100+ Best Thriller Movies

Top-rated thriller films ranked by our smart algorithm

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100 Best Thriller Movies

Top-rated thriller films ranked by our smart algorithm

#1
The Dark Knight poster
8.5

The Dark Knight

20082h 32m

Batman raises the stakes in his war on crime. With the help of Lt. Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to dismantle the remaining criminal organizations that plague the streets. The partnership proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a reign of chaos unleashed by a rising criminal mastermind known to the terrified citizens of Gotham as the Joker.

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#2
John Wick Chapter 4 poster
7.8

John Wick Chapter 4

20232h 50m

With the price on his head ever increasing, John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

ActionThrillerCrime
#3
Prey poster
7.8

Prey

20221h 40m

When danger threatens her camp, the fierce and highly skilled Comanche warrior Naru sets out to protect her people. But the prey she stalks turns out to be a highly evolved alien predator with a technically advanced arsenal.

ThrillerActionScience Fiction
#4
The Batman poster
7.7

The Batman

20222h 57m

In his second year of fighting crime, Batman uncovers corruption in Gotham City that connects to his own family while facing a serial killer known as the Riddler.

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#5
Godzilla vs Kong poster
7.7

Godzilla vs Kong

20211h 54m

In a time when monsters walk the Earth, humanity’s fight for its future sets Godzilla and Kong on a collision course that will see the two most powerful forces of nature on the planet collide in a spectacular battle for the ages.

ActionScience FictionThriller
#6
The Conjuring poster
7.5

The Conjuring

20131h 52m

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren work to help a family terrorized by a dark presence in their farmhouse. Forced to confront a powerful entity, the Warrens find themselves caught in the most terrifying case of their lives.

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#7
The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It poster
7.5

The Conjuring The Devil Made Me Do It

20211h 51m

Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren encounter what would become one of the most sensational cases from their files. The fight for the soul of a young boy takes them beyond anything they'd ever seen before, to mark the first time in U.S. history that a murder suspect would claim demonic possession as a defense.

HorrorMysteryThriller
#8
Pulp Fiction poster
8.5

Pulp Fiction

19942h 34m

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in three stories that ingeniously trip back and forth in time.

ThrillerCrime
#9
Parasite poster
8.5

Parasite

20192h 13m

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.

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#10
John Wick Chapter 2 poster
7.3

John Wick Chapter 2

20172h 2m

John Wick is forced out of retirement by a former associate looking to seize control of a shadowy international assassins’ guild. Bound by a blood oath to aid him, Wick travels to Rome and does battle against some of the world’s most dangerous killers.

ActionThrillerCrime
#11
Terminator 2 Judgment Day poster
8.1

Terminator 2 Judgment Day

19912h 17m

Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son, John, the future leader of the resistance, is the target for a newer, more deadly terminator. Once again, the resistance has managed to send a protector back to attempt to save John and his mother Sarah.

ActionThrillerScience Fiction
#12
The Dark Knight Rises poster
7.8

The Dark Knight Rises

20122h 45m

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Gotham City Police Department. Eight years later, Batman encounters the mysterious Selina Kyle and the villainous Bane, a new terrorist leader who overwhelms Gotham's finest. The Dark Knight resurfaces to protect a city that has branded him an enemy.

ActionCrimeDrama
#13
Bullet Train poster
7.5

Bullet Train

20222h 6m

Unlucky assassin Ladybug is determined to do his job peacefully after one too many gigs gone off the rails. Fate, however, may have other plans, as Ladybug's latest mission puts him on a collision course with lethal adversaries from around the globe—all with connected, yet conflicting, objectives—on the world's fastest train.

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#14
John Wick Chapter 3  Parabellum poster
7.4

John Wick Chapter 3 Parabellum

20192h 11m

Super-assassin John Wick returns with a $14 million price tag on his head and an army of bounty-hunting killers on his trail. After killing a member of the shadowy international assassin’s guild, the High Table, John Wick is excommunicado, but the world’s most ruthless hit men and women await his every turn.

ActionThrillerCrime
#15
Inglourious Basterds poster
8.2

Inglourious Basterds

20092h 33m

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. The Basterds, lead by Lt. Aldo Raine soon cross paths with a French-Jewish teenage girl who runs a movie theater in Paris which is targeted by the soldiers.

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#16
Se7en poster
8.4

Se7en

19952h 7m

Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

CrimeMysteryThriller
#17
Psycho poster
8.4

Psycho

19601h 49m

When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.

