Se7en and Rear Window are both great Thriller movies to discuss on. They have many similarities to one another and that's how it makes the film really good.
Firstly, the writers for both Se7en and Rear Window built their antagonists very well and used the micro elements in addition to the antagonists to build tension, suspense and enigma to the audience such as the killings in Se7en and how the killer in Rear Window constantly goes in and out of his apartment.
Second, the main protagonists are all weaklings. They have to think their way through and make tough choices in order to be strong even though sometimes they are the wrong choices like when Mills decides to kill John Doe in the end of Se7en and Jeff making quick decisions in order to save Lisa's life. Also, our protagonists have other weaknesses and flaws such as Mills who needs to control his temper and Jeff who has a cast on his leg.
Both films are Crime Thriller sub genres and they build tension very well due to the crimes the antagonists have committed. What makes these two films unique is that the movie is based in a world full of crime. However, the people in "it" do not seem to care about what is going on in their world. For example; the people in the world of Se7en don't care if a crime is committed near them (the scene when Somerset and Mills were talking as a corpse was being gurneyed out of the apartment), no one walking around them seemed to care or stop to look in shock. Similar to the people who are isolated in the apartment buildings. They have their own private worlds and doesn't care about whose dog died or what's going on below them. When it is obvious that there is crime, people do not take action. That is how the movies are great Thriller movies to discuss on.
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