Best British Thriller Movies – page 5

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Red Riding: The Year of Our Lord 1974 (2009)
Genre: Crime, Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: It's Yorkshire in 1974, and fear, mistrust and institutionalised police corruption are running riot. Rookie journalist Eddie Dunford is determined to search for the truth in an increasingly complex maze of lies and deceit surrounding the police ...
Style: neo noir, bleak, suspenseful, detective, suspense ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, murder mystery, investigation, journalism, police brutality, conspiracy, strangulation, brutality, justice, violence, journalist ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, year 2009, year 1974
Place: yorkshire, england, britain, northern england, europe
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 5.0
 70K
Halloween Ends (2022)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Four years after the traumatic events of Halloween in 2018, the nightmare ends as Laurie Strode comes face to face with Michael Myers, once and for all.
Style: slasher, scary, slasher horror, bloody, sinister ...
Plot: halloween, killing spree, serial killer, homicidal maniac, babysitter, radio station, junkyard, radio dj, holiday horror, death of son, grandmother granddaughter relationship, masked killer ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, year 2019, 21st century
Place: illinois
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 6.4
 69K
The Awakening (2011)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story: 1921 England is overwhelmed by the loss and grief of World War I. Hoax exposer Florence Cathcart (Hall) visits a boarding school to explain sightings of a child ghost.
Style: scary, gothic, suspenseful, twist ending, atmospheric ...
Plot: ghost, supernatural, haunted house, fear, boarding school, afterlife, supernatural horror, haunted by the past, ghost child, supernatural power, twists and turns, investigation ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century, year 2000, post world war one
Place: england, europe, britain
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American Gangster (2007)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 157 min.
Story: Following the death of his employer and mentor, Bumpy Johnson, Frank Lucas establishes himself as the number one importer of heroin in the Harlem district of Manhattan. He does so by buying heroin directly from the source in South East Asia and he ...
Style: serious, tense, realistic, suspense, harsh ...
Audience: manly, boys' night, adult
Plot: organized crime, mafia, gangster, mob boss, heroin, drug lord, mobster, police, violence, crime boss, drug traffic, gang ...
Time: 60s, 70s, year 2007, 20th century, year 1970 ...
Place: new york, new jersey, vietnam, china, cuba ...
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story: The story of a super-secret spy organization that recruits an unrefined but promising street kid into the agency's ultra-competitive training program just as a global threat emerges from a twisted tech genius.
Style: exciting, entertaining, clever, stylized, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, boys' night ...
Plot: secret agent, spy, espionage, secret service, secret organization, undercover, mentor, british, tough guy, chase, undercover agent, murder ...
Time: 2010s, year 2014, year 1997, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, kentucky, united kingdom ...
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Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, China
Duration: 131 min.
Story: Ethan and team take on their most impossible mission yet, eradicating the Syndicate - an International rogue organization as highly skilled as they are, committed to destroying the IMF.
Style: breathtaking, suspense, suspenseful, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: spy, mission, espionage, conspiracy, tough guy, female agent, rogue agent, cia agent, tough girl, secret service, terrorist plot, cia ...
Time: year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place: london, austria, vienna, europe, morocco ...
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Follow the Crows (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Long after the end of the world people wander the fields and woods that once housed the cities of Britain, in search of food, warmth and anything that may help them survive. One of these survivors is The Man (Max Curtis), haunted by the terrible ...
Style: psychological thriller, independent film
Plot: post-apocalyptic future, dystopia, post apocalypse, death, revenge, blood, love, violence, kidnapping, post apocalyptic, murder, fight
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Damascus Cover (2017)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A spy navigates the precarious terrain of love and survival during an undercover mission in Syria.
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: spy, mission, arab israeli conflict, adaptation, danger, lone hero, justice, murder, life is a bitch, sex, gunfight, female nudity ...
Time: year 1989
Place: syria, middle east, west germany, israel, united kingdom
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 6.0
 12K
The Caller (2011)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Troubled divorcee Mary Kee is tormented by a series of sinister phone calls from a mysterious woman. When the stranger reveals she's calling from the past, Mary tries to break off contact. But the caller doesn't like being ignored, and ...
Style: scary, psychological, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: supernatural, vengeance, haunted by the past, time travel, female stalker, sex scene, phone terror, unsettling, domestic violence, house, fear, cell phone ...
