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The Canyons opens with still photographs of crumbling, disused movie theaters - multiplexes that, as recently as a decade ago, might have been bustling sites of human congress on weekends and holidays. These images have little to do with the story ...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-08-02
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: DRAMA/THRILLER
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Lindsay Lohan, James Deen, Nolan Funk, ...
Movies like Captain Phillips - taut, white-knuckle thrillers that feature ordinary guys instead of bona fide action heroes - are something of an endangered species. In today's risk-averse movie industry, making an "action" film without an establish...
U.S. Release Date: 2013-10-11
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Paul Greengrass
Cast: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, ...
The scenario presented in Captive State would almost certainly have worked better in a mini-series format. The filmmakers’ low-budget approach of minimizing special effects might have allowed for an expansion of the narrative over a six or ei...
U.S. Release Date: 2019-03-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Torture, Profanity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Science Fiction/Thriller
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Cast:
Writer/director Paul Schrader makes moody, low-budget movies about isolated people. While his highly regarded reputation as a screenwriter is deserved (he wrote, among other titles, Raging Bull and Taxi Driver), his directorial resume is checke...
U.S. Release Date: 2021-09-10
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Paul Schrader
Cast: Oscar Isaac, Willem Dafoe, Tye Sheridan, ...
With Carter & June, director/co-writer Nicholas Kalikow is aiming for a post-Tarantino thriller that incorporates violence and humor into a story about lowlifes, gangsters, and other assorted bottom-feeders, some of whom wear badges and c...
U.S. Release Date: 2018-05-18
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Nicholas Kalikow
Cast: Michael Raymond-James, Samaire Armstrong, Timothy Omundson, ...
It's probably no stretch to say that Casablanca, arguably America's best-loved movie, has had more words written about it than any other motion picture. Over the years since its 1943 release, the legends and rumors surrounding the making of the ...
U.S. Release Date: -
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Violence)
Genre: THRILLER/DRAMA
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: Claude Rains, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, ...
After viewing Casino, you may never look at Las Vegas in quite the same way. While this film, adapted from Nicholas Pileggi's nonfiction book, Casino: Love and Honor in Las Vegas, doesn't offer much in the way of startling revelations, it presents...
U.S. Release Date: 1995-11-22
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence, Sexual Situations, Drugs)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Martin Scorsese
Cast: Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Sharon Stone, ...
When Pierce Brosnan took over the role of James Bond for Goldeneye, much was made about how the franchise was being "modernized." In reality, the only apparent changes were cosmetic. Brosnan's 007 was easily connected to the character previously p...
U.S. Release Date: 2006-11-17
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Situations, Nudity)
Genre: ACTION/THRILLER
Director: Martin Campbell
Cast: Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, ...
With Cassandra's Dream, we may finally be seeing confirmation of what many have suspected for years: that Woody Allen's period of greatness as a filmmaker is over. A few years ago, Match Point provided hope that we might be observing a re-invention...
U.S. Release Date: 2008-01-18
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Tom Wilkinson, ...
New Line Cinema faces a monumental feat in attempting to market The Cell, a decidedly non-mainstream serial killer thriller that has the sensibilities of an art film. Visually enticing and intellectually demanding, The Cell takes viewers deep into...
U.S. Release Date: 2000-08-18
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: THRILLER
Director: Tarsem Singh
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio, ...