Secret Reunion / Ui-hyeong-je (2010)
Drama | Thriller
A North Korean spy and a former South Korean agent form a tense partnership.
Starring: Kang-ho Song, Dong-won Kang, Kyeong-min Go, Yun-seo Choi
Director: Hun Jang
Revenge of the Warrior / The Protector / Tom yum goong (2005)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Kham's life is turned upside down when an international mafia syndicate, based in Australia, captures his two beloved elephants and smuggles them thousands of kilometers away to Sydney. The two elephants are far more than mere animals to Kham and his father; they are part of his family and were being prepared to be presented as a token of devotion to his Majesty the King of Thailand. The only way Kham can possibly save the animals is by venturing into a foreign land for the first time. Taking on a mafia group to rescue two elephants from a foreign country presents a huge challenge, even for a martial arts master like Kham. Despite the help of Sergeant Mark, a Thai police Sergeant based in Australia, and Pla, a Thai girl forced into modern day slavery, the going gets tough. They must take on the ruthless gang of Madame Rose, whose henchmen include Johnny, a Vietnamese thief and martial arts expert, and the hulking TK. Kham has no choice but to risk his own life for the animals he loves.
Starring: Tony Jaa, Petchtai Wongkamlao, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Nathan Jones, Johnny Nguyen, Jon Foo
Director: Prachya Pinkaew
Fringe (TV Series 2008-2013)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston. The team uses unorthodox "fringe" science and FBI investigative techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe.
Starring: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole
Creator: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Fringe (TV Series 2008-2013)
Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The series follows a Federal Bureau of Investigation "Fringe Division" team based in Boston. The team uses unorthodox "fringe" science and FBI investigative techniques to investigate a series of unexplained, often ghastly occurrences, which are related to mysteries surrounding a parallel universe.
Starring: Anna Torv, Joshua Jackson, John Noble, Lance Reddick, Blair Brown, Jasika Nicole
Creator: J.J. Abrams, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci
Boarding Gate (2007)
Drama | Thriller
An Italian woman who lives in London has a passionate affair with a former financial big gun. She also had a second lover…
Starring: Asia Argento, Michael Madsen, Kelly Lin, Carl Ng, Kim Gordon
Director: Olivier Assayas
John Carpenter's Cigarette Burns / Cigarette Burns (2005)
Horror | Thriller
The bankrupted owner of the movie theater Vogue, Kirby Sweetman, is hired by the eccentric private collector Mr. Bellinger to search and find the cursed horror movie "Le Fin Absolue du Monde". This film is considered lost and magic, and has been presented only once in the Sitges Festival, driving the audience insane and violent, causing bloodshed in the theater. The director, crew and everybody involved in its production has also died. Kirby owes US$ 200,000.00 to his father-in-law, who blames Kirby for the death of his daughter Annie, and accepts the assignment to pay his debt and for his own satisfaction. Bellinger shows him a souvenir from the film in his basement, a chained angel that had his wings torn off in the movie. Kirby travels to France to meet his contact and has glimpses of his beloved Annie, initiating his journey to hell.
Starring: Norman Reedus, Colin Foo, Udo Kier, Christopher Redman, Chris Gauthier
Director: John Carpenter
21 Grams (2003)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Various people are brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives forever.
Starring: Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Melissa Leo, Clea Duvall
Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Quick / Kwik (2011)
Action | Comedy | Thriller
Speed-loving motorcycle courier Ki Soo is the bane of every traffic cop's existence. Nothing can stop Ki Soo on the road, until his latest delivery blows up a building. A mysterious caller tells Ki Soo that there is a bomb planted in his helmet, which is now on the head of his ex-girlfriend Ah Rom. To save Ah Rom, Ki Soo must continue to deliver packages for the caller within a certain time frame, leaving a trail of deadly explosions behind him.
Starring: Jae-hwa Kim, Min-ki Lee, Ye-won Kang, In-kwon Kim, Chang-Seok Ko, Jin-mo Ju
Director: Beom-gu Cho
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Dexter (TV Series 2006-2013)
Crime | Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Based on Jeff Lindsay's novels Darkly Dreaming Dexter and Dearly Devoted Dexter this crime thriller follows Dexter Morgan. Dexter is a forensic blood spatter expert for the Miami Metro Police Department. Thanks to a code instilled in him by his foster father, Harry, he hunts down people who have escaped justice and makes sure they don't get away with a crime again.
Starring: Michael C. Hall, Jennifer Carpenter, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, James Remar, C.S. Lee, Desmond Harrington
Creator: James Manos Jr.
The Twilight Zone (TV Series 1959-1964)
Fantasy | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller
The Twilight Zone was a popular American anthology series. The series was a collection of various tales that range from the tragic to the comedic. They may be scary or just thought-provoking. Most episodes have unexpected endings and a moral lesson. But, no matter what, it's "a journey into a wondrous land, whose boundaries are that of the imagination."
Starring: Rod Serling
Creator: Rod Serling
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Drama | History | Thriller | War
The year is 1942 and the Nazis are cutting a deadly swath through Russia. Under the leadership of Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins), the citizens of Stalingrad are mounting a brave resistance, spurred by the exploits of their local hero, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law). An expert sniper, Vassili's deeds have become legendary – thanks to propaganda produced by Vassili's best friend, a political officer named Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). To stop Vassili, the Germans dispatch their best sniper, Major Konig (Ed Harris), to Stalingrad. When Vassili and Danilov both fall in love with a beautiful soldier (Rachel Weisz), Danilov deserts his friend, leaving Vassili to face his German counterpart alone. As the city burns, Vassili and Konig begin a cunning game of cat and mouse, waging a private war for courage, honor and country.
