Thriller films I plan to watch
by gastropod1 | created - 18 Oct 2015 | updated - 15 May 2016 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
R | 110 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani
Votes: 65,949 | Gross: $38.62M
2. Half Past Dead (2002)
PG-13 | 98 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man goes undercover in a hi-tech prison to find information to help prosecute those who killed his wife. While there he stumbles onto a plot involving a death-row inmate and his $200 million stash of gold.
Director: Don Michael Paul | Stars: Morris Chestnut, Steven Seagal, Matt Battaglia, Ja Rule
Votes: 16,741 | Gross: $15.36M
3. Terror on the Beach (1973 TV Movie)
74 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A family's outing turns out badly as they are terrorized by a gang of young thugs.
Director: Paul Wendkos | Stars: Dennis Weaver, Estelle Parsons, Kristoffer Tabori, Susan Dey
Votes: 362
4. A Killer Within (2004)
R | 110 min | Thriller, Drama
Addison comes home one night to find his wife brutally murdered with the words "We're even now". The cops suspect that Addison killed her, and now he must race through the underside of Dallas to find the only other suspect.
Director: Brad Keller | Stars: C. Thomas Howell, Sean Young, Ben Browder, Dedee Pfeiffer
Votes: 857
5. A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Martin, an I.R.A. hitman, is seen by a Catholic priest while carrying out a hit. He grows a bond with the priest and his niece. But his past and his former employers put all their lives in danger.
Director: Mike Hodges | Stars: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Votes: 5,710 | Gross: $1.43M
6. Captain Nuke and the Bomber Boys (1996)
PG | 90 min | Comedy, Thriller
Three teenage boys inadvertently find themselves holding the adult world hostage in this in this wild comedy caper. When Slug, Mickey and Frank flee to a secret hideout to avoid their angry... See full summary »
Director: Charles Gale | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Martin Sheen, Joanna Pacula, Rod Steiger
Votes: 300
7. 20 Feet Below: The Darkness Descending (2014)
R | 96 min | Thriller
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Clebanoff | Stars: Danny Trejo, Kinga Philipps, Frank Krueger, Tiffany C. Adams
Votes: 667
8. Shoot on Sight (2007)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A Lahore-born London Police Commander deals with personal issues and investigates the shooting death of a fellow-Muslim.
Director: Jag Mundhra | Stars: Naseeruddin Shah, Greta Scacchi, Brian Cox, Stephen Greif
Votes: 1,709
9. Pleasure or Pain (2013)
Unrated | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
A wealthy real estate developer takes a young woman from an everyday mundane life and shows her a world of decadence and debauchery that pushes her sexual limits to the brink.
Director: Zalman King | Stars: Malena Morgan, Christos Vasilopoulos, Kayla Jane, Elle Alexandra
Votes: 2,666
10. Nowhere to Land (2000 TV Movie)
90 min | Thriller
A pilot must safely land a 747 on which deadly nerve gas has been planted.
Director: Armand Mastroianni | Stars: Jack Wagner, Christine Elise, James Sikking, Mark Lee
Votes: 942
11. Pandemic (II) (2009)
R | 91 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A veterinarian finds herself in the midst of a horrifying pandemic where humans and animals are stricken with a horrible, contagious disease. She must pair up with an eccentric conspiracy theorist to discover the true source of the threat.
Director: Jason Connery | Stars: Ray Wise, Graham McTavish, Peter Holden, Alesha Rucci
Votes: 895
12. Final Girl (2015)
R | 84 min | Horror, Thriller
A man teaches a young woman how to become a complete weapon. Later, she is approached by a group of sadistic teens who kill blonde women for unknown reasons. The hunting season begins.
Director: Tyler Shields | Stars: Abigail Breslin, Wes Bentley, Logan Huffman, Alexander Ludwig
Votes: 16,812
13. Outlaw (I) (2016)
90 min | Drama, Thriller
When a famous photographer catches his girlfriend cheating with his best friend, he must choose between compassion and unadulterated rage in order to find out the truth behind his witnessed betrayal.
Director: Tyler Shields | Stars: Tyler Shields, Ana Mulvoy Ten, Logan Huffman, Connor Paolo
Votes: 45
14. Taken in Broad Daylight (2009 TV Movie)
TV-14 | 89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The true and inspiring survival story of kidnapped teen, Anne Sluti, and how she manages to stay alive by manipulating her captor, engineering her own rescue and negotiating her safe release after 6 days of hell.
Director: Gary Yates | Stars: Sara Canning, James Van Der Beek, LeVar Burton, Diana Reis
Votes: 1,543
15. Mischief Night (2013)
Not Rated | 87 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Young Emily Walton, who has suffered from psychosomatic blindness ever since the car accident that took her mother's life, must summon every instinct at her disposal to protect herself and her loved ones from a mysterious intruder.
