Gothika is a 2003 American psychological horror film directed by Mathieu Kassovitz and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. It stars Halle Berry, Robert Downey Jr., Penélope Cruz, Charles S. Dutton, John Carroll Lynch, and Bernard Hill. The film follows a psychiatrist (Berry) who finds herself incarcerated in the penitentiary in which she works, accused of brutally murdering her husband (Dutton). It was produced by Joel Silver, Robert Zemeckis, and Susan Levin, with Don Carmody, Steve Richards, and Gary Ungar serving as executive producers.