Category Archives: Thriller
First Reformed
Release 2017
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Director: Paul Schrader
Writer: Paul Schrader
Stars: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Cedric the Entertainer
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6053438/
A priest of a small congregation in upstate New York grapples with mounting despair brought on by tragedy, worldly concerns and a tormented past.
Extinction
Release 2018
Genre Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Ben Young
Writers: Spenser Cohen, Eric Heisserer, Brad Kane
Stars: Lizzy Caplan, Michael Peña, Mike Colter
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3201640/
A father has a recurring dream of losing his family. His nightmare turns into reality when the planet is invaded by a force bent on destruction. Fighting for their lives, he comes to realize an unknown strength to keep them safe from harm.
Billionaire Boys Club
Release 2018
Genre Biography, Drama, Thriller
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Director: James Cox
Writers: James Cox, Captain Mauzner
Stars: Taron Egerton, Emma Roberts, Cary Elwes
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5179598/
A group of wealthy boys in Los Angeles during the early 1980s establish a 'get-rich-quick' scam that turns deadly.
How It Ends(2018)
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: David M. Rosenthal
Writers: Brooks McLaren
Stars: Theo James, Kat Graham, Forest Whitaker
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5246700/
A desperate father tries to return home to his pregnant wife after a mysterious apocalyptic event turns everything to chaos.
Siberia
Release 2018
Genre Crime, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Matthew Ross
Writers: Stephen Hamel, Scott B. Smith
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Boris Gulyarin, Ashley St. George
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6494418/
When an American diamond trader's Russian partner goes missing, he journeys to Siberia in search of him, but instead begins a love affair.
Traffik
Release 2018
Genre Thriller
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Director: Deon Taylor
Writer: Deon Taylor
Stars: Paula Patton, Missi Pyle, William Fichtner
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5670152/
A couple off for a romantic weekend in the mountains are accosted by a biker gang. Alone in the mountains, Brea and John must defend themselves against the gang, who will stop at nothing to protect their secrets.
Recall
Release 2018
Genre Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Michael James Regan
Writers: Andy Sechi, Tommy James Murphy, Michael James Regan
Stars: Michael James Regan, Tommy James Murphy, Louis Di Bianco
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3754662/
When given the chance at a fresh start, a grief-stricken young man and his coked-up step-brother must confront a local mafia kingpin and perhaps something even more dangerous - their past.
Chappaquiddick
Release 2017
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Director: John Curran
Writers: Taylor Allen, Andrew Logan
Stars: Jason Clarke, Ed Helms, Jim Gaffigan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5270948/
Depicting Ted Kennedy's involvement in the fatal 1969 car accident that claims the life of a young campaign strategist, Mary Jo Kopechne.
Tau
Release 2018
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Director: Federico D'Alessandro
Writers: Noga Landau
Stars: Maika Monroe, Ed Skrein, Gary Oldman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4357394/
A woman is held captive in a futuristic smart house and hopes to escape by breaking into the computer programs that control the house.
Sweet Country
Release 2017
Genre Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
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Director: Warwick Thornton
Writers: Steven McGregor, David Tranter
Stars: Bryan Brown, Matt Day, Tremayne Doolan
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6958212/
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self defense and goes on the run as posse gathers to hunt him down.