Thriller
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1. 13 (I) (2010)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A naive young man assumes a dead man's identity and finds himself embroiled in an underground world of power, violence, and chance where men gamble behind closed doors on the lives of other men.
Director: Géla Babluani | Stars: Sam Riley, Alice Barrett, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Statham
Votes: 43,820
2. A Lonely Place to Die (2011)
R | 99 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A group of mountaineers in the Scottish Highlands discover a kidnapped girl and are pursued by her captors.
Director: Julian Gilbey | Stars: Alec Newman, Ed Speleers, Melissa George, Kate Magowan
Votes: 30,663
3. Assassination Games (2011)
R | 101 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Two assassins agree to work together as one tries to avenge his wife and the other collects a reward for a job.
Director: Ernie Barbarash | Stars: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Scott Adkins, Ivan Kaye, Valentin Teodosiu
Votes: 18,386
4. Beneath the Darkness (2011)
R | 96 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
After watching their best friend get murdered, a group of teens struggle to expose a local hero as the vicious killer and keep from becoming his next victims.
Director: Martin Guigui | Stars: Dennis Quaid, Tony Oller, Aimee Teegarden, Stephen Ford
Votes: 6,329
5. Columbus Circle (2012)
PG-13 | 82 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An heiress who's been shut inside her apartment building for nearly two decades is forced to confront her fears after one of her neighbors is killed and a detective arrives to begin the investigation.
Director: George Gallo | Stars: Selma Blair, Amy Smart, Kevin Pollak, Jason Antoon
Votes: 10,965
6. Deviation (2012)
90 min | Thriller
A dangerous schizophrenic murderer goes on a murderous rampage around London whilst holding a woman hostage.
Director: J.K. Amalou | Stars: Danny Dyer, Anna Walton, James Doherty, David Fynn
Votes: 583
7. The Divide (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Director: Xavier Gens | Stars: Lauren German, Michael Biehn, Milo Ventimiglia, Courtney B. Vance
Votes: 38,467 | Gross: $0.02M
8. The Estate (2011)
88 min | Crime
The story of a bad boy hoodie & his gang that dominate their zone on a notorious South London Estate, and five families struggle with every day crime. Police corruption is at a high & residents are pushed to the limit.
Director: Steven Drew | Stars: Steven Drew, Sean Brosnan, Brian Murphy, Dave Courtney
Votes: 127
9. Fair Game (I) (2010)
PG-13 | 108 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
CIA operative Valerie Plame discovers her identity is allegedly leaked by the government as payback for an op-ed article her husband wrote criticizing the Bush administration.
Director: Doug Liman | Stars: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Sonya Davison, Vanessa Chong
Votes: 50,958 | Gross: $9.53M
10. Frozen (I) (2010)
R | 93 min | Adventure, Thriller
Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death.
Director: Adam Green | Stars: Shawn Ashmore, Emma Bell, Kevin Zegers, Ed Ackerman
Votes: 80,479 | Gross: $0.24M
11. The Girl from the Naked Eye (2012)
R | 84 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
When Sandy, a call girl at "The Naked Eye", ends up dead, her friend and only ally in the world, Jake, goes on a manhunt to find out who killed her.
Director: David Ren | Stars: Jason Yee, Samantha Streets, Ron Yuan, Dominique Swain
Votes: 2,154 | Gross: $0.02M
12. Green Guys (2011)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Thriller
Four young con artists start a top-secret money laundering scheme - and are slowly torn apart by their own greed and corruption.
Director: Cole Mueller | Stars: Kris Lemche, David J. Phillips, Christopher Redman, Darrel Davenport
Votes: 288
13. The Holding (2011)
89 min | Thriller
A heart-pounding suspense thriller, set on an isolated farm in England's beautiful, rugged Peak District.
Director: Susan Jacobson | Stars: Vincent Regan, David Bradley, Kierston Wareing, Georgia Groome
Votes: 927
14. Inhale (2010)
R | 83 min | Drama, Thriller
A couple goes to dangerous lengths to find a lung donor for their daughter.
Director: Baltasar Kormákur | Stars: Dermot Mulroney, Diane Kruger, Sam Shepard, Rosanna Arquette
Votes: 6,709 | Gross: $0.00M
15. The Ledge (2011)
R | 101 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A police officer looks to talk down a young man lured by his lover's husband to the ledge of a high rise, where he has one hour to contemplate a fateful decision.
