Movies in the Thriller genre
Seeing the newly-restored, 70 mm print of Vertigo in a theater is an experience that no fan of Hitchcock, or of cinema in general, should miss. Especially for those (like me) whose sole exposure to the film has been through faded, deterioratin...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, ...
A View to a Kill represents the farewell bow of two long-time Bond film actors: Lois Maxwell, who portrayed Miss Moneypenny in all fourteen official movies from Dr. No to this one, and Roger Moore. While Moore's stamp on Bond was never as memo...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: John Glen
Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, ...
A general rule of summer film watching is to beware any August release featuring a major star. The only reason for a distributor to hold back such a production is a lack of faith in the picture's ability to succeed in the highly-competitive early ...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-08-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Brett Leonard
Cast: Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Kelly Lynch, ...
Legendary filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot has often been referred to as the "French Hitchcock." Indeed, Clouzot is best known for his 1955 movie, Diabolique, which is widely regarded as one of the most surprising and disturbing psychological thril...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Yves Montand, Charles Vanel, Peter van Eyck, ...
Nihilistic. Grim. Humorless. Misogynistic. Those are just a few words that could be used to describe Liam Neeson's new thriller, A Walk Among the Tombstones. The title provides more than a clue about the movie's tone and intentions. Yet this isn't...
U.S. Release Date: 2014-09-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Scott Frank
Cast: Liam Neeson, Dan Stevens, David Harbour, ...
During its short lifespan, the original World Trade Center hosted a number of strange and surreal occurrences but perhaps none was more astonishing than the tightwire walk by Frenchman Philippe Petit. The event took place during the morning of August...
U.S. Release Date: 2015-09-30
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Profanity, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Thriller/Drama
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Charlotte Le Bon, Ben Kingsley, ...
It would be fair to characterize writer/director Paul Schrader as someone who's fascinated by the seamier side of human nature. Some of his best known screenplays, including Taxi Driver and Raging Bull for Martin Scorsese, have plumbed the depths ...
U.S. Release Date: 2007-12-07
MPAA Rating: "R" (Sexual Situations, Violence, Profanity)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lauren Bacall, ...
If nothing else, WarGames is a great "time capsule" movie. Although many of the themes and concepts forming the foundation of John Badham's 1983 thriller are hopelessly out-of-date, this is one of the best films from its era to illustrate not only ...
U.S. Release Date: 1983-06-03
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: THRILLER
Director: John Badham
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, Dabney Coleman, ...
Transforming Watchmen, one of the most lauded comic series of all time, into a movie is as ambitious an undertaking as anyone in Hollywood is likely to attempt. For more than 20 years, a variety of people (including Terry Gilliam, Darren Aronofsky...
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Profanity)
Genre: SCIENCE FICTION/THRILLER
Director: Zack Snyder
Cast: Billy Crudup, Patrick Wilson, Malin Akerman, ...
Disaster movies have always been popular, but I’ll leave it to psychologists to determine the reason why viewers react positively to tales of mayhem and catastrophe. The making of a disaster movie offers its creators an unusual set of challenge...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-03-04
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Disaster Images)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Roar Uthaug
Cast: Kristoffer Joner, Thomas Bo Larsen, Ane Dahl Torp, ...