Best Italian Thriller Movies
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Best Italian Thriller Movies
TOP Movies: Rabid Dogs (1974), The Others (2001), Frailty (2001), Dawn of the Dead (1978), John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017), Death Wish (1974), The Italian Job (1969), Red Dragon (2002), King of New York (1990), Angels & Demons (2009), Black Butterfly (2017), Mission: Impossible III (2006), Spectre (2015), Hannibal (2001), A Haunting in Venice (2023), Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018), Don't Look Now (1973), Titus (1999), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Duchess (2008).
List of Best Movies
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Following a bungled robbery, three violent criminals take a young woman, a middle-aged man, and a child hostage and force them to drive them outside Rome to help them make a clean getaway.
Style:
grindhouse, slasher, action thriller, twisted, disturbing ...
Plot:
kidnapping, sex in car, humiliation, psycho killer, sexual abuse, italian police, exploitation, hostage, gang, heist, police, sexual assault ...
Time:
year 1974, 70s
Place:
italy, rome italy, europe, southern italy
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424K
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain, France, USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in ...
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, scary, suspense, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, adult, horror for children
Plot:
ghost, haunted house, supernatural, afterlife, plot twist, isolation, supernatural horror, nightmare, mansion, mysterious character, spiritualism, twists and turns ...
Time:
year 2001, 1940s, year 1945, year 2000, 20th century ...
Place:
persia, america, europe, english channel, england
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99K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A man confesses to an FBI agent his family's story of how his religious fanatic father's visions lead to a series of murders to destroy supposed "demons."
Style:
psychological, scary, suspenseful, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
serial killer, twists and turns, murder, insanity, plot twist, religious fanatic, psychopath, childhood, parents and children, punishment, father son relationship, child abuse ...
Time:
year 2001, 70s, year 1979, year 2000, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
During an ever-growing epidemic of zombies that have risen from the dead, two Philadelphia SWAT team members, a traffic reporter, and his television-executive girlfriend seek refuge in a secluded shopping mall.
Style:
grindhouse, classic horror, creepy, dark, splatter ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, infection, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, chaos, epidemic, virus, living dead, siege, shopping mall, gory, isolation ...
Time:
70s, year 1978, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, bolivia, philadelphia, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous ...
Style:
bloody, suspense, neo noir, brutal, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, hitman, assassin, one man army, one against many, violence, lone hero, blood, vengeance, tough guy, betrayal, chase ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
italy, new york, north america, manhattan new york city, rome italy ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After his wife is murdered by street punks, a pacifistic New York City architect becomes a one-man vigilante squad, prowling the streets for would-be muggers after dark.
Style:
cult classic, controversial, grindhouse, harsh, disturbing ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
vigilantism, vigilante, violence, revenge, vengeance, rape, police, gunfight, architect, gang, female nudity, hospital ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, honolulu hawaii, new york state ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one his of friends has attempted a high risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over ...
Style:
cliffhanger, entertaining, humorous, ambiguous ending, witty ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
car chase, robbery, mafia, chase, gold, police, caper, heist, prison, perfect crime, rivalry, car ...
Time:
year 1969, 20th century, 60s
Place:
england, italy, turin italy, bolivia, europe ...
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310K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Former FBI Agent Will Graham, who was once almost killed by the savage Hannibal 'The Cannibal' Lecter, now has no choice but to face him again, as it seems Lecter is the only one who can help Graham track down a new serial killer.
Style:
suspense, neo noir, psychological thriller, scary, gothic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, psychopath, cannibalism, mind game, investigation, fbi agent, murder, psycho killer, profiler, split personality, killer, cruelty ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
baltimore, birmingham alabama, florida, washington d.c., chicago ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, detective, hood, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
gang, organized crime, gangster, mafia, drug lord, murder, cocaine, mob boss, violence, redemption, prison, subway ...
Time:
year 1990, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, italy, usa, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon investigates a mysterious symbol seared into the chest of a murdered physicist. He discovers evidence of the unimaginable, the rebirth of an ancient secret brotherhood known as the Illuminati, the most powerful ...
