Category Archives: Thriller
The Card Counter
Release 2021
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Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Tiffany Haddish, Tye Sheridan, Willem Dafoe, Alexander Babara
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11196036/
Redemption is the long game in Paul Schrader's THE CARD COUNTER. Told with Schrader's trademark cinematic intensity, the revenge thriller tells the story of an ex-military interrogator turned gambler haunted by the ghosts of his past.
Bad Candy
Release 2020
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Director: Scott B. Hansen, Desiree Connell
Writers: Desiree Connell, Scott B. Hansen, Thacker Hoffman
Stars: Zach Galligan, Corey Taylor, Derek Russo, Brittney Rae, Haley Leary
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6561576/
On Halloween night in New Salem, Radio DJs Chilly Billy (Corey Taylor) and Paul (Zach Galligan) tell a twisted anthology of terrifying local myths that lead to a grim end for small-town residents.
Prisoners of the Ghostland
Release 2021
Genre Action, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Sion Sono
Writers: Aaron Hendry, Reza Sixo Safai
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Narisa Suzuki
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6372694/
A notorious criminal must break an evil curse in order to rescue an abducted girl who has mysteriously disappeared.
The Guilty
Release 2021
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Nic Pizzolatto, Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Ethan Hawke, Riley Keough, Peter Sarsgaard
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9421570/
A demoted police officer assigned to a call dispatch desk is conflicted when he receives an emergency phone call from a kidnapped woman.
The Voyeurs
Release 2021
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Michael Mohan
Writer: Michael Mohan
Stars: Sydney Sweeney, Justice Smith, Ben Hardy, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Katharine King So
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11235772/
Pippa and Thomas move into their dream apartment, they notice that their windows look directly into the apartment opposite, this will set in motion a chain of events that will lead to disaster.
Karen
Release 2021
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Director: Coke Daniels
Writer: Coke Daniels
Stars: Taryn Manning, Cory Hardrict, Gregory Alan Williams, Jasmine Burke, Brandon Sklenar
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12636872/
A racist woman takes it as a personal mission to displace the new Black family that just moved into the neighborhood, but they won't back down without a fight.
Yakuza Princess
Release 2021
Genre Thriller
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Director: Vicente Amorim
Writers: Vicente Amorim, Danilo Beyruth, Kimi Lee
Stars: MASUMI, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Kenny Leu
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10715446/
The heiress to half of the Yakuza crime syndicate forges an uneasy alliance with an amnesiac stranger who believes an ancient sword binds their two fates. She must unleash war against the other half of the syndicate who wants her dead.
Zone 414
Release 2021
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Director: Andrew Baird
Writers: Bryan Edward Hill
Stars: Travis Fimmel, Guy Pearce, Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Ned Dennehy, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8545482/
Set in the near future, private detective David Carmichael is hired by Marlon Veidt, an eccentric businessman, to track down his missing daughter. David teams up with Jane, a highly advanced A.I. to solve the mystery.
The Protégé
Release 2021
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Richard Wenk
Stars: Michael Keaton, Maggie Q, Samuel L. Jackson, David Rintoul, Patrick Malahide
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6079772/
Rescued as a child by the legendary assassin Moody, Anna is the world's most skilled contract killer. However, when Moody is brutally killed, she vows revenge for the man who taught her everything she knows.
The Gateway
Release 2021
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Director: Michele Civetta
Writers: Alex Felix Bendaña, Michele Civetta, Andrew Levitas
Stars: Frank Grillo, Olivia Munn, Shea Whigham, Taryn Manning, Keith David
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10207710/
A social worker assigned to the care of the daughter of a single mother intervenes when the dad returns from prison and lures them into a life of crime.