Category Archives: Thriller
Transcendence
Release 2014
Genre Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Wally Pfister
Writers: Jack Paglen
Stars: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Cillian Murphy, Kate Mara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2209764/
A scientist's drive for artificial intelligence, takes on dangerous implications when his consciousness is uploaded into one such program.
Sabotage
Release 2014
Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Ayer
Writers: Skip Woods, David Ayer
Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sam Worthington, Joe Manganiello, Josh Holloway, Terrence Howard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1742334/
Members of an elite DEA task force find themselves being taken down one by one after they rob a drug cartel safe house.
The Raid 2: Berandal
Release 2014
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Director: Gareth Evans
Stars: Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Julie Estelle, Arifin Putra, Oka Antara
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2265171/
Only a short time after the first raid, Rama goes undercover with the thugs of Jakarta and plans to bring down the syndicate and uncover the corruption within his police force.
The Red House
Release 2014
Genre Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Gregory Avellone
Stars: Kate French, Brendan Wayne, John Otrin, Yvette Yates, Cristen Coppen
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1988816/
A young woman who has just inherited a remote house in the woods invites her friends along for a vacation as she checks out the place. But their recreation is soon interrupted by torture, madness and murder...
Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer
Release 2007
Genre Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Tim Story
Writers: Don Payne, Mark Frost, John Turman, Stan Lee, Jack Kirby
Stars: Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis, Julian McMahon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486576/
The Fantastic Four learn that they aren't the only super-powered beings in the universe when they square off against the powerful Silver Surfer and the planet-eating Galactus.
Batman Begins
Release 2005
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Bob Kane, David S. Goyer, Christopher Nolan
Stars: Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0372784/
After training with his mentor, Batman begins his war on crime to free the crime-ridden Gotham City from corruption that the Scarecrow and the League of Shadows have cast upon it.
V for Vendetta
Release 2005
Genre Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: James McTeigue
Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski, David Lloyd
Stars: Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, Stephen Rea, Stephen Fry, John Hurt
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0434409/
In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.
The Prestige
Release 2006
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Christopher Nolan
Writers: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Priest
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Piper Perabo, Rebecca Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0482571/
The rivalry between two magicians becomes more exacerbated by their attempt to perform the ultimate illusion.
Planet of the Apes
Release 2001
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Tim Burton
Writers: Pierre Boulle, William Broyles Jr., Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal
Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Tim Roth, Helena Bonham Carter, Michael Clarke Duncan, Paul Giamatti
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133152/
An Air Force astronaut crash lands on a mysterious planet where evolved, talking apes dominate a race of primitive humans.
Se7en
Release 1995
Genre Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker
Stars: Morgan Freeman, Andrew Kevin Walker, Daniel Zacapa, Brad Pitt, Gwyneth Paltrow
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/
Two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi.