Movies in the Thriller genre
Arriving in theaters two weeks late but otherwise unscathed is Antoine Fuqua's Training Day, the story of an idealistic young cop who gets a hard lesson about life in the streets from a veteran. Shining with the star power of Denzel Washington (pla...
U.S. Release Date: 2001-10-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Anthony Fuqua
Cast: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn
Traitor is an uncommonly intelligent espionage thriller that explores the moral and ethical dilemmas faced by agents who go deep undercover in the service of their country. For movies that revolve around terrorist organizations and acts, there a...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-08-27
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity, Mature Themes)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Cast: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Neal McDonough, ...
Trance is a member of the movie category defined by the likes of Shutter Island and Inception - films in which the concept of "reality" is flexible and the reliability of the narrative is indeterminate. Even at the end, once all has been explained ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-04-05
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity,Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/SCIENCE FICTION
Director: Danny Boyle
Cast: James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, ...
I don't have a lot to say about Transporter 2. It's a sequel that outdoes the original in terms of flair and outrageousness, but it will appeal to much the same audience. If James Bond is too tame for you, Frank Martin (Jason Stratham) is your ma...
U.S. Release Date: 2005-09-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Louis Leterrier
Cast: Jason Statham, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, ...
The Transporter is cinematic extravaganza for everyone who disdains wimpy movie elements like "plot" and "character development". This balls-to-the-walls action/adventure makes the average James Bond film look like something by Eric Rohmer. It’s...
U.S. Release Date: 2002-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Corey Yuan
Cast: Jason Stratham, Qi Shu, Matt Schulze, ...
When I say this is awful, I mean that it’s awful. Not “so bad, it’s fun.” Not “a throw-away summertime diversion.” This may be the worst movie M. Night Shyamalan has ever made, and I’m not forgetting The Last Airbender or After Earth....
U.S. Release Date: 2024-08-02
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: M. Night Shyamalan
Cast: Josh Hartnett, Ariel Donoghue, Saleka Shyamalan, ...
Spoiler warning: Technically, this review contains spoilers. But does anyone really care? By writing this, I am reviewing a direct-to-DVD movie. True, Trespass is opening in a select number of theaters in mid-October 2011 (the word "select" bein...
U.S. Release Date: 2011-10-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Nicole Kidman, Liana Liberato, ...
The Trigger Effect, a psychological thriller from David Koepp, opens with an image of coyotes tearing at a dead carcass. An electrical power plant stands in the background. It's a visceral, unsettling scene, and you'd have to be more than a littl...
U.S. Release Date: 1996-08-30
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: David Koepp
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Elisabeth Shue, Dermot Mulroney, ...
Despite possessing a cast bursting at the seams with A-list talent, Triple Nine has been dumped into multiplexes on Oscar weekend with limited publicity and less marketing. However, although the film’s distributor may view it as a White Elephan...
U.S. Release Date: 2016-02-26
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller
Director: John Hillcoat
Cast: Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, ...
With today’s cinematic focus squarely on gender-balanced films, it almost feels odd to encounter something so testosterone-driven. Nevertheless, Triple Frontier is less a shrine to masculinity than a callback to the themes embraced by the Jo...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: J.C. Chandor
Cast: Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Charlie Hunnam, ...