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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.

Pyewacket

1481. Pyewacket

Horror Thriller Supernatural Horror Korean-Style Thriller
5.8

20171h 28min

Canada

Director: Adam MacDonald

A frustrated, angry teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to invoke a witch to kill her mother.

Themes

"movie: pyewacket. genres: horror, Thriller, Horror, Thriller main themes: witch, High school, Widow, Witch, High school, Widow full keywords list: witch, High school, Widow, Black magic, Woods, Murder, Teenage girl, Cabin, Attic, Occult, Devil worship, Mother daughter relationship, Evil spell. concept analysis: the film explores the destructive consequences of grief and the longing for control in the face of familial conflict. it serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of invoking forces beyond one's understanding in a quest for power and resolution."

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Forgotten

1482. Forgotten

Thriller Mystery Crime Mind Game Thriller Unreliable Perspective Mystery
7.4

20171h 48min

South Korea

Director: Jang Hang-jun

As days vanish and his brother returns from a 19-day abduction a different man, Jin-seok races to prove his own memories before his family erases them. Each new lie, each impossible detail, pushes him closer to the locked room’s past—and to a truth that will destroy whoever reaches it too late.

Themes

Memory manipulation, Family secrecy, Dissociative amnesia, Revenge through crime, Deception and unreliable memory

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Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.


Roman J. Israel, Esq.

1484. Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Drama Crime Thriller Legal Drama Political Thriller
6.5

20172h 2min

United Arab Emirates, United States

Director: Dan Gilroy

Hard-nosed liberal lawyer Roman J. Israel has been fighting the good fight forever while others take the credit. When his partner – the firm's frontman – has a heart attack, Israel suddenly takes on that role. He soon discovers some unsettling truths about the firm – truths that conflict with his values of helping the poor and dispossessed – and finds himself in an existential crisis that leads to extreme actions.

Themes

Ethical compromise under pressure, Civil rights advocacy, Justice system reform, Professional ambition vs civic duty, Class and access to justice, Power dynamics in law

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Sweet Virginia

1485. Sweet Virginia

Drama Thriller Mind Game Thriller Tragic Drama
6.2

20171h 34min

United States, Canada

Director: Jamie M. Dagg

A former rodeo star, now a motel manager, meets a young man who is responsible for the violence that suddenly has seized his small town.

Themes

Moral ambiguity, Infidelity and crime, Betrayal and violence, Small town menace, Debt and deceit, Illicit money motive

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You Were Never Really Here

1486. You Were Never Really Here

Crime Drama Thriller Organized Crime Psychological Drama
6.7

20171h 29min

United Kingdom, France

Director: Lynne Ramsay

A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, his nightmares begin to overtake him, and a conspiracy is uncovered—leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

Themes

Institutional corruption, Family obligation and care, Protecting the vulnerable, Trauma and vigilantism, Violence as coping, Memory of abuse, Cover-ups and secrecy

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Two brothers return to the cult they fled from years ago to discover that the group's beliefs may be more sane than they once thought.

Themes

Childhood trauma legacy, Time manipulation ethics, Time loop repetition, Cult dynamics under pressure, Ascension framework, Video cassette mystery

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The Place

1488. The Place

Drama Thriller Mind Game Thriller Psychological Drama
7.0

20171h 42min

Italy, United States

Director: Paolo Genovese

The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

Themes

Deception and coercion, Trust under pressure, Desire vs ethics, Interdependent fates, Moral dilemma, Power through bargains

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Tigers Are Not Afraid

1489. Tigers Are Not Afraid

Fantasy Horror Drama Thriller Supernatural Horror
6.9

20171h 23min

Mexico

Director: Issa López

When her mother suddenly disappears with no one to care for her, young Estrella ends up on the street and joins a gang of children, triggering a dangerous and tragic chain of events.

Themes

Drug war marginalization, Gang coercion loyalty, Street orphans resilience, Ghost memory haunting, Police indifference complicity, Marginalized family absence

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Delphine is the author of an autobiographical novel that has become a bestseller. Exhausted by the promotional tour, just when she feels out of place, paralyzed by the idea of having to start writing again, she meets Elle, a young, attractive, intelligent, intuitive woman who seems to understand her better than anyone.

Themes

Ghost writer influence, Anonymous letters threat, Novelist fame strain, Book signing pressure, Female friendship grounding, Creative crisis strain

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