Most Popular Thriller Feature Films
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The Hurt Locker
(2008) Iraq. Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb. Dir: Kathryn Bigelow With: Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty Action | Drama | Thriller | War |
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Edge of Darkness
(2010) As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion that attracts an agent tasked with cleaning up the evidence. Dir: Martin Campbell With: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston Drama | Thriller |
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The Book of Eli
(2010) A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind. Dir: The Hughes Brothers, The Hughes Brothers With: Denzel Washington, Mila Kunis, Ray Stevenson Action | Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western |
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Daybreakers
(2009) In the year 2019, a plague has transformed most every human into vampires. Faced with a dwindling blood supply, the fractured dominant race plots their survival; meanwhile, a researcher works with a covert band of vamps on a way to save humankind. Dir: Michael Spierig, Peter Spierig With: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller |
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Mulholland Dr.
(2001) After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality. Dir: David Lynch With: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller |
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Inglourious Basterds
(2009) In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis. Dir: Quentin Tarantino With: Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth Drama | Thriller | War |
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Sherlock Holmes
(2009) Detective Sherlock Holmes and his stalwart partner Watson engage in a battle of wits and brawn with a nemesis whose plot is a threat to all of England. Dir: Guy Ritchie With: Robert Downey Jr., Jude Law, Rachel McAdams Action | Adventure | Crime | Mystery | Thriller |
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Legion
(2010) An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race. When God loses faith in humankind... Dir: Scott Stewart With: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Charles S. Dutton Action | Fantasy | Horror | Thriller |
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The Lovely Bones
(2009) Centers on a young girl who has been murdered and watches over her family - and her killer - from heaven. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. Dir: Peter Jackson With: Rachel Weisz, Mark Wahlberg, Saoirse Ronan Drama | Fantasy | Thriller |
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The Wolfman
(2010) Upon his return to his ancestral homeland, an American man (Del Toro) is bitten, and subsequently cursed by, a werewolf. Dir: Joe Johnston With: Benicio Del Toro, Anthony Hopkins, Emily Blunt Horror | Thriller |








