Top Results for Amnesia

Larry Squire is an American neuroscientist whose research examines the organization of memory and the neurological effects of amnesia. Studies conducted with memory impaired patients helped distinguish declarative memory for facts and events from nondeclarative forms of learning, including skills an...

The Bourne Identity is a 2002 spy thriller directed by Doug Liman and based on Robert Ludlum's novel. Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne, an amnesiac man rescued from the Mediterranean who discovers that he possesses advanced combat, surveillance, and language skills. As he searches for his identity, he...

Kyle XY centers on a teenage boy found amnesiac in Washington state, taken in by a family and given the name Kyle. The show explores his efforts to uncover his past and the circumstances surrounding his arrival with no memory or identifiable features. Filmed in Vancouver, BC, it follows his journey...

Before I Go to Sleep is the debut novel by British author S.J. Watson, published in 2011. The story follows Christine Lucas, a woman who suffers from profound amnesia that erases her memories each time she sleeps, leaving her to reconstruct her life daily with the help of a journal and her doctor. T...

Before I Go to Sleep is a 2011 psychological thriller by S. J. Watson, the pen name of British author Steve Watson. It follows Christine Lucas, a woman who loses the memories formed during each day and wakes without a reliable account of her past, including the circumstances of her injury. Christine...

Oxygen is a 2021 French-language psychological thriller film written by Christie LeBlanc and directed by Alexandre Aja. The narrative centers on a woman, played by Mélanie Laurent, who awakens inside a claustrophobic cryogenic pod with no memory of her identity or how she got there. As the pod's oxy...

Dead to the World is a novel by Charlaine Harris published in 2004 as the fourth book in her Southern Vampire Mysteries series. The series, also known as the Sookie Stackhouse novels, inspired the HBO television adaptation True Blood. The books follow Sookie Stackhouse, a telepathic waitress in rura...

"Somewhere in the Night" is a 1946 American film noir directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz. The film centers on a World War II veteran who returns home suffering from amnesia and attempts to clear his name after becoming embroiled in a murder mystery. It is a classic example of post-war noir, utilizing...

Until You is a 1994 historical romance novel by Judith McNaught, set largely in Regency-era England and connected to her Westmoreland series. The story follows American heiress Sheridan Bromleigh, who experiences memory loss after arriving in England, and Stephen Westmoreland, Earl of Langford. Thei...

High Wall is a 1947 American psychological film noir directed by Curtis Bernhardt and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The plot follows a World War II veteran, played by Robert Taylor, who suffers from traumatic brain injury-induced amnesia and is accused of murdering his wife. During his institutio...

Persons Unknown is a psychological thriller centering on a group of individuals who find themselves trapped within a remote, deserted town. These strangers share amnesia and an uncertain situation, leading to investigative efforts as they attempt to understand their confinement and individual histor...

The Good Girl is a psychological thriller by American author Mary Kubica, first published in 2014. The novel centers on the disappearance and kidnapping of Mia Dennett and is told through multiple perspectives, including the detective assigned to the case, Mia's mother, and her abductor. Its structu...

50 First Dates (2004) is an American romantic comedy directed by Peter Segal, starring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, in which a man must repeatedly court a woman who loses all short-term memory each night.

The Man Called Noon is a 1970 Western novel by Louis L'Amour. Its protagonist survives a fall that erases his memory and is left with the name he has been given, a skill with a gun, and clues linking his past to buried gold. As people who know more about his identity try to kill or manipulate him, h...

Before I Go to Sleep is a 2014 mystery psychological thriller centered around a woman who wakes each day with amnesia. The film follows her investigation into her past life alongside two men, exploring themes of memory and identity. It was produced as an international co-production involving the UK,...

The Vow is a 2012 American romantic drama directed by Michael Sucsy and starring Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum. It follows a married couple whose relationship is disrupted when the wife loses her autobiographical memory after a traffic accident and no longer recognizes her husband. The film is l...

Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare is a 1991 American slasher film, the sixth installment in the A Nightmare on Elm Street series. It depicts Freddy Krueger manipulating a teenager experiencing amnesia to flee Springwood and pursue new targets. This marked New Line Cinema's initial venture into thre...

Before I Go to Sleep is a 2014 British psychological thriller directed by Rowan Joffé and based on the novel by S. J. Watson. Nicole Kidman plays Christine Lucas, a woman who loses her memory each night and wakes without reliable knowledge of her identity or circumstances. With help from a journal a...

Overboard is a 2018 American romantic comedy and a gender-reversed remake of the 1987 film of the same name. Eugenio Derbez plays Leonardo, a wealthy Mexican heir who develops amnesia after falling from his yacht, while Anna Faris plays Kate, a working single mother who persuades him that he is her...