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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.

Disconnect

1931. Disconnect

Drama Thriller Relationship Drama
7.5

20131h 56min

United States

Director: Henry Alex Rubin

A hard-working lawyer, attached to his cell phone, can't find the time to communicate with his family. An estranged couple uses the internet as a means to escape from their lifeless marriage. A widowed ex-cop struggles to raise a mischievous son who cyber-bullies a classmate. An ambitious journalist sees a career-making story in a teen that performs on an adult-only site. They are strangers, neighbors and colleagues and their stories collide as ordinary people struggling to connect in today's wired world.

Themes

Online identity manipulation, Privacy and surveillance pressure, Connection vs isolation, Digital vulnerability in families, Ethics of online interaction, Cyberbullying consequences

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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Byzantium

1932. Byzantium

Drama Fantasy Thriller Dark Fantasy Mind Game Thriller
6.5

20131h 58min

Ireland, United Kingdom

Director: Neil Jordan

Residents of a coastal town learn, with deadly consequences, the secret shared by the two mysterious women who have sought refuge at a local boarding house, the Byzantium.

Themes

Parent child relationship, Vampire bite, Blood sucking, Eternal life, Mother daughter resilience, Bat imagery

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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In Fear

1933. In Fear

Thriller Survival Thriller
5.4

20131h 25min

France, United Kingdom

Director: Jeremy Lovering

Driving to a music festival in Ireland, a young couple gets trapped in a country maze on their way to a remote hotel, where an unidentifiable sinister force torments them.

Themes

Coercive manipulation, Institutional corruption, Power abuse, Public scrutiny, Memory gaps, Evidence credibility

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
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Trance

1934. Trance

Thriller Crime Drama Mystery Mind Game Thriller
6.9

20131h 41min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Danny Boyle

A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Betrayal and trust, Risk and consequence, Memory manipulation, Coercive persuasion, Blurred loyalties

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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A mysterious epidemic spreads across the planet. Humanity develops an irrational fear of open spaces that causes instant death. Soon, the world population is trapped inside buildings. As Barcelona descends into chaos, Marc sets off on a quest to find Julia, his missing girlfriend, without ever going outside.

Themes

Panic attack dynamics, Subway survival dynamics, Agoraphobia constraint, Pregnant life under crisis, Bear attack risk, Seeds scarcity

Available on

Apple TV
Google Play Movies
YouTube
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation

1936. G.I. Joe: Retaliation

Action Science Fiction Adventure Thriller Military Action
5.7

20131h 50min

Canada, United States

Director: Jon M. Chu

Framed for crimes against the country, the G.I. Joe team is terminated by Presidential order. This forces the G.I. Joes into not only fighting their mortal enemy Cobra; they are forced to contend with threats from within the government that jeopardize their very existence.

Themes

Loyalty under duress, Deception in leadership, Technology-driven conflict, Covert operations and accountability, Civilian control of military power, Power under political pressure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Eden

1937. Eden

Thriller Drama Crime Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Tragic Drama
6.6

20131h 38min

United States

Director: Megan Griffiths

After a night out with friends, Hyun Jae accepts a late night ride home from a young fire fighter. What begins as a night of promise quickly turns into a nightmare when she is abducted and imprisoned outside Las Vegas as a sex slave.

Themes

Deception and coercion, Manipulation and control, Moral ambiguity under threat, Isolation and survival, Commodification of bodies, Captivity and exploitation

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV
Amazon Video
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Olympus Has Fallen

1938. Olympus Has Fallen

Action Thriller Military Action Political Thriller
6.5

20132h

United States

Director: Antoine Fuqua

When the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus") is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning's inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

Themes

Nuclear threat escalation, Resilience under siege, Interagency coordination under fire, Protective detail duty, Crisis leadership and improvisation, High stakes political pressure

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Challenger Disaster

1939. The Challenger Disaster

Thriller Drama History TV Movie
7.2

20131h 30min

Director: James Hawes

When the space shuttle Challenger blew up in 1986, it was the most shocking event in the history of American spaceflight. The deaths of seven astronauts, including the first teacher in space Christa McAuliffe, were watched live on television by millions of viewers. But what was more shocking was that the cause of the disaster might never be uncovered. The Challenger is the story of how Richard Feynman, one of America's most famous scientists, helped to discover the cause of a tragedy that stunned America.


The Call

1940. The Call

Crime Thriller Kidnapping & Captivity Thriller Detective Mystery Crime
6.7

20131h 34min

United States

Director: Brad Anderson

Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Themes

Kidnapping dynamics, Torture chamber motif, Gas station violence, Serial killer blueprint, Cell phone leverage, Emergency services pressure

Available on

Netflix
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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