HorrorDramaThriller
#18
Shutter Island poster
8.2

Shutter Island

20102h 18m

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by troubling visions and a mysterious doctor.

DramaThrillerMystery
#19
The Godfather Part III poster
7.4

The Godfather Part III

19902h 42m

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

CrimeDramaThriller
#20
Oldboy poster
8.3

Oldboy

20032h 0m

With no clue how he came to be imprisoned, drugged and tortured for 15 years, a desperate businessman seeks revenge on his captors.

DramaThrillerMystery
#21
Joker poster
8.2

Joker

20192h 2m

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.

CrimeThrillerDrama
#22
Blade Runner poster
7.9

Blade Runner

19821h 58m

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.

Science FictionDramaThriller
#23
The Shining poster
8.2

The Shining

19802h 24m

Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

HorrorThriller
#24
Wrath of Man poster
7.7

Wrath of Man

20211h 59m

A cold and mysterious new security guard for a Los Angeles cash truck company surprises his co-workers when he unleashes precision skills during a heist. The crew is left wondering who he is and where he came from. Soon, the marksman's ultimate motive becomes clear as he takes dramatic and irrevocable steps to settle a score.

CrimeThrillerAction
#25
The Imitation Game poster
8.0

The Imitation Game

20141h 53m

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.

HistoryDramaThriller
#26
Aliens poster
7.9

Aliens

19862h 17m

When Ripley's lifepod is found by a salvage crew over 50 years later, she finds that terra-formers are on the very planet they found the alien species. When the company sends a family of colonists out to investigate her story—all contact is lost with the planet and colonists. They enlist Ripley and the colonial marines to return and search for answers.

ActionThrillerScience Fiction
#27
Halloween poster
7.6

Halloween

19781h 31m

Fifteen years after murdering his sister on Halloween Night 1963, Michael Myers escapes from a mental hospital and returns to the small town of Haddonfield, Illinois to kill again.

HorrorThriller
#28
The Departed poster
8.2

The Departed

20062h 31m

To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

DramaThrillerCrime
#29
Predator poster
7.5

Predator

19871h 47m

A team of elite commandos on a secret mission in a Central American jungle come to find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.

Science FictionActionAdventure
#30
Train to Busan poster
7.8

Train to Busan

20161h 58m

When a zombie virus pushes Korea into a state of emergency, those trapped on an express train to Busan must fight for their own survival.

HorrorThrillerAction
#31
Nobody poster
8.0

Nobody

20211h 32m

Hutch Mansell, a suburban dad, overlooked husband, nothing neighbor — a "nobody." When two thieves break into his home one night, Hutch's unknown long-simmering rage is ignited and propels him on a brutal path that will uncover dark secrets he fought to leave behind.

ActionCrimeThriller
#32
Taken poster
7.4

Taken

20081h 34m

While vacationing with a friend in Paris, an American girl is kidnapped by a gang of human traffickers intent on selling her into forced prostitution. Working against the clock, her ex-spy father must pull out all the stops to save her. But with his best years possibly behind him, the job may be more than he can handle.

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#33
1917 poster
8.0

1917

20191h 59m

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers.

WarHistoryThriller
#34
Gone Girl poster
7.9

Gone Girl

20142h 29m

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

MysteryThrillerDrama
#35
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes poster
7.3

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

20142h 10m

A group of scientists in San Francisco struggle to stay alive in the aftermath of a plague that is wiping out humanity, while Caesar tries to maintain dominance over his community of intelligent apes.

Science FictionActionDrama
#36
John Wick poster
7.4

John Wick

20141h 41m

Ex-hitman John Wick comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that took everything from him.

ActionThriller
#37
American Psycho poster
7.4

American Psycho

20001h 42m

A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.

ThrillerDramaCrime
#38
V for Vendetta poster
7.9

V for Vendetta

20062h 12m

In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as “V” conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government. When V rescues a young woman from the secret police, he finds in her an ally with whom he can continue his fight to free the people of Britain.

ActionThrillerScience Fiction
#39
Eyes Wide Shut poster
7.5

Eyes Wide Shut

19992h 39m

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

DramaThrillerMystery
#40
The Fifth Element poster
7.5

The Fifth Element

19972h 6m

In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.

AdventureFantasyAction
#41
Nightcrawler poster
7.7

Nightcrawler

20141h 58m

When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

CrimeDramaThriller
#42
No Time to Die poster
7.4

No Time to Die

20212h 43m

Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.

