidst the chaos she encounters a mysterious refugee who shatters her fragile reality with hatred and desire.
Its safe to say that one is fairly rated; in other words, not underrated.
However, his follow-up, 2013sOnly God Forgives, is considerably more underrated and misunderstood.
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Its alsoworth noting that its a horror filmalongside being a psychological thriller.
He put out a ton of movies during the 1940s, so maybe it just got overshadowed.
Even somethingrelatively epic in scope, likeThe Great Escape, has a very straightforward narrative, after all.
A very slow and strange thriller.
Its even better if the film in question is also directed byJean-Pierre Melville.
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