Category Archives: Thriller
Angel Has Fallen
Release 2019
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Director: Ric Roman Waugh
Writers: Robert Mark Kamen, Matt Cook, Ric Roman Waugh, Creighton Rothenberger, Katrin Benedikt
Stars: Gerard Butler, Frederick Schmidt, Danny Huston
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6189022/
Mike Banning is framed for the attempted assassination of the President and must evade his own agency and the FBI as he tries to uncover the real threat.
Joker
Release 2019
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Director: Todd Phillips
Writers: Todd Phillips, Scott Silver, Bob Kane, Bill Finger, Jerry Robinson
Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7286456/
In Gotham City, mentally-troubled comedian Arthur Fleck is disregarded and mistreated by society. He then embarks on a downward spiral of revolution and bloody crime. This path brings him face-to-face with his alter-ego: "The Joker".
Fractured
Release 2019
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Director: Brad Anderson
Writers: Alan B. McElroy
Stars: Lily Rabe, Sam Worthington, Stephen Tobolowsky
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4332232/
Driving cross-country, Ray and his wife and daughter stop at a highway rest area where his daughter falls and breaks her arm. After a frantic rush to the hospital and a clash with the check-in nurse, Ray is finally able to get her to a doctor. While the wife and daughter go downstairs for an MRI, Ray, exhausted, passes out in a chair in the lobby. Upon waking up, they have no record or knowledge of Ray's family ever being checked in.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: André Øvredal
Writers: Dan Hageman, Kevin Hageman, Guillermo del Toro, Marcus Dunstan, Patrick Melton, Alvin Schwartz
Stars: Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza, Dean Norris
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3387520/
A group of teens face their fears in order to save their lives.
In the Tall Grass
Release 2019
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Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writers: Vincenzo Natali, Stephen King, Joe Hill
Stars: Laysla De Oliveira, Avery Whitted, Patrick Wilson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4687108/
After hearing a young boy's cry for help, a sister and brother venture into a vast field of tall grass in Kansas but soon discover there may be no way out...and that something evil lurks within.
The Art of Self-Defense
Release 2019
Genre Comedy, Drama, Sport, Thriller
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Director: Riley Stearns
Writer: Riley Stearns
Stars: Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro Nivola, Imogen Poots
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7339248/
After being attacked on the street, a young man enlists at a local dojo, led by a charismatic and mysterious sensei, in an effort to learn how to defend himself from future threats.
The Wolf Hour
Release 2019
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Alistair Banks Griffin
Writer: Alistair Banks Griffin
Stars: Naomi Watts, Jennifer Ehle, Emory Cohen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5342950/
June was once a known counter-culture figure, but that was a decade ago. She now lives alone in her South Bronx apartment, having all but cut herself off from the outside world. It's the notorious "Summer of Sam" and June only has to look out of her window to see the violence escalating with the brutal summer heat. The city is on a knife's edge, a pressure-cooker about to explode into the incendiary 1977 New York blackout riots.
Running with the Devil
Release 2019
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Director: Jason Cabell
Writer: Jason Cabell
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Cole Hauser, Leslie Bibb
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5792656/
The CEO of an International conglomerate sends two of his most regarded executives to investigate why shipments of cocaine are being hijacked and over cut somewhere on the supply chain.
Annabelle Comes Home
Release 2019
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Gary Dauberman
Writers: James Wan, Gary Dauberman
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Mckenna Grace
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8350360/
While babysitting the daughter of Ed and Lorraine Warren, a teenager and her friend unknowingly awaken an evil spirit trapped in a doll.
Child's Play
Release 2019
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Director: Lars Klevberg
Writers: Tyler Burton Smith, Don Mancini
Stars: Mark Hamill, Aubrey Plaza, Tim Matheson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8663516/
A mother gives her 13-year-old son a toy doll for his birthday, unaware of its more sinister nature, he also kills people who disobeyed Andy.