18) Nightcrawler (2014) - Dan Gilroy

Gritty and chilling, with a dash of ambition on the part of its morbid hero, Dan Gilroy's Nightcrawler puts Jake Gyllenhaal in the leading role to play one of the creepiest freelance videographers with this kind of sensational footage caught on his camera just to sell at news stations. The result is quite tense, with most of his actions being immoral. The film's exploration of the exploitation of media and Gyllenhaal's haunting performance earned Nightcrawler an accolade as one of the most memorable directorial debuts of the 2010s.
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