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IMDb rating 8.2
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Mohammadmahdi Mansouri
rated 9

Gotta say, At first, I thought it was the most boring movie I've ever seen, but the ending shocked me. I didn't want to believe them either.

5 months ago
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 8

This is Martin Scorsese's evocation of the delicious shuddering fear we feel when horror movies are about something and don't release all the tension with action scenes.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Caroline Hjortshøj
rated 8

Best movie with Leo

1 year ago
Critic Kim Newman
rated 8

...offers sumptuous, enthralling, shivery gothic filmmaking with a hardboiled heart and a sly line in asylum humour.

Read full review at Empire
Mikkel Boe Jensen
rated 8
2 years ago
thomasbrooks09
rated 10

One of Leo’s greatest performances, to this day it still divides options but I found it to be well written, brilliantly paced and a fantastic cast. I also admired the fact the director did not create a single piece of new music for the film, rathe...

1 year ago
Critic Scott Tobias
rated 8

...a horror show where it’s sometimes hard to tell the haunted from those doing the haunting.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Owen Gleiberman
rated 7

Scorsese works in a smoothly deliberate pictorial mode reminiscent of the Hollywood noirs of the '50s...

Read full review at Entertainment Weekly

Cast & Crew

Martin Scorsese
Director
Joseph P. Reidy
Director
Max von Sydow
As Dr. Naehring
Patricia Clarkson
As Rachel 2
Leonardo DiCaprio
As Edward Teddy Daniels
Elias Koteas
As Andrew Laeddis
John Carroll Lynch
As Deputy Warden McPherson

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Shutter Island is a psychological thriller directed by Martin Scorsese, set in 1954. U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigates the disappearance of a patient at a hospital for the criminally insane on Shutter Island, Boston Harbor. However, his mission is compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor (Ben Kingsley). As he delves deeper into the mystery, Teddy uncovers dark secrets about the island and begins to question his own sanity. The film's twists and turns lead to a shocking revelation that challenges Teddy's perceptions of reality and justice. With a talented cast, including Mark Ruffalo and Patricia Clarkson, Shutter Island is a gripping and intense thriller that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Shutter Island include Secret in Their Eyes, The Prestige, The Skeleton Key, Zodiac, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Secret in Their Eyes.

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Shutter Island was released in theaters on February 18, 2010.