Director: Richard Schenkman | Stars: Ian Bamberg, Noell Coet, Adam C. Edwards, Stephanie Erb
Votes: 2,013
16. Stuck (II) (2002)
96 min | Drama
Four strangers find themselves trapped together in an elevator. Though from diverse backgrounds, they are forced to confront their differences. As their facades crack, they reveal unsettling truths about themselves.
Director: Lindsay Bourne | Stars: JR Bourne, Fred Henderson, Courtney Kramer, Amanda Tapping
Votes: 75
17. Beyond the Limit (1983)
R | 104 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
During the Dirty War, a half-English doctor in Argentina befriends the police, the rebels and the alcoholic Honorary British Consul, whose Latino wife he seduces. When the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by the rebels, he must pick a side.
Director: John Mackenzie | Stars: Michael Caine, Richard Gere, Bob Hoskins, Elpidia Carrillo
Votes: 1,538 | Gross: $6.00M
18. Gunblast Vodka (2000)
Not Rated | 97 min | Comedy, Thriller
Supermodel Everhart is kidnapped by bad guy Prochnow and rescued by good guy Otto in technopop action.
Director: Jean-Louis Daniel | Stars: Götz Otto, Angie Everhart, Jürgen Prochnow, Mariusz Pujszo
Votes: 257
19. Zveno (2013)
120 min | Mystery, Thriller
The young scientist is trying to avoid military service in the chemical forces. He chooses alternative service and educates in the suburban orphanage, located in an ancient manor house. By ... See full summary »
Director: Roman Romanovsky | Stars: Vladimir Danay, Vladimir Frolov, Kristina Kazinskaya
Votes: 22
20. Flu (2013)
Not Rated | 122 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Chaos ensues when a lethal, airborne virus infects the population of a South Korean city less than 20 kilometers from Seoul.
Director: Kim Sung-su | Stars: Jang Hyuk, Soo Ae, Min-ah Park, Yoo Hae-jin
Votes: 14,606
21. The Babysitter (1995)
R | 90 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage babysitter is the focus of two boys and a man's separate obsessions.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Alicia Silverstone, Jeremy London, J.T. Walsh, Lee Garlington
Votes: 6,005
22. Lyubov na ostrove smerti (1991)
99 min | Thriller
Director: Andrey Malyukov | Stars: Oksana Kaliberda, Natalya Petrova, Svetlana Tormakhova, Boris Galkin
Votes: 30
23. Earthquake in New York (1998 TV Movie)
TV-PG | 94 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
After an earthquake hits New York City, a policeman races to find his missing family members while pursuing a dangerous serial killer, and aids in rescue procedures.
Director: Terry Ingram | Stars: Greg Evigan, Melissa Sue Anderson, Cynthia Gibb, Michael Moriarty
Votes: 541
24. Firetrap (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Crime
Master burglar Max Hopper is released early after three years and soon gets an exceptional job: stealing an advanced computer-chip from the IQ Industries headquarters. His first attempt ... See full summary »
Director: Harris Done | Stars: Dean Cain, Richard Tyson, Mel Harris, Lori Petty
Votes: 823
25. Fear in the City (1981)
88 min | Crime, Drama
A violent U.S. based story of Mafia members and Black gangsters fighting for turf. Rule of the roost.
Director: Gianni Manera | Stars: Michel Constantin, Gianni Manera, Enrico Manera, Maria Pia Liotta
Votes: 53
26. Achtung! The Desert Tigers (1977)
83 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Durng World War II, an American major is captured by the Germans and thrown into a POW camp run by a sadistic Nazi officer, whose main pleasures are whipping the local female population and... See full summary »
Director: Luigi Batzella | Stars: Richard Harrison, Lea Lander, Isarco Ravaioli, Agnes Kalpagos
Votes: 208
27. Who? (1974)
PG | 93 min | Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After an American scientist is severely injured and scarred in a car crash along the border with East Germany, he is captured by East German military. The scientists use metal implants to save him. Once he's back in the States, no one can tell if it's really him, so an intelligence specialist must determine who is under the "mask".
Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Elliott Gould, Trevor Howard, Joseph Bova, Edward Grover
Votes: 785
28. Sexy Sisters (1977)
Not Rated | 85 min | Crime, Drama
Edna confines Millie, her younger sister, to her bed while she is sedated. If Edna can show Millie is insane, she will be able to claim a estate for herself. However, Millie learns Edna's malicious schemes.
Director: Jesús Franco | Stars: Pamela Stanford, Karine Gambier, Jack Taylor, Esther Moser
Votes: 783
29. Crusader (2005 TV Movie)
R | 100 min | Action, Thriller
A gripping action thriller about a reporter who steals a murdered colleague's news story, and becomes an unwitting pawn in a conspiracy that could cost him his life.
Director: Bryan Goeres | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Michael York, Richard Tyson, Ana Álvarez
Votes: 426
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