Release date: 12 March 2010

Running time: 138 mins

Director: Martin Scorsese

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Michelle Williams, Ben Kingsley, Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley, Max von Sydow

In 1954, US marshals Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo) are ordered to investigate the disappearance of a patient from a mental hospital on Shutter Island, a remote outcrop some 11 miles off the coast of Boston. The missing patient is Rachel Solando (Emily Mortimer), a murderess who seems to have defied the high security in the hospital and vanished into thin air. As Teddy begins his investigation, he starts to unearth some sinister goings on but it becomes clear that nobody, including the hospital's enigmatic chief (Ben Kingsley), is willing to talk. When a hurricane hits Shutter Island, more inmates manage to escape and Teddy becomes trapped. Now plagued by terrifying visions and doubting everything, including his partner, Teddy begins to question his sanity and fears he'll never make it off the island alive.

Screenplay: Laeta Kalogridis

Distributor: Paramount

You should see it because: Master filmmaker Martin Scorsese unleashes a taut, gripping, nail-biting thriller.

See it if you liked: Gothika (2003), Mystic River (2003), The Island (2005)