![]() ![]() It was one of director Roy Baker’s first films and one of his best. ![]() Mankiewicz, this is highly entertaining and available in a very decent and inexpensive DVD.Įric Ambler wrote the screenplay for this terrific murder mystery in which John Mills plays a man released from an asylum who starts to be assailed by past events he cannot yet remember. This is a classic film noir rendition of the story, with John Hodiak as the GI who returns home with no memory of who he is but soon realises that there are those who are out to get him. From the novel ‘The House of Dr Edwardes’ by Frances Beeding. Based on the Francis Beeding novel The House of Doctor Edwardes (to be reviewed at Fedora very shortly), this movie is perhaps the best-known of its kind even if the analysis is more than a little simple-minded – just marvel at the allure of the stars, the beautiful cinematography and the Salvador Dali inspired dream sequence. Ingrid Bergman is the new doctor at a psychiatric hospital who starts to believe that her new boss, Gregory Peck, may not be who he says he is – and it turns out he isn’t too sure either. From the eponymous novel by James Hilton. Not sure if this can really be classed as a mystery but there is a moment, at the halfway mark, when Greer Garson walks though a door that counts as one of my favourite surprises in all of cinema which, in the cuckoo-land logic of the story, makes total sense. The plot is utterly and charmingly insane with a man falling in love and then forgetting it as a result of shell-shock and his innamorata going to ludicrous extremes to get him back again. This classic romance of forgotten identities from author James Hilton was turned into a plush four carat star vehicle for Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in the grand MGM manner. For many this is the best of the Chans from the 1930s and with its great guest star and plush production values, it’s easy to see why. Now he is on the run and as his memory starts to return, goes back to the opera house to perform his old standby (composed by Oscar Levant no less) to uncover a murderer, with the help of Warner Oland as Chan and Keye Luke as his number one son. ![]() The following is offered as part of the Tuesday’s Overlooked Film meme hosted by Todd Mason over at his Sweet Freedom blog and you should head over there to see the many other fascinating titles that have been selected.īoris Karloff plays Gravelle, a once famed opera star who has been locked up in an insane asylum suffering from amnesia for the past thirteen years. So, in strict chronological order, we begin with … I’m not sure they are necessarily the best, but they are some of the most distinctive that I’ve seen over the last 40 years or so. Here is a guide to my top 20 favourite movies dealing with the theme of amnesia, real or feigned, medically sound or pure Hollywood moonshine. While most of the movies include a protagonist with amnesia, a few have main characters who are dealing with a loved one suffering from dementia.This list features the best memory loss movies of all time, ranging from heartbreaking romances, like The Notebook, to hilarious gut-busters, like The Hangover.Whether it’s the intrigue of Jason Bourne adventures or the farcical escapades of the Hangover films, memory loss remains a popular narrative device in fiction in general and at the cinema in particular. Even Disney's animated films Finding Nemo and Finding Dory deal with characters suffering from short term memory loss. A few of the films feature abstract depictions of amnesia, such as Memento and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. What are the best memory loss movies ever made? The films here - all movies about memory loss - range from romantic comedies, like 50 First Dates and Overboard, to haunting thrillers, like Shutter Island and The Manchurian Candidate. In some cases they even had their memories stolen by malevolent forces. The characters of these films either had memory stealing car accidents or deal with dementia. Many of these films feature characters trying to find themselves, fix the unfixable people in their lives, or trying to relive moments that are gone forever. Films about memory loss are very popular and often critically acclaimed because, although most movie viewers don’t experience loss of memory, the themes are universal. List of the best memory loss movies, as ranked by film fans and movie critics. ![]()
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