Director: Matthew Chapman | Stars: Charlie Hunnam, Terrence Howard, Patrick Wilson, Liv Tyler
Votes: 20,363 | Gross: $0.01M
16. The Mechanic (2011)
R | 93 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
An elite hitman teaches his trade to an apprentice who has a connection to one of his previous victims.
Director: Simon West | Stars: Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland, Tony Goldwyn
Votes: 171,127 | Gross: $29.12M
17. The Mortician (I) (2011)
R | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
The mortician is a lone-wolf, emotionally cold and distant to the outside world and it's inhabitants. But then a boy shows up at his doorstep after witnessing his mother's murder and his world of solitude is turned upside down.
Director: Gareth Maxwell Roberts | Stars: Method Man, Dash Mihok, E.J. Bonilla, Judy Marte
Votes: 1,039
18. Dream House (2011)
PG-13 | 92 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
Director: Jim Sheridan | Stars: Daniel Craig, Rachel Weisz, Naomi Watts, Elias Koteas
Votes: 69,051 | Gross: $21.28M
19. Retreat (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Director: Carl Tibbetts | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 12,669
20. The Roommate (I) (2011)
PG-13 | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When college freshman Sara arrives on campus for the first time, she befriends her roommate, Rebecca, unaware that the girl is becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Director: Christian E. Christiansen | Stars: Minka Kelly, Leighton Meester, Cam Gigandet, Aly Michalka
Votes: 41,250 | Gross: $37.30M
21. Sinners and Saints (2010)
R | 104 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Two New Orleans cops are up against an extremely violent gang.
Director: William Kaufman | Stars: Johnny Strong, Kevin Phillips, Costas Mandylor, Sean Patrick Flanery
Votes: 5,822
22. Suing the Devil (2011)
TV-PG | 97 min | Drama, Fantasy
A down-and-out law student sues Satan for $8 trillion dollars. Satan appears to defend himself with seven of the greatest trial lawyers, and the trial of the century begins.
Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Malcolm McDowell, Shannen Fields, Corbin Bernsen, Tom Sizemore
Votes: 4,148
23. Transit (I) (2012)
R | 88 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A gang of bank robbers hide their loot in the car of a family going camping. They chase down the family to kill them and get the loot back, but run into a fight.
Director: Antonio Negret | Stars: Jim Caviezel, James Frain, Elisabeth Röhm, Diora Baird
Votes: 11,764
24. Travellers (2011)
84 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Four friends set out on a motorcycle adventure weekend, clocking up miles in an attempt to outrun their age and urban lifestyles. After bartering with a local land owner for a place to set ... See full summary »
Director: Kris McManus | Stars: Shane Sweeney, Tom Geoffrey, Alex Edwards, Celia Muir
Votes: 560
25. The Veteran (2011)
R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A soldier returning from the war in Afghanistan uncovers a conspiracy involving the intelligence services and a gang of drug dealers.
Director: Matthew Hope | Stars: Toby Kebbell, Adi Bielski, Tony Curran, Ashley Thomas
Votes: 7,393
26. Wrecked (2010)
R | 91 min | Adventure, Drama, Mystery
A man wakes in a car wreck at the bottom of a ravine and must overcome incredible odds to survive.
Director: Michael Greenspan | Stars: Adrien Brody, Caroline Dhavernas, Ryan Robbins, Adrian G. Griffiths
Votes: 16,922 | Gross: $0.00M
27. The Courier (2012)
R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A specialist carrier is hired to deliver a mysterious case to the underworld's most dangerous hitman.
Director: Hany Abu-Assad | Stars: Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Josie Ho, Til Schweiger, Miguel Ferrer
Votes: 5,194
28. Man on a Ledge (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
Director: Asger Leth | Stars: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Mandy Gonzalez
Votes: 158,336 | Gross: $18.62M
29. The River Murders (2011)
R | 92 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
While investigating a series of murders, a homicide detective becomes the prime suspect when the FBI uncovers his close personal ties to all the victims.
Director: Rich Cowan | Stars: Ray Liotta, Gisele Fraga, Michael Rodrick, Sarah Ann Schultz
Votes: 5,139
30. Drive (I) (2011)
R | 100 min | Action, Drama
A mysterious Hollywood action film stuntman gets in trouble with gangsters when he tries to help his neighbor's husband rob a pawn shop while serving as his getaway driver.