ActionThrillerRomance
#43
Prisoners poster
8.1

Prisoners

20132h 33m

Keller Dover faces a parent's worst nightmare when his 6-year-old daughter, Anna, and her friend go missing. The only lead is an old motorhome that had been parked on their street. The head of the investigation, Detective Loki, arrests the driver, but a lack of evidence forces Loki to release his only suspect. Dover, knowing that his daughter's life is at stake, decides that he has no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

DramaThrillerCrime
#44
Reservoir Dogs poster
8.1

Reservoir Dogs

19921h 39m

A botched robbery indicates a police informant, and the pressure mounts in the aftermath at a warehouse. Crime begets violence as the survivors -- veteran Mr. White, newcomer Mr. Orange, psychopathic parolee Mr. Blonde, bickering weasel Mr. Pink and Nice Guy Eddie -- unravel.

CrimeThriller
#45
The Terminator poster
7.6

The Terminator

19841h 48m

In the post-apocalyptic future, reigning tyrannical supercomputers teleport a cyborg assassin known as the "Terminator" back to 1984 to kill Sarah Connor, whose unborn son is destined to lead insurgents against 21st century mechanical hegemony. Meanwhile, the human-resistance movement dispatches a lone warrior to safeguard Sarah. Can he stop the virtually indestructible killing machine?

ActionThrillerScience Fiction
#46
Memento poster
8.2

Memento

20001h 53m

Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty of locating his wife's killer, however, is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of short-term memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

MysteryThriller
#47
Rear Window poster
8.4

Rear Window

19541h 52m

A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.

ThrillerMystery
#48
The Usual Suspects poster
8.2

The Usual Suspects

19951h 46m

Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

DramaCrimeThriller
#49
A Quiet Place Part II poster
7.5

A Quiet Place Part II

20211h 37m

Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize that the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats that lurk beyond the sand path.

Science FictionThrillerHorror
#50
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood poster
7.4

Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

20192h 42m

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

ComedyDramaThriller
#51
Kill Bill Vol 2 poster
7.9

Kill Bill Vol 2

20042h 16m

The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She visits each of her former associates one-by-one, checking off the victims on her Death List Five until there's nothing left to do … but kill Bill.

ActionCrimeThriller
#52
Casino Royale poster
7.5

Casino Royale

20062h 24m

Le Chiffre, a banker to the world's terrorists, is scheduled to participate in a high-stakes poker game in Montenegro, where he intends to use his winnings to establish his financial grip on the terrorist market. M sends Bond—on his maiden mission as a 00 Agent—to attend this game and prevent Le Chiffre from winning. With the help of Vesper Lynd and Felix Leiter, Bond enters the most important poker game in his already dangerous career.

AdventureActionThriller
#53
Vertigo poster
8.2

Vertigo

19582h 8m

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

MysteryRomanceThriller
#54
No Country for Old Men poster
7.9

No Country for Old Men

20072h 2m

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

CrimeDramaThriller
#55
The Sixth Sense poster
7.9

The Sixth Sense

19991h 47m

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.

MysteryThrillerDrama
#56
Die Hard poster
7.8

Die Hard

19882h 11m

NYPD cop John McClane's plan to reconcile with his estranged wife is thrown for a serious loop when, minutes after he arrives at her office, the entire building is overtaken by a group of terrorists. With little help from the LAPD, wisecracking McClane sets out to single-handedly rescue the hostages and bring the bad guys down.

ActionThriller
#57
The Others poster
7.6

The Others

20011h 41m

Grace is a religious woman who lives in an old house kept dark because her two children, Anne and Nicholas, have a rare sensitivity to light. When the family begins to suspect the house is haunted, Grace fights to protect her children at any cost in the face of strange events and disturbing visions.

HorrorMysteryThriller
#58
Extraction poster
7.4

Extraction

20201h 56m

Tyler Rake, a fearless mercenary who offers his services on the black market, embarks on a dangerous mission when he is hired to rescue the kidnapped son of a Mumbai crime lord.

ActionThriller
#59
First Blood poster
7.5

First Blood

19821h 33m

When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, he is forced to flee into the mountains and wage an escalating one-man war against his pursuers.

ActionAdventureThriller
#60
Now You See Me poster
7.3

Now You See Me

20131h 56m

An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

ThrillerCrime
#61
Sicario poster
7.4

Sicario

20152h 2m

An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.

