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Thriller movies

Edge-of-your-seat suspense and psychological tension that keeps your heart racing from start to finish.

Subgenres include: Mind Game Thriller, Domestic Thriller, Cover-Up Thriller.

Heist

1001. Heist

Action Crime Thriller Drama Heist
6.1

20151h 33min

United States, Ecuador

Director: Scott Mann

A father is without the means to pay for his daughter's medical treatment. As a last resort, he partners with a greedy co-worker to rob a casino. When things go awry they're forced to hijack a city bus.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Loyalty and betrayal, Financial desperation, Family obligation, Risk and improvisation, Crime and consequence

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Victor Frankenstein

1002. Victor Frankenstein

Drama Science Fiction Thriller Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi Mind Game Thriller
6.0

20151h 50min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Paul McGuigan

Eccentric scientist Victor Von Frankenstein creates a grotesque creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.

Themes

Ambition and ethics, Wealth and influence, Loyalty under pressure, Control of life, Institutional suspicion, Unforeseen consequences

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Kill Your Friends

1003. Kill Your Friends

Comedy Crime Thriller Dark Comedy Narcotics Crime
6.0

20151h 44min

United Kingdom

Director: Owen Harris

A&R man Steven Stelfox is slashing and burning his way through the music business, a world where 'no one knows anything' and where careers are made and broken by chance and the fickle tastes of the general public. Fuelled by greed, ambition and inhuman quantities of drugs, Stelfox lives the dream, as he searches for his next hit record.

Themes

Ambition and greed, Drug-fueled pressure, Hit-driven culture, Cutthroat industry dynamics, Audience taste uncertainty

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April and the Extraordinary World

1004. April and the Extraordinary World

Thriller Adventure Animation Comedy Fantasy
7.2

20151h 46min

France, Canada

Director: Franck Ekinci

It's 1941, but France is trapped in the 19th Century, governed by steam and Napoleon V. Avril, a teenage girl, goes in search of her missing scientist parents.

Themes

Scientists exploited for power, Talking cat ally, Technological stagnation under war, Technology-driven progress after crisis, Mobile bunker as refuge, Terraforming as escape from conflict

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Spectre

1005. Spectre

Action Adventure Thriller Spy Action Globetrotting Adventure
6.8

20152h 28min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Sam Mendes

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.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Loyalty under pressure, Surveillance overreach, Institutional power struggle, Hidden network influence, Private security state

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Remember

1006. Remember

Drama Thriller Mystery Tragic Drama Investigation Suspense
7.5

20151h 34min

Canada, Germany

Director: Atom Egoyan

With the aid of a fellow Auschwitz survivor and a hand-written letter, an elderly man with dementia goes in search of the person responsible for the death of his family.

Themes

Legacy of violence, Vigilante justice, Memory and aging, Deception and revelation, War-time guilt, Duty vs vengeance

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Room

1007. Room

Drama Thriller Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Family Drama
8.1

20151h 58min

Canada, Ireland

Director: Lenny Abrahamson

A little boy and his mother have been held captive in a locked room since his birth. One day they finally dare to escape, and he gets his first chance to experience the world outside.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Trauma and resilience, Isolation and perception, Confinement and isolation, Escape and hospital, Family fracture and reunification

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Tales of Halloween

1008. Tales of Halloween

Horror Thriller Adventure Comedy Fantasy
5.5

20151h 37min

United States

Director: Axelle Carolyn

Ten stories from horror's top directors. Ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and the devil delight in terrorizing unsuspecting residents of a suburban neighborhood on Halloween night. This creepy anthology combines classic Halloween tales with the stuff of nightmares.

Themes

Unreliable appearances, Spectral haunting, Suburban dread, Candy legend fear, Competition and aggression, Deception and cruelty

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Bridge of Spies

1009. Bridge of Spies

Thriller Drama Political Thriller Historical Drama
7.6

20152h 21min

United States, Germany

Director: Steven Spielberg

During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

Themes

Cold war pressures, Legal drama ethics, Spy vs lawyer, Courtroom defense integrity, State recognition ambitions, Prisoner exchange diplomacy

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Momentum

1010. Momentum

Action Crime Thriller Spy Action Heist
5.5

20151h 36min

South Africa, United States

Director: Stephen S. Campanelli

When Alex, an infiltration expert with a secret past, accidentally reveals her identity during what should have been a routine heist, she quickly finds herself mixed up in a government conspiracy and entangled in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin and his team of killers. Armed with her own set of lethal skills, Alex looks to exact revenge for her murdered friends while uncovering the truth.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Revenge as motive, Government conspiracy, Political manipulation and war profiteering, Moral ambiguity in covert operations

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