Category Archives: Thriller
Crisis
Release 2021
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Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Writer: Nicholas Jarecki
Stars: Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, Evangeline Lilly, Greg Kinnear, Michelle Rodriguez
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9731682/
Three stories about the world of opioids collide: a drug trafficker arranges a multi-cartel Fentanyl smuggling operation between Canada and the U.S., an architect recovering from an OxyContin addiction tracks down the truth behind her...
The Devil Below
Release 2021
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Director: Bradley Parker
Writers: Stefan Jaworski, Eric Scherbarth
Stars: Will Patton, Adan Canto, Jonathan Sadowski, Alicia Sanz, Nathan Phillips
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7646322/
There is an abandoned place nestled deep in Appalachian country where underground coal mines have been ablaze for decades. When a team of researchers try to find out how the fires started, they soon discover something more startling than...
The Mauritanian
Release 2021
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Director: Kevin Macdonald
Writers: Michael Bronner, Michael Bronner, Rory Haines
Stars: Tahar Rahim, Jodie Foster, Benedict Cumberbatch, Shailene Woodley, Stevel Marc
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4761112/
Mohamedou Ould Salahi fights for freedom after being detained and imprisoned without charge by the U.S. Government for years.
Adverse
Release 2020
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Director: Brian A. Metcalf
Writer: Brian A. Metcalf
Stars: Thomas Ian Nicholas, Mickey Rourke, Lou Diamond Phillips, Penelope Ann Miller, Sean Astin
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8597594/
A rideshare driver discovers that his sister is in debt to a dangerous crime syndicate.
Son
Release 2021
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Director: Ivan Kavanagh
Writer: Ivan Kavanagh
Stars: Emile Hirsch, Andi Matichak, Luke David Blumm, Cranston Johnson, Rocco Sisto
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5624466/
When a young boy contracts a mysterious illness, his mother must decide how far she will go to protect him from terrifying forces in her past.
Gatecrash
Release 2020
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Director: Lawrence Gough
Writers: Lawrence Gough, Terry Hughes, Terry Hughes
Stars: Olivia Bonamy, Ben Cura, Anton Lesser, Samuel West
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7358576/
A dark psychological thriller which follows a couple who find themselves in a hit and run situation, with the evidence suggesting there was no accident.
I Care a Lot
Release 2020
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Director: J Blakeson
Writer: J Blakeson
Stars: Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, Dianne Wiest, Chris Messina
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9893250/
A crooked legal guardian who drains the savings of her elderly wards meets her match when a woman she tries to swindle turns out to be more than she first appears.
Body Brokers
Release 2021
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Director: John Swab
Writer: John Swab
Stars: Frank Grillo, Jessica Rothe, Michael Kenneth Williams, Melissa Leo, Alice Englert
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9585676/
Brought to Los Angeles for treatment, a recovering junkie soon learns that the rehab center is not about helping people, but a cover for a multi-billion-dollar fraud operation that enlists addicts to recruit other addicts.
School's Out Forever
Release 2021
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Director: Oliver Milburn
Writers: Scott K. Andrews, Oliver Milburn
Stars: Alex Macqueen, Anthony Head, Samantha Bond, Steve Oram, Oscar Kennedy
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10510280/
A 15-year old flees to his school after an apocalyptic event.
Silk Road
Release 2021
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Director: Tiller Russell
Writers: David Kushner, Tiller Russell
Stars: Nick Robinson, Jennifer Yun, Jimmi Simpson, Jason Clarke, Paul Blott
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7937254/
Philosophical twenty-something Ross Ulbricht creates Silk Road, a dark net website that sells narcotics, while DEA agent Rick Bowden goes undercover to bring him down.