Nine years ago, the world changed for the better. David Fincher’s Gone Girl, an adaptation of the Gillian Flynn novel of the same name, was released. Starring Ben Affleck and Rosamund Pike, the film follows the demise of the Dunne’s, a couple whose relationship was marked by manipulation and deception. Here’s the plot: On the day of their fifth wedding anniversary, Nick Dunne finds that his wife, Amy Dunne, is missing. The situation is made increasingly fraught as the authorities turn their attention to Nick, whose strange behavior—coupled with a few dark diary entries from Amy—make him the prime suspect. Of course, everything is not as it seems.
Though we wish this movie went on for hours, it clocks in at just over two. Looking for more? Luckily, there is an entire catalog of films that match the Gone Girl vibe, and we’ve curated them. The threads that sew all these films together? Wealth, manipulation, and plot twists.
The Prestige
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This 2006 psychological thriller comes from Christopher Nolan, the man behind Oppenheimer, and stars Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, and Scarlett Johansson. The film follows a feud between two magicians in 1890s London whose rivalry is sewn by a stage trick gone fatally wrong. Like Gone Girl, The Prestige is twisty, so there’s not much more we can say without spoiling greatness.
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Luckiest Girl Alive
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Starring Mila Kunis, this 2022 thriller is an adaptation of the hugely popular novel of the same name. The film follows a girl who seemingly has it all: a respected job in the New York City publishing scene, a very wealthy fiancé, and of course, the face of Mila Kunis. A chance encounter with a documentarian reveals that her perfect life is far from perfect, marred by the memory of the school shooting she survived so many years earlier.
Nocturnal Animals
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Written and directed by Tom Ford—yes, that Tom Ford—Nocturnal Animals stars Amy Adams as a wealthy art gallery owner who is haunted by her relationship with her ex-husband, Jake Gyllenhaal, who has written a violent thriller novel that reflects their relationship together.
Promising Young Woman
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This 2020 film is hard to categorize—part thriller, part satire and black comedy, part feminist manifesto. The film stars Carey Mulligan as a troubled med-school dropout who channels her traumatic past into a revenge plot against the scum of the earth (read: men).
Fight Club
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Fight Club comes from the same iconic auteur as Gone Girl, David Fincher. The film has amassed a cult following in the more than two decades since its release, a post-release popularity that far exceeded its box office success (or lack thereof). Fight Club stars Edward Norton as a man saddled with a lackluster white collar job who forms a “fight club” with Brad Pitt’s Tyler Durden.
Memento
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Another Christopher Nolan hit, Memento stars Guy Pearce as a man with short-term memory loss who attempts to solve his wife’s murder. The film follows a non-linear narrative, is unendingly twisty, and features some of the greatest plot twists in film history.
Rosemary’s Baby
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This 1968 psychological horror follows a young pregnant woman in Manhattan who becomes weary that her neighbors are satanists plotting to steal her baby for ritual purposes. Paranoia is a major theme here, naturally, as well as the liberation of women and the reach of Christianity.
Basic Instinct
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More film history on deck, Basic Instinct stars Sharon Stone as a mysterious novelist who finds herself entangled in the brutal murder investigation of a wealthy rockstar. The film has been lauded for its groundbreaking depiction of sexuality and, like Gone Girl, is unafraid to put a twisted woman on screen.
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
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More. David. Fincher. The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo stars Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara as a journalist and a genius hacker who together investigate the disappearance of a wealthy woman, lost from her family for more than 40 years.
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Side Effects
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This psychological thriller stars an ensemble cast featuring Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Rooney Mara, and Channing Tatum. It film follows a wealthy socialite who is prescribed an experimental drug from a pair of mysterious psychiatrists.
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