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn | Stars: Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks
Votes: 701,958 | Gross: $35.06M
31. Elevator (V) (2012)
Not Rated | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
Racism collides with corporate greed when nine strangers - one of whom has a bomb - become trapped in a Wall Street elevator.
Director: Stig Svendsen | Stars: Christopher Backus, Aníta Briem, John Getz, Shirley Knight
Votes: 7,138
32. Haywire (2011)
R | 93 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A black ops super soldier seeks payback after she is betrayed and set up during a mission.
Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Angarano
Votes: 89,639 | Gross: $18.94M
33. Trespass (2011)
R | 91 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
As they're held for ransom, a husband and wife's predicament grows more dire amid the discovery of betrayal and deception.
Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Cam Gigandet, Ben Mendelsohn
Votes: 45,440 | Gross: $0.02M
34. The Da Vinci Code (2006)
PG-13 | 149 min | Mystery, Thriller
A murder inside the Louvre, and clues in Da Vinci paintings, lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years, which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Jean Reno, Ian McKellen
Votes: 457,655 | Gross: $217.54M
35. Lockout (2012)
PG-13 | 95 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the President's daughter from an outer-space prison taken over by violent inmates.
Directors: James Mather, Steve Saint Leger | Stars: Guy Pearce, Maggie Grace, Peter Stormare, Vincent Regan
Votes: 100,837 | Gross: $14.33M
36. Stash House (2012)
R | 99 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
Dave and Amy have found the perfect house, until they discover a stash of heroin and end up imprisoned in it by violent thugs.
Director: Eduardo Rodriguez | Stars: Sean Faris, Briana Evigan, Dolph Lundgren, Jon Huertas
Votes: 2,929
37. Enter Nowhere (2011)
R | 90 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Three strangers arrive one by one at a mysterious cabin in the middle of nowhere only to learn they've been brought together for a reason.
Director: Jack Heller | Stars: Katherine Waterston, Scott Eastwood, Sara Paxton, Shaun Sipos
Votes: 12,562
38. Piggy (I) (2012)
Not Rated | 106 min | Horror, Thriller
London, modern day: Joe, a mild mannered young man is bored by his life. When his beloved brother is murdered Joe finds solace in Piggy, one of his brother's old friends. Piggy helps Joe to... See full summary »
Director: Kieron Hawkes | Stars: Ed Skrein, Paul Anderson, Martin Compston, Neil Maskell
Votes: 1,765
39. The Samaritan (I) (2012)
R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama
After twenty years in prison, Foley is finished with the grifter's life. When he meets an elusive young woman named Iris, the possibility of a new start looks real. But his past is proving to be a stubborn companion.
Director: David Weaver | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga, Tom Wilkinson
Votes: 10,261 | Gross: $0.00M
40. We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)
R | 112 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Kevin's mother struggles to love her strange child despite the increasingly dangerous things he says and does as he grows up. But Kevin is just getting started, and his final act will be beyond anything anyone imagined.
Director: Lynne Ramsay | Stars: Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller, Jasper Newell
Votes: 167,203 | Gross: $1.74M
41. Keyhole (2011)
R | 94 min | Drama, Thriller
Gangster and deadbeat dad Ulysses Pick embarks on an unusual journey through his home.
Director: Guy Maddin | Stars: Jason Patric, Isabella Rossellini, Udo Kier, Brooke Palsson
Votes: 1,595 | Gross: $0.02M
42. The Woman in the Fifth (2011)
R | 84 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
A college lecturer flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Light, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murders.
Director: Pawel Pawlikowski | Stars: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi
Votes: 7,087 | Gross: $0.11M
43. Angels & Demons (2009)
PG-13 | 138 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgård
Votes: 308,923 | Gross: $133.38M
44. Cleanskin (2012)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A British secret service agent is faced with the task of pursuing and eliminating a British-born suicide bomber and his terrorist cell.
Director: Hadi Hajaig | Stars: Sean Bean, Charlotte Rampling, Abhin Galeya, Tom Burke
Votes: 21,126
45. ATM (I) (2012)
R | 90 min | Horror, Thriller
On a late night visit to an ATM, three co-workers end up in a desperate fight for their lives when they become trapped by an unknown man.
Director: David Brooks | Stars: Alice Eve, Josh Peck, Brian Geraghty, Mike O'Brian
Votes: 25,329 | Gross: $0.00M
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