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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.

A Dark Place

711. A Dark Place

Thriller Mystery Investigation Suspense Investigation Mystery
6.2

20181h 29min

United Kingdom, United States

Director: Simon Fellows

When a young boy turns up dead in a sleepy Pennsylvania town, a local sanitation truck driver, Donald, plays detective, embarking on a precarious and obsessive investigation to prove the boy was murdered.

Themes

Moral ambiguity of justice, Small-town paranoia, Obsessive investigation, Child abuse consequences, Evidence tracing tension, Mistrust of authorities

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The Purity of Vengeance

712. The Purity of Vengeance

Crime Thriller Mystery Drama Detective Mystery Crime
7.4

20181h 58min

Denmark, Germany

Director: Christoffer Boe

Copenhagen, 2018. A frightening discovery is made in an old apartment. The subsequent investigation of Department Q leads them to an infamous institution for girls that was suddenly closed in the early sixties.

Themes

Betrayal and loyalty, State sponsored eugenics, Gendered medical control, Secret hearings, Nordic noir, Traumatized woman

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Bad Times at the El Royale

713. Bad Times at the El Royale

Thriller Mystery Crime Drama Mind Game Thriller
7.1

20182h 21min

United States, Canada

Director: Drew Goddard

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Themes

1960s mood, Casino strategy, Vietnam war haunt, Audio tape manipulation, Motel room control, Hippie persona tension

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The House That Jack Built

714. The House That Jack Built

Drama Horror Crime Thriller Serial Killer Crime
6.8

20182h 32min

Denmark, France

Director: Lars von Trier

Failed architect, engineer and vicious murderer Jack narrates the details of some of his most elaborately orchestrated crimes, each of them a towering piece of art that defines his life's work as a serial killer for twelve years.

Themes

Power imbalance, Obsessive control, Abusive domination, Art through violence, Dehumanization and objectification, Psychological deterioration

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22 July

715. 22 July

Crime Drama History Thriller Historical Event
6.8

20182h 23min

United States

Director: Paul Greengrass

On 22 July 2011, neo-Nazi terrorist Anders Behring Breivik murdered 77 young people attending a Labour Party Youth Camp on Utøya Island outside of Oslo. This three-part story focuses on the survivors, the political leadership of Norway, and the lawyers involved.

Themes

Survivor resilience, Collective trauma, Neo-nazism ideology, Summer camp context, Legal ethics, State accountability

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The Realm

716. The Realm

Thriller Mystery Drama Political Thriller Investigation Mystery
7.1

20182h 12min

France, Spain

Director: Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Manuel, a Spanish politician whose high-class lifestyle is based on nefarious and illegal business threatens to break his entire party after a newspaper exposes him to the public eye. Rather than admit to any wrongdoing, he decides to sell out his whole party in an effort to avoid jail time. It's a decision that will put many lives at risk.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Power and legitimacy, Class inequality through corruption, Political treachery and manipulation, Treason and betrayal, Fraud in governance

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Balloon

717. Balloon

Thriller Drama History Political Thriller Historical Drama
7.5

20182h 5min

France, Germany

Director: Michael Herbig

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it crashes just before the border. The Stasi finds traces of this attempt to escape and immediately starts investigations, while the two families are forced to build a new escape balloon. With each passing day the Stasi is closer on their heels – a nerve-wracking race against time begins.

Themes

Resourcefulness under constraint, State coercion and control, Coordinated risk taking, Escape under surveillance, Fear and paranoia, Interfamily solidarity under pressure

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UFO

718. UFO

Science Fiction Thriller Mystery Alien Contact Sci-Fi Investigation Suspense
6.2

20181h 28min

United States

Director: Ryan Eslinger

A college student, who sees a UFO, uses his exceptional math skills to investigate the sighting with his friends while the FBI follows closely behind.

Themes

Airport pressure point, Professor-guided inquiry, Mathematics-driven analysis, Ufo sighting interpretation, Open-ended investigation, Airport-centric collaboration

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I Still See You

719. I Still See You

Thriller Fantasy Mystery Mind Game Thriller Mystic Mystery
5.8

20181h 38min

United States

Director: Scott Speer

Ten years after an apocalyptic event left the world haunted by ghosts, Roni receives a threatening message from beyond the grave. Joining forces with a mysterious classmate, Kirk, Roni descends into a shadow world that blurs the bounds of the living and the dead-and begins a desperate race against time to stop a cunning killer.

Themes

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Hell Fest

720. Hell Fest

Horror Thriller Slasher Horror Survival Thriller
5.5

20181h 29min

United States

Director: Gregory Plotkin

On Halloween night at a horror theme park, a costumed killer begins slaying innocent patrons who believe that it's all part of the festivities.

Themes

"movie: hell fest. genres: horror, Thriller, Horror, Thriller main themes: psychopath, Halloween, Serial killer, Psychopath, Halloween, Serial killer full keywords list: psychopath, Halloween, Serial killer, Slasher, Amusement park, Psycho, Halloween night. concept analysis: hell fest explores the thin line between entertainment and reality, Questioning how far individuals will go to seek thrills. it also examines the desensitization to violence in modern society, Particularly in the context of horror as a form of amusement."

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