Time: year 2000, 21st century
Place: usa
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 4.8
 647
Twenty8K (2012)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: A teenage boy is gunned down outside a nightclub and a young girl dies in a hit and run in two seemingly unrelated deaths. Deeva Jani, returns home to clear her brother Vipon of the shooting and soon discovers a much deeper conspiracy.
Style: thrilling, tense, captivating, suspenseful, multicultural
Plot: conspiracy, investigation, family problems, assassination plot, murderer, uncover truth, crime solving, killings, murder, secret, shooter, murder investigation ...
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The Girl with All the Gifts (2016)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story: In the future, a strange fungus has changed nearly everyone into a thoughtless, flesh-eating monster. When a scientist and a teacher find a girl who seems to be immune to the fungus, they all begin a journey to save humanity.
Style: dark, suspense, scary, suspenseful, bleak ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: zombie, apocalypse, pandemic, post apocalypse, infection, zombie apocalypse, end of the world, military, zombie child, children, undead, virus ...
Time: future, year 2016
Place: london
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I'm Still Here (2013)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Suffering from a terminal illness, a young loner makes plans for the little time he has left while coping with the five stages of death: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.
Style: psychological, romantic, suspenseful, disturbing, serious
Plot: childhood, terminal illness, dysfunctional family, grief, depression, fall in love, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, near death experience, acceptance, existentialism, adultery, sex ...
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 6.5
 112K
Octopussy (1983)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Fabergé egg. James Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Style: exciting, tense, stylized, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: james bond, cold war, secret agent, circus, 007, terrorism, race against time, espionage, agent, secret service, british secret service, kgb ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: india, east germany, east berlin, fictional island, asia ...
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Little Bone Lodge (2023)
Genre: Crime, Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: During a stormy night in the Scottish Highlands, two criminal brothers on the run seek refuge in a desolate farmhouse. But after taking the resident family captive, they find the house holds even darker secrets of its own.
Style: captivating, suspenseful, bleak, serious
Plot: criminal, matriarchy, stormy night, held captive, brother, fugitive, storm, family secret, mother, hostage situation, dark secret, runaway ...
Place: scottish highlands, scotland
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 5.9
 20K
The Vanishing (2018)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Three lighthouse keepers on an uninhabited island off the coast of Scotland discover something that isn't theirs to keep.
Style: suspenseful, enigmatic, captivating, suspense, crime thriller ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lighthouse, remote island, lighthouse keeper, treasure chest, disappearance, danger, disorder, investigation, loneliness, lost soul, heist, mental health ...
Time: 1900s, 19th century, year 1900
Place: scotland
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 5.6
 6K
Pressure (2015)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Four divers are stuck deep underwater in a vessel after a freak storm destroys their ship. Will they survive?
Style: suspense, rough, exciting, suspenseful, depressing ...
Plot: underwater, trapped, diver, survival, claustrophobia, self sacrifice, rescue, storm, scuba diving, friendship, diving, wilderness survival ...
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The Ipcress File (1965)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: This espionage thriller represents a landmark in spy movies introducing the sly, dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer. The story, centers on Palmer's investigation into British Intelligence security. He's soon enmeshed in a world of ...
Style: atmospheric, suspenseful, suspense, exciting, tense ...
Plot: espionage, cold war, conspiracy, spy, double agent, brainwashing, politics, undercover, investigation, british, political intrigue, secret agent ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: london, albania, england, europe, scotland yard
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 5.8
 140K
Rambo III (1988)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret mission to Afghanistan, Rambo declines but must reconsider when ...
Style: action packed, intense, homoerotic, realistic, serious ...
Audience: manly, family outing, boys' night
Plot: one man army, lone hero, rambo, heroes, desert, gunfight, revenge, violence, loner, war, cold war, military ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: middle east, afghanistan, pakistan, soviet union, thailand
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Snow in Paradise (2014)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Hard-hitting character study that's based on the real story of one man's journey to control his violence through religion. It takes us from the blood soaked East End of London to the world of the Islamic whirling dervishes.
Style: psychological, serious, tense, rough, realistic ...
Plot: redemption, starting over, life is a bitch, society, religions or cults, urban ghetto life, best friend, islam, remorse, violent content, urban ghetto, peace
Time: 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
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 7.7
 582K
Ex Machina (2014)
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Caleb, a 26 year old coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But when Caleb arrives at the remote location he finds ...
Style: psychological, futuristic, philosophical, twist ending, mind bending ...
Audience: girls' night, adult
Plot: artificial intelligence, robot, androids, existentialism, technology, cyberpunk, isolation, cyborgs, manipulation, androids and robots, female robot, psychology ...
