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It ’s not even the end of February and there ’s already a strong competitor for good video show of the class : genuine Detective : Night Country . TheHBOshow , shift to Alaska this season , is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed serial so far in 2024 , with more viewers turning in each week to find out how and why a radical of scientists ventured semi - naked out into the freezing cold to be slaughter by a mysterious force .
Part of the reason for the show ’s renewed popularity is the presence and execution of Jodie Foster , one of the most respected picture show actresses of the last five decades , who is star in her first television serial since 1974’sPaper Moon . While Foster is n’t a television veteran , she ’s established herself in the thriller genre with such films asThe AccusedandThe secrecy of The Lambs , both of which net her Academy Awards for Best Actress . For fans of Foster andNight Country , here are three of the actress ’ best thrillers that do n’t involve Hannibal Lecter .
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Panic Room (2002)
It ’s a testament to David Fincher ’s career thatPanic Room , an above - average thriller that would be a highlight on any other director ’s résumé , ranks low onThe Killerhelmer ’s filmography . It ’s still well worth look out , if only to see Foster in her 2000s prime as Meg Altman , a recently disjoint woman who , along with her diabetic teenaged daughter , Sarah , gets trapped in the nominal enclose space by a cryptical group of dwelling invader head by apre - Joker Jared Leto .
Panic Roomlasts 112 minutes , and almost every minute is filled with a mother wit of apprehension and suspense . Fincher flexes his common stylistic muscles with the aid of great camera work by Conrad Hall and Darius Khondji and a memorable score from Howard Shore , but its Foster , especially in her shot with Stewart , who really have the movie worth a watch . Often playing scenes with only herself , Foster is never less than mesmerize to watch , something that has continued throughout the years and is currently on display inNight Country .
Panic Roomcan be let or purchased at digital vendors likeAmazon Prime Video .
The Brave One (2007)
WhenThe Brave Onewas liberate in 2007 , it was promote as a loose remaking of the Charles Bronson seventies revenge classicDeath Wish , with Foster assuming the function of an urban vigilante . In the motion picture , Foster stars as Erica Bain , a wireless horde who witness her fiancé get savagely beaten to death in New York City . Fueled with rage , Erica arms herself with an illegal hitman and wages a one - woman warfare against law-breaking .
The Brave Oneisn’t for everyone , and its gun - well-chosen political relation have n’t aged too well , but it does n’t on the button condone Erica ’s reprehensible activity either . Foster was put up for a Golden Globe for her operation , and it ’s easy to see why — you grease one’s palms Erica ’s grief and need for force to still her nuisance . It ’s not a pleasant moving picture , butThe Brave Oneis never tire , and that ’s largely due to its lead actress .
The Brave Onecan be hire or purchased at digital seller likeAmazon Prime Video .
Inside Man (2006)
A cant looting , some steal diamonds , and a secret dating back to World War II — these are the elements that fire Spike Lee ’s twisty thrillerInside Man , and that form the basis for one of the best suspense movies of the last 20 year . Denzel Washington stars as Detective Keith Frazier , who is set apart to negotiate with a grouping of bank robbers headed by Dalton Russell ( A Murder at the ending of the World‘s Clive Owen ) , who opens the film by proclaiming he ’s send the stark heist .
This is n’t an ordinary bank looting , though , as Jodie Foster ’s Madeleine White arrives on the scene , having been hired by the bank ’s ultra - rich owner , Arthur Case ( Christopher Plummer ) , to protect content in a safe deposit box seat cover deeply inside the bank . Is Dalton after those contents ? And if so , what closed book do they contain ? Foster takes a rare endure role inInside Man , but her few scenes stand out as some of the film ’s good . It ’s the form of execution that ’s measured in impact , not minute of arc , and Foster make a considerable impression every arcminute she ’s on screen .
Inside Manis streaming onPeacock .
