Category Archives: Thriller
Stolen
Release 2012
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Simon West
Writers: David Guggenheim
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Danny Huston, Malin Akerman, Sami Gayle
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1656186/
A former thief frantically searches for his missing daughter, who has been kidnapped and locked in the trunk of a taxi.
Empire State
Release 2013
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Director: Dito Montiel
Writers: Adam Mazer
Stars: Liam Hemsworth, Michael Angarano, Dwayne Johnson, Paul Ben-Victor, Jerry Ferrara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2171867/
Two childhood friends plan to rob an armored car depository. An NYPD officer stands in their way.
Dead Man Down
Release 2013
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Writers: J.H. Wyman
Stars: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Terrence Howard, Dominic Cooper, Isabelle Huppert
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/
In New York City, a crime lord's right-hand man is seduced by a woman seeking retribution.
The Call(2014)
Release 2013
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Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Richard D'Ovidio, Nicole D'Ovidio, Jon Bokenkamp
Stars: Halle Berry, Abigail Breslin, Morris Chestnut, Michael Eklund, David Otunga
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911644/
When a veteran 911 operator takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to save the girl's life.
Dark Skies
Release 2013
Genre Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Scott Stewart
Stars: Keri Russell, Josh Hamilton, Dakota Goyo, Kadan Rockett, J.K. Simmons
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2387433/
As the Barret family's peaceful suburban life is rocked by an escalating series of disturbing events, they come to learn that a terrifying and deadly force is after them.
Runner Runner
Release 2013
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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: Brian Koppelman, David Levien
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Anthony Mackie, Michael Esper
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364841/
When a poor college student who cracks an online poker game goes bust, he arranges a face-to-face with the man he thinks cheated him, a sly offshore entrepreneur.
21 & Over
Release 2013
Genre Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Stars: Miles Teller, Skylar Astin, Justin Chon, Sarah Wright, Jonathan Keltz
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1711425/
The night before his big medical school interview, a promising student celebrates his 21st birthday with his two best friends.
The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
Release 2013
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Fredrik Bond
Writers: Matt Drake
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Evan Rachel Wood, Mads Mikkelsen, Til Schweiger, Rupert Grint
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196948/
While traveling abroad, a guy falls for a Romanian beauty whose unreachable heart has its origins in her violent, charismatic ex.
Only God Forgives
Release 2013
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Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Stars: Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm, Gordon Brown, Yayaying Rhatha Phongam
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1602613/
Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld, sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death.
Sinister
Release 2012
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Scott Derrickson
Writers: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill
Stars: Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, Fred Dalton Thompson, James Ransone, Michael Hall D'Addario
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1922777/
A true-crime writer finds a cache of 8mm home movies films that suggest the murder he is currently researching is the work of a serial killer whose career dates back to the 1960s.