Best ThriLLer movies

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1. Notes on a Scandal (2006)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Romance

73 Metascore

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

Director: Richard Eyre | Stars: Cate Blanchett, Judi Dench, Andrew Simpson, Tom Georgeson

Votes: 84,529 | Gross: $17.51M

2. Macbeth (I) (2006)

Not Rated | 109 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

51 Metascore

A contemporary retelling of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" set in the ganglands of Melbourne.

Director: Geoffrey Wright | Stars: Victoria Hill, Lachy Hulme, Gary Sweet, Sam Worthington

Votes: 2,279 | Gross: $1.11M

3. Gettin' Square (2003)

Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

Barry has good intentions when he is released after 8 years in prison, but finding a job is difficult with a prison record, and he can't keep his kid brother or his friend out of crime.

Director: Jonathan Teplitzky | Stars: Sam Worthington, David Wenham, Timothy Spall, Freya Stafford

Votes: 3,253

4. Vidocq (2001)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Fantasy

Paris, 1830: Vidocq is killed by a mirror masked man. A thief turned investigator, he was working on a case of men killed by lightning. His biographer tries to solve the case.

Director: Pitof | Stars: Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Canet, Inés Sastre, André Dussollier

Votes: 23,105

5. The Butterfly Effect (2004)

R | 113 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

30 Metascore

Evan Treborn suffers blackouts during significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life by reading his journal.

Directors: Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber | Stars: Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Melora Walters, Elden Henson

Votes: 520,899 | Gross: $57.94M

6. Red Dragon (2002)

R | 124 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

60 Metascore

A retired FBI agent with psychological gifts is assigned to help track down "The Tooth Fairy", a mysterious serial killer. Aiding him is imprisoned forensic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter.

Director: Brett Ratner | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Edward Norton, Ralph Fiennes, Harvey Keitel

Votes: 290,769 | Gross: $93.15M

7. The Hidden Child (2013)

105 min | Crime, Thriller

Erica's parents are killed in a traffic accident. She moves to Fjällbacka and discovers she has a brother.

Director: Per Hanefjord | Stars: Claudia Galli, Richard Ulfsäter, Eva Fritjofson, Pamela Cortes Bruna

Votes: 2,129

8. Bringing Out the Dead (1999)

R | 121 min | Drama, Thriller

72 Metascore

Haunted by the patients he failed to save, a monumentally burned-out Manhattan ambulance paramedic fights to maintain his sanity over three increasingly turbulent nights.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Patricia Arquette, John Goodman, Ving Rhames

Votes: 76,015 | Gross: $16.64M

9. Krabat (2008)

120 min | Drama, Fantasy, Thriller

A boy learns the black arts from an evil sorcerer.

Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: David Kross, Christian Redl, Daniel Brühl, Robert Stadlober

Votes: 6,850

10. Under the Skin (I) (2013)

R | 108 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

80 Metascore

A mysterious young woman seduces lonely men in the evening hours in Scotland. However, events lead her to begin a process of self-discovery.

Director: Jonathan Glazer | Stars: Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy McWilliams, Lynsey Taylor Mackay, Dougie McConnell

Votes: 158,110 | Gross: $2.61M

11. The Long Island Serial Killer (2013)

81 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

A serial killer is at large in New York, murdering prostitutes and disposing their bodies on the beaches of Long Island. A virtuous college student turns to escorting for noble reasons unknowingly putting herself directly in his path.

Director: Joseph DiPietro | Stars: Jennifer Polansky, Adam Ginsberg, Dewey Wynn, Renee Kay

Votes: 119

12. Jinn (2014)

PG-13 | 97 min | Fantasy, Horror, Thriller

24 Metascore

A man turns to a mysterious pair and a shackled mental patient for help in combating an ancient family curse.

Director: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad | Stars: Dominic Rains, Ray Park, William Atherton, Faran Tahir

Votes: 4,818 | Gross: $0.15M

13. Anonymous (I) (2011)

PG-13 | 130 min | Drama, Thriller

50 Metascore

The theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford, who penned Shakespeare's plays. Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I and the Essex rebellion against her.

