Category Archives: Thriller
The Darkest Hour
Release 2011
Genre Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Chris Gorak
Writers: Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T. Ahern
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1093357/
In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race who have attacked Earth via our power supply.
Attack the Block
Release 2011
Genre Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Joe Cornish
Stars: Jodie Whittaker, John Boyega, Alex Esmail, Leeon Jones, Franz Drameh
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1478964/
A teen gang in South London defend their block from an alien invasion.
Red State
Release 2011
Genre Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Kevin Smith
Stars: Michael Angarano, Deborah Aquila, Nicholas Braun, Ronnie Connell, Kaylee DeFer
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0873886/
Set in Middle America, a group of teens receive an online invitation for sex, though they soon encounter fundamentalists with a much more sinister agenda.
Colombiana
Release 2011
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Olivier Megaton
Writers: Luc Besson, Robert Mark Kamen
Stars: Zoe Saldana, Jordi Mollà, Lennie James, Amandla Stenberg, Michael Vartan
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1657507/
A young woman, after witnessing her parents' murder as a child in Bogota, grows up to be a stone-cold assassin.
Edge of Darkness
Release 2010
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: William Monahan, Andrew Bovell, Troy Kennedy-Martin
Stars: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston, Bojana Novakovic, Shawn Roberts
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1226273/
As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence.
Devil
Release 2010
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: John Erick Dowdle
Writers: Brian Nelson, M. Night Shyamalan
Stars: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1314655/
A group of people are trapped in an elevator and the Devil is mysteriously amongst them.
Green Zone
Release 2010
Genre Action, Drama, Thriller, War
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Director: Paul Greengrass
Writers: Brian Helgeland, Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Stars: Igal Naor, Said Faraj, Faycal Attougui, Aymen Hamdouchi, Matt Damon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947810/
Discovering covert and faulty intelligence causes a U.S. Army officer to go rogue as he hunts for Weapons of Mass Destruction in an unstable region.
Animal
Release 2014
Genre Action, Drama, Horror, Thriller
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Director: Brett Simmons
Writers: Thommy Hutson, Catherine Trillo
Stars: Jeremy Sumpter, Joey Lauren Adams, Elizabeth Gillies, Keke Palmer, Amaury Nolasco
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2996684/
When plans for a weekend vacation hit a dead end, a group of close-knit friends find themselves stranded in unfamiliar territory...
Unstoppable
Release 2010
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Director: Tony Scott
Writers: Mark Bomback
Stars: Denzel Washington, Chris Pine, Rosario Dawson, Ethan Suplee, Kevin Dunn
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477080/
With an unmanned, half-mile-long freight train barreling toward a city, a veteran engineer and a young conductor race against the clock to prevent a catastrophe.
The Book of Eli
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes
Writers: Gary Whitta
Stars: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson, Jennifer Beals
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1037705/
A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.