Style:
intellectual, exciting, suspenseful, suspense, satanic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family friendly, adult
Plot:
conspiracy, illuminati, twists and turns, investigation, murder, riddles and clues, catholicism, danger, religions or cults, vatican, secret society, catholic church ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, geneva switzerland, harvard university
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Paul is a down-on-his-luck screenwriter who picks up a drifter and offers him a place to stay. However, when the deranged stranger takes Paul hostage and forces him to write, their unhinged relationship brings buried secrets to light.
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, suspenseful, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
writers, dating show, drifter, isolation, twists and turns, murder, recluse, kidnapping, dangerous friend, fear, serial killer, alcoholic ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: Italy, Germany, China, USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Retired from active duty to train new IMF agents, Ethan Hunt is called back into action to confront sadistic arms dealer, Owen Davian. Hunt must try to protect his girlfriend while working with his new team to complete the mission.
Style:
suspense, entertaining, suspenseful, action thriller, tense ...
Audience:
teens, manly, chick flick, boys' night, girls' night ...
Plot:
espionage, spy, disguise, mission, cia, double agent, secret agent, gunfight, undercover, terrorist, terrorism, secret service ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
china, italy, shanghai, berlin germany, north america ...
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492K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: UK, USA, Morocco, Italy, Austria, Canada, Mexico
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
A cryptic message from Bond’s past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE.
Style:
sexy, suspense, entertaining, exciting, saga ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, boys' night
Plot:
james bond, spy, secret agent, espionage, secret service, revenge, one man army, chase, 007, british secret service, terrorist, undercover ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, year 2016, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, london, italy, austria, north africa ...
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312K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, clever, atmospheric, stylized ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
serial killer, cannibalism, psychopath, cannibal, fbi, mind game, master criminal, psychiatrist, villain played by lead actor, homicidal maniac, torment, torture ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2000, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florence, italy, europe, washington d.c., venice ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of ...
Style:
detective, gothic, psychological thriller, witty, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder investigation, whodunit, seance, medium, ghost, murder, blackmail, halloween party, children, halloween, ex fiance, murder mystery ...
Time:
post world war two, 20th century, 1940s, year 1947
Place:
venice, italy
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
FBI agent Matt Graver teams up with operative Alejandro Gillick to prevent Mexican drug cartels from smuggling terrorists across the U.S. border.
Style:
neo noir, suspense, perverse, bleak, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cartel, terrorist, drug cartel, black ops, cia agent, cia, organized crime, u.s. mexico border, warrior, deception, top secret, agent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
somalia, south america, kansas city, sonora, mexico ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
After Laura and John Baxter lose their only child in a horrible drowning, they are greeted by strange sightings of her throughout their everyday lives. When two old ladies approach them in Italy with news that their daughter may still be alive, it ...
Style:
sexy, twist ending, erotic, atmospheric, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
drowning, sex scene, blindness, serial killer, haunted by the past, hallucination, death of daughter, supernatural, psychic, grief, loss of child, marriage ...
Time:
70s, near future, 20th century, year 1973
Place:
italy, venice, europe
Is relevant?
22K
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story:
Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.
Style:
sexy, costume drama, visually stunning, disturbing, harsh ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
revenge, gay subtext, shakespeare, brutality, male nudity, ancient rome, ancient, male pubic hair, homosexual subtext, justice, secrets, cannibalism ...
Time:
ancient times, year 1999, 1930s
Place:
rome italy, ancient greece, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: West Germany, Italy, France
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's ...
Style:
intellectual, psychological, gloomy, suspenseful, clever ...
Plot:
clergy, medieval, investigation, monastery, monk, whodunit, uncover truth, murder mystery, murder, ancient, religion, riddles and clues ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, year 1986
Place:
europe, france, south of france, italy, canada
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, France, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Style:
costume drama, romantic, sexy, emotional, period piece ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
love story, royalty, love affair, aristocracy, love triangle, duke, duchess, infidelity, adultery, destiny, life philosophy, high society ...