Director: Roland Emmerich | Stars: Rhys Ifans, Vanessa Redgrave, David Thewlis, Sebastian Armesto

Votes: 42,127 | Gross: $4.46M

14. Uncovered (1994)

R | 103 min | Mystery, Thriller

While restoring an old painting showing a woman and two men playing chess, Julia discovers the text "Who killed the knight?" underneath the paint. The painting's owner tells her that one of... See full summary »

Director: Jim McBride | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, John Wood, Sinéad Cusack, Paudge Behan

Votes: 2,709

15. Housebound (2014)

Not Rated | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

76 Metascore

A young woman is forced to return to her childhood home after being placed under house arrest, where she suspects that something evil may be lurking.

Director: Gerard Johnstone | Stars: Morgana O'Reilly, Rima Te Wiata, Glen-Paul Waru, Ross Harper

Votes: 37,559

16. Gun Woman (2014)

Not Rated | 86 min | Action, Thriller

A brilliant doctor on a quest for revenge buys a young woman and trains her to be the ultimate assassin, implanting gun parts in her body that she must later assemble and use to kill her target before she bleeds to death.

Director: Kurando Mitsutake | Stars: Jennifer Mullaney, Matthew Floyd Miller, Dean Simone, Noriaki Kamata

Votes: 3,371

17. The Sky in Bloom (2013)

96 min | Crime, Thriller

A successful human trafficker and dedicated family man is dying, but that's the least of his problems.

Director: Tor Mian | Stars: Bill Thomas, Sean Knopp, Ross Mullan, Paul Marc Davis

Votes: 129

18. Butterflies of Bill Baker (2013)

Unrated | 86 min | Thriller

Bill Baker, a kind, sensitive and content man, enjoys life's simple pleasures, such as tilling his garden or playing with butterflies. His seemingly fulfilling life is disrupted by ... See full summary »

Director: Sania Jhankar | Stars: Will Chase, Marin Hinkle, Olek Krupa, Richard Short

Votes: 65

19. Mother's Milk (2013)

Not Rated | 94 min | Drama, Thriller

Claude is a university statistics professor with a dark side. Kim is the young woman he kidnaps to satisfy his dysfunctional needs. In this psychological thriller, tenderness develops ... See full summary »

Director: Edward Pionke | Stars: Casey Chapman, Mackenzie Wiglesworth, Scott Anderson, Bree Michaels

Votes: 213

20. Beneath the River (2009)

Thriller

Evan and Sarah are young lovers struggling to survive in an old cottage on a small island. Subsisting on what they can find and what they can steal on the nearby mainland, they try to ... See full summary »

Director: Brian Strine | Stars: Matthew Pfohl, Kimberly Laferriere, Jill Hodkinson

Votes: 38

21. Mango Tango (2009)

98 min | Comedy, Thriller

A New York City dance teacher's search for the ideal mate leads her down a challenging and downright dangerous path.

Director: Marianne Hettinger | Stars: Marianne Hettinger, Michael E. Knight, John A. Gallagher, Brian Vincent

Votes: 62

22. Refuge: American Apocalypse (I) (2013)

Not Rated | 74 min | Thriller

Refuge is a suspense-thriller about a family struggling to survive in the wake of a great catastrophic event.

Director: Andrew Robertson | Stars: Carter Roy, Amy Rutberg, Eva Grace Kellner, Chris Kies

Votes: 616

23. The Way of the Spur (2012)

Action, Thriller, Western

Guerino, a cowboy from Italy, travels to Shanghai in search of his sister Elisa, who was working as a model in China but mysteriously vanished. In Shanghai, Guerino finds an unlikely ally ... See full summary »

Director: Jakob Montrasio | Stars: Dave Akolo, Christian 'Kang' Bachini, Jon T. Benn, Aimee Butler

Votes: 25

24. Off Season (II) (2012)

Not Rated | 83 min | Drama, Thriller

Sylvie Stone takes refuge in an isolated beach hideaway after her husband is convicted of a sweeping act of financial fraud. A series of frightening occurrences lead her to discover she's being stalked by a mysterious presence.

Director: Katie Carman-Lehach | Stars: Elizabeth Lee, Kimani Shillingford, Abe Koogler, Dan Odell

Votes: 68

25. The Silent Thief (2012)

Not Rated | 104 min | Thriller

The Silent Thief is a psychological thriller that examines familial bonds, the human need to belong and the thin line between sanity and insanity. Brennan Marley is an outcast drifter who ... See full summary »

Director: Jennifer Clary | Stars: Toby Hemingway, Cody Longo, Scout Taylor-Compton, John Billingsley

Votes: 351

26. Searching for Angels (2011)

Thriller

Who is Jane Doe? That's the question everybody wants an answer to, including herself.

Director: Nadeem Soumah | Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Veronika London, Alberto Tihan, Craig Porritt

Votes: 50

27. Nara (2008)

Not Rated | 83 min | Thriller

Blane, a vagabond crosses paths with Krista and she discovers his darkest secret; his friend NARA who happens to be a severed head.

Director: Navin Ramaswaran | Stars: Dylan MacDonald, Nicole Maroon, Christine Chemello, Sean Radigan

Votes: 53

28. The Devil's Tail (2008)

109 min | Drama, Thriller

When Eddie disappears in the Yucatan, Pete abandons his comfortable life in Toronto to search for his lifelong best friend, a charming Texas ne'er-do-well. Arriving in Mexico with his ... See full summary »

Director: Christopher Comrie | Stars: Erika Ancona, Emily Andrews, Juan de Dios Barrueta Rath, Oliver Cantú Lozano

Votes: 17

29. The Little Girl Who Fell from the Tree (1998)

112 min | Thriller

Set in Berlin, this film follows Lisa, a mysterious young lady who moves into an apartment, next door to newlyweds. Domesticated bliss is shown to be somewhat lacking for this couple, as ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Bartlett | Stars: Dominique Horwitz, Floriane Daniel, Julia Jäger, Dorothea Moritz

Votes: 504

30. The Empty (2012)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Thriller

The potentially unnatural capabilities of the human mind and the concept of nothingness.

Director: Ben Struble | Stars: Tyler Cole, Tom Garruto, Brittany Jade, Jared Poulin

Votes: 10

31. Sleepless (2001)

R | 117 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer who's resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year period.

Director: Dario Argento | Stars: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia

Votes: 7,488

32. The Return (2003)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

82 Metascore

In the Russian wilderness, two brothers face a range of new, conflicting emotions when their father - a man they know only through a single photograph - resurfaces.

Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev | Stars: Vladimir Garin, Ivan Dobronravov, Konstantin Lavronenko, Nataliya Vdovina

Votes: 47,495 | Gross: $0.50M

33. After (I) (2012)

PG-13 | 90 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

When two bus crash survivors awake to discover that they are the only people left in their town, they work together to unravel the truth behind the strange events.

Director: Ryan Whitaker | Stars: Steven Strait, Karolina Wydra, Madison Lintz, Sandra Ellis Lafferty

Votes: 6,027

34. Alleluia (2014)

Unrated | 93 min | Crime, Horror, Romance

72 Metascore

Fervidly dark lovesick horror inspired by the real-life criminal duo, the Lonely Hearts Killers.

Director: Fabrice du Welz | Stars: Lola Dueñas, Laurent Lucas, Héléna Noguerra, Édith Le Merdy

Votes: 3,334 | Gross: $0.01M

35. These Final Hours (2013)

R | 87 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

61 Metascore

A self-obsessed young man makes his way to the party-to-end-all-parties on the last day on Earth, but ends up saving the life of a little girl searching for her father. Their relationship ultimately leads him on the path to redemption.

Director: Zak Hilditch | Stars: Jessica De Gouw, Nathan Phillips, David Field, Lauren Cleary

Votes: 18,960

36. Ocean's Eleven (2001)

PG-13 | 116 min | Crime, Thriller

74 Metascore

Danny Ocean and his ten accomplices plan to rob three Las Vegas casinos simultaneously.

Director: Steven Soderbergh | Stars: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Julia Roberts, Matt Damon

Votes: 618,787 | Gross: $183.42M

37. V for Vendetta (2005)

R | 132 min | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

62 Metascore

In a future British dystopian society, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow the tyrannical government - with the help of a young woman.

Director: James McTeigue | Stars: Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves, Stephen Rea

Votes: 1,178,861 | Gross: $70.51M

38. Dark Minds (2013)

88 min | Thriller

Haunted by horrific nightmares, Beverly seeks professional help to keep her sanity. She is desperate to find a way that will separate her nightmares from reality.

Director: Kevin DiBacco | Stars: Jami Tennille, Nicole Lasala, John Trent, Kevin O. Peterson

Votes: 163

39. Broken Blood (2013)

Not Rated | 82 min | Drama, Thriller

Sometimes families are tied together by more than just blood.

Director: Derek Wayne Johnson | Stars: Derek Wayne Johnson, Marc Macaulay, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Richmond Arquette

Votes: 85

40. The Unbroken (2012)

Not Rated | 100 min | Thriller

Sarah Campbell has to start her life over again after a messy divorce leaves her broken, lost, and alone for the first time in years. Having to live in a dumpy apartment complex with some ... See full summary »

Director: Jason Murphy | Stars: Aurelia Riley, Daniel Baldwin, Patrick Flanagan, Ryan Quinn Smith

Votes: 652

41. The Legend of DarkHorse County (2014)

95 min | Thriller

As Jon (Shawn Welling and Michael Biehn) and Joy Ford (Tory Tompkins) move into the small town of DarkHorse, mysterious and supernatural occurrences threaten to tear the town apart. Teenage... See full summary »

Director: Shawn Welling | Stars: Michael Biehn, Lee Majors, Jennifer Blanc-Biehn, Grace Powell

Votes: 231

42. Nevermore (2007)

Thriller

A wealthy man believes his wife is trying to drive him insane and hires a private detective to investigate her.

Director: Thomas Zambeck | Stars: Vincent Spano, Jennifer O'Dell, Judd Nelson, Sidi Henderson

Votes: 212

43. Road to Hell (2008)

87 min | Action, Fantasy, Musical

A soldier who has been fighting a long war is driven mad because he no longer believes in any purpose or righteous truth behind the killing. He comes home to a surreal world looking for his... See full summary »

Director: Albert Pyun | Stars: Michael Paré, Clare Kramer, Courtney Peldon, Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Votes: 946

44. 9 Lives of Mara (2007)

90 min | Thriller

A boy (Bret Loehr) believes that his alluring new stepmother is a witch.

Director: Balaji K. Kumar | Stars: Chad Donella, Patrick Bauchau, Bret Loehr, Pollyanna McIntosh

Votes: 58

45. The Ghost and the Whale (2017)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

In the town of Bodega Bay, Joseph went to sea with the love of his life and returned alone. The mystery deepens upon Joseph's exoneration in her disappearance, while a reporter stirs the pot of suspicion and the wrath of a vengeful family.

Directors: Anthony Gaudioso, James Gaudioso | Stars: Jonathan Pryce, Tippi Hedren, Monica Keena, Ashlynn Yennie

Votes: 318

46. Experiment (2005)

R | 95 min | Thriller

A man and woman walk the streets of a foreign city with no memory of who they are and plagued by nightmarish visions. Unknown to them their every action is being guided by unseen forces from the dark underground shadows of the city.

Director: Dan Turner | Stars: John Hopkins, Georgina French, Mem Ferda, David Gant

Votes: 1,033

47. The Holloway Story (2012)

93 min | Mystery, Thriller

Shelton Jerome Holloway, a mentally challenged man surgically removed organs.

