Dirty, Filthy Love (2004)

Dirty Filthy Love follows the once ambitious Mark (Michael Sheen) as he faces losing his wife, his job, and ultimately his mental health. We are introduced to Mark as he's lying in bed unable to move, from his room, also his sanctuary from the uncontrollable world around him. He stares at the hand ticking on the alarm clock, and fixates on his foot hitting the floor as he gets off the bed. He is trapped and haunted by his fear, a slave to his compulsions. . . . . Dirty Filthy Love focuses on Mark's increasing difficulties. His inertia is a byproduct of his growing alienation from the normalcy of his former existence. Diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, coupled with increasing Tourette's Syndrome symptoms, Mark tries desperately to repress his condition, all the while becoming more of a social outcast.

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The Number 23

Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is leading a seemingly normal life with a seemingly normal wife, Agatha (Virginia Madsen), and a seemingly normal son, Robin (Logan Lerman). (It's necessary to throw in a "seemingly" here and there because of the nature of the production.) Everything changes the day his wife purchases a copy of a book entitled The Number 23 at a used bookstore. The book is about the obsession of the main character, a detective named Fingerling, with the number 23 in its various permutations. Walter becomes obsessed with the book. He senses an eerie connection between himself and Fingerling and, like the protagonist, he believes there's something important about how often 23 appears in his life. A psychologist friend (Danny Huston) suggests that he sees 23 everywhere because he's looking for 23 everywhere, but Walter ignores this sensible advice and begins to imagine conspiracies and murders.

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