Law Abiding Citizen
Release Date: 02/16/2010
Jamie Foxx stars as an assistant DA who finds himself at the mercy of a spiteful vigilante (Gerard Butler) hell-bent on avenging the death of his wife and daughter, whose murderers are set free due to legal loopholes. F. Gary Gray (The Italian Job) directs from a script by Frank Darabont and Kurt Wimmer. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney
Director(s): F. Gary Gray
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Stepfather
Release Date: 02/09/2010
When a teenage boy (Penn Badgley) begins to suspect that his new stepfather (Dylan Walsh) is a notorious serial killer who preys on broken families, he races to gather the evidence that will back up his radical claim before it's too late. The 1987 thriller that shot Lost star Terry O'Quinn to cult stardom serves as inspiration for this remake penned by J.S. Cardone and directed by Nelson McCormick. Sela Ward, Jon Tenney, and Amber Heard co-star in a Screen Gems release. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Gu ...
Actor(s): Dylan Walsh, Sela Ward, Penn Badgley
Director(s): Nelson McCormick
MPAA Rating:
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Whiteout
Release Date: 01/19/2010
A U.S. marshall tracking a vicious murderer through the Antarctic must locate the killer before the sun sets for six months, or risk being trapped in the dark with the madman for months on end in director Dominic Sena's adaptation of the graphic novel series by Greg Rucka. U.S. marshall Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) has been stationed at Antarctica's South Pole research base for two years, and now after turning in her resignation she's looking forward to finally going home. The last plane out leave ...
Actor(s): Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Tom Skerritt
Director(s): Dominic Sena
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Paranormal Activity
Release Date: 12/29/2009
A haunted house makes no secret of the fact it's not pleased with its new tenants in this independent tale of supernatural horror. Katie (Katie Featherson) and Micah (Micah Sloat) are a twentysomething couple who've just moved into a new home in San Diego, CA. Katie has an interest in the paranormal and believes that malevolent spirits have been following her since childhood, though Micah is not so easily convinced. However, after several nights of loud noises and strange happenings, Micah starts to ...
Actor(s): Katie Featherston, Micah Sloat, Mark Fredrichs
Director(s): Oren Peli
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Angels & Demons
Release Date: 11/24/2009
Angels and Demons re-teams director Ron Howard and star Tom Hanks for the sequel to their international blockbuster adaptation of Dan Brown's novel The Da Vinci Code. Although the book Angels and Demons was written before the novel The Da Vinci Code, the movie transpires after the events of the earlier movie. Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, the most respected symbologist in the United States, who uses his knowledge in order to decode a symbol on the skin of a murder victim. The clues put him ...
Actor(s): Tom Hanks, Ayelet Zurer, Ewan McGregor
Director(s): Ron Howard
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Release Date: 11/03/2009
A New York City subway dispatcher draws on his extensive knowledge of the subway system in order to outsmart a dangerous criminal mastermind who's hijacked a subway train in this remake of the 1974 thriller inspired by John Godey's best-selling book. Walter Garber (Denzel Washington) is drifting through his daily routine when he receives word that a heavily armed gang of four has hijacked a subway train and is holding all of the passengers hostage. Led by cunning master thief Ryder (John Travolta), t ...
Actor(s): Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini
Director(s): Tony Scott
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Night Watcher
Release Date: 11/03/2009
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Director(s): Will Gordh
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller
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Not Forgotten
Release Date: 11/03/2009
Soon after exchanging wedding vows with his second wife, a haunted man becomes obsessed with discovering the true fate of the missing daughter from his first marriage. Later, when the man and his new wife consult with a mystic, it quickly becomes apparent that some things are better left forgotten. Paz Vega and Simon Baker star in a supernatural thriller directed by Basic co-producer Dror Soref. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Simon Baker, Paz Vega, Michael de Lorenzo
Director(s): Dror Soref
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Pandemic
Release Date: 10/20/2009
Humans and animals alike become victims of the same illness in this action film directed by Jason Connery. The fate of the world lies in the hands of a veterinarian and a paranoiac who must work around a military quarantine. ~ All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Ray Wise, Graham McTavish, Alesha Clarke
Director(s): Jason Connery
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Haunted Airman
Release Date: 10/13/2009
A wounded military aviator (Robert Pattinson) convalescing in a remote Wales mansion attempts to discern whether he's actually losing his mind or his psychiatrist is attempting to crack his fragile psyche. Shadowed by his darkened past and plagued with horrific visions, the airman clings to sanity as his reality becomes warped beyond recognition. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Robert Pattinson, Julian Sands, Rachael Stirling
Director(s):
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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iMurders
Release Date: 10/13/2009
Independent writer/director Robbie Bryan makes his feature filmmaking debut with this thriller about a series of gruesome murders that all tie in to a popular social networking website. In the aftermath of a tragic shooting involving a jilted lover, eight members of the FaceSpace chat-room are being methodically slaughtered in their own homes. Perhaps Sandra Wilson (Terri Colombino), a thirty-something professional with a decidedly mysterious past, holds the key to solving this bloody mystery. But sh ...
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MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Shortcut
Release Date: 09/29/2009
Adam Sandler takes his Happy Madison producing arm to new territory with this debut of Scary Madison, a new division focusing on genre fare, starting with this thriller helmed by Nicholaus Goossen (Grandma's Boy). Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, and Dave Franco star in the production, which will focus on two brothers who discover a suspicious untrodden path in their small town. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Andrew Seeley, Shannon Woodward, Dave Franco
Director(s): Nicholaus Goossen
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Ghost Image
Release Date: 08/25/2009
When a video editor loses her boyfriend in a car accident and begins receiving communications from him through her computer, she begins to question whether he has transcended the barrier between life and death, or her fragile psyche has finally cracked. Jennifer has lost her family, and she's been plagued by horrifying visions of her younger sister ever since. The night before Wade (Waylon Payne) died, Jennifer noticed a stalker shadowing her every move. Was Wade's fatal car crash really an accident, ...
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Director(s): Jack Snyder
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Obsessed
Release Date: 08/04/2009
Enticement leads to terror when a sexy office temp forms a dangerous fixation on a successful and happily married asset manager. Derek Charles (Idris Elba) is good at his job; so good that he's recently earned a big promotion. He's worked hard to get to the top, and when his workday is finished Derek has the luxury of returning home to his beautiful wife, Sharon (BeyoncT Knowles), and their healthy newborn child. But Derek's perfect life begins to crumble when sexy new temp worker Lisa (Ali Larter) g ...
Actor(s): Idris Elba, BeyoncT Knowles, Ali Larter
Director(s): Steven Shill
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Streets of Blood
Release Date: 07/28/2009
Six months after one of the worst natural disaster in U.S. history, crime and corruption sink to new levels of depravity as a pair of New Orleans cops work to clean up the streets. New Orleans has been ravaged by Hurricane Katrina, opening the floodgates for a sea of criminals seeking to assert their control over the city's seedy underworld. But when the stakes are this high, there's sure to be corruption within the ranks of the local police force, too. When a veteran detective with a violent history ...
Actor(s): Val Kilmer, Michael Biehn, 50 Cent
Director(s): Charles Winkler
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Haunting in Connecticut
Release Date: 07/14/2009
Inspired by the frightening true-life tale of a family that moved into a converted funeral home and subsequently fell under supernatural attack, director Peter Cornwell's The Haunting in Connecticut follows the quest of a desperate mother to free her family from the grip of an evil beyond human comprehension. Sara (Virginia Madsen) and Peter Campbell (Martin Donovan) have just moved to Connecticut with their young son, Matt, when the young boy experiences a series of disturbing events that lead him t ...
Actor(s): Virginia Madsen, Martin Donovan, Kyle Gallner
Director(s): Peter Cornwell
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Horsemen
Release Date: 07/14/2009
Emotionally distanced form his two young sons following the untimely death of his devoted wife, a troubled detective investigates a series of murders that seem to be based on the Biblical prophecies concerning the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a dark psychological thriller starring Dennis Quaid and Zhang Ziyi. Patrick Fugit, Clifton Collins Jr., Neil McDonough, and Peter Stormare co-star in a film by Spun director Jonas +ckerlund and Doom screenwriter Dave Callaham. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie G ...
Actor(s): Dennis Quaid, Zhang Ziyi, Clifton Collins, Jr.
