Best Canadian Thriller Movies
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Best Canadian Thriller Movies
TOP Movies: Sweet Virginia (2017), The King Tide (2023), Glass Houses (2020), Devil in the Dark (2017), Numb (2015), The Intruder (2019), Room (2015), The Blackcoat's Daughter (2015), The Boathouse (2021), Text to Kill (2015), Below Zero (2011), Chaos (2005), Knuckleball (2018), Star Trek Beyond (2016), The Unspoken (2015), Trench 11 (2017), Mean Dreams (2016), War (2007), Random Acts of Violence (2019), Incident in a Ghostland (2018).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A former rodeo champ befriends a young man with a propensity for violence.
Style:
neo noir, tense, captivating, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
small town, robbery, murder, death, rodeo cowboy, stranger, psychopath, breaking and entering, friendship, family business, bare chested male, vendetta ...
Place:
virginia
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After the mayor of an idyllic island village discovers a child with mysterious powers awash on their shores, the once peaceful community devolves into civil war, torn over the belief that the child is the next saviour.
Style:
tense, captivating, serious, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
village, countryside, small village, village life, rural area, rural setting, remote island, island, village people, child, supernatural power, political manipulation ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Teenage babysitter Carrie Dawson has a chip on her shoulder on the heels of a humiliating family scandal. When she finds out that neighborhood Queen Bee Madeline Cooper may be to blame, she is determined to exact revenge - even if it means ...
Style:
bleak, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, suspense
Plot:
secretly observing, teenage girl, teenage life, scandal, secret revealed, family relations, pursuit, public humiliation, brutality, secret, teenage crush, adolescence ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
When estranged brothers Adam and Clint attempt to reconnect over a week-long hunting trip in remote British Columbia, they find the tables turned by a mysterious presence lurking in the forest. Convinced that they are now besieged by a supernatural ...
Style:
demonic, dark, bleak, serious, scary ...
Plot:
hunting, brother brother relationship, wendigo, creature, forest, supernatural, sibling relationship, woods, danger, mysterious place, paranormal, travel ...
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3K
Genre: Action, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Husband and wife, Will and Dawn, are in financial crisis after learning the job Will was counting on to salvage their financial future has disappeared in the midst of a market collapse. They set out to drive home on the winter highway back to their ...
Style:
tense, psychological, suspense, captivating, cliffhanger ...
Plot:
wilderness, survival, stolen gold, treasure, treasure hunt, buried treasure, bank robber, ex convict, hitchhiking, winter, snow, gold ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller about a young married couple who buys a beautiful Napa Valley house on several acres of land only to find that the man they bought it from refuses to let go of the property.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, disturbing, suspenseful, tense ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
home invasion, maniac, woman in danger, intruder, psycho, mental disorder, young couple, threat, neighbor, black, intervention, stalking ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
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477K
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Canada, UK, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?
Style:
sentimental, heartbreaking, emotional, sad, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, adult
Plot:
kidnapping, isolation, kidnapped, captive, room, mother son relationship, child born of rape, female protagonist, child protagonist, rape, boy, childhood ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ireland, persia, canada
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
In the dead of winter, Kat and Rose, two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school. What they don't know is that Kat is being stalked by an evil entity, and their lives are about to change ...
Style:
demonic, scary, disturbing, psychological horror, creepy ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
possession, teenage girl, satanism, nun, murder, supernatural horror, demonic possession, supernatural, satan, mental disorder, evil child, flash forward ...
Place:
new york state
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When an emotionally-fragile young woman takes a job as nanny to two troubled children at a remote summer cottage, she falls in love with the children's father, while becoming enmeshed in the mystery of their estranged mother - with whom, it ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense
Plot:
musician, family secret, nanny, female protagonist, employer employee relationship, marital problem, student, husband wife relationship, relationship problems, star crossed lovers, male female relationship, family problems ...
