Category Archives: Thriller
I Am Legend
Release 2007
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Director: Francis Lawrence
Writers: Mark Protosevich, Akiva Goldsman, Richard Matheson, John William Corrington, Joyce Hooper Corrington
Stars: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Willow Smith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0480249/
Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure.
War of the Worlds
Release 2005
Genre Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Steven Spielberg
Writers: Josh Friedman, David Koepp, H.G. Wells
Stars: Tom Cruise, Dakota Fanning, Miranda Otto, Justin Chatwin, Tim Robbins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0407304/
As Earth is invaded by alien tripod fighting machines, one family fights for survival.
Armageddon
Release 1998
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Michael Bay
Writers: Jonathan Hensleigh, J.J. Abrams, Tony Gilroy, Shane Salerno, Robert Roy Pool
Stars: Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, Will Patton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120591/
After discovering that an asteroid the size of Texas is going to impact Earth in less than a month, N.A.S.A. recruits a misfit team of deep core drillers to save the planet.
Twister
Release 1996
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Jan de Bont
Writers: Michael Crichton, Anne-Marie Martin
Stars: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Cary Elwes, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117998/
Bill and Jo Harding, advanced storm chasers on the brink of divorce, must join together to create an advanced weather alert system by putting themselves in the cross-hairs of extremely violent tornadoes.
The Day After Tomorrow
Release 2004
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Roland Emmerich
Writers: Roland Emmerich, Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Stars: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal, Emmy Rossum, Dash Mihok, Jay O. Sanders
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/
Jack Hall, paleoclimatologist, must make a daring trek across America to reach his son, trapped in the cross-hairs of a sudden international storm which plunges the planet into a new Ice Age.
Wanted
Release 2008
Genre Action, Crime, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Writers: Michael Brandt, Derek Haas, Chris Morgan, Mark Millar, J.G. Jones
Stars: James McAvoy, Morgan Freeman, Angelina Jolie, Terence Stamp, Thomas Kretschmann
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0493464/
A frustrated office worker learns that he is the son of a professional assassin, and that he shares his father's superhuman killing abilities.
The Tourist
Release 2010
Genre Action, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Writers: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Christopher McQuarrie, Julian Fellowes, Jérôme Salle
Stars: Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1243957/
Revolves around Frank, an American tourist visiting Italy to mend a broken heart. Elise is an extraordinary woman who deliberately crosses his path.
Shooter
Release 2007
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writers: Jonathan Lemkin, Stephen Hunter
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Danny Glover, Kate Mara, Elias Koteas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822854/
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after learning of a plot to kill the President. Ultimately double-crossed and framed for the attempt, he goes on the run to find the real killer and the reason he was set up.
6 Souls
Release 2010
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Måns Mårlind, Björn Stein
Writers: Michael Cooney
Stars: Julianne Moore, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Jeffrey DeMunn, Frances Conroy, Nate Corddry
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1179069/
A female forensic psychiatrist discovers that all of one of her patient's multiple personalities are murder victims. She will have to find out what's happening before her time is finished.
Act of Valor
Release 2012
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Director: Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh
Writers: Kurt Johnstad
Stars: Rorke Denver, Dave, Sonny, Weimy, Ray
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591479/
An elite team of Navy SEALs embark on a covert mission to recover a kidnapped CIA agent.