American Psycho (2000)

This is the movie that made Christian Bale a household name in the US. He had starred in plenty of movies before this, but didn't become the big star he deserved to be until this horror thriller about a yuppie that indulges in the lifestyle and decides to become a serial killer. Bale was absolutely classic as Patrick Bateman, a eccentric over obsessed about his looks type of guy who is just flat out weird. He has a master plan in mind during the movie that he'd kill people under somebody else's name that he in fact kills. The whole movie you notice Bateman struggling with the fact that he kills people and nobody takes him seriously when he admits to it. It's almost like he wants to get caught, but everyone thinks he's joking. The ending will confuse you or maybe not but it did confuse me. The movie also stars Resse Witherspoon (Fear) as Bateman's girlfriend, Chloe Sevigny (Boys Don't Cry) as Bateman's secretary, Josh Lucas (Wonderland) as Bateman's Colleague Craig, Samantha Mathis (Pump Up The Volume) as Courtney, Jared Leto (Urban Legend) as Paul Allen, and William Dafoe (Spiderman) as Detective Donald Kimball. Like I said, the movie is a classic and very twisted. Bale is great when he drones on about his favorite 80's musicians before killing his victims. The grade for this movie is A- just for Christian Bale's brilliance and the story itself.