Director: Willie Speight | Stars: Jerome Ro Brooks, Dennis Coburn, Tony Folden, Amanda Rosario Glass

Votes: 73

48. Sleeping Dogs (II) (2013)

Not Rated | 85 min | Thriller

A web of deceit, betrayal, and the ultimate test of devotion.

Director: Floris Ramaekers | Stars: Jon Campling, Rachel Hayes, James Humpherys, Keval Joshi

Votes: 52

49. Nobody Can Cool (2015)

Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller

An uncomfortable evening among strangers turns ominous when a young couple on a weekend getaway inadvertently intrude on a criminal couple's hideout.

Director: Dpyx | Stars: Catherine Annette, Nick Principe, Nikki Bohm, David Linski

Votes: 317

50. Cam-Girl (2016)

89 min | Thriller

A Thriller that revolves around Gessica, a 23-year-old web cam stripper who is pushed to the limit when held hostage by an unknown gunman.

Director: Curt Wiser | Stars: Erin Cline, Joe Coffey, Dominiqua Alexis, Damon Buckley

Votes: 101

51. Room Number Zero (2014)

92 min | Drama, Thriller

The mental circumstances and personal involvements of a kidnapped man.

Director: Farhad Najafi | Stars: Mohammad Reza Forutan, Niousha Zeighami, Sogol Tahmasebi, Kooshan Bahrami

Votes: 250

52. One Deep Breath (2014)

63 min | Drama, Thriller

Maël tries hard to cope with his partner Adam's suicide as well as their troubled past together. Patricia, also one of Adam's lovers, gets herself into danger in her attempt to help Maël in his grief.

Director: Antony Hickling | Stars: Manuel Blanc, Thomas Laroppe, Stéphanie Michelini, André Schneider

Votes: 137

53. 5.5.5 (2012)

126 min | Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Gabriel, a professor of philosophy and logic in the night school, will be immersed in trying to understand the meaning of the prophetic drawings of Benjamin Solari Parravicini, an Argentine... See full summary »

Directors: Gustavo Alex Giannini, Leandro Visconti | Stars: Antonio Birabent, Gonzalo Suárez, Belén Chavanne, Nancy Anka

Votes: 229

54. Meat (2010)

85 min | Drama, Thriller

A girl is awakened to a world of cruelty, shadowy passions and sensuality.

Directors: Victor Nieuwenhuijs, Maartje Seyferth | Stars: Titus Muizelaar, Nellie Benner, Wilma Bakker, Hugo Metsers

Votes: 387

55. The Hole (2009)

PG-13 | 92 min | Fantasy, Thriller

57 Metascore

A pair of brothers stumble upon a mysterious hole in their basement that leads to the darkest corridors of their fears and nightmares.

Director: Joe Dante | Stars: Chris Massoglia, Haley Bennett, Nathan Gamble, Teri Polo

Votes: 24,249

56. The Usual Suspects (1995)

R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

76 Metascore

The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.

Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin

Votes: 1,144,816 | Gross: $23.34M

57. He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (2002)

PG-13 | 92 min | Romance, Thriller

63 Metascore

A young woman who is in love with a married doctor becomes dangerous when her attempts to persuade him to leave his wife are unsuccessful. However, when things are seen from his point of view, the real situation becomes clear.

Director: Laetitia Colombani | Stars: Audrey Tautou, Samuel Le Bihan, Isabelle Carré, Sophie Guillemin

Votes: 19,529 | Gross: $1.01M

58. Taken (I) (2008)

PG-13 | 90 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

51 Metascore

A retired CIA agent travels across Europe and relies on his old skills to save his estranged daughter, who has been kidnapped while on a trip to Paris.

Director: Pierre Morel | Stars: Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen, Leland Orser

Votes: 634,244 | Gross: $145.00M

59. The Firm (1993)

R | 154 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

58 Metascore

A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook

Votes: 147,626 | Gross: $158.35M

60. Night Watch (2004)

R | 114 min | Action, Fantasy, Horror

58 Metascore

A fantasy-horror set in present-day Moscow where the respective forces that control daytime and nighttime do battle.

