Category Archives: Thriller
Source Code
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Duncan Jones
Writers: Ben Ripley
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, Jeffrey Wright, Michael Arden
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0945513/
An action thriller centered on a soldier who wakes up in the body of an unknown man and discovers he's part of a mission to find the bomber of a Chicago commuter train.
In Time
Release 2011
Genre Action, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Andrew Niccol
Stars: Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Shyloh Oostwald, Johnny Galecki, Colin McGurk
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637688/
In a future where people stop aging at 25, but are engineered to live only one more year, having the means to buy your way out of the situation is a shot at immortal youth. Here, Will Salas finds himself accused of murder and on the run with a hostage - a connection that becomes an important part of the way against the system.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Writers: Scott M. Gimple, Seth Hoffman, David S. Goyer
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Violante Placido, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Johnny Whitworth
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1071875/
As Johnny Blaze hides out in Eastern Europe, he is called upon to stop the devil, who is trying to take human form.
Green Lantern
Release 2011
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Martin Campbell
Writers: Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Tim Robbins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133985/
A test pilot is granted an alien ring that bestows him with otherworldly powers that inducts him into an intergalactic police force.
Limitless
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Neil Burger
Writers: Leslie Dixon, Alan Glynn
Stars: Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish, Andrew Howard, Anna Friel
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1219289/
With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Release 2011
Genre Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: David Fincher
Writers: Steven Zaillian, Stieg Larsson
Stars: Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård, Steven Berkoff
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1568346/
Journalist Mikael Blomkvist is aided in his search for a woman who has been missing for forty years by Lisbeth Salander, a young computer hacker.
Sucker Punch
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Thriller
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Director: Zack Snyder
Writers: Zack Snyder, Steve Shibuya
Stars: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0978764/
A young girl is institutionalized by her abusive stepfather. Retreating to an alternative reality as a coping strategy, she envisions a plan which will help her escape from the mental facility.
Super 8
Release 2011
Genre Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: J.J. Abrams
Stars: Joel Courtney, Jessica Tuck, Joel McKinnon Miller, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1650062/
During the summer of 1979, a group of friends witness a train crash and investigate subsequent unexplained events in their small town.
The Lincoln Lawyer
Release 2011
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Director: Brad Furman
Writers: John Romano, Michael Connelly
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, William H. Macy, Josh Lucas
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1189340/
A defense attorney has a crisis of conscience when he represents a wealthy client who has a foolproof plan to beat the system.
Haunter
Release 2013
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Vincenzo Natali
Writers: Brian King, Matthew Brian King
Stars: Abigail Breslin, Peter Outerbridge, Michelle Nolden, Stephen McHattie, Peter DaCunha
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2345567/
The ghost of a teenager who died years ago reaches out to the land of the living in order to save someone from suffering her same fate.