Category Archives: Thriller
The Town
Release 2010
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Director: Ben Affleck
Writers: Peter Craig, Ben Affleck, Aaron Stockard, Chuck Hogan
Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner, Blake Lively
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0840361/
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the FBI agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
The Crazies
Release 2010
Genre Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Breck Eisner
Writers: Scott Kosar, Ray Wright, George A. Romero
Stars: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker, Christie Lynn Smith
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455407/
About the inhabitants of a small Iowa town suddenly plagued by insanity and then death after a mysterious toxin contaminates their water supply.
Monsters
Release 2010
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Director: Gareth Edwards
Stars: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able, Mario Zuniga Benavides, Annalee Jefferies, Justin Hall
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470827/
Six years after Earth has suffered an alien invasion a cynical journalist agrees to escort a shaken American tourist through an infected zone in Mexico to the safety of the US border.
The A-Team
Release 2010
Genre Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
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Director: Joe Carnahan
Writers: Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods, Frank Lupo, Stephen J. Cannell
Stars: Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson, Sharlto Copley
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0429493/
A group of Iraq War veterans looks to clear their name with the U.S. military, who suspect the four men of committing a crime for which they were framed.
Machete
Release 2010
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Director: Ethan Maniquis, Robert Rodriguez
Writers: Robert Rodriguez, Álvaro Rodríguez
Stars: Danny Trejo, Robert De Niro, Jessica Alba, Steven Seagal, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0985694/
After being set-up and betrayed by the man who hired him to assassinate a Texas Senator, an ex-Federale launches a brutal rampage of revenge against his former boss.
Insidious
Release 2010
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Director: James Wan
Writers: Leigh Whannell
Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Leigh Whannell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1591095/
A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further.
Black Swan
Release 2010
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Darren Aronofsky
Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John J. McLaughlin
Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0947798/
A ballet dancer wins the lead in "Swan Lake" and is perfect for the role of the delicate White Swan - Princess Odette - but slowly loses her mind as she becomes more and more like Odile, the Black Swan.
Priest
Release 2011
Genre Action, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Scott Stewart
Writers: Cory Goodman, Min-Woo Hyung
Stars: Paul Bettany, Karl Urban, Cam Gigandet, Maggie Q, Lily Collins
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0822847/
A priest disobeys church law to track down the vampires who kidnapped his niece.
The Thing
Release 2011
Genre Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Matthijs van Heijningen Jr.
Writers: Eric Heisserer, John W. Campbell Jr.
Stars: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Joel Edgerton, Ulrich Thomsen, Eric Christian Olsen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0905372/
At an Antarctica research site, the discovery of an alien craft leads to a confrontation between graduate student Kate Lloyd and scientist Dr. Sander Halvorson.
Blitz
Release 2011
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Director: Elliott Lester
Writers: Nathan Parker, Ken Bruen
Stars: Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aidan Gillen, Zawe Ashton, David Morrissey
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1297919/
A tough cop is dispatched to take down a serial killer who has been targeting police officers.