Best Thriller Movies – page 4
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods as they join forces with their younger selves in an epic battle that must change the past – to save our future.
Style:
exciting, serious, suspenseful, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, mutant, supernatural ability, good versus evil, superhuman powers, changing the past or future, superhero, heroes, danger, teamwork, time paradox, team ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 21st century, contemporary, 2020s ...
Place:
usa, china, moscow russia, washington d.c., new york ...
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.
Style:
gothic, dark, suspenseful, atmospheric, psychological ...
Plot:
occult, devil, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, collector, god or devil, danger, satanism, secret society, obsession, investigation, lucifer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
paris france, spain, europe, south of france, new york ...
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537K
Genre: Action, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.
Style:
bleak, twist ending, psychological, brutal, atmospheric ...
Plot:
revenge, incest, father daughter incest, vengeance, mind game, loneliness, older man younger woman relationship, confined, brother sister incest, sin, twists & turns, torture ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 80s, year 1988, year 2003 ...
Place:
korea, asia, south korea, stockholm sweden, hong kong ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Sweden, Norway
Duration: 158 min.
Story:
This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, ...
Style:
suspenseful, captivating, serious, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
investigation, rape, hacker, strong female character, sexual abuse, danger, crime, missing person, uncover truth, search, journalist, crimes ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, year 1966, 60s, 1960s
Place:
sweden, stockholm sweden, europe, scandinavia, eastern europe ...
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395K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Country: China, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When Eddie Brock acquires the powers of a symbiote, he will have to release his alter-ego "Venom" to save his life.
Style:
tense, exciting, captivating, suspense, surprise ending ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
anti hero, supernatural power, super powers, alien monster, super villain, anti heroes, superhero, alien, tough guy, extraterrestrial, experiment gone awry, mutation ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
san francisco, malaysia
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426K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Australia
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
Style:
touching, sincere, disturbing, thought provoking, bleak ...
Plot:
racism, police corruption, interracial relations, prejudice, suffering, social differences, parents and children, police officer, vandalism, family relations, loss of son, pursuit ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, santa monica california, puerto rico ...
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264K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
After their reclusive grandmother passes away, the Graham family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. The more they discover, the more they find themselves trying to outrun the sinister fate they seem ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychotronic, suspenseful, bleak ...
Plot:
supernatural horror, spiritualism, possession, ritual, satanism, secret society, demon, fear, dysfunctional family, evil spirit, curse, supernatural ...
Place:
utah
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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:
suspense, tense, neo noir, bloody, brutal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
hitman, lone hero, one against many, warrior, hand to hand combat, bounty hunter, dark hero, manhunt, gun, tough guy, bandit, assassin ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
italy, rome italy, manhattan new york city, new york
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Genre: Action, Horror, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Martial law is declared when a mysterious viral outbreak pushes Korea into a state of emergency. Those on an express train to Busan, a city that has successfully fended off the viral outbreak, must fight for their own survival…
Style:
suspense, tense, emotional, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
zombie, zombie apocalypse, apocalypse, pandemic, survival horror, zombie attack, train, quarantine, survival, living dead, train crash, self sacrifice ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
south korea, korea, busan, east asia, seoul
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748K
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, dark, bleak, surreal ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark hero, crimes, justice, vengeance, distopia, social decay, anti hero, crime, torture, tough heroes, gory, corruption ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 1990s, 2000s, 20th century ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate ...
Style:
suspense, humorous, non-linear, remake of french film
Plot:
revenge, crime boss, robbery, fight for justice, heist, criminal, burglar, gunfight, fighting crime, gang, justice, crime investigation ...
Place:
los angeles
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
A detainee at the U.S military's Guantanamo Bay detention center is held without charges for over a decade and seeks help from a defense attorney for his release.
Style:
thought provoking, captivating, tense
Plot:
brutality, torture, sex, african american, corruption, courtroom, prison, jail cell, black american, forced confession, testimony, protest ...
Time:
year 2001, year 2003, year 2005, year 2002, year 2009 ...
Place:
new mexico, albuquerque new mexico, germany, cuba, hamburg germany ...
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80K
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Eden Lake is a relentlessly tense and immaculately paced horror-thriller about modern youth gone wild. When a young couple goes to a remote wooded lake for a romantic getaway, their quiet weekend is shattered by an aggressive group of local kids. ...
Style:
brutal, bleak, suspenseful, suspense, bad ending ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
survival, forest, torture, gang, youth, fear, in the woods, chase, murder, weekend, camping, sadism ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
Place:
england, united kingdom
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story:
John McClane is back and badder than ever, and this time he's working for Homeland Security. He calls on the services of a young hacker in his bid to stop a ring of Internet terrorists intent on taking control of America's computer ...
Style:
exciting, humorous, suspenseful, realistic, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
hacker, fbi, terrorism, one man army, lone hero, gunfight, police officer, bomb, chaos, heroes, hostage, car chase ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
usa, washington d.c., los angeles, new york, california
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Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a family tragedy in the chaotic city, Chris and Maggie Conley, in a last-ditch effort to save their dying marriage, purchase an isolated home in the deepest woods, to which they quickly discover evil has a key.
