Genre: Thriller

Thrillers run on tension and pace — danger, stakes, and a clock running down, pulling you forward to find out whether the worst comes true.

  • The Lincoln Lawyer (2011) Cover

    The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)

    2011 Brad Furman drama with Matthew McConaughey as a Los Angeles defense attorney working out of his Lincoln Town Car.
    Courtroom Drama • Thriller
    May 18, '26
  • Michael Clayton (2007) Cover

    Michael Clayton (2007)

    2007 Tony Gilroy legal thriller with George Clooney as a corporate law firm fixer entangled in a class-action chemical case.
    Courtroom Drama • Thriller
    May 18, '26
  • Juror #2 (2024) Cover

    Juror #2 (2024)

    2024 Clint Eastwood courtroom drama with Nicholas Hoult as a juror who realizes he may have caused the death his trial is examining.
    Courtroom Drama • Thriller
    May 18, '26
  • Runaway Jury (2003) Cover

    Runaway Jury (2003)

    2003 Gary Fleder thriller from John Grisham. John Cusack manipulates a New Orleans gun-manufacturer trial with Rachel Weisz.
    Courtroom Drama • Thriller
    May 18, '26
  • Bullet Train (2022) Cover

    Bullet Train (2022)

    David Leitch's 2022 Brad Pitt action-comedy. Five assassins on the same Tokyo bullet train, each with overlapping missions. Pulls Snatch into anime tempo.
    Action • Thriller
    May 17, '26
  • Mulholland Drive (2001) Cover

    Mulholland Drive (2001)

    Lynch's 2001 Hollywood nightmare. Started as a TV pilot, became a feature. Naomi Watts in a dual role that announced her. The Club Silencio scene.
    Indie • Thriller
    May 17, '26
  • Blue Velvet (1986) Cover

    Blue Velvet (1986)

    Lynch's 1986 small-town surrealist thriller. MacLachlan, Rossellini, Hopper as Frank Booth. The severed ear opening. Suburban America's underside on film.
    Indie • Thriller
    May 17, '26
  • Pi (1998) Cover

    Pi (1998)

    Aronofsky's 1998 debut. Black-and-white paranoid math thriller. A number theorist on the edge. The film that announced both Aronofsky and Sean Gullette.
    Indie • Thriller
    May 17, '26
  • Following (1998) Cover

    Following (1998)

    Nolan's 1998 debut. Black and white, 70 minutes, shot on weekends with available light. The film that proved he could structure non-linear narrative cleanly.
    Indie • Thriller
    May 17, '26
  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) Cover

    The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

    Oplev's 2009 Swedish thriller. Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Original adaptation of Stieg Larsson's trilogy. Sharper than the Fincher remake.
    Foreign Movies • Thriller
    May 17, '26
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