Time:
18th century, middle ages, 19th century, georgian era, ancient times ...
Place:
england, britain, europe, scotland, london
Is relevant?
77K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Brazil, Canada, Japan, UK, Italy
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
When a sudden plague of blindness devastates a city, a small group of the afflicted band together to triumphantly overcome the horrific conditions of their imposed quarantine.
Style:
apocalyptic, disturbing, bleak, intense, depressing ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, apocalypse, blindness, epidemic, plague, survival, dystopia, distopia, catastrophe, pandemic, isolation, chaos ...
Time:
year 2008, distant future, 21st century
Place:
portugal, sao paulo brazil, canada
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Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A couple and their 12-year-old son move into a giant house for the summer. Things start acting strange almost immediately. It seems that every time some gets hurt on the grounds the beat-up house seems to repair itself.
Style:
gothic, scary, sexy, psychological, suspenseful ...
Plot:
supernatural, old dark house, macabre, haunted, psychosis, losing-it hero, obsession, mansion, old woman, haunted house, cemetery, possession ...
Time:
year 1976, 20th century, 70s
Is relevant?
72K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. But in the course of a single day he accidentally captures on film the commission of a murder. ...
Style:
cerebral, surreal, erotic, independent film, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
photographer, photography, photograph, fashion, voyeurism, corpse, murder witness, fashion photographer, fashion model, nudity, free love, photo studio ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
london, england, europe, united kingdom, paris france
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: Mexico, Italy
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A young man is confined in a mental hospital. Through a flashback we see that he was traumatized as a child, when he and his family were circus performers: he saw his father cut off the arms of his mother, a religious fanatic and leader of the ...
Style:
psychedelic, surreal, dark, cult classic, atmospheric ...
Plot:
surrealism, circus, serial killer, revenge, clown, psychology, killer clown, extreme, blood, art, magic realism, funeral ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
mexico city, mexico, latin america
Is relevant?
106K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Hungary, Italy
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O'Donoghue) reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, satanic, disturbing, demonic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supernatural, exorcism, supernatural horror, church, clergy, curses spells and rituals, demonic possession, supernatural ability, teachers and students, good versus evil, vatican, macabre ...
Time:
year 2011, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
italy, europe, xian, rome italy, latin america
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Germany, Austria, France, Italy, Canada
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
Strange events happen in a small village in the north of Germany during the years just before World War I, which seem to be ritual punishment. The abused and suppressed children of the villagers seem to be at the heart of this mystery.
Style:
disturbing, breathtaking, art house, cerebral, visually stunning ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
punishment, children, sexual abuse, cruelty, physical appearance, suicide, child abuse, death, small town, authoritarianism, transgression, priest ...
Time:
year 1914, year 2009, 1910s, pre world war one, 2000s ...
Place:
germany, northern germany, europe, italy
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
John has inherited a castle and Italy and he moves there with his wife Susan and their blind daughter Rebecca. What they don't realize is that there is somebody else in the castle. An abused child left to die in the basement who has now become ...
Style:
lovecraft, scary, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
haunted by the past, haunted house, cannibalism, violence, blindness, brutality, freak, monster, inheritance, macabre, murder, redemption ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Irena, a Ukrainian woman coming to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
Style:
suspense, realistic, serious, psychological, erotic ...
Plot:
twists and turns, prostitute, immigrant, dark past, housekeeper, haunted by the past, family relations, uncover truth, nanny, european, murder, audition ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
italy, ukraine, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sad, indie film ...
Plot:
true love, murder, pregnancy, family problems, life turned upside down, couples, vegetarian, mental illness, husband wife relationship, tragic event, saving a life, paranoia ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Italy, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Hired to steal a rare painting from one of most enigmatic painters of all time, an ambitious art dealer becomes consumed by his own greed and insecurity as the operation spins out of control.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, tense, captivating, suspense ...
Plot:
art, art critic, museum, female nudity, forgery, painting, villa, male nudity, painter, murder, art collector, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
future, year 1968, year 1955
Place:
italy, minnesota, new york, milan italy
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