Recommend dark thrillers about unearthing a horrifying secret.

I know it sounds vague but I'm looking for something along the lines of The Korean film The Chaser (a pimp finding out about a serial killer when one of his girls goes missing), Spotlight (a group of journalists exposing a massive scandal of rampant child molestation within the Catholic Church), Zodiac (a cartoonist tracking down the Zodiac killer) etc.

It can be from any time period and from any corner of the world.

 

First one I thought of was The Vanishing, a film I worked on back in 1993. The reveal of the secret was very unsettling and disturbing.

 

You worked on the US remake? Or the Dutch original? I remember them shooting some of that literally around the corner from my apartment building in Seattle. Came home to notices on our doors one day and briefly watched a scene being shot (though I saw the movie and suspect the scene in my neighborhood was cut).

 

I've seen the original Dutch version but not the American remake. Loved the original.

 

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown."

 

Love that film, brilliant soundtrack too by Jerry Goldsmith.

 

The Dutch original of "The Vanishing" was the first thing that came to mind.

 

The Crying Game

 

Tootsie

 

8mm

The film has some polarized opinions - I'm of the opinion that it's more good than not.

Also, maybe Soylent Green falls into this.

 

They left this post, but deleted mine without explanation?

 

The Parallax View.

 

The BBC's Line Of Duty, series 1. Five episodes. Originally broadcast 2012, now available on DVD. Makes Breaking Bad look like Everybody Loves Raymond.

 

The Dark Secret Of Harvest Home
The Wicker Man (1973)

 

Arlington Road - one of the best endings, ever.
No Way Out - pretty sure it fits the category, but can’t say I remember it very well.

Top of the list would be Don’t Look Now, one of the greatest movies I’ve ever seen and sadly forgotten.

 

American version with Keifer Sutherland. Never saw the Dutch verision, but they told me they had made a "more positive" ending for the remake, but I know it was not very successful. Still very bleak & depressing, and it was an interesting secret at the end.

 

The Arrival - Charlie Sheen discovers what global warming is really all about.

 

MYSTIC RIVER . . .

 

I'd recommend another Korean thriller, from 2016 - The Truth Beneath, about a politician's wife who turns private detective to find out what happened to their missing daughter.

 

Have you seen Loft, the belgian original? It's fantastic, brilliant actors were at work plus the plot is much better treated than in any of the remakes. Festen (a.k.a. The Celebration) by Thomas Vinterberg is a very dark, but also darkly hilarious movie about a family father whose abusive behaviour gets uncovered by one of his sons on his 60th birthday celebration with friends and family witnessing the afwul secrets of the family. A brilliant movie you should definitely check out!

 

Yes!

 

I think these would fit (worth watching at least):

Oldboy (original, 2003)
The Secret in their Eyes (original, 2009)
The Skin I Live In (2011)

 

If you're up for subtitles, or if you know French, I absolutely recommend "Incendies." It's from Québec, and really shook me when I first watched it.

 

The Invitation. Great movie. Slow pace but keep watching...

The Invitation (2015) - IMDb

 

I've seen Incendies, really liked it.