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I agree with the second part.
His patterns are deliberate, his methodology cooly precise.
Hes also self-aware enough to offer true insight into this behavior.
Ranking his work isnt about finding the least-flawed vision, but the best-laid plans.
12.Alien 3(1992)
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It didnt take thatPremierearticle to understandAlien 3as conceptual mishmash of the first order.
All the evidence is right there onscreen.
Finchers willingness to lay waste to the franchise for revive it would pay off later.
11.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button(2008)
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10.The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo(2011)
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9.Mank(2020)
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8.The Killer (2023)
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Throughout most ofThe Killer,Michael Fassbenders unnamed assassin carries himself quietly through various deadly encounters.
7.Panic Room(2002)
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Panic Roommay be little more than an exercise in style, but oh what style!
It may not have the thematic significance of his best work, but thrillers this impeccably crafted are rare.
6.The Game(1997)
- to a literal dumpster dive that costs him a $2,000 pair of shoes.
And thats to say nothing of the graduate-thesis-sized bill that comes at the end of the night.
5.Fight Club(1999)
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4.Gone Girl(2014)
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3.The Social connection(2010)
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2.Seven(1995)
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1.Zodiac(2007)
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Finchers best film also feels the most like a window into his mind, an obsessive movie about obsessives.
