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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.

In Hell

2381. In Hell

Action Drama Thriller One-Person Army Survival Thriller
6.1

20031h 36min

United States

Director: Ringo Lam Ling-Tung

A man must survive a prison where hardened criminals battle to the death for the warden's entertainment.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Survival under confinement, Trauma and endurance, Prison corruption, Power abuse in institutions, Gang politics and alliances

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Apple TV
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Oldboy

2382. Oldboy

Drama Thriller Mystery Action Revenge Thriller
8.3

20032h

South Korea

Director: Park Chan-wook

After 15 years locked in a room and framed for his wife’s murder, a man is finally set free with one goal: find who did this to him. But every clue twists his past, his sanity, and his only human connection. To uncover the truth, he may have to destroy the one person left who trusts him.

Themes

Revenge and consequences, Imprisonment and isolation, Private prison dynamics, Hypnosis and control, Incest taboos, Memory and identity

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Kontroll

2383. Kontroll

Comedy Crime Drama Thriller Serial Killer Crime
7.6

20031h 47min

Hungary

Director: Nimród Antal

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and about a mysterious serial killer. And a tale about love.

Themes

Urban claustrophobic paranoia, Violence and anxiety in daily life, Rivalries and loyalties at work, Routine policing under pressure, Underground pursuit dynamics, Love amid danger

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Matrix Revolutions

2384. The Matrix Revolutions

Adventure Action Thriller Science Fiction Epic Action
6.7

20032h 9min

United States

Director: Lana Wachowski

The human city of Zion defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo fights to end the war at another front while also opposing the rogue Agent Smith.

Themes

Underground world tension, Killer robot threat, Subway reality conflict, Virtual reality disconnect, Machine town power, Philosophy faith truth

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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The Memory of a Killer

2385. The Memory of a Killer

Crime Thriller Action Serial Killer Crime Investigation Suspense
7.2

20031h 54min

Belgium, Netherlands

Director: Erik Van Looy

Vincke and Verstuyft are one of the best detective teams of the Antwerp police force. When they are confronted with the disappearance of a top official and the murder of two prostitutes, the trail leads to the almost retired assassin Angelo Ledda. Since Ledda starts showing symptoms of Alzheimer's, it's getting more and more difficult to complete his contracts. When he has to murder a 12-year old call-girl, he refuses and becomes a target himself. While Vincke and Verstuyft are chasing him and counting the corpses, Ledda is taking care of his employers.

Themes

The burden of past choices. innocence vs exploitation. the fragility of memory and identity. corruption within authority. redemption through sacrifice

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Apple TV
Amazon Prime Video
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Mystic River

2386. Mystic River

Thriller Crime Drama Mystery Investigation Suspense
7.9

20032h 18min

United States

Director: Clint Eastwood

In a neighborhood where one childhood abduction poisons every friendship, three former friends grow into a store owner, a detective, and a haunted factory worker. When a new family tragedy explodes, old scars rip open and the detective’s case drags them all back into the nightmare they never escaped.

Themes

Loyalty under strain, Childhood trauma legacy, Grief and memory, Vengeance and justice, Family ties and secrecy, Hidden past resurfacing

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Out of Time

2387. Out of Time

Thriller Crime Drama Cover-Up Thriller Detective Mystery Crime
6.5

20031h 45min

United States

Director: Carl Franklin

Matt Lee Whitlock, respected chief of police in small Banyan Key, Florida, must solve a vicious double homicide before he himself falls under suspicion. Matt Lee has to stay a few steps ahead of his own police force and everyone he's trusted in order to find out the truth.

Themes

Deception and betrayal, Duty vs loyalty, Trust under surveillance, Marital strain, Financial motive, Public suspicion

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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November

2388. November

Drama Thriller
7.6

20031h 44min

Director: Achero Mañas

Impelled by a spirit which still preserves a patina of idealism, Alfredo arrives to Madrid with the intention to create "a performance that is free, straight from the heart, capable of making people feel alive". His concept of what acting should be begins beyond the stage, out in the streets face to face with the public. Outdoors, in any town square, in a park or in the city's most commercial street, Alfredo and his troupe November start the show; demons to provoke passers-by, displays of social conscience, actions taken to the extreme to put the forces of law and order on full alert. There are no limits, no censorship; only ideas which are always valid so long as the public ceases to be the public and becomes part of the show swept by surprise, fear, tears or laughter. Theater as life, life as theater… there is no longer any difference.


The Rundown

2389. The Rundown

Adventure Action Comedy Thriller Treasure Hunt
6.7

20031h 44min

United States

Director: Peter Berg

When Travis, the mouthy son of a criminal, disappears in the Amazon in search of a treasured artifact, his father sends in Beck, who becomes Travis's rival for the affections of Mariana, a mysterious Brazilian woman. With his steely disposition, Beck is a man of few words -- but it takes him all the discipline he can muster to work with Travis to nab a tyrant who's after the same treasure.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Debt-driven coercion, Outsider versus locals, Treasure as motive, Bargaining under risk, Violence as tool

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
Google Play Movies
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Young Adam

2390. Young Adam

Drama Thriller Crime Romance Psychological Drama
6.3

20031h 33min

United Kingdom, France

Director: David Mackenzie

A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.

Themes

Extramarital affair, Court case, Precarious labor, Memory and trauma, Domestic power struggle, Pregnancy and obligation

Available on

Amazon Prime Video
Rakuten TV
Amazon Prime Video
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