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The Lodger (2009)

The Lodger poster
Directed by
David Ondaatje
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
R
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 145 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a series of murders in London. He becomes suspicious of a mysterious lodger staying in his home.

tensedarksuspensefulmysteriousbroodingatmosphericuneasygritty

What happens

The Lodger is a 2009 mystery/thriller film directed by David Ondaatje and starring Alfred Molina, Hope Davis and Simon Baker. It is based on the 1913 novel The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes, filmed previously by Alfred Hitchcock in 1927, by Maurice Elvey in 1932, by John Brahm in 1944, and as Man in the Attic (1953) directed by Hugo Fregonese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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