4. Looper

Rian Johnson had his first big mainstream hit with this time-travelling sci-fi which features a rare emotional performance from action star Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as his Bruce’s younger self.

5. Safety Not Guaranteed

Safety Not Guaranteed was the big screen debut from American director Colin Trevorrow & writer Derek Connoly (Jurassic World) and stars Aubrey Plaza, Mark Duplass & Jake Johnson. Producers Peter Saraf and Mark Turtletaub were also involved with 2006 indie hit ‘Little Miss Sunshine‘.

Part comedy, part thriller (with a little bit of sci-fi thrown in for good measure) the screenplay is incredibly warm, compelling and well paced. This is a great example of a ‘high on content – low on frills’ independent film; shot for around $750,000 and is executed brilliantly.  Duplass’s performance is incredibly believable; managing to capture the instability of Kenneth while at the same time not exaggerating it and this is well matched by the confident, sassy yet naive character created by Aubrey Plaza as Darius.

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