Style:
suspenseful, serious, scary, realistic
Plot:
starting over, family in danger, family problems, isolation, crumbling marriage, family tragedy, out of the way, domestic disturbance, danger
Time:
contemporary, 21st century
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Genre: Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After denying a woman the extension she needs to keep her home, loan officer Christine Brown sees her once-promising life take a startling turn for the worse. Christine is convinced she's been cursed by a Gypsy, but her boyfriend is skeptical. ...
Style:
scary, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, dark fantasy ...
Plot:
evil, curses spells and rituals, ghost, witch, dark humor, supernatural, gypsy, heaven and hell, curse, obsessive quest, life turned upside down, legends and myths ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s, year 1969, year 2009 ...
Place:
los angeles, pasadena california
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675K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story, all contact is ...
Style:
scary, frightening, suspenseful, exciting, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
alien, space travel, space and aliens, deadly creature, strong female character, outer space, human versus alien, survival, evil alien, space colony, female warrior, space marine ...
Time:
future, 22nd century
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
twist ending, suspense, suspenseful, psychological, tricky ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
police investigation, memory loss, psychology, obsession, depression, psychiatry, mental illness, psychiatrist, violence against women, ex husband ex wife relationship, train, cheating wife ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, london
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality ...
Style:
thought provoking, suspenseful, atmospheric, sincere, emotional ...
Plot:
loneliness, internet, dishonesty, couples, cyberspace, teenage life, lifestyle, lawyer, family problems, journalist, youth, single parent ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Ray Ferrier is a divorced dockworker and less-than-perfect father. Soon after his ex-wife and her new husband drop of his teenage son and young daughter for a rare weekend visit, a strange and powerful lightning storm touches down.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, serious, bleak, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
apocalypse, alien invasion, evil alien, end of the world, invasion, space and aliens, humanity in peril, first contact, survival, destruction, fate of humanity, demolished city ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey, chicago illinois, south america ...
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390K
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Twenty-eight days after a killer virus was accidentally unleashed from a British research facility, a small group of London survivors are caught in a desperate struggle to protect themselves from the infected. Carried by animals and humans, the ...
Style:
scary, atmospheric, rough, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
zombie, apocalypse, virus, epidemic, post apocalypse, survival, plague, infected, fear, zombie apocalypse, rage, research ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
london, england, europe, manchester, manchester england ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Spain, Thailand, USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of ...
Style:
heartbreaking, motivational, captivating, suspense, tear jerker ...
Plot:
survival, tsunami, natural disaster, catastrophe, family in danger, disaster film, courage, forces of nature, tragedy, destruction, danger, ocean ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s, year 2004
Place:
thailand, asia, southeast asia
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82K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Thailand
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
In their new overseas home, an American family soon finds themselves caught in the middle of a coup, and they frantically look for a safe escape in an environment where foreigners are being immediately executed.
Style:
suspenseful, tense, exciting, suspense, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family in danger, survival, rebellion, race against time, family, wrong place wrong time, danger, chaos, coup, execution, american abroad, revolution ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2010s
Place:
asia, southeast asia, vietnam, canada, middle east ...
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Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to ...
Style:
clever, witty, exciting, twists and turns, humorous ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, teens
Plot:
heist, cons and scams, perfect crime, outsmarting, thief, scheme, crimes, casino, group of criminals, con artists, crime, deception ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary, 2000s
Place:
las vegas, usa, atlantic city, san diego california, atlantic city new jersey ...
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289K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Science fiction drama about a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics where humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. The young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet he is ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, neo noir, intellectual, twists and turns ...
Plot:
distopia, fighting the system, future dystopia, discrimination, paraplegic, genetics, philosophy, eugenics, society, heart disease, space travel, destiny ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
detroit, riviera, french riviera
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174K
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Thailand
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord…
Style:
tense, exciting, suspenseful, ambiguous ending, surprise ending ...
Plot:
rescue mission, mercenary, swat team, ex special forces, child abduction, one man army, organized crime, human trafficking, kidnapping, death threat, crime boss, jungle ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
india, bangladesh, mumbai india, australia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five ...
Style:
non-linear, atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, vengeance, female assassin, female warrior, mentor, revenge, master warrior, death, sword fight, pride and honor, warrior, journey ...
Time:
contemporary, 21st century, 2000s
Place:
el paso texas, tokyo, japan, mexico
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382K
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In the not-too-distant future the aging gene has been switched off. To avoid overpopulation, time has become the currency and the way people pay for luxuries and necessities. The rich can live forever, while the rest try to negotiate for their ...
Style:
futuristic, twists and turns, serious, suspense, philosophical ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
future dystopia, immortality, dystopic future, time, race against time, class differences, distopia, society, fighting the system, love, social differences, on the run ...
Time:
future, near future
Place:
usa, los angeles
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, Japan
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.
Style:
atmospheric, bleak, neo noir, futuristic, rough ...
Plot:
future dystopia, apocalypse, chaos, heroic mission, pandemic, distopia, survival, redemption, childlessness, birth, mission, protest ...
Time:
future, 21st century, 2020s
Place:
europe, london, england, seattle washington, seattle ...
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Genre: Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness to be with the only woman ...
Style:
mind bending, complex, twists and turns, suspenseful, psychological ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
destiny, fall in love, changing the past or future, alternate reality, mind control, fictional reality, forbidden love, power of love, teleportation, manipulations, true love, foreknowledge ...
Time:
future, contemporary, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, united states, brooklyn new york city
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