Gerald's Game

When her husband's sex game goes wrong, Jessie (who is handcuffed to a bed in a remote lake house) faces warped visions, dark secrets and a dire choice.

Mike Flanagan's adaptation of Stephen King's notoriously unfilmable novel landed as a genuine surprise, with critics crediting Carla Gugino's physically and emotionally demanding central performance as the chief reason it works. The film earns strong marks from critics, though audience response has been noticeably cooler, suggesting the claustrophobic, psychologically intense material plays better with genre enthusiasts than general viewers.