Cinema HoundSniffing out great movies.
← Find more movies

Thrillers movies

Explore suspense, danger and tense conflicts.

Matches come from recorded genres and theme tags; catalogue coverage can vary. 11,132 films · Page 343.

Torment (1950)

thriller film

Brothers Cliff and Jim Brandon are a successful writing team specializing in murder mysteries, but Cliff and Jim are almost as disturbed as some of the characters they have created. While researching their latest novel, Cliff commits murder, simply to experience the thrill. He then attempts to frame his secretary Joan for the crime.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

The Levenger Tapes (2011)

Horror, thriller film

After three college students go missing, detectives discover a disturbing tape that they hope will provide clues to their whereabouts. The footage of the students takes a chilling turn when they discover the bloodied dress of a young girl in the wilderness. The detectives link the missing students case and the young girl together and hope to find them all alive.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Terminal Error (2002)

Action, disaster film, Science fiction, thriller film

Elliot, a vengeful ex-employee of a computer firm wants revenge and befriends the boss Brad's son Dylan giving him an MP3 file containing a computer virus. This virus creates havoc all across the city by poisoning the water with chlorine, making planes crash and ultimately developing an intelligence of its own. The virus is eventually traced to a server and is terminated by another equally powerful virus created by Brad and Dylan with a Game Boy Color.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Chameleon (1995)

Science fiction, thriller film

When agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration are ambushed during a raid, Agent Matt Gianni suspects a leak and asks his boss Stuart Langston to enlist an outside agent. Langston brings in Willie Serling, who is a master of disguises and whose family was killed by Alberto Cortese, a drug smuggler. Langston sends Serling to jail undercover to investigate a drug operation possibly run by Cortese.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Bikini Island (1991)

Crime, Erotic Thriller, Horror, Mysterie, Slasher

James M. Craddock describes the plot as "Beautiful swimsuit models gather on a remote tropical island for a big photo shoot, each vying to be the next cover girl of the hottest swimsuit magazine. Before long, scantily clad lovelies are turning up dead."

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Lone Hero (2002)

Action

John Gray (Sean Patrick Flanery) is an actor in a Far West time touristic attraction village, named Profit, near a small town. He lives an eventless life, with his on-and-off girlfriend Sharon (Tanya Allen) his friends and co-workers Tim (Tyler Labine and Pablo (Alonso Oyarzun), and his mentor Gus (Robert Forster). Until one night, when two bikers rob the town's bar and severely beat the barman down.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Devil May Call (2013)

Horror, satanic film, thriller film

Blind telephone counselor Sam (Corri English) is leaving. Volunteering to train new employee Jess (Van Hansis), Sam joins skeleton crew Val (Traci Lords) and Jules (Tracy Perez) for one last night on the phones. They’re expecting a quiet night.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Thane of East County (2017)

Crime, experimental film, mystery film, neo-noir, thriller film

James (Macbeth) and Jen (Lady Macbeth) become intertwined with each other as they rehearse a theatrical production of Macbeth. Duke (also Macbeth) is Jen's husband, Drew (Banquo) is James' best friend and Matt portrays Macduff and Malcolm. Things go awry as the actors begin to carry out the actions of characters they portray.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Noise (2007)

Drama, Social Drama, thriller film

The film is set against the landscape of two potentially related murders: that of an engaged woman in the inner-western Melbourne suburb of Sunshine, and that of seven passengers on a Melbourne train. From there, the film deals primarily with the experiences of Lavinia Smart, a young woman who boarded the train shortly after the murders, and police Constable Graham McGahan, who is afflicted with increasingly severe tinnitus. When he requests light duty on account of his tinnitus, Constable McGahan is assigned the night shift of a police information van in Sunshine, where he encounters the traumatized members of the local community,…

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Tokyo Rose (1946)

thriller film, war film

Pete Sherman an American prisoner of war being held in Japan during World War II is enlisted by his captors to take part in broadcasts designed to weaken Allied morale. He manages to escape and with the help of a war correspondent from neutral Ireland by impersonating a Swedish journalist killed in a recent bombing raid. He is also aided by Greta, the sister of the dead man.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

The Killing of Angel Street (1981)

thriller film

The film stars Elizabeth Alexander as Jessica Simmonds, who returns home from London to discover the street she grew up in being torn down by developers for high rise developments. Her father (Alexander Archdale), a vocal opponent of the developers, is killed in a suspicious fire and Jessica takes up the cause of the local residents. She joins forces with Jeff Elliot (John Hargreaves), a union leader.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

The Flaw (1955)

thriller film

A Formula One motor race is won by Paul Oliveri who is greeted by his girlfriend Monica after the race. A year later, Paul proposes to Monica on the balcony and she says yes as long as he gives up motor racing. Monica writes to her old boyfriend John (Jack) Millway, who is also her solicitor, to let her know she has married, and he is clearly disappointed.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Confessions of a Pit Fighter (2005)

Drama, Martial arts

The embattled mixed martial arts expert, Eddie Castillo, is released from jail after swearing to never enter the pit fighting ring again. However, after his brother is killed in the ring by a vicious new fighter, Eddie goes on a quest for revenge. His journey takes him through the depths of the underground pit fighting circuit, where he finds people like Lucky, who help him; while others, such as the nefarious Argento will stop at nothing to see Eddie fail.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

thriller film

John Dannahay is a CIA agent operating from the United States Embassy in Rome planning a coup of an African country. He finds out an old colleague of his, Harry Lambert, is in contact with one of the subjects of his operation. He tries to get in contact with Lambert but finds from his wife Renata that he has just left.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Smart Money (1986)

The film is a thriller about computer fraud. Leon, a computer hacker, and Freak, a programmer, team up with Fast Eddie, a video games expert, to get revenge on Lawrence McNeice ("a hired hand for" several corporations), who framed Leon for a computer fraud he didn't commit. Lawrence McNiece is the head of computer security in a large corporation.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Suspected Person (1942)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

A British associate of some American gangsters double-crosses them following a bank robbery and escapes with the loot. He heads to London where his sister keeps a boarding house. She is unaware of his criminal career, but becomes suspicious when both Scotland Yard and his former associates both turn up on his trail.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

The Bet (2006)

Crime, Drama, thriller film

The film is a story about a man named Will (Matthew Newton), a young stockbroker, who makes a bet with his wealthy friend Angus (Aden Young) to prove himself and to prove who can make the most money with 50 grand in 90 days for a prize of 200 grand. Their mutual friend Benno, Will's boss tells to invest in a pharmaceutical company. In desperation he agrees to bend for a bit for insider trading.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence

Man of Violence (1971)

Action, Crime, Drama, Gangster Film, thriller film

Unprincipled loan shark Moon is hired for industrial espionage by tycoon Sam Bryant, who also pays him to investigate protection racketeer Charles Grayson. At the same time, he is hired by Grayson to investigate Bryant's business dealings. Moon gets caught up in a stolen gold operation also involving Bryant and Grayson.

Plot source · Reuse with credit and the same licence