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Who am I? Movie Amnesia

The incidence of amnesia amongst movie characters is far greater than that of the 'real-life' population, but then that goes for murders and crazy scrapes too. If movies are about telling stories - and let’s hope they are - then getting amnesia is a pretty darn good story. Film Amnesia represents a loss of self; complete collapse of the ego. The character is a naive and vulnerable newborn, learning right from wrong all over again, either for comic ('Finding Nemo') or tragic ('Memento') effect. Consequently some of cinema's most interesting, funny, intriguing, exciting and enchanting stories have started with the proverbial bump on the head. 'Memento', 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind', 'A Very Long Engagement' and the brutal, 'The Machinist' spring to recent mind; but what about, 'Paris, Texas', 'Angel Heart', Hitchcock's 'Spellbound', 'The English Patient', 'Robocop' even the 1987 Kurt and Goldie comedy classic, 'Overboard'. Scroll down and check out some of these unforgettable titles… Pictured: Ronald Colman tries hard to remember Greer Garson in 'Random Harvest'

The Manchurian Candidate (Blu-ray) (1962)

7.9/10
Director: John Frankenheimer
Starring: Angela Lansbury, Frank Sinatra, Henry Silva, Janet Leigh, Laurence Harvey

One of the finest political thrillers ever made. John Frankenheimer's blend of Cold War paranoia and sly satire stars Laurence Harvey as a former Kore... Read more

The Return of the Soldier (1981)

6.9/10
Director: Alan Bridges
Starring: Alan Bates, Julie Christie, Glenda Jackson, Ann-Margret , Ian Holm, Frank Finlay...

A riveting psychological drama about a soldier who experiences shell shock and amnesia during W.W. I and returns to his country estate without the mem... Read more

The Ultimate Bourne Collection (2007)

Director: Doug Liman, Paul Greengrass
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuo...

Matt Damon is Jason Bourne, an elite government agent determined to outwit and outmaneuver anyone who stands in the way of his finding out the secrets... Read more

Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002)

6.4/10
Director: Michael Petroni
Starring: Guy Pearce, Helena Bonham Carter

Spectacularly photographed in Australia and hauntingly atmospheric in theme, "Till Human Voices Wake Us" teams Guy Pearce and Helena Bonham Carter in... Read more

Tomie (1999)

5.3/10
Director: Ataru Oikawa
Starring: Miho Kanno, Yoriko Douguchi, Tomoroh Taguchi, Mami Nakamura

After a past trauma a young girl is trying to recover her memories with the aid of a psychiatrist and the name 'Tomie' keeps cropping up. Meanwhile a... Read more

Total Recall (1990)

7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Douglas Quaid (Arnold Schwarzenegger) is a bored construction worker in the year 2084 who dreams of visiting the colonized Mars. He visits "Rekall," a... Read more

Total Recall ( Blu-ray ) (1990)

7.5/10
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox

Arnold Schwarzenegger goes to the Martian mining colonies to find out why someone wiped out his memory. The state of the art special effects may look... Read more

Una Pura Formalita ( A Pure Formality ) (1996)

7.8/10
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Starring: Gerard Depardieu, Roman Polanski, Sergio Rubini

Gerard Depardieu plays a man accused of a murder he doesn't remember committing. He and Roman Polanski play a deadly game of deceptions, distortions a... Read more

Unknown (2006)

6.5/10
Director: Simon Brand
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Greg Kinnear, Bridget Moynahan, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Pepper, Jere...

In an abandoned warehouse five men wake up with absolutely no memory of how they got there. Two of them are bound, the others have various injuries a... Read more

Unknown White Male (2005)

6.6/10
Director: Rupert Murray
Starring: Doug Bruce

In July 2003, ex-pat Brit Douglas Bruce, woke up on a subway train in New York headed for Coney Island. He had no idea who he was, how he got there o... Read more