ActionCrimeThriller
#62
Split poster
7.3

Split

20171h 57m

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

HorrorThriller
#63
Sin City poster
7.4

Sin City

20052h 4m

Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home — Crooked cops, sexy dames, desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge, others lust after redemption, and then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.

ThrillerActionCrime
#64
Drive poster
7.6

Drive

20111h 40m

Driver is a skilled Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver for criminals. Though he projects an icy exterior, lately he's been warming up to a pretty neighbor named Irene and her young son, Benicio. When Irene's husband gets out of jail, he enlists Driver's help in a million-dollar heist. The job goes horribly wrong, and Driver must risk his life to protect Irene and Benicio from the vengeful masterminds behind the robbery.

DramaThrillerCrime
#65
Get Out poster
7.6

Get Out

20171h 44m

Chris and his girlfriend Rose go upstate to visit her parents for the weekend. At first, Chris reads the family's overly accommodating behavior as nervous attempts to deal with their daughter's interracial relationship, but as the weekend progresses, a series of increasingly disturbing discoveries lead him to a truth that he never could have imagined.

MysteryThrillerHorror
#66
Black Swan poster
7.7

Black Swan

20101h 48m

A journey through the psyche of a young ballerina whose starring role as the duplicitous swan queen turns out to be a part for which she becomes frighteningly perfect.

DramaThrillerHorror
#67
Jaws poster
7.7

Jaws

19752h 4m

When an insatiable great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, an oceanographer and a grizzled shark hunter seek to destroy the blood-thirsty beast.

HorrorThrillerAdventure
#68
Oceans Eleven poster
7.4

Oceans Eleven

20011h 56m

Less than 24 hours into his parole, charismatic thief Danny Ocean is already rolling out his next plan: In one night, Danny's hand-picked crew of specialists will attempt to steal more than $150 million from three Las Vegas casinos. But to score the cash, Danny risks his chances of reconciling with ex-wife, Tess.

ThrillerCrime
#69
Mulholland Drive poster
7.8

Mulholland Drive

20012h 27m

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

ThrillerDramaMystery
#70
Law Abiding Citizen poster
7.4

Law Abiding Citizen

20091h 49m

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

DramaCrimeThriller
#71
Zodiac poster
7.5

Zodiac

20072h 37m

A cartoonist teams up with an ace reporter and a law enforcement officer to track down an elusive serial killer.

CrimeDramaMystery
#72
The Untouchables poster
7.8

The Untouchables

19871h 59m

Young Treasury Agent Eliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jim Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

CrimeDramaHistory
#73
Twelve Monkeys poster
7.6

Twelve Monkeys

19952h 9m

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

Science FictionThrillerMystery
#74
Blood Diamond poster
7.5

Blood Diamond

20062h 23m

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

DramaThrillerAction
#75
Man on Fire poster
7.5

Man on Fire

20042h 26m

Jaded ex-CIA operative John Creasy reluctantly accepts a job as the bodyguard for a 10-year-old girl in Mexico City. They clash at first, but eventually bond, and when she's kidnapped he's consumed by fury and will stop at nothing to save her life.

ActionDramaThriller
#76
The Butterfly Effect poster
7.6

The Butterfly Effect

20041h 53m

A young man struggles to access sublimated childhood memories. He finds a technique that allows him to travel back into the past, to occupy his childhood body and change history. However, he soon finds that every change he makes has unexpected consequences.

Science FictionThriller
#77
Mystic River poster
7.7

Mystic River

20032h 18m

The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them suffers a family tragedy.

ThrillerCrimeDrama
#78
Fargo poster
7.9

Fargo

19961h 38m

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

CrimeDramaThriller
#79
Children of Men poster
7.6

Children of Men

20061h 49m

In 2027, in a chaotic world in which humans can no longer procreate, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea, where her child's birth may help scientists save the future of humankind.

DramaActionThriller
#80
The Bourne Identity poster
7.5

The Bourne Identity

20021h 59m

Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?

ActionDramaMystery
#81
Room poster
8.0

Room

20151h 58m

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

DramaThriller
#82
Predestination poster
7.4

Predestination

20141h 37m

Predestination chronicles the life of a Temporal Agent sent on an intricate series of time-travel journeys designed to prevent future killers from committing their crimes. Now, on his final assignment, the Agent must stop the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time and prevent a devastating attack in which thousands of lives will be lost.

Science FictionThriller
#83
LA Confidential poster
7.8

LA Confidential

19972h 18m

Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.