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Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Teens band together to investigate the source of anonymous messages that threaten to expose their secrets.
Style:
captivating, suspense, disturbing, tense, smart
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, anonymous telephone call, stalker, secret, teenager, hidden truth, murder investigation, investigation, threatening telephone call, teenage life, undercover, high school ...
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When Jack (Edward Furlong) is in danger of missing a deadline, his manager orders him to take whatever measures are needed to complete his screenplay. Jack locks himself in a slaughterhouse freezer but discovers that his inner demons are keeping him ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, scary, slasher, suspense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, serial killer, writer's life, isolation, one last chance, twists and turns, danger, gory, figment, trapped, writers, survival ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
60K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Two cops, a rookie and a grizzled vet, pursue an accomplished bank robber.
Style:
exciting, surprise ending, realistic, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
robbery, police detective, bank robbery, police investigation, hostage, brutality, gangster, dirty cop, vengeance, conspiracy, corruption, buddy cop ...
Time:
year 2005
Place:
seattle, usa, san francisco
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Alone, and targeted on an isolated farm, 12 year old Henry finds himself at the center of a maelstrom of terror, and a dark family legacy, when his secretive grandfather dies suddenly in the night.
Style:
suspense, tense, disturbing, captivating, psychological
Plot:
farm, maniac, winter, trap, neighbor, struggle for survival, showdown, trapped, family secret, isolation, dark secret, snow ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
The USS Enterprise crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a mysterious new enemy who puts them and everything the Federation stands for to the test.
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, epic, saga, psychotronic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
space opera, alien, star trek, space travel, outer space, alien race, space battle, creature, alien planet, technology, fantasy world, wilhelm scream ...
Time:
future, year 2016, 23rd century, 2010s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1997 the close-knit Anderson family vanished from their home without a trace. No bodies were ever found and no explanation satisfied curiosity. For 17 years the house has remained undisturbed...until now. This eerily expert frightener is further ...
Style:
scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, dark ...
Plot:
haunted house, supernatural, ghost, death, murder, family in danger, sibling relationship, danger, exorcism, haunted by the past, evil force, riddles and clues ...
Time:
year 2004, year 1997, 21st century
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Genre: Horror, Thriller, War
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
In the final days of WWI a shell-shocked soldier must lead a mission deep beneath the trenches to stop a German plot that could turn the tide of the war.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, enigmatic, tense, psychotronic
Plot:
world war one, parasite, infection, zombie, bio weapon, soldier, disease, bunker, mad scientist, sole survivor, infected, creature ...
Time:
1910s, year 1918
Place:
france
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
When two youngsters meet and fall for each other, they must go on the run from the girl's corrupt father, who is also the sheriff of the town.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, tense, serious, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
young love, coming of age, sheriff, murder, police corruption, parent child relationship, dirty cop, illegal drugs, small town, runaway, teenage boy, teen romance ...
Is relevant?
101K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
FBI agent Jack Crawford is out for revenge when his partner is killed and all clues point to the mysterious assassin Rogue. But when Rogue turns up years later to take care of some unfinished business, he triggers a violent clash of rival gangs. ...
Style:
serious, rough, suspenseful, action packed, fast paced ...
Audience:
boys' night, girls' night
Plot:
revenge, vengeance, hitman, assassin, martial arts, fbi, mafia, betrayal, presumed dead, guilt, loss of friend, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A pair of comic book writers begin to notice scary similarities between the character they created and horrific real-life events.
Style:
christmas horror, slasher, spooky, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
masked killer, serial killer, serial murder, road trip, law enforcer, xmas, decapitation, fire, murder, corpse, assistant, violence ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Set in 19th Century Canada, Brigette and her sister Ginger take refuge in a Traders' Fort which later becomes under siege by some savage werewolves. And an enigmatic Indian hunter decides to help the girls, but one of the girls has been bitten ...
