Movies in the Thriller/Horror genre

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Devil

The underlying premise of Devil is the kind of thing Alfred Hitchcock could have used to develop a tightly-wound, pulse-pounding suspense movie. Unfortunately, Hitchcock is dead and the two men shepherding Devil through its production are not near...

Run Time: 1:20
U.S. Release Date: 2010-09-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: John Erick Dowdle
Cast: Chris Messina, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O'Hara, ...
Forever Purge, The

I suppose the best way to characterize The Forever Purge is as “red meat for Purge fans.” When you get this deep into a franchise, the tendency is to take the safe path and regurgitate earlier narrative beats, albeit with different “char...

Run Time: 1:43
U.S. Release Date: 2021-07-02
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Everardo Gout
Cast: Ana de la Reguera, Tenoch Huerta, Josh Lucas, ...
Funny Games

Note: It is difficult to present a meaningful discussion of Funny Games without giving away major plot points. As a result, there are two reviews. This is the non-spoiler review, which limits spoilers to a bare minimum. For a more full discussio...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Devon Gearhart, ...
Funny Games (spoilers)

Note: You have reached the spoiler review for Funny Games. Click here for the non-spoiler review. We've seen the set-up before: a nice middle-class family held captive by a pair of psychopaths. This time, however, things aren't going to turn o...

Run Time: 1:48
U.S. Release Date: 2008-03-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Michael Haneke
Cast: Naomi Watts, Tim Roth, Devon Gearhart, ...
Infinity Pool

It’s apparent that writer/director Brandon Cronenberg has a fascination with what constitutes identity. That question, posed existentially without the involvement of religion or spirituality, lies at the core of both Cronenberg’s dark, trippy ...

Run Time: 1:57
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-04-11
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Brandon Cronenberg
Cast: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, ...
Last House on the Left, The

In a graphic example of how creatively bankrupt Hollywood has become, it's no longer good enough merely to remake older films - now the studios have begun to remake remakes. 1972's The Last House on the Left, the first feature effort of Wes Craven...

Run Time: 1:40
U.S. Release Date: 2009-03-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Dennis Illiadis
Cast: Tony Goldwyn, Monica Potter, Sara Paxton, ...
Mohawk

A slickly-made exploitation film set during the War of 1812, Ted Geoghegan’s Mohawk is taut, bloody, and uncompromising – all with a dollop of social commentary thrown in for good measure. Like the recently released Hostiles (which is set ...

Run Time: 1:31
U.S. Release Date: 2018-03-02
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: Ted Geoghegan
Cast: Kaniehtiio Horn, Ezra Buzzington, Eamon Farren, ...
Orphan

Putting aside a needlessly grotesque dream sequence that opens the movie, Orphan looks for a few fleeting moments like it might be a clever psychological thriller - the kind in which the audience is never quite sure whether the events on screen are...

Run Time: 2:04
U.S. Release Date: 2009-07-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Situations)
Genre: THRILLER/HORROR
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra
Cast: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, ...
Speak No Evil

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, there was a popular thriller trope in which a character (or group of characters) would form a connection with a stranger (or strangers) but, over time, the actions and motivations of one character would turn murderous....

Run Time: 1:50
U.S. Release Date: 2024-09-13
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Thriller/Horror
Director: James Watkins
Cast: James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, ...