CrimeMysteryThriller
#84
The Silence of the Lambs poster
8.3

The Silence of the Lambs

19911h 59m

Clarice Starling is a top student at the FBI's training academy. Jack Crawford wants Clarice to interview Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant psychiatrist who is also a violent psychopath, serving life behind bars for various acts of murder and cannibalism. Crawford believes that Lecter may have insight into a case and that Starling, as an attractive young woman, may be just the bait to draw him out.

CrimeDramaThriller
#85
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7.3

Source Code

20111h 34m

When decorated soldier Captain Colter Stevens wakes up in the body of an unknown man, he discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.

ThrillerScience FictionMystery
#86
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7.5

The Devils Advocate

19972h 24m

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

DramaMysteryThriller
#87
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7.5

Gattaca

19971h 46m

In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

ThrillerScience FictionMystery
#88
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7.6

The Game

19972h 9m

In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

DramaThrillerMystery
#89
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7.6

Captain Phillips

20132h 14m

The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

ActionDramaThriller
#90
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7.3

Minority Report

20022h 25m

John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.

ActionThrillerScience Fiction
#91
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7.3

The Bourne Supremacy

20041h 48m

When a CIA operation to purchase classified Russian documents is blown by a rival agent, who then shows up in the sleepy seaside village where Bourne and Marie have been living. The pair run for their lives and Bourne, who promised retaliation should anyone from his former life attempt contact, is forced to once again take up his life as a trained assassin to survive.

ActionDramaThriller
#92
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7.4

The Bourne Ultimatum

20071h 55m

Bourne is brought out of hiding once again by reporter Simon Ross who is trying to unveil Operation Blackbriar, an upgrade to Project Treadstone, in a series of newspaper columns. Information from the reporter stirs a new set of memories, and Bourne must finally uncover his dark past while dodging The Company's best efforts to eradicate him.

ActionDramaMystery
#93
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7.5

The Lighthouse

20191h 49m

Two lighthouse keepers try to maintain their sanity while living on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.

DramaFantasyThriller
#94
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7.4

Inside Man

20062h 9m

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

CrimeDramaThriller
#95
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7.4

Wind River

20171h 47m

An FBI agent teams with the town's veteran game tracker to investigate a murder that occurred on a Native American reservation.

CrimeDramaMystery
#96
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7.4

Nocturnal Animals

20161h 57m

Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

DramaThriller
#97
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7.4

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

20112h 38m

This English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago. He is aided by the pierced, tattooed, punk computer hacker named Lisbeth Salander. As they work together in the investigation, Blomkvist and Salander uncover immense corruption beyond anything they have ever imagined.

ThrillerCrimeMystery
#98
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7.5

The Favourite

20181h 59m

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

DramaComedyThriller
#99
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7.4

The Impossible

20121h 53m

In December 2004, close-knit family Maria, Henry and their three sons begin their winter vacation in Thailand. But the day after Christmas, the idyllic holiday turns into an incomprehensible nightmare when a terrifying roar rises from the depths of the sea, followed by a wall of black water that devours everything in its path. Though Maria and her family face their darkest hour, unexpected displays of kindness and courage ameliorate their terror.

AdventureDramaThriller
#100
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7.5

The Machinist

20041h 41m

Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.

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Understanding Thriller Movies

Explore what makes thriller films unique, their key characteristics, and why they captivate audiences worldwide.

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Genre Characteristics

This genre offers unique storytelling elements, distinctive themes, and specific narrative conventions that create memorable cinematic experiences for audiences seeking particular types of entertainment.

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Popular Subgenres

  • • Classic Thriller
  • • Modern Thriller
  • • Independent Thriller
  • • International Thriller
  • • Experimental Thriller
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Viewing Tips

Each film in this genre offers unique perspectives and storytelling approaches. Take time to appreciate the distinctive elements that define this category.

Why Thriller Movies Matter

This genre provides unique perspectives on life, culture, and human experience, offering audiences distinctive storytelling approaches that broaden their understanding of cinema and the world.

These films contribute to the rich diversity of cinematic expression, ensuring that different voices, stories, and artistic visions have a platform to reach and impact audiences.

🏆 Thriller Genre Statistics

Movies in Database:100+
Top 25 Average Rating:7.7/10
Most Popular Era:2010s
Quality Threshold:7.0+ Rating

Your Thriller Discovery Guide

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🎯Finding Your Perfect Match

  • Start with highly-rated films (8.0+) to experience the genre's best examples
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