“The Master of Suspense” Sir Alfred Hitchcock is by far one of the greatest, most well-known filmmakers in history. One of the latter movies in his long filmography was 1951’s
Strangers on a Train. The psychological thriller is centered around two men who meet on a train, and that union eventually leads into a twisted web of murder and deceit.
The Ultimate Fighter reality show can be likened to Hitchcock’s classic thriller. Fighters, who for the most part are strangers, meet in a house and start scheming to not only beat the opposing team’s members, but to eventually beat one another. There is drama. It’s definitely psychological, too. However, it’s really about tactical planning and training, as opposed to schemes.