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Since I decided to write about this, I've been dying to see this again. It's been far too long.

This is about a man whose life is being messed around with, and he cannot do anything to stop it. But not everything is exactly like it seems to be.

I love this movie. My mom wasn't so fond of it. She went on a rant about how rich people don't have anything better to spend their money on. It's a valid point, but it's also just a movie. Also, this is one of approximately one movies that my sister and I both agree on. We have radically different taste in films, but we both liked this.

Murder by Death is a comedy, but it's also got a great mystery, similar in many ways to Clue. But fewer people have heard of it, which is why I'm including it, rather than it's more well-known counterpart.

Murder by Death has every stereotype you can imagine. And the comedy is extremely course, with several spots that make you cringe. The best way to describe it is if there was a version of South Park that had been cleaned up for network tv, and made into a live action mystery film.

A group of internationally renowned scientists are invited for a weekend, and they have to figure out who's killing guests. I won't give away they ending, but it's better than Clue, in my opinion. Also, look out for a couple of cameos by Truman Capote. If that doesn't make it worth watching, nothing will.

This is another unusual mystery film. After all, with most films that have a serial killer, you know that they are going to keep going until they get caught. But as soon as the detectives figure out that this killer is basing his murders on the seven deadly sins, you know that there will be an ending point. The only question is, can they catch him before that point? If you've seen it, you know the answer to that question.

This is one of the most brilliant, if difficult to watch, films ever made. You see these modern horror films like Saw and Hostel, where the killers use inventive, disturbing ways of messing with the victim's minds as much as their bodies. But none of them get anywhere CLOSE to the killer in Se7en. My husband can't watch the film, and the one that especially messes him up is Lust. For me, Sloth was the most f*cked up thing I've ever seen. All of them are especially horrific, and David Fincher set the bar on movie serial killers (which I really hope nobody ever surpasses).

Memento is the most confusing film that is definitely worth watching. It's odd. After all, mystery films are supposed to keep things from you. They are supposed to make you guess about how the ending will turn out. But with Memento, you are watching it in reverse, and several times. You already know how it ends. The mystery is how things got to that point in the first place.

It's unusual, and groundbreaking, and one of the most interesting films EVER. Do yourself a favor and watch it more than once.

Come on! You didn't see that one coming. Little stuttering Kevin Spacey, he of the verbal diarrhea, turned out to be the greatest criminal mastermind ever. The weakest link turned out to be a cold blooded killer that would put fear into Satan himself. It's a great story, and an even greater movie. But when you start really thinking about it, it kind of falls apart. No way is a limping, stuttering, mess going to stay alive long enough. If I was a criminal in that group, I'd off him first, because he'd get in the way the most.

Finally, if you think about it, Keyser Soze was the first Jigsaw (from the Saw movies). He books himself a front row seat while he plays a little game with people's lives. Never knew Saw was such a rip-off, did you?