David Fincheris among a handful of filmmakers whose every new project is met with widespread excitement and intrigue.

His association with a project now carries an implicit expectation of high quality.

During his Hollywood career, Fincher has directed 12 feature films, often involving serial killers and psychopaths.

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Fincher’s innovative filmmaking techniques help to put the audience in the shoes of Jodie Foster’s Meg Altman.

The character’s claustrophobia, helplessness and fear of the burglars are all efficiently communicated.

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Meg Altman (Jodie Foster) holds her daughter (Kristen Stewart) as they look fearfully at something off screen in ‘Panic Room’.

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LikeCitizen Kane, Mankexamines the media and wealthy figures' role in society, art and politics.

Daniel Craigand Rooney Mara make a great, albeit unexpected, detective pairing unraveling a decades-old mystery.

Rosamund PikeandBen Afflecklead the cast as a married couple, Nick and Amy Dunne.

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For her chilling, calculating and precise performance, Rosamund Pike received her first Academy Award nomination.

Michael Fassbender as The Killer sitting on the floor looking ahead in ‘The Killer’.

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Daisy (Cate Blanchett) looking at Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) in ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’.

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Gary Oldman as Herman J. Manckiewicz and Amanda Seyfried as Marion Davies sharing a cigarette on a film set in ‘Mank’.

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Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig sit at a table with coffee in ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’.

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An angry Tyler Durden smoking a cigarette in Fight Club.

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Rosamund Pike as Amy Dunne and Ben Affleck as Nick Dunne stand beside each other in ‘Gone Girl’.

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Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr.) and Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) looking intently ahead in an office in David Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’ (2007).

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Brad Pitt as Mills, Kevin Spacey as John Doe, and Morgan Freeman as Somerset walking in a field in ‘Se7en’.

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Sean Parker and Mark Zuckerberg sitting in a lobby in The Social Network

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