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David Fincher ’s upcoming picture – neo - noir actionerThe Killer , lay out to be put out on Netflix – is shaping up to be one of his most thrilling directorial efforts to date . Since receive his start directing euphony videos for such iconic artist as Madonna , Fincher has become one of the most acclaimed filmmaker in Hollywood . His twisty psychological thrillers and engaging biopics have take in a total of 40 Oscar nominations , admit three Best Director nods for himself .
Some of Fincher ’s movies have stood the test of metre , while others do n’t hold up as well . scrap ClubandSe7enwarrant countless rewatches , butAlien 3can barely withstand a single wake , andThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoois difficult to watch .
Mank (2020)
Mank , Fincher ’s most recent directorial effort , is one of his least thrilling movie . Released on Netflix , it tell the story of the writing ofCitizen Kane , shot in the style ofCitizen Kane .
Fincher ’s steering is razor - sharp , Erik Messerschmidt ’s Oscar - winning cinematography is curt and stunning , and Gary Oldman and Amanda Seyfried give incredible performance . All it lack is exciting subject thing .
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)
Loosely adjust from the F. Scott Fitzgerald work of the same name , The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttonis a very scented story . But it ’s not very rewatchable . Impressive ocular effects do n’t quite make up for a taxing runtime pushing three hours .
Fincher regular Brad Pitt stars as a man who ages in black eye . Uncharacteristic of Fincher ’s filmmaking , there are no mind game or consecutive Orcinus orca or multiple personalities inBenjamin Button ; just a very unconventional romance .
Alien 3 (1992)
Fincher made his directorial debut withAlien 3 , but he infamously struggled against studio apartment executives for creative control . In the threequel , Ripley is marooned on a prison planet . Alien 3gets off on the wrong footfrom the porta scene , as all the sports fan - favorite back characters fromAliensare kill off - blind .
The motion-picture show has some thrilling sequences and Fincher ’s signature moody visuals , and it ’s always a joy to see Sigourney Weaver in the office of Ellen Ripley . ButAlien 3is nowhere near as great as the first two chef-d’oeuvre .
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (2011)
When Hollywood announced its own adaptation of Stieg Larsson ’s uncompromisingly brutal crime novels , some fans suspected it would chant down the darkness . But Fincher ’s large - budget take onThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoois just as torturous as the book itself .
unluckily , that ’s precisely why it ’s not very rewatchable . The vehemence is so horrifying and maintain that the movie is hard to watch and therefore only guarantee a couple of revisits .
Gone Girl (2014)
Although it ’s a tense , thrilling , wildly entertaining movie , Fincher ’s movie version ofGone Girlis let down by its overlong runtime . Gillian Flynn adapted her own novel and refused to cut off any plot line .
Rosamund Pike gives a mesmerizing performance as Amy Elliott Dunne , while Ben Affleck incline into the hilarious maladroitness of her suspicious husband trying to save face in the public optic . The movie could ’ve done with cutting 20 or so moment from its runtime to keep the momentum of the source material .
The Social Network (2010)
One of Fincher ’s most critically acclaimed movies , The Social internet , tells the origin story of Facebook . While it ’s an undeniably great motion picture , it ’s not in particular rewatchable .
There are only so many times that effectual proceedings over the right to a site can be enjoyed . It helps that the handwriting has the snappy , Oscar - come through negotiation of Aaron Sorkin .
The Game (1997)
While it ’s one of Fincher ’s least commercially successful films , The Gameis worth revisiting a couple of times . Michael Douglas asterisk as a man who receives a mysterious talent from his younger buddy , played by the evenly brilliant Sean Penn . At first , this “ gift ” – a forbidding secret plan that integrate itself into his daily lifetime in unexpected ways – does n’t seem like much of a endowment .
Since it ’s build up around a twist ending , rewatches ofThe Gameare encouraged . The reveal does n’t totally hold together , but the early scenes are full of hints and foreshadowing about the true nature of the titular game .
Zodiac (2007)
Although it did n’t make a immense splash at the box billet , Zodiacis a gripping procedural about the pursuance to find a notoriously nameless serial killer . It was wide praise for its historical accuracy .
Zodiacis a inscrutable dive into one of the most compelling true - offence display case of all time , anchored by three terrific performances by next Marvel thespian : Robert Downey Jr. , Jake Gyllenhaal , and Mark Ruffalo .
Panic Room (2002)
Fincher ’s movies have always been heavily influenced bythe work of Alfred Hitchcock , butPanic Roomis arguably his most Hitchcockian picture show . It has the high - construct premise of a female parent and daughter hide out in the eponymous terror room during a habitation invasion .
There ’s never a dull minute inPanic Roomas this mother and girl are constantly faced with new obstacles and challenge . A parent ’s struggle to keep their child safe is universally relatable , and Jodie Foster is phenomenal as always .
Se7en (1995)
A intermixture of gruesome slasher and “ buddy cop ” movie , Se7enis a unique genre cocktail . With its police force procedural storytelling , it ’s one of the few repugnance celluloid with a focus on engaging character work .
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt part immaculate chemistry as a pair of mismatched detectives : the veteran on the brink of retirement and the young hotshot eager to crock up his first case , respectively .
