Thrillers movies

Spectral (2016)

Military Film, Sci-Fi, science fiction film, thriller film

Dead Presidents (1995)

Action, Anti-War Film, Gangster Film, Social Drama, crime film, drama film, heist film, hood film, neo-noir

In 1968, Anthony Curtis, a soon-to-be high school graduate in The Bronx, chooses to enlist in the United States Marine Corps rather than go to college. He deploys to Vietnam, leaving behind his middle-class family, his girlfriend Juanita, …

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The Wolfman (2010)

Horror, Thriller, Werewolf, drama film, horror film, werewolf film

In 1891, a man named Ben Talbot is killed by a humanoid wolf in the woods of Blackmoor. His mutilated body is found in a slaughterhouse. After learning of what happened, his brother Lawrence returns home, and reunites with his estranged fa…

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The Stepford Wives (2004)

Dark Comedy, LGBTQ-related film, Sci-Fi, comedy film, drama film, science fiction film

Joanna Eberhart's successful career as an executive producer and president of reality television network EBS abruptly ends after Hank, a disillusioned reality show participant, attempts to murder Joanna during an upfront presentation. Afte…

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Jeepers Creepers: Reborn (2022)

Modern-Day Fantasy, Monster Film, horror film, mystery film, thriller film

In 2021, millennial couple Chase and Laine travel to the Horror Hound festival in rural Louisiana. Chase is a paranormal fanatic, taking a special interest in the local urban legend of "the Creeper", a creature that every 23 years, for 23 …

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Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

Christmas film, Horror, horror film, list of holiday horror films, slasher film, thriller film

On Christmas Eve 1971, five-year-old Billy Chapman and his family visit a nursing home in Utah where his catatonic grandfather lives. When Billy's parents Jim and Ellie leave the room, his grandfather suddenly awakens and tells Billy to fe…

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Memory (2022)

Action, Thriller, action film, thriller film

Alex Lewis is a contract killer living in Mexico who suffers from early-onset Alzheimer's and works for Davana Sealman. He is assigned to kill a man in El Paso, Texas, where he grew up and where his brother lives in a nursing home due to s…

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The Ipcress File (1965)

Crime, Mysterie, detective film, political thriller film, spy film

A scientist called Radcliffe is kidnapped from a train and his security escort killed. Harry Palmer, a British Army sergeant with a record of insubordination and a criminal past, now working for a Ministry of Defence organisation, is summo…

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September 5 (2024)

Historical drama, historical film, thriller film

During the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, the ABC Sports crew presides over the coverage of the spirited and relatively uneventful Games. When Mark Spitz wins gold in the swimming event over a West German competitor, ABC Sports president …

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The Changeling (1980)

Ghost-House-Movies, Ghost-Movie, horror film, mystery film, thriller film

John Russell, a composer from New York City, is vacationing with his wife and daughter upstate when his car gets stuck in snow. While he approaches a roadside phone booth to call for assistance, he witnesses his wife and daughter get struc…

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The Parallax View (1974)

Thriller, political thriller film

Seattle television journalist Lee Carter witnesses the assassination of U.S. senator and presidential aspirant Charles Carroll atop the Space Needle during a campaign stop. The killer, disguised as a waiter, is killed during the pursuit.

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Daybreakers (2009)

Apocalypse & Post-Apocalypse, Vampirfilm, action film, adventure film, dystopian film, horror film, science fiction film, vampire film

In the year 2019, a global plague caused by an infected vampire bat has transformed most of the world's human population into immortal vampires. As the population of uninfected humans decreases, vampires are faced with a severe blood short…

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Saw VI (2009)

Psychological Thriller, Splatter Film, horror film

Predatory lenders Eddie and Simone are locked in head harnesses with screws aimed at their temples, and have one minute to each cut flesh from their bodies and weigh the scale in their favor to survive. Eddie, who is overweight, slices sev…

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Mission to Mars (2000)

Space Opera, Thriller, action film, adventure film, science fiction film, thriller film

In 2020, the Mars I mission travels to the planet Mars, commanded by Luke Graham. The team discovers a bright white formation in the Cydonia region, which they suspect is an extrusion from a subsurface geothermal column of water, useful to…

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1992 (2024)

Drama, action film, drama film, thriller film

In 1992 Los Angeles, ex-con Mercer endeavors to restore his life and relationship with his son during the unrest following the Rodney King verdict. Meanwhile, in another part of town, a father and son confront their troubled relationship b…

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Tango & Cash (1989)

Action Comedy, Buddy Cop, Conspiracy Thriller, Political Thriller, action film, buddy cop film, buddy film, comedy film, prison film

In Los Angeles, Lieutenants Raymond Tango of the Westside and Gabriel Cash of the Eastside are considered the best detectives in the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), where they are both assigned to the Narcotics Division and lauded fo…

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Bird Box: Barcelona (2023)

Horror, Thriller, horror film, science fiction film

The world is plagued by mysterious entities that manipulate people's negative emotions, turning some into "seers" but leading most people to die by suicide once they have seen an entity. A standard prevention method is wearing a blindfold …

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Toy Soldiers (1991)

Action, action film

In Barranquilla, Colombia, terrorist Luis Cali has taken over the Palace of Justice with a team of mercenaries. He demands the release of his drug kingpin father, Enrique Cali, only to learn that his father has already been extradited to t…

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Serial Mom (1994)

Dark Comedy, Tragic Comedy Film, comedy film, comedy thriller

Beverly Sutphin appears to be an unassuming upper-middle-class housewife living with her dentist husband Eugene and their teenage children, Misty and Chip, in Towson, Maryland. In truth, she is a serial killer who murders people over trivi…

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The Next Three Days (2010)

Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film

In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lara Brennan is sentenced to life in prison for murder. Three years later, her young son Luke ceases to acknowledge her during prison visits, despite the efforts of her husband John. Following the failure of La…

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The Stranger (2022)

Crime, Psychological Thriller

The police suspect Henry Teague of the abduction and murder of a young teen but lack proof. They use the Mr. Big procedure to elicit a confession while continuing to search for evidence.

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Suburbicon (2017)

Family Drama, Thriller, crime thriller film, drama film

In the late spring of 1959, the peaceful, all-white neighborhood of Suburbicon is shaken by the arrival of the black Mayers family. Gardner Lodge, a seemingly mild-mannered family man, lives in Suburbicon with his paraplegic wife, Rose, an…

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The Interpreter (2005)

Conspiracy Thriller, Justice Drama, Political Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Thriller, crime film, drama film, mystery film, political thriller film

In the fictional Southern African country of Matobo, rebel leader Ajene Xola drives two men, Simon Broome and Philippe, to an abandoned stadium. They discuss how President Edmond Zuwanie's regime has ruthlessly exterminated most of the pop…

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Matchstick Men (2003)

Komödie, black comedy film, comedy drama, crime film, drama film, heist film

Roy Waller is a con artist from Los Angeles with severe Tourette syndrome and obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD). Alongside his partner and protégé Frank Mercer, Roy runs short cons, selling overpriced water filtration systems to unsuspec…

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