‘Insomnia’ (2002)

For any other director, "Insomnia" might be considered a career-defining work. But for Christopher Nolan, it’s just a good, solid thriller with great lead performances that tends to get drowned out by the likes of "The Dark Knight" and "Inception." A remake of the Norwegian film of the same name, the movie centers on a sleep-deprived — and guilty conscience-ridden — detective struggling to hunt down a killer in an Alaskan town where the sun doesn’t set.