Category Archives: Thriller
Way Down
Release 2021
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Jaume Balagueró
Writers: Rowan Athale, Michel Gaztambide, Borja Glez. Santaolalla
Stars: Famke Janssen, Freddie Highmore, Liam Cunningham, Astrid Bergès-Frisbey, Sam Riley
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9742794/
Thom, a genius engineering graduate is interested in the Bank of Spain's safe. The Bank building is more than 100 years old, with no building blueprints available and a security system that includes an underground river that will flood the safe room if their walls are breached. As soon as Thom learns that a legendary lost treasure is going to be held at the bank's safe for just 10 days, he devises, together with charismatic art dealer Walter "Cunningham" a detailed plan to breaking in. They will only have 105 minutes to do so, while the Bank's staff will be distracted, watching the 2010 Football World Cup final match , played by Spain's national soccer team and broadcast on a giant screen, coincidentally placed just in front of the Bank of Spain building.
The Winter Lake
Release 2020
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Phil Sheerin
Writers: David Turpin
Stars: Anson Boon, Charlie Murphy, Emma Mackey, Michael McElhatton, Mark McKenna
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9778348/
When Holly's dark secret is accidentally uncovered by her new emotionally unstable neighbor Tom, they are pulled into a violent confrontation with her father, who will do anything to keep the secret hidden.
Dreamcatcher
Release 2021
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Jacob Johnston
Writer: Jacob Johnston
Stars: Niki Koss, Travis Burns, Blaine Kern III
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9382172/
The film centers on two estranged sisters who, along with their friends, become entrenched in a 48 hour whirlwind of violence after a traumatic experience at an underground music festival.
Crisis
Release 2021
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Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Writer: Nicholas Jarecki
Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731682/
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her...
The Devil Below
Release 2021
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Director: Bradley Parker
Writers: Stefan Jaworski, Eric Scherbarth
Stars: Will Patton, Adan Canto, Jonathan Sadowski, Alicia Sanz, Nathan Phillips
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7646322/
There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than...
The Mauritanian
Release 2021
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Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: Michael Bronner, Michael Bronner, Rory Haines
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Stevel Marc
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/
Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Adverse
Release 2020
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Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Writer: Brian A. Metcalf
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8597594/
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
Son
Release 2021
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Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Writer: Ivan Kavanagh
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Andi Matichak, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Rocco Sisto
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5624466/
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Gatecrash
Release 2020
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Director: Lawrence Gough
Writers: Lawrence Gough, Terry Hughes, Terry Hughes
Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Ben Cura, Anton Lesser, Samuel West
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7358576/
A dark psychological thriller which follows a couple who find themselves in a hit and run situation, with the evidence suggesting there was no accident.
I Care a Lot
Release 2020
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Director: J Blakeson
Writer: J Blakeson
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.