Movies in the Thriller genre

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Parker

Parker delivers just about what the average viewer would expect from it: a Jason Statham-flavored action thriller (as opposed to, say, a Matt Damon-flavored action thriller or a Rock-flavored action thriller). Statham, like John Wayne in his heyday...

Run Time: 1:58
U.S. Release Date: 2013-01-25
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Taylor Hackford
Cast: Jason Statham, Jennifer Lopez, Michael Chiklis, ...
Passing

The realities that human beings create around themselves are, by their nature, fragile things – some more fragile than others. In her directorial debut, actress Rebecca Hall addresses the malleability of identity via her adaptation of Nella ...

Run Time: 1:38
U.S. Release Date: 2021-10-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Racism)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Rebecca Hall
Cast: Tessa Thompson, Ruth Negga, Andre Holland, ...
Patriots Day

For the second time in less than six months, Peter Berg and Mark Wahlberg have collaborated to recreate a “based on a true story” event that, at one point in recent history, dominated the news cycle for days on end. Deepwater Horizon, whi...

Run Time: 2:13
U.S. Release Date: 2017-01-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Peter Berg
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, John Goodman, Kevin Bacon, ...
Payback

Payback is the most viscerally involving thriller to be released in the last several months. Granted, the plot is far from air-tight (in fact, towards the end, it begins to resemble Swiss cheese), but the adrenaline level is heightened to the poin...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 1999-02-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Mel Gibson, Maria Bello, Gregg Henry, ...
Peacemaker, The

When the collaboration of Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen on a new production company was first announced, it became the talk of the entertainment world. Soon, deals were being signed, contracts inked, and films placed into ...

Run Time: 2:03
U.S. Release Date: 1997-09-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Mimi Leder
Cast: George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Marcel Iures, ...
Peppermint

In 2018, vigilantism is all the rage. I wonder whether that says something about our current culture or whether it’s just something Hollywood has latched onto as a way of making a buck. Peppermint is the third such high-profile film to come t...

Run Time: 1:42
U.S. Release Date: 2018-09-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Pierre Morel
Cast: Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr., John Ortiz, ...
Perfect Getaway, A

There are times when a filmmaker tries so hard to surprise everyone that he ends up surprising no one. Such is the case with A Perfect Getaway, a film that exists for one reason: the twist. Writer/director David Twohy (Pitch Black) puts so much e...

Run Time: 1:37
U.S. Release Date: 2009-08-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Twohy
Cast: Steve Zahn, Milla Jovovich, Timothy Olyphant, ...
Perfect Score, The

For high school kids with college aspirations, the SATs have always been the enemy. Most juniors and seniors try to improve their scores by studying or taking classes focused on SAT preparation. But not the sextet of characters inhabiting Brian R...

Run Time: 1:34
U.S. Release Date: 2004-01-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Brian Robbins
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Erika Christensen, Chris Evans, ...
Perfect Stranger

What would happen if a late-night, D-grade direct-to-cable thriller excised all of the raunchily enjoyable elements and managed to attract an A-list cast? The result might be shockingly like Perfect Stranger, a movie so inane that it fails to rise...

Run Time: 1:32
U.S. Release Date: 2007-04-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: James Foley
Cast: Bruce Willis, Halle Berry, Giovanni Ribisi, ...
Persona

In the community of elite critics, there are those who would claim that Persona is the best film ever made, placing it in the rarified atmosphere of such classics as Citizen Kane, City Lights, and Tokyo Story. Although I would agree that Perso...

Run Time: 1:26
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Ingmar Bergman
Cast: Bibi Andersson, Liv Ullmann