Time: future, 2010s, year 2015, year 2014, year 2016 ...
Place: england
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The Limehouse Golem (2016)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story: A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times – the mythical Golem – must be responsible.
Style: gothic, disturbing, suspense, suspenseful, psychological ...
Plot: serial killer, investigation, murder, murder trial, confession, hanging, jealousy, protege, diary, detective inspector, death sentence, trial ...
Time: victorian era, 19th century, 1880s, 1870s
Place: scotland yard, london
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 5.2
 46K
Child's Play 3 (1991)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Eight years have passed since the events of the second film. Chucky has been resurrected once again and seeks revenge on Andy, his former owner, who is now a teenager enrolled in military school.
Style: slasher, scary, bloody, splatter, controversial ...
Audience: teens
Plot: serial killer, killer doll, evil doll, doll, gory, supernatural, afterlife, ghost, monster, toys, toy comes to life, murder ...
Time: 90s
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 5.9
 16K
Hardware (1990)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Mark 13 is a government-built killing machine programmed with artificial intelligence, able to repair and recharge itself from any energy source. Through a series of coincidences, the cyborg's head ends up in the home of a sculptress as a ...
Style: bleak, apocalyptic, cyber, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, cyborgs, apocalypse, killer robot, post apocalypse, dystopia, distopia, desert, androids, robot, post apocalyptic, robot as menace ...
Time: future, year 2016, 90s
Place: new york
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 5.5
 2K
Dead Shot (2023)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In the 1970s, a member of the IRA takes over an Active Service Unit in London after his wife is accidentally shot dead in Ireland. The unit's mission is to cause chaos and destruction, while his personal aim is to hunt down his wife’s killer ...
Style: tense, captivating, interesting
Plot: revenge, trouble, murderer, criminal's revenge, vengeance, ex soldier, murder, anglo irish relations, british army, british soldier, hunting
Time: 70s
Place: ireland, northern ireland, london
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 6.4
 132K
Greenland (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A detached married couple must get their son and themselves to safety after being randomly selected to enter an underground bunker, as a massive object from space threatens to destroy the world in less than 48 hours.
Style: suspense, exciting, scenic, psychotronic, psychological ...
Plot: natural disaster, apocalypse, end of the world, disaster, catastrophe, humanity in peril, husband wife relationship, kidnapping, diabetic, comet, panic, mass destruction ...
Time: 2020s, future, 21st century
Place: greenland, canada, kentucky, atlanta georgia, beirut lebanon ...
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U Want Me 2 Kill Him? (2013)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Based on the Vanity Fair article of the same title, a story about a young boy drawn into a web of lies through an online chatroom.
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, cyber ...
Plot: cyberspace, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teenage life, cheating girlfriend, youth, murder, social relations, mistaken identity, loner, lie, police investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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 3.8
 1K
Assassin (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Ruthless killer for hire breaks the rules of his profession and falls for a beautiful young woman. Discovering the notorious gangland brothers had hired him to kill her father, his world breaks down and he must turn against his criminal employers ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: love, murder, businessman, hitman, murderer, forbidden love, love interest, fall in love, gang war, male female relationship, criminal, star crossed lovers ...
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Vengeance Is Mine (2021)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 79 min.
Story: Harry is a broken man, struggling to come to terms with the murder of his wife and daughter 5 years previously. When he discovers the whereabouts of the killers he awakens from his grief and, like an avenging angel, resolves to never stop until they ...
Style: suspense, disturbing, psychological, captivating
Plot: revenge, murder, death of child, death of wife, suicidal thoughts, rage, loss of family, loss of child, death in the family, loss of daughter, loss of wife, murderer ...
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Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 104 min.
Story: During a handover to the head of counter-terrorism of MI5, Harry Pearce, a terrorist escapes custody. When Harry disappears soon after, his protégé is tasked with finding out what happened as an impending attack on London looms, and eventually ...
Style: realistic, exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: terrorism, terrorist, spy, corruption, disobeying orders, undercover, police, secret agent, uncover truth, danger, british intelligence, missing person ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, united kingdom, berlin germany ...
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 5.9
 7K
Caveat (2020)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A lone drifter suffering from partial memory loss accepts a job to look after a psychologically troubled woman in an abandoned house on an isolated island.
Style: suspense, scary, disturbing, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: island, schizophrenia, suicide, memory loss, captivity, basement, memory, secret, supernatural horror, evil spirit, woman in danger, runaway ...
Time: 2020s
Place: ireland
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