An exemple of a Psychological Thriller - Momento

The main character in Momento (Guy Pearce) is a schizophreniac, and this makes his character very isolated from other characters because he feels someone is trying to kill him, so he doesn't know who to trust. Therefore he pushes everyone away, and isolates himself which is a convention of most thriller films.

The flashbacks throughout the film are also a common convention of thriller films, the time changes give the audience an idea of the confusion felt by the character because it is difficult to know what time is the present, this could represent the main character's memory loss and confusion.

Characters often play on the minds of other characters in thrillers however in this film, the main character appears to play on his own mind, he write himself notes and has given himself tattoos to try and remind himself of different things in everyday life. However this seems to confuse him more.