The Big Heat (1953)
Crime | Drama | Film-Noir | Mystery | Thriller
A police detective whose wife was killed by the mob teams with a scarred gangster's moll to bring down a powerful gangster.
Starring: Glenn Ford, Lee Marvin, Jocelyn Brando, Gloria Grahame
Director: Fritz Lang
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The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Comedy | Mystery | Thriller
In Alfred Hitchcock's most quick-witted and devilish comic thriller, the beautiful Margaret Lockwood, traveling across Europe by train, meets a charming old spinster (Dame May Whitty), who them seems to disappear into thin air. The younger woman turns investigator and finds herself drawn into a complex web of mystery and high adventure.
Starring: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Naunton Wayne
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
The Last Rites of Ransom Pride (2010)
Adventure | Drama | Thriller | Western
A woman brings her murdered outlaw lover home for burial.
Starring: Lizzy Caplan, Cote de Pablo, Peter Dinklage, Scott Speedman, Jason Priestly, Kris Kristofferson, Jon Foster
Director: Tiller Russell
Mankatha / Gambler (2011)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Thriller
Four men plan a heist after learning about the location of $100 million – all made from illegal gambling. However, this information soon gets leaked and immediately noticed by suspended police officer Vinayak Mahadevan (Ajith Kumar), a corrupt person full of vices. Vinayak offers his services in return for a share of the money. Together, the men execute the heist. However, with greed comes the folly of mistrust and deception. A cat and mouse game ensues between all involved..this concludes by breaking all the preconceived notions.
Starring: Ajith Kumar, Trisha Krishnan, Arjun, Vaibhav Reddy, Anjali, Lakshmi Rai
Director: Venkat Prabhu
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance / Ghost Rider 2 (2012)
Action | Fantasy | Thriller
Former stuntman and bounty hunter of rogue demons Johnny Blaze has been living in self-imposed exile, believing that his powers are a curse. But when he is approached by a member of a monastic order who is looking for someone to protect a mother and her son, who are being pursued by the devil in the figure of a man named Roarke, the Ghost Rider takes the case.
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ciarán Hinds, Idris Elba, Violante Placido, Johnny Whitworth
Director: Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor
Don 2 / Don 2: The Chase Continues (2011)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Having conquered the Asian underworld, Don now has his sights set on European domination. In his way are the bosses of the existing European underworld and all law enforcement agencies. The action shifts from Kuala Lumpur to Berlin as Don must avoid assassination or arrest, whichever comes first, in order for his plan to succeed.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Florian Lukas, Om Puri, Lara Dutta, Boman Irani
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Don (2006)
Action | Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
A huge Indian contingent embarks on a dangerous cat-and-mouse trail of capturing DON – the ruthless drug mafia in Malaysia. When DON gets seriously injured in a police encounter, the word that he is dead begins to do the rounds. The reality, of course, is that DON is held captive in a secret location, while his bumpkin of a look-alike, Vijay, is polished and sent to take down DON's gang. In a bizarre twist of fate, when the man shielding the humble and streetwise Vijay, is killed, the latter comes to terms with the horrifying realization that both the police and the gang are out to nab him for different reasons. In a desperate attempt to prove his innocence, he is aided by the glamorously staggering Roma, and handsomely striking, Jasjit, who owes Vijay a favor for care-taking his son during his imprisonment. But will Vijay be successful in his mission? Based on the successful erstwhile classic of the same name.
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Arjun Rampal, Isha Koppikar, Boman Irani, Om Puri, Pavan Malhotra
Director: Farhan Akhtar
Ugetsu monogatari / Ugetsu (1953)
Drama | Thriller
In the beginning of the springtime in the period of the Japanese Civil Wars of the Sixteenth Century in Lake Biwa in the Province of Omi, the family man farmer and craftsman Genjurô travels to Nagahama to sell his wares and makes a small fortune. His neighbor Tobei that is a fool man dreams on becoming a samurai, but he can not afford to buy the necessary outfit. The greedy Genjurô and Tobei work together manufacturing clay potteries, expecting to sell the pieces and enrich; however, their wives Miyage and Ohama are worried about the army of the cruel Shibata that is coming to their village and they warn their ambitious husbands. Their village is looted but the families flee and survive; Genjurô and Tobei decide to travel by boat with their wives and baby to sell the wares in a bigger town. When they meet another boat that was attacked by pirates, Genjurô decides to leave his wife and son on the bank of the river…
Starring: Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyô, Kinuyo Tanaka
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi
Van Helsing (2004)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Thriller
Gabriel Van Helsing is a man cursed with a past he cannot recall and driven by a mission he cannot deny. Charged by a secret organization to seek out and defeat evil the world over, his efforts to rid the world of its nightmareish creatures have been rewarded with the title that now follows him: murderer. Van Helsing roams the globe an outcast, a fugitive, a loner, himself hunted by those who don't understand the true nature of his calling. When dispatched to the shadowy world of Transylvania, Van Helsing finds a land stll mired inpast– where legendary creatures of darkness come to life–a place ruled over by the evil, seductive and unfeatable vampire, Count Dracula. And it is Dracula that Van Helsing has been sent to terminate. Anna Valerious is one of the last of a powerful royal family, now nearly annihilated by Dracula. A fearless hunter in her own right, Anna is bent on avenging her ancestors and ending an ancient curse by killing the vampire. Joined by a common foe, Van Helsing and Anna set out to destroy Dracula along with his empire of fear. But in challenging an enemy who never dies, Van Helsing uncovers a secret he never imagined and comes face-to-face with the unresolved mysteries of his own enshrouded past.
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Shuler Hensley
Director: Stephen Sommers
Hard Boiled / Lat sau san taam (1992)
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
Criticized for "unnecessary violence," Inspector Yuen continues his investigations into the sales and smuggling of guns. Tony is a hired killer and the right hand man of Hoi, the head of the criminal consortium. He has a single rival, Johnny, who plans to double-cross Hoi in a gun deal.
Starring: Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok, Anthony Wong, Bowie Lam, Bobbie Au-Yeung
Director: John Woo
U.S. Marshals / The Fugitive Part II (1998)
Action | Crime | Thriller
U.S. Marshal Samuel Gerard and his street-smart deputies pursue Sheridan, a new fugitive who is accused of two New York assassinations. Aiding Gerard is a cocky young government operative who proves to be a match for Gerard's tactical and intellectual strengths.
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Wesley Snipes, Robert Downey Jr., Joe Pantoliano, Daniel Roebuck, Tom Wood
Director: Stuart Baird
Black Christmas (1974)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
The few remaining residents of a Canadian sorority house are celebrating the onset of Christmas vacation when a thirteen year-old girl is found dead in the park. Soon, it is discovered that one of the sorority sisters is missing, which triggers a terrifying chain of murders within the house. Director Bob