Director: Timur Bekmambetov | Stars: Konstantin Khabenskiy, Vladimir Menshov, Mariya Poroshina, Valeriy Zolotukhin

Votes: 55,374 | Gross: $1.49M

61. Disturbia (2007)

PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

62 Metascore

When a teenager is placed under house arrest, he succumbs to despair and starts spying on his neighbors, hoping to spice up his life. This, however, leads him to witness a serial killer on the loose.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer

Votes: 248,114 | Gross: $80.21M

62. Unthinkable (2010)

R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Follows a black-ops interrogator and an F.B.I. agent who try to press a suspect terrorist into divulging the location of three nuclear weapons set to detonate in the U.S.

Director: Gregor Jordan | Stars: Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, Michael Sheen, Stephen Root

Votes: 93,913

63. Frailty (2001)

R | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

64 Metascore

A mysterious man arrives at the offices of an FBI agent and recounts his childhood: how his religious fanatic father received visions telling him to destroy people who were in fact "demons."

Director: Bill Paxton | Stars: Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Powers Boothe, Matt O'Leary

Votes: 91,301 | Gross: $13.10M

64. Road to Perdition (2002)

R | 117 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

72 Metascore

A mob enforcer's son in 1930s Illinois witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.

Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Paul Newman

Votes: 284,413 | Gross: $104.45M

65. Man on Fire (2004)

R | 146 min | Action, Crime, Drama

47 Metascore

In Mexico City, a former CIA operative swears vengeance on those who committed an unspeakable act against the family he was hired to protect.

Director: Tony Scott | Stars: Denzel Washington, Christopher Walken, Dakota Fanning, Radha Mitchell

Votes: 389,387 | Gross: $77.91M

66. Arbitrage (2012)

R | 107 min | Drama, Thriller

73 Metascore

A troubled hedge fund magnate desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.

Director: Nicholas Jarecki | Stars: Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Tim Roth

Votes: 54,807 | Gross: $7.92M

67. Prisoners (2013)

R | 153 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

70 Metascore

When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts.

Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Viola Davis, Melissa Leo

Votes: 808,807 | Gross: $61.00M

68. The Game (1997)

R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

63 Metascore

After a wealthy San Francisco banker is given an opportunity to participate in a mysterious game, his life is turned upside down as he begins to question if it might really be a concealed conspiracy to destroy him.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Michael Douglas, Deborah Kara Unger, Sean Penn, James Rebhorn

Votes: 429,015 | Gross: $48.32M

69. The Interpreter (2005)

PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

62 Metascore

Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.

Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen

Votes: 110,908 | Gross: $72.71M

70. In the Cut (2003)

R | 119 min | Mystery, Thriller

47 Metascore

New York City writing professor, Frannie Avery, has an affair with a police detective who is investigating the murder of a beautiful young woman in her neighborhood.

Director: Jane Campion | Stars: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Nuccio

Votes: 26,449 | Gross: $4.75M

71. Phone Booth (2002)

R | 81 min | Crime, Thriller

56 Metascore

Publicist Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle. Unable to leave or receive outside help, Stuart's negotiation with the caller leads to a jaw-dropping climax.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell

Votes: 285,661 | Gross: $46.57M

72. Secret Window (2004)

PG-13 | 96 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

46 Metascore

A successful writer in the midst of a painful divorce is stalked at his remote lake house by a would-be scribe who accuses him of plagiarism.

Director: David Koepp | Stars: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Timothy Hutton

Votes: 209,444 | Gross: $48.02M

73. Eagle Eye (2008)

PG-13 | 118 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller

43 Metascore

Jerry and Rachel are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations, using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move.

Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson, Michael Chiklis

Votes: 195,172 | Gross: $101.11M

74. Basic (2003)

R | 98 min | Action, Crime, Drama

34 Metascore

A D.E.A. Agent investigates the disappearance of a legendary Army Ranger Drill Sergeant and several of his cadets during a training exercise gone severely awry.

Director: John McTiernan | Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Connie Nielsen, Tim Daly

Votes: 66,472 | Gross: $26.54M

75. Kiss the Girls (1997)

R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

46 Metascore

Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.

Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur

Votes: 81,161 | Gross: $60.53M

76. Striking Distance (1993)

R | 102 min | Action, Crime, Mystery

36 Metascore

Coming from a police family, Tom Hardy ends up fighting his uncle after the murder of his father. Tom believes the killer is another cop and goes on the record with his allegations. Demoted then to river duty, the killer taunts Tom.

Director: Rowdy Herrington | Stars: Bruce Willis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Dennis Farina, Tom Sizemore

Votes: 45,503 | Gross: $23.80M

77. Under Suspicion (2000)

R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

43 Metascore

A wealthy attorney in San Juan comes to the police station for "10 minutes" of follow-up questions to finding a 12-year-old girl's body in a park. Another young girl was also raped and murdered weeks earlier and the evidence points to him.

Director: Stephen Hopkins | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci

Votes: 27,606 | Gross: $0.26M

78. Blood Work (2002)

R | 110 min | Action, Crime, Drama

64 Metascore

Still recovering from a heart transplant, retired F.B.I. profiler Terry McCaleb returns to service when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer.

Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda De Jesus

Votes: 47,745 | Gross: $26.20M

79. Mindhunters (2004)

R | 106 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller

33 Metascore

A group of FBI trainees are taken to a remote island for simulation training. However, once there, they realize that they are being hunted by a serial killer, who might be someone amidst them.

Director: Renny Harlin | Stars: Val Kilmer, LL Cool J, Christian Slater, Eion Bailey

Votes: 64,175 | Gross: $4.48M

80. Righteous Kill (2008)

R | 101 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

36 Metascore

Two veteran New York City detectives work on a case of serial executions of criminals who escaped justice.

Director: Jon Avnet | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Carla Gugino, 50 Cent

Votes: 92,177 | Gross: $40.08M

81. Murder at 1600 (1997)

R | 107 min | Action, Crime, Drama

48 Metascore

A young woman is murdered in the White House. Homicide detective Regis investigates while Secret Service works against him. He's assigned agent Chance. She eventually cooperates after a man's framed.

Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali, Dennis Miller

Votes: 32,898 | Gross: $25.83M

82. The Number 23 (2007)

R | 98 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

Walter Sparrow becomes obsessed with a novel that he believes was written about him, as more and more similarities between himself and his literary alter ego seem to arise.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman, Danny Huston

Votes: 212,549 | Gross: $35.19M

83. Identity (2003)

R | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller

64 Metascore

Stranded at a desolate Nevada motel during a nasty rain storm, ten strangers become acquainted with each other when they realize that they're being killed off one by one.

Director: James Mangold | Stars: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, John Hawkes

Votes: 267,040 | Gross: $52.16M

84. The Hypnotist (2012)

122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A detective pairs himself with a famous psychologist on a case involving a traumatized young witness to a crime.

Director: Lasse Hallström | Stars: Tobias Zilliacus, Mikael Persbrandt, Lena Olin, Helena Af Sandeberg

Votes: 8,644

85. White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)

R | 91 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

51 Metascore

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

Director: Gregg Araki | Stars: Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni, Angela Bassett

Votes: 29,988 | Gross: $0.03M

86. Trance (I) (2013)

R | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

61 Metascore

An art auctioneer becomes mixed up with a group of criminals partners with a hypnotherapist in order to recover a lost painting.

Director: Danny Boyle | Stars: James McAvoy, Rosario Dawson, Vincent Cassel, Danny Sapani

Votes: 117,693 | Gross: $2.32M

87. Tough Luck (2003)

R | 88 min | Thriller

A tense and intricate web of deceit and betrayal entangles Archie, a wandering grifter who is hired by a traveling carnival owner to murder his beautiful wife.

Director: Gary Ellis | Stars: Norman Reedus, Marco St. John, Rick Negron, David A. Flood

Votes: 1,015

88. Bound (1996)

R | 109 min | Crime, Thriller

64 Metascore

Tough ex-con Corky and her lover Violet concoct a scheme to steal millions of stashed mob money and pin the blame on Violet's crooked boyfriend Caesar.

