Shutter Island (2010)
Shutter Island is a 2010 drama movie directed by Martin Scorsese, with a running time of 2h 18m. It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo and Ben Kingsley.
Nothing on this island is quite what it seems. Martin Scorsese's neo-noir psychological thriller, adapted from Dennis Lehane's novel, drops U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck onto a storm-lashed rock in Boston Harbor, home to a hospital for the criminally insane. A patient has vanished from a locked ward, and the deeper Teddy digs, the more the staff, his own migraines, and his memories of the war close in. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the haunted investigator, with Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Max von Sydow circling him in a mood of gathering dread and gothic paranoia.
Quick answers
What is Shutter Island about?
Nothing on this island is quite what it seems. Martin Scorsese's neo-noir psychological thriller, adapted from Dennis Lehane's novel, drops U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels and his partner Chuck onto a storm-lashed rock in Boston Harbor, home to a hospital for the criminally insane. A patient has vanished from a locked ward, and the deeper Teddy digs, the more the staff, his own migraines, and his memories of the war close in. Leonardo DiCaprio plays the haunted investigator, with Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley, and Max von Sydow circling him in a mood of gathering dread and gothic paranoia.
When was Shutter Island released?
Shutter Island was released on 14 February 2010.
How long is Shutter Island?
Shutter Island runs 2h 18m.
Who made Shutter Island?
Shutter Island was directed by Martin Scorsese.
Where can I watch Shutter Island?
Shutter Island is available on MGM+, YouTube TV, Kanopy, Amazon, AppleTV and Fandango at Home.
Where to watch Shutter Island
Stream: MGM+, YouTube TV
Watch free: Kanopy
Rent: Amazon, AppleTV, Fandango at Home, FlixFling, Spectrum On Demand
Buy: Fandango at Home
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Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Teddy Daniels
- Mark Ruffalo as Chuck Aule
- Ben Kingsley as Dr. Cawley
- Max von Sydow as Dr. Naehring
- Michelle Williams as Dolores
- Emily Mortimer as Rachel 1
- Patricia Clarkson as Rachel 2
- Jackie Earle Haley as George Noyce
- Ted Levine as Warden
- John Carroll Lynch as Deputy Warden McPherson
- Elias Koteas as Laeddis
- Robin Bartlett as Bridget Kearns
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A few thoughts on Shutter Island
For the same creeping sense that reality can't be trusted, the game Inside builds wordless dread in a world that keeps turning wrong. Life Is Strange threads mystery through fractured memory and consequence. In print, Agatha Christie's Crooked House delivers a claustrophobic investigation with a gut-punch of a solution, the kind of twist Lehane fans savor.
Psychological thrillers that pull the rug out
Shutter Island keeps pulling the floor out from under U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels until neither he nor you can trust what is real. These psychological thrillers run the same trick, warping memory, perception, and sanity so that every certainty turns slippery and the ground keeps moving.
Detectives circling a killer in the shadows
Shutter Island wears the coat of a hard-boiled investigation, a lone marshal circling a vanished patient. These neo-noir mysteries share that shadowed mood, following detectives through corruption and dread toward killers who stay one step ahead in the dark.
Games where your own mind is unreliable
Shutter Island builds its terror on a mind that cannot be trusted, and these games put that feeling in your hands. Each toys with perception and reality, letting the story lie to you, so figuring out what is actually happening becomes the real challenge.
Isolated islands and asylums where reality frays
Shutter Island strands its hero on a storm-lashed rock where the walls seem to close in. These mysteries across page, screen, and manga share that claustrophobia, sealing characters inside asylums, abbeys, and locked houses where isolation frays the mind and the truth arrives late.