Category Archives: Thriller
A Perfect Getaway
Release 2009
Genre Adventure, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Twohy
Stars: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0971209/
Two pairs of lovers on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
The Hurt Locker
Release 2008
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Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Writers: Mark Boal
Stars: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Guy Pearce, Ralph Fiennes
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887912/
During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Release 2009
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Stephen Sommers
Writers: Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett, Michael Gordon, Stephen Sommers
Stars: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Christopher Eccleston, Grégory Fitoussi, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Leo Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1046173/
An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
The Raid
Release 2011
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Director: Gareth Evans
Stars: Iko Uwais, Joe Taslim, Donny Alamsyah, Yayan Ruhian, Pierre Gruno
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1899353/
A S.W.A.T. team becomes trapped in a tenement run by a ruthless mobster and his army of killers and thugs.
John Doe: Vigilante
Release 2014
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Director: Kelly Dolen
Writers: Stephen M. Coates, Kelly Dolen
Stars: Jamie Bamber, Daniel Lissing, Lachy Hulme, Ben Schumann, Paul O'Brien
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1418754/
In "John Doe: Vigilante" an ordinary man fights violence the only way he knows how - by killing one criminal at a time. Hero or villain? Justice or vengeance? You decide.
Terminator Salvation
Release 2009
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: McG
Writers: John D. Brancato, Michael Ferris
Stars: Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodgood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0438488/
After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.
Coraline
Release 2009
Genre Animation, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Henry Selick
Writers: Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman
Stars: Dakota Fanning, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Keith David
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0327597/
An adventurous girl finds another world that is a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.
Orphan
Release 2009
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Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Writers: David Johnson, Alex Mace
Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1148204/
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
A Good Day to Die Hard
Release 2013
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Director: John Moore
Writers: Skip Woods, Roderick Thorp
Stars: Bruce Willis, Jai Courtney, Sebastian Koch, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Yuliya Snigir
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1606378/
John McClane travels to Russia to help out his seemingly wayward son, Jack, only to discover that Jack is a CIA operative working undercover, causing the father and son to team up against underworld forces.
District 9
Release 2009
Genre Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Neill Blomkamp
Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
Stars: Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike, Elizabeth Mkandawie
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1136608/
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.