Starring: Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, Ed Harris, Ron Perlman
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Kalifornia (1993)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Brian Kessler, a journalist researching serial killers, and his photographer girlfriend Carrie set out on a cross-country tour of the sites of the killings. Sharing the ride and their expenses are Early Grayce, a paroled white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele. As the trip progresses, Early begins to appear more and more unstable, and Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may have a real-life killer in the back seat of their car.
Starring: David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis
Director: Dominic Sena
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The Fourth State / Die vierte Macht (2012)
Thriller
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Starring: Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija
Director: Dennis Gansel
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Dictado / Childish Games (2012)
Horror | Thriller
Dictado (aka Childish Games) tells the story of a childless couple, Daniel and Laura, both teachers, who are confronted by an unusual situation when Mario, a childhood friend of Daniel's, turns up acting strangely and wanting them to meet his daughter, Julia. Daniel manages to get rid of him, but the next day he learns of Mario's suicide. Julia, who is now an orphan, ends up being taken in temporarily by the couple, despite Daniel's discomfort at not only the strange encounter with Mario but also the excessive enthusiasm of Laura at playing the role of mother. The tension builds as Laura tries to help Julia regain the will to live and Daniel begins to feel threatened by some of Julia's behaviors, as well as the apparent awakening of memories of a terrifying past involving Mario that he thought he had put behind him.
Starring: Juan Diego Botto, Bárbara Lennie, Mágica Pérez
Director: Antonio Chavarrías
The Trial / Le procès (1962)
Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Brilliantly capturing the opressive paranoia of Franz Kafka's classic novel, Orson Welles' THE TRIAL is the story of the young clerk, Josef K., who is arrested. All without ever knowing his crime. Welles filmed this baroque work of genius in a deserted belle epoque railway station in Paris. The strange setting perfectly captured the bizarre and nightmarish world of Kafka's mythical totalitarian state.
Starring: Anthony Perkins, Orson Welles, Jeanne Moreau, Romy Schneider, Akim Tamiroff, Elsa Martinelli
Director: Orson Welles
Death Race 2 (2010)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Newly arrived at Terminal Island, a prison for the convicted criminals who are beyond rehabilitation, Carl "Luke" Lucas must prove his mettle in a race to the death.
Starring: Luke Goss, Lauren Cohan, Sean Bean, Ving Rhames, Danny Trejo, Frederick Koehler
Director: Roel Reiné
Death Race (2008)
Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Terminal Island: The very near future. The world's hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators combine to create a juggernaut series with bigger ratings than the Super Bowl. The rules of the "Death Race" are simple: Win five events, and you're set free. Lose and you're road kill splashed across the Internet. International action star Jason Statham leads the action-thriller's cast as three-time speedway champion Jensen Ames, an ex-con framed for the murder of his wife. Forced to don the mask of the mythical driver Frankenstein, a "Death Race" crowd favorite who seems impossible to kill, Ames is given an easy choice by Terminal Island's ruthless Warden Hennessey (Joan Allen): Suit up and drive or never see his little girl again. His face hidden by a hideous mask, he must win the insane three-day challenge in order to gain freedom. But to claim the prize, Ames must survive a gauntlet of the most vicious criminals–including nemesis Machine Gun Joe (Tyrese Gibson)–in the country's toughest prison. Trained by his coach (Ian McShane) to drive a monster Mustang V8 Fastback outfitted with 2 mounted mini-guns, flamethrowers and napalm, an innocent man must destroy everything in his path to win the most twisted spectator sport on Earth.
Starring: Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Ian McShane, Joan Allen, Natalie Martinez, Jason Clarke
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Resident Evil: Damnation (2012)
Action | Animation | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
A sequel to the highly successful anime film RESIDENT EVIL: DEGENERATION. United States Special Agent Leon S. Kennedy sneaks into a small Eastern European country to verify rumors that Bio Organic Weapons (B.O.W.s) are being used in war. Right after his infiltration, the U.S. government orders him to leave immediately. Determined to uncover the truth, Leon ignores the order and enters the battlefield to end the chain of tragedies caused by the B.O.W.s .
Starring: Courtenay Taylor, Robin Sachs, Carolyn Lawrence, Matthew Mercer, Wendee Lee, Salli Saffioti
Director: Makoto Kamiya
The Tall Man (2012)
Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
When her child goes missing, a mother looks to unravel the legend of the Tall Man, an entity who allegedly abducts children.
Starring: Jessica Biel, Stephen McHattie, Jodelle Ferland, William B. Davis, Samantha Ferris
Director: Pascal Laugier
WarGames / War Games (1983)
Sci-Fi | Thriller
A young computer whizz kid accidentally connects into a top secret super-computer which has complete control over the U.S. nuclear arsenal. It challenges him to a game between America and Russia, and he innocently starts the countdown to World War 3. Can he convince the computer he wanted to play a game and not the real thing?
Starring: Matthew Broderick, Ally Sheedy, John Wood, Dabney Coleman, Barry Corbin, John Spencer
Director: John Badham