Style:
gothic, dark, scary, horrifying, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
werewolf, supernatural, female werewolf, transformation, mythical creature, wilderness, shapeshifter, sister sister relationship, dark heroine, eaten alive, sister, curses spells and rituals ...
Time:
1810s, 19th century, regency period, georgian era, 1800s
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, France
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters' lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things ...
Style:
suspense, psychological, tense, scary, suspenseful ...
Plot:
home invasion, sister sister relationship, nightmare, sisters, serial killer, female protagonist, doll, haunted, danger, paranoid schizophrenia, insanity, escape ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Elliot, a successful gynecologist, works at the same practice as his identical twin, Beverly. Elliot is attracted to many of his patients and has affairs with them. When he inevitably loses interest, he will give the woman over to Beverly, the ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, sexy, dark, disturbing ...
Plot:
insanity, body horror, drug addiction, obsession, identical twins, losing-it hero, twins, mistaken identity, brother brother relationship, love triangle, addiction, schizophrenia ...
Time:
20th century, year 1954, 1950s, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA, Canada, UK
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
The true story of how Patrizia Reggiani plotted to kill her husband Maurizio Gucci, the grandson of renowned fashion designer Guccio Gucci.
Style:
realistic, period piece, romantic, suspenseful, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
fashion, fashion designer, fashion industry, mistress, high society, murder, family feud, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, greed, job, femme fatale ...
Time:
90s, future, 80s, 2020s, year 1997 ...
Place:
italy, milan italy, new york, swiss alps, tuscany ...
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce. After a series of paintings by an unknown artist are discovered, a supernatural force enacts revenge on those who have allowed their greed to get in the way of ...
Style:
surreal, scary, perverse, visually stunning, psychological horror ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
art collector, supernatural horror, supernatural, gay, painting, satire, art dealer, blood, art theft, art critic, male nudity, social satire ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, miami
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Working in the shadow of an esteemed police veteran, brash Detective Ezekiel “Zeke” Banks and his rookie partner take charge of a grisly investigation into murders that are eerily reminiscent of the city’s gruesome past. Unwittingly entrapped ...
Style:
slasher, scary, suspense, suspenseful, psychotronic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
master criminal, blood, torture, characters killed one by one, evil wins, trap, investigation, danger, violence, fbi, serial killer, rescue ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
761K
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers, Schofield and Blake are given a seemingly impossible mission. In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds ...
Style:
period piece, visually stunning, tense, entertaining, sad ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, date night, adult
Plot:
world war one, trench warfare, race against time, soldier, british soldier, british army, death, battlefield, military, british military, dangerous mission, german soldier ...
Time:
year 1917, 1910s, 20th century, year 2019, 2010s
Place:
persia, los angeles, britain, europe, france
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311K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Western
Country: UK, France, USA, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, neo western, neo noir, surprise ending ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, snow, fbi, rape, native american reservation, murder investigation, winter, violence, fbi agent, forest, native american ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wyoming, usa
Is relevant?
29K
Genre: Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A loving father finds a clown suit for his son's birthday party, only to realize the suit is part of an evil curse that turns its wearer into a killer.
Style:
demonic, slasher, scary, disturbing, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killer clown, violence, clown, children, transformation, murder, brutality, father son relationship, demon, father in law, curse, prejudice ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 80s
Is relevant?
141K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Style:
suspense, demonic, satanic, psychological, spooky ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
forest, lost in the woods, creature, supernatural, paganism, guilt, hiking, ritual, folk horror, murder, supernatural horror, sacrifice ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Takes place in 1995, the year of the second referendum on the separation of Quebec. In the dead of winter, a serial killer is on the loose in the small Montreal neighborhood of Notre Dame de Grace. The tenants of an old apartment house must figure ...
Style:
serious, psychological, captivating, realistic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, police detective, cat, rape, police investigation, investigation, who to trust, friendship, snow, male female relationship, xmas ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1995
Place:
canada, montreal
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