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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.

Sabotage

1841. Sabotage

Action Drama Thriller Crime One-Person Army
5.7

20141h 50min

United States

Director: David Ayer

John 'Breacher' Wharton leads an elite DEA task force that takes on the world's deadliest drug cartels. When the team successfully executes a high-stakes raid on a cartel safe house, they think their work is done – until, one-by-one, the team members mysteriously start to be eliminated. As the body count rises, everyone is a suspect.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Betrayal within ranks, Money as motive, Frame and deception, Police corruption and bribes, Trauma driving vengeance

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Signal

1842. The Signal

Thriller Science Fiction Alien Contact Sci-Fi Mind Game Thriller
6.0

20141h 37min

United States

Director: William Eubank

On a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness – only to find himself in a waking nightmare.

Themes

Privacy vs intrusion, Body augmentation ethics, Trust under manipulation, Human vs alien technology

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Enemy

1843. Enemy

Thriller Mystery Mind Game Thriller Unreliable Perspective Mystery
6.9

20141h 31min

Canada, France

Director: Denis Villeneuve

A mild-mannered college professor discovers a look-alike actor and delves into the other man's private affairs.

Themes

Stalking and surveillance, Obsession and possession, Doppelgänger paranoia, Dual identity tension, Infidelity and manipulation, Dream imagery surrealism

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
HBO Max
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Under the Skin

1844. Under the Skin

Thriller Science Fiction Drama Erotic Thriller Alien Contact Sci-Fi
6.3

20141h 48min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Jonathan Glazer

A seductive stranger prowls the streets of Glasgow in search of prey: unsuspecting men who fall under her spell.

Themes

Power and vulnerability, Urban isolation, Alien intrusion, Deception and control, Predatory pursuit, Body transformation, Self image and gaze

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Need for Speed

1845. Need for Speed

Action Crime Drama Thriller Vehicle-Driven Action
6.4

20142h 11min

India, United States

Director: Scott Waugh

The film revolves around a local street-racer who partners with a rich and arrogant business associate, only to find himself framed by his colleague and sent to prison. After he gets out, he joins a New York-to-Los Angeles race to get revenge. But when the ex-partner learns of the scheme, he puts a massive bounty on the racer's head, forcing him to run a cross-country gauntlet of illegal racers in all manner of supercharged vehicles.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Loyalty under pressure, Revenge as motive, Risk and consequence, Wealth as leverage, Time pressure and pursuit

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Non-Stop

1846. Non-Stop

Action Thriller Mystery Spy Action Mind Game Thriller
6.9

20141h 47min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Jaume Collet-Serra

Bill Marks is a Federal Air Marshall for whom every day is the same until this one. On this plane ride, he starts receiving text messages from someone claiming to be on the flight and threatening to kill passengers. In a race against the clock, he must identify and stop the killer to save everyone on board.

Themes

Trust under pressure, Deception and framing, Race against time, Technology-driven manipulation, Conspiracy against authority, Motive rooted in past violence

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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In Order of Disappearance

1847. In Order of Disappearance

Thriller Action Comedy Crime Investigation Suspense
7.1

20141h 55min

Denmark, Norway

Director: Hans Petter Moland

Upstanding community leader Nils has just won an award for "Citizen of the Year" when he learns the news that his son has died of a heroin overdose. Suspecting foul play, Nils begins to investigate, and soon finds himself at the center of an escalating underworld gang war between Serbian drug dealers and a sociopathic criminal mastermind known only as “The Count.”

Themes

Betrayal and shifting loyalties, Revenge and family loyalty, Underworld power struggle, Moral tension in crime

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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In Secret

1848. In Secret

Drama Thriller Crime Romance Historical Drama
6.1

20141h 41min

Hungary, Serbia

Director: Charlie Stratton

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching Madame play dominos with an eclectic group. After she meets her husband’s alluring friend, Laurent, she embarks on an illicit affair that leads to tragic consequences. Based on Emile Zola’s novel, Thérèse Raquin.

Themes

Deception and exposure, Loveless marriage, Social constraint, Family authority, Forbidden affair, Class expectations

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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3 Days to Kill

1849. 3 Days to Kill

Action Drama Thriller Spy Action Family Drama
6.2

20141h 53min

France, United States

Director: McG

A dangerous international spy is determined to give up his high stakes life to finally build a closer relationship with his estranged wife and daughter. But first, he must complete one last mission - even if it means juggling the two toughest assignments yet: hunting down the world's most ruthless terrorist and looking after his teenage daughter for the first time in ten years, while his wife is out of town.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Duty versus family, Coercion and leverage, Trust and reconciliation, Secret life, Illness and urgency, Mortality and duty

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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The Dark Valley

1850. The Dark Valley

Drama Thriller Historical Drama Investigation Suspense
7.1

20141h 55min

Austria, Germany

Director: Andreas Prochaska

The Alps, late 19th century. Greider, a mysterious lone rider who claims to be a photographer, arrives at an isolated lumber village, despotically ruled by a family clan, asking for winter accommodation.

Themes

Revenge cycles, Power concentrated in a family clan, Isolation within the lumber camp, Feudal dominance in isolated community, Medieval prerogative ritual, Conservative tradition vs resistance

Available on

Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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