Directors: Lana Wachowski, Lilly Wachowski | Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan

Votes: 60,713 | Gross: $3.80M

89. Jackie Brown (1997)

R | 154 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

62 Metascore

A flight attendant with a criminal past gets nabbed by the ATF for smuggling. Under pressure to become an informant against the illegal arms dealer she works for, she must find a way to secure her future without getting killed.

Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda

Votes: 374,765 | Gross: $39.67M

90. The Treatment (2014)

Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller

A police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper

Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden

Votes: 9,974

91. Acts of Mercy (2009)

Not Rated | 81 min | Drama, Thriller

Nurse Maggie Collins begins caring for the residents of Moss Oak Manor nursing home under the watchful eye of head nurse Baker. Unexpectedly, Maggie finds herself on an ethical minefield, ... See full summary »

Director: Laura C. Lopez | Stars: Kevin Akers, Amy Benedict, Clement Blake, Ed Donovan

Votes: 43

92. Across the Hall (2009)

R | 93 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A thriller about a standoff between a young man, his fiancée and his best friend who comes to his aide.

Director: Alex Merkin | Stars: Mike Vogel, Danny Pino, Brittany Murphy, Brad Greenquist

Votes: 4,755

93. Final: The Rapture (2013)

PG-13 | 90 min | Thriller

A gritty, international tale of four separate stories woven together by a common theme: the Rapture.

Director: Timothy A. Chey | Stars: Jah Shams, Mary Grace, Carman, Masashi Nagadoi

Votes: 1,624 | Gross: $0.09M

94. The Dead Girl (2006)

R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

65 Metascore

The clues to a young woman's death come together as the lives of seemingly unrelated people begin to intersect.

Director: Karen Moncrieff | Stars: Toni Collette, Brittany Murphy, Marcia Gay Harden, Piper Laurie

Votes: 16,195 | Gross: $0.02M

95. Caveat (2011)

Not Rated | 76 min | Thriller

When forced to come together after an unexpected death, one privileged family discovers that resentment, not money, is truly the root of all evil.

Directors: Julie Ufema, Isaac Williams | Stars: Lindsay Goranson, Heather O'Neill, Kacie Marie, Taylor Nicholson

Votes: 86

96. Young Harvest (2013)

85 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller

An enthusiastic internet celebrity, Bryce Ryder, throws the party of a lifetime in celebration of his 100th video- yet an unexpected guest plots to murder everyone in attendance.

Director: Matthew Ward | Stars: Cameron McKendry, Danny Bass, Brooke Ashly, Nicole Bishop

Votes: 55

97. Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)

NC-17 | 99 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A young female landowner in 1840s Jamaica marries a just-arrived Englishman to avoid losing her property. All seems to be perfect, love arises, and happiness is on the way, but she is ... See full summary »

Director: John Duigan | Stars: Karina Lombard, Nathaniel Parker, Rachel Ward, Michael York

Votes: 2,207 | Gross: $1.61M

98. A Time to Kill (1996)

R | 149 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

53 Metascore

In Canton, Mississippi, a fearless young lawyer and his assistant defend a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter, inciting violent retribution and revenge from the Ku Klux Klan.

Director: Joel Schumacher | Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey

Votes: 181,557 | Gross: $108.77M

99. Endure (2010)

R | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

After a shocking photo of a young woman is found inside the twisted metal of a fatal car crash, veteran detective Emory Lane must risk everything to identify and find the woman before it's too late.

Director: Joe O'Brien | Stars: Judd Nelson, Devon Sawa, Joey Lauren Adams, Clare Kramer

Votes: 1,019

100. The Guilty (2000)

R | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A young person gets hired to kill someone completely unknown, by someone equally unknown. Or is that true? Nothing is what it seems.

Director: Anthony Waller | Stars: Bill Pullman, Devon Sawa, Gabrielle Anwar, Angela Featherstone

Votes: 3,846



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