Disturbing Movies that are thought provoking

1. Netflix 2018..The Kindergarten Teacher is what I would call a dark drama about a teacher that fixates on a young pupil that composes and recites poetry.  She thinks the boy is gifted and instead of acting appropriately she spirals into a truly possessed woman over this boy.  I found myself holding my breath during so many parts, and I don't wish to spoil this very thought provoking film. I will however tell you the ending will leave you speechless. This is a movie that takes you on a slippery slope of emotions and is a must see.

2. Acrimony 2018 is a suspense dark drama that follows the path of a woman who gives up her dreams to support a mechanical engineering student through adulthood. The young woman loses her mother early in the movie and it becomes apparently quickly that this young man has big dreams of inventing a what he thinks will be the next big thing and will stop at nothing to attain it. Including draining her over the years of all her inheritance.  While again I do not wish to spoil all the twists and turns throughout the movie.  I will say that I was screaming at him to come to his senses many times, however the ending left me spellbound at how she ultimately becomes unglued.  This is a thriller full of jaw dropping events and one worthy of watching.

3. Collateral Beauty 2016 is a real tear-jerker drama that has an outstanding cast.  At first the movie takes you on the journey of a man who has loss touch with his life after the death of his young daughter, which to me seems in some aspects understandable.  After all the pain of grief is to many people hard to deal with alone.  Many times during the film you find yourself wanting to know what exactly happened and will he ever be able to come back from his heart breaking depression.  His business partners who are worried about his ability to continue to run the business go behind his back and find a dramatic way to use his mental status against him.  In the end the emotional well written journey will lift your spirit and revitalize your faith. If you haven't seen this movie watch it and let me know what you think.

4. Hostiles 2017 is a western with a disturbing look at how gruesomely brutal a life back in 1892. The movie starts with a horrific attack upon a family by Comanches.  After fleeing from the attack the wife and mother of the family is the only one left alive. At the same time a military detail is ordered to escort a dying Cheyenne chief and four members of his family back to their tribe. As the military group embarks on the orders with the chief and his family they soon come upon the family homestead and find the mother surrounded by the carnage.  After convincing her it is in her best interest that she ride along with them to their destination they are ambushed by Comanches and soon it comes to light that they all have to work together to make it to their destination alive.  I really enjoy watching westerns especially those with exceptional casts and this one was not only scripted well but was gripping from the start.  A truly heart stopping western nail-biting film worth watching.

5. Lizzie 2018 is a biographical thriller remake of the story of Lizzie Borden.. This film stars Kristen Stewart as the live in maid and ultimately an accomplice in the murders of Lizzie's father and stepmother.  I found this film takes on a relatively darker version of the crime story than I had previously seen in such films as The Legend of Lizzie Borden in 1975 starring Elizabeth Montgomery who were actually sixth cousins once removed and equally a gruesome account of the disturbing murders. Both of these films are exceptional dark thrillers and worth watching to gain history on the murders and ultimately the acquittal of Lizzie Borden.