Category Archives: Thriller
The Front Runner
Release 2018
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Director: Jason Reitman
Writers: Matt Bai, Jay Carson, Jason Reitman
Stars: Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7074886/
American Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign in 1988 is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
Robin Hood
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Thriller
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Director: Otto Bathurst
Writers: Ben Chandler, David James Kelly
Stars: Taron Egerton, Jamie Foxx, Ben Mendelsohn
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4532826/
A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance.
Widows
Release 2018
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Director: Steve McQueen
Writers: Gillian Flynn, Steve McQueen, Lynda La Plante
Stars: Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Jon Bernthal
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4218572/
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Close
Release 2019
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Director: Vicky Jewson
Writers: Vicky Jewson, Rupert Whitaker
Stars: Noomi Rapace, Indira Varma, Sophie Nélisse
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5316540/
A bodyguard and counter-terrorism expert Sam takes a job protecting Zoe a rich young heiress. Neither party is keen on the arrangement until a violent kidnap forces them to go on the run.
The Vanishing
Release 2018
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
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Director: Kristoffer Nyholm
Writers: Joe Bone, Celyn Jones
Stars: Gerard Butler, Peter Mullan, Ólafur Darri Ólafsson
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4131496/
Three lighthouse keepers on the remote Flannan Isles find a hidden trunk of gold, leading to their mysterious disappearance.
The Oath
Release 2018
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Director: Ike Barinholtz
Writer: Ike Barinholtz
Stars: Billy Magnussen, Tiffany Haddish, Ike Barinholtz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7461200/
In a politically divided America, a man struggles to make it through the Thanksgiving holiday without destroying his family.
Hunter Killer
Release 2018
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Director: Donovan Marsh
Writers: Arne Schmidt, Jamie Moss, George Wallace, Don Keith
Stars: Ethan Baird, Jacob Scipio, Dempsey Bovell
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1846589/
An untested American submarine captain teams with U.S. Navy Seals to rescue the Russian president, who has been kidnapped by a rogue general.
Halloween
Release 2018
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Director: David Gordon Green
Writers: Jeff Fradley, Danny McBride, David Gordon Green, John Carpenter, Debra Hill
Stars: Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Andi Matichak
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1502407/
Laurie Strode confronts her long-time foe Michael Myers, the masked figure who has haunted her since she narrowly escaped his killing spree on Halloween night four decades ago.
The House with a Clock in Its Walls
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
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Director: Eli Roth
Writers: Eric Kripke, John Bellairs
Stars: Jack Black, Cate Blanchett, Owen Vaccaro
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119543/
A young orphan named Lewis Barnavelt aids his magical uncle in locating a clock with the power to bring about the end of the world.
Peppermint
Release 2018
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Director: Pierre Morel
Writers: Chad St. John
Stars: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6850820/
Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free.