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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.

Extinction

1701. Extinction

Action Adventure Horror Science Fiction Thriller
5.8

20151h 50min

France, Hungary

Director: Miguel Ángel Vivas

And suddenly, overnight, the world came to a halt. Two men, two survivors, one kid, and hatred that separates them. A place forgotten by everyone, including the creatures that inhabit the Earth... until now.

Themes

Survival under siege, Hope amid ruins, Adaptation under threat, Us-vs-them dynamics, Parent-child bonds under strain, Isolation erodes trust

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Amazon Video
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The Gift

1702. The Gift

Thriller Mystery Drama Domestic Thriller Investigation Mystery
7.0

20151h 48min

Australia, United States

Director: Joel Edgerton

After moving into a new house, the married couple Simon and Robyn run into Simon’s former classmate, Gordo. Things quickly turn tense when Gordo starts inserting himself into their lives with intrusive visits and unexpected gifts.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Intrusion and boundary violations, Trust and betrayal in marriage, Past secrets and rumor, Fear and anxiety in domestic life, Manipulation by past connections

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Lila & Eve

1703. Lila & Eve

Thriller Drama Revenge Thriller Tragic Drama
5.9

20151h 34min

United States

Director: Charles Stone III

Lila, a grief-stricken mother reeling from her son’s murder, attends a support group where she meets Eve, who urges her to take matters into her own hands to track down her son’s killers.

Themes

Deception and perception, Grief and vengeance, Moral ambiguity of violence, Support group influence, Female resilience under pressure, Vigilante justice tensions

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Backtrack

1704. Backtrack

Mystery Horror Thriller Psychological Horror Mindbender Mystery
5.9

20151h 30min

Australia, United Kingdom

Director: Michael Petroni

Troubled psychotherapist Peter Bowers is suffering from nightmares and eerie visions. When he uncovers a horrifying secret that all of his patients share, he is put on a course that takes him back to the small hometown he fled years ago. There he confronts his demons and unravels a mystery 20 years in the making.

Themes

Family secrets, Moral ambiguity, Trauma and memory, Investigative pressure, Haunted past, Guilt and accountability

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Apple TV
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Assassination

1705. Assassination

Action Thriller Drama
7.2

20152h 20min

Director: Choi Dong-hoon

In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.


Synchronicity

1706. Synchronicity

Mystery Science Fiction Thriller Time Travel Sci-Fi Mindbender Mystery
5.4

20151h 41min

Mexico, United States

Director: Jacob Gentry

A daring physicist travels into the past to stop a mysterious woman from stealing his invention. But once there, he uncovers a surprising truth about the machine, the woman, and his own fractured reality.

Themes

Time travel ethics, Trust and betrayal, Corporate control of invention, Altered reality perception, Parallel universe instability, Ownership of ideas

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Apple TV
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The Stanford Prison Experiment

1707. The Stanford Prison Experiment

Thriller Drama History Mind Game Thriller Historical Drama
6.8

20152h 2min

United States

Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez

In 1971, Stanford's Professor Philip Zimbardo conducts a controversial psychology experiment in which college students pretend to be either prisoners or guards, but the proceedings soon get out of hand. Based on a true story.

Themes

Prison brutality dynamics, Prison role assignment, Human experiment ethics, 1970s social pressure, Based on true story tension, Group conformity under rules

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Self/less

1708. Self/less

Science Fiction Action Thriller Bio-Genetic Sci-Fi Cover-Up Thriller
6.5

20151h 57min

United States

Director: Tarsem Singh

An extremely wealthy elderly man dying from cancer undergoes a radical medical procedure that transfers his consciousness to the body of a healthy young man but everything may not be as good as it seems when he starts to uncover the mystery of the body's origins and the secret organization that will kill to keep its secrets.

Themes

Trust and deception, Immortality ethics and risk, Consent and embodiment, Wealth vs vulnerability, Memory manipulation concerns, Identity through technology

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The Piper

1709. The Piper

Horror Mystery Thriller
6.4

20151h 47min

Director: Kim Kwang-tae

Shortly after the Korean war, a father and a son are wandering through the country and make a stop in a remote village, where strange and dangerous happenings occur.


Cop Car

1710. Cop Car

Crime Thriller Narcotics Crime Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller
6.3

20151h 28min

United States

Director: Jon Watts

Two kids find themselves in the centre of a deadly game of cat and mouse after taking a sheriff's cruiser for a joy ride.

Themes

Abuse of authority, Body in a trunk motif, Youth vulnerability in crime, Deception under stress, Joy ride dynamics

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