Director(s): Jonas +kerlund
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Night Train
Release Date: 07/07/2009
A train conductor (Danny Glover), a pre-med student (LeeleeSobieski), and a fast-talking salesman (Steve Zahn) find their greed clashing with their better judgment after stumbling into a fortune in diamonds aboard a speeding locomotive, and attempting to figure out a way to keep their discovery a secret. A nameless passenger has died en route to an unknown destination. His only possession: a mysterious box containing a valuable treasure. With that amount of money, the conductor, the student, and the ...
Actor(s): Danny Glover, Steve Zahn, Leelee Sobieski
Director(s): Brian King
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Push
Release Date: 07/07/2009
Lucky Number Slevin director Paul McGuigan takes the helm for this action thriller concerning a group of telekinetic American ex-patriots who band together in an attempt to take down the clandestine government agency that's genetically transforming normal citizens into powerful psychic warriors. The Division is a shadowy government operation devoted to making humankind the ultimate weapon. Those who accept this transformation have the power to move objects with the mind, see the future before it happ ...
Actor(s): Dakota Fanning, Djimon Hounsou, Chris Evans
Director(s): Paul McGuigan
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The International
Release Date: 06/09/2009
Clive Owen and Naomi Watts star in Run Lola Run director Tom Tykwer's action thriller concerning an ambitious Interpol agent who targets corruption at the top levels of the world's largest banking institutions. The world's most powerful banks have become hopelessly corrupt, prompting Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Owen) and Manhattan assistant district attorney Eleanor Whitman (Watts) to follow a dangerous money trail from Berlin to Milan to New York and Istanbul. But as determined as Agent Salinger ...
Actor(s): Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Director(s): Tom Tykwer
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Hindsight
Release Date: 05/26/2009
A pregnant woman who lacks the means to properly raise her child convinces her boyfriend to sell the baby on the black market, only to discover that the couple they have selected have a horrifying agenda of their own in this thriller from debut director Paul Holahan. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Leonor Varela, Jeffrey Donovan, Waylon Payne
Director(s): Paul Holahan
MPAA Rating: NR
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Killshot
Release Date: 05/26/2009
Prime Suspect 4 and Inspector Morse director John Madden comes back to the world of crime after a brief foray into romance with Shakespeare in Love and Captain Corelli's Mandolin with this adaptation of pulp icon Elmore Leonard's novel concerning a real estate agent and her husband (Thomas Jane) who become the targets of two relentless mafia hitmen. When real estate agent Carmen Colson (Diane Lane) catches a glimpse of a hitman named the Blackbird (Mickey Rourke) as he carries out a job, a subsequent ...
Actor(s): Diane Lane, Mickey Rourke, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Director(s): John Madden
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Taken
Release Date: 05/12/2009
An ex-soldier (Liam Neeson) traveling through Europe embarks on a frantic quest to rescue his daughter (Maggie Grace) after the young girl is abducted by slave traders in District B13 director Pierre Morel's contemporary thriller Taken. Robert Mark Kamen joins the screenwriting team, which also includes Morel and longtime collaborator Luc Besson, who also produces. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Famke Janssen
Director(s): Pierre Morel
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Passengers
Release Date: 05/12/2009
A grief counselor (Anne Hathaway) begins to suspect foul play when the six airplane crash survivors she is tending to mysteriously begin to disappear and the truth behind the tragedy grows ever more clouded in Nine Lives director Rodrigo Garcfa's conspiratorial supernatural thriller. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Anne Hathaway, Patrick Wilson, David Morse
Director(s): Rodrigo Garcfa
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Winter of Frozen Dreams
Release Date: 05/05/2009
The true story of the first televised murder trial in U.S. history, Winter of Frozen Dreams reveals the bizarre tale of a brilliant biochemistry student who lead a shocking double life. Barbara Hoffman (Thora Birch) was a top student at the University of Wisconsin, and one of Madison's most notorious prostitutes. But how could a girl known for her remarkable mind be drawn into such a lurid plot of passion and murder? When Barbara's fiancT Jerry Davies (Brenden Sexton III) reported the discovery of a ...
