Seven

A retiring detective is spending his last week on the job working with the young cop who is going to replace him. In the thick of a New York winter they find themselves in a chase after a sadistic serial killer. David Fincher sets his stylish film in the depths of a New York winter — a choice that heightens the viewer’s sense of unease — offers clues to the mystery through the writings of Dante and Chaucer, and creates one of the most effective thrillers to hit the screen in the mid-1990s.