2000 thriller in which Guy Pearce played an amnesiac (7)
I believe the answer is:
memento
(Other definitions for memento that I've seen before include "might be kept for sentimental reasons" , "A reminder of death - . . . . . . . mori" , "Souvenir, reminder of past events" , "Souvenir or token" , "Reminder that death is inevitable" .)