Actor(s): Thora Birch, Keith Carradine, Brendan Sexton III
Director(s): Eric Mandelbaum
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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While She Was Out
Release Date: 04/28/2009
A suburban housewife heads out for a quick trip to the local mall, only to find herself trapped in the forest and forced to fend for herself against four murderous hooligans. Kim Basinger and Lukas Haas star in a thriller produced by Pan's Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro and directed by Susan Montford. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide ...
Actor(s): Kim Basinger, Lukas Haas, Craig Sheffer
Director(s): Susan Montford
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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The Poker Club
Release Date: 04/21/2009
Four friends are swept up in a treacherous game of intrigue and betrayal during a Monday night poker game gone terribly awry. Every Monday night, Aaron Tyler (Johnathon Schaech) and his friends get together for a friendly game of poker. They've had the same routine for years, and it's always been a low-key affair. But tonight's game of poker will be anything but routine, because after accidentally killing a burglar who was sneaking into Aaron's house, the boys attempt to cover up the crime by quietly ...
Actor(s): Johnathon Schaech, Judy Reyes, Johnny Messner
Director(s): Tim McCann
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Sam's Lake
Release Date: 04/21/2009
A scary legend becomes a far more terrifying reality in this independent horror picture. Samantha (Fay Masterson), known to her friends as Sam, grew up in a small lakefront community, and though she moved away to the big city years ago, she still feels strong emotional ties to the town. On the anniversary of her father's death, Sam feels the need for some solace away from the city, and invites a group of her friends to join her for a long weekend at the family's lake house. Spending time in the woods ...
Actor(s): Fay Masterson, Sandrine Holt, William Gregory Lee
Director(s): Andrew Christopher Erin
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Columbus Day
Release Date: 03/24/2009
A thief seeks to get back together with his ex-wife while working to keep a young boy out of harm's way in this action thriller starring Val Kilmer. John Cologne (Kilmer) has just pulled off the heist of a lifetime, and now he's got exactly one hour to make the ultimate deal. He's convinced that he can win back his ex-wife now that he's soon-to-be rich, but after meeting a young boy in the park the deal starts to unravel. With time running out, John must protect his young friend, outsmart the police, ...
Actor(s): Val Kilmer, Marg Helgenberger, Wilmer Valderrama
Director(s): Charles Burmeister
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Walled In
Release Date: 03/17/2009
An engineering graduate supervising the demolition of a mysterious building unearths some unsettling secrets about the pristine building and its previous inhabitants in this dark psychological thriller starring Mischa Barton. Adapted from Serge Brussolo's graphic novel of the same name, Walled In follows fledgling engineer Sam Walczak (Barton) as she ventures deep into the countryside, where the monolithic Malestrazza Building is being prepared for demolition. Constructed by an obsessed architect, th ...
Actor(s): Mischa Barton, Deborah Kara Unger, Cameron Bright
Director(s): Gilles Paquet-Brenner
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Kemper
Release Date: 11/25/2008
Crazy for Christmas screenwriter Rick Bitzelberger makes his feature directorial debut with this brutal true crime drama based on the shocking case of Ed Kemper, the Santa Cruz serial killer who earned the nickname "The Co-Ed Killer" due to his penchant for preying on pretty young college students. An outwardly normal and unremarkable man, Kemper's decidedly low social profile helped him successfully deflect the suspicion of even Detective Tom Harris, a longtime friend of the secretive sociopath. Lat ...
Actor(s): Christopher Stapleton, Robert Sisko, Patricia Place
Director(s): Rick Bitzelberger
MPAA Rating: R
Genres: Thriller, Feature
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Maiden Voyage: Ocean Hijack
Release Date: 11/25/2008
A former firefighter and Special Forces officer takes on a team of murderous terrorists when the oceanliner he's working on is hijacked shortly after leaving port. Hired to evaluate security on a luxury cruise ship, blaze battler and former military man Kyle Considine (Casper Van Dien) brings his young son Zach along for a week of fun at sea. The fun stops, however, when the ship sets sail and a highly organized team of terrorists threaten the lives of everyone onboard. Should the ransom fail to be p ...
Actor(s): Casper Van Dien, Delroy Lindo, Rosemary Dunsmore
Director(s): Colin Budds
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Genres: Thriller, Feature
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