How good is your film memory?

Sherlock has his memory palace. But there are lots of films about the way memory works. Match the plot summary to the film.

1. An unhappy couple seeks therapy by erasing each other from their memories: mental divorce.
2. A man with short-term memory loss tattoos clues on his body and hunts down a killer.
3. The girl of his dreams turns out to have short-term memory issues: so he gets to know her again and again.
4. Amnesiac agent, fishing boat, lots of bad guys.
5. The world keeps getting erased. But who are those mysterious figures, and where, exactly, are the citizens of this Kafkaesque metropolis?
6. Running into aliens can be pretty traumatic: just look into the light, please.
7. A retired jewel thief and his plastic pal who's fun to be with get into a lot of trouble. Thank goodness the librarian's watching.
8. Ski tracks on a tablecloth are the key in this Hitchcock memory thriller.
9. References to film number 8 abound in this mad tale of a loony astronaut in a spooky castle where the dogs perform Shakespeare.
10. After a car wreck and plastic surgery, a man begins to suspect that he may not be who he thinks he is.

Choices:

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
• The Ninth Configuration
• Shattered
• Dark City
• The Bourne Identity
• Spellbound
• Robot – Frank
• Men in Black
• 50 First Dates
• Memento

Can't quite remember the plot? Click the picture for answers.

Dmitri Gheorgheni

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