Category Archives: Thriller

Cut to the Chase

Release 2016

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Blayne Weaver
Stars: Blayne Weaver, Lyndie Greenwood, Erin Cahill, Lance Henriksen, Patrick Day
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4034390/

An ex-con sets out in search of his kidnapped sister through the criminal underbelly of Shreveport, Louisiana.

48 Hours to Live

Release 2016

Genre Crime, Thriller

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Director: Benny Boom
Writers: Gregory Ramon Anderson, Rashad El Amin, Hannah Macpherson
Stars: Tommy Flanagan, Jade Tailor, Danielle Savre, Bianca A. Santos, Emilio Rivera
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2948530/

A 3D hybrid merging the genres of film noir, dance, and mystery. A loner fresh out of rehab and hunted by both sides of the law returns home to solve the murder of his sister, and finds himself entangled in a game of revenge on the LA club circuit.

Fallen

Release 2016

Genre Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance, Thriller

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Director: Scott Hicks
Writers: Michael Arlen Ross, Kathryn Price, Nichole Millard, Lauren Kate
Stars: Hermione Corfield, Joely Richardson, Daisy Head, Lola Kirke, Addison Timlin
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1564777/

A young girl finds herself in a reform school after therapy since she was blamed for the death of a young boy. At the school she finds herself drawn to a fellow student, unaware that he is an angel, and has loved her for thousands of years.

Headshot

Release 2016

Genre Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Kimo Stamboel, Timo Tjahjanto
Writers: Timo Tjahjanto
Stars: Julie Estelle, David Hendrawan, Chelsea Islan, Epy Kusnandar, Zack Lee
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5147214/

Uwais plays a young man who washes ashore, an amnesiac with a serious head injury whose past comes back to haunt him shortly after being nursed back to health by a young doctor. Violence ensues. Sweet, sweet violence.

The Assignment

Release 2016

Genre Action, Crime, Thriller

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Director: Walter Hill
Writers: Denis Hamill, Walter Hill
Stars: Sigourney Weaver, Michelle Rodriguez, Tony Shalhoub, Anthony LaPaglia, Caitlin Gerard
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5034474/

After waking up and discovering that he has undergone gender reassignment surgery, an assassin seeks to find the doctor responsible.

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore

Release 2017

Genre Crime, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Macon Blair
Stars: Melanie Lynskey, Elijah Wood, David Yow, Jane Levy, Devon Graye
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5710514/

When a depressed woman is burglarized, she finds a new sense of purpose by tracking down the thieves alongside her obnoxious neighbor. But they soon find themselves dangerously out of their depth against a pack of degenerate criminals.

Man Down

Release 2015

Genre Comedy, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Dito Montiel
Writers: Adam G. Simon, Dito Montiel
Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Jai Courtney, Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, Tory Kittles
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2461520/

In a post-apocalyptic America, former U.S. Marine Gabriel Drummer searches desperately for the whereabouts of his son, accompanied by his best friend and a survivor.

Check Point

Release 2017

Genre Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War

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Director: Thomas J. Churchill
Writers: Thomas J. Churchill, AJ Perez
Stars: Kenny Johnson, Mindy Robinson, Tyler Mane, William Forsythe, Kane Hodder
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4519400/

Port City North Carolina: During a routine camp out, a local vagrant discovers plans for an invasion in America. When he tries to notify the local Sheriff about his discovery, the Sheriff dismisses his claims and has him locked up for loitering. When the Sheriff notices odd interactions with other towns folk he begins to look into the vagrants' claim of a sleeper cell living amongst the locals within this small town. After evidence of a beheading is exposed, others begin to fear that the insurgents attack on hometown USA. Questions and tempers begin to rise. Why this little beach community with it's Norman Rockwell way of life? A town where everyone knows one another... or so they thought. When the truth is blind and justice seems lost, It will take an army of five unlikely heroes banding together to infiltrate the insurgents and foil their invasion plans. War is Hell and Hell comes home at the Check Point.

Shut In

Release 2016

Genre Drama, Thriller

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Director: Farren Blackburn
Writers: Christina Hodson
Stars: Naomi Watts, Oliver Platt, Charlie Heaton, Jacob Tremblay, Crystal Balint
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582500/

A heart-pounding thriller about a widowed child psychologist who lives in an isolated existence in rural New England. Caught in a deadly winter storm, she must find a way to rescue a young boy before he disappears forever.

Gold(2016)

Release 2016

Genre Adventure, Drama, Thriller

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Director: Stephen Gaghan
Writers: Patrick Massett, John Zinman
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Edgar Ramírez, Bryce Dallas Howard, Corey Stoll, Toby Kebbell
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800302/

Kenny Wells, a prospector desperate for a lucky break, teams up with a similarly eager geologist and sets off on a journey to find gold in the uncharted jungle of Indonesia.