This low-budget satire detective film from an amateur director managed to get a lot of awards, including an Oscar for “Best Script” as well as nominations for “Best Actor” and “Best Director.” Initially, nobody believed in the idea since the story was a mix of different genres: a dark comedy melded with both a thriller and a horror theme. It also touched on inequality issues which is usually categorized as a social drama.

It’s hard to characterize such a film and it wasn’t entirely clear what the target audience would be. For example, action film fans would think that this movie was too long since there was only 1 twist during the entire runtime and it occurred right before the ending. But viewers and the critics not only embraced the mix of genres but they also thought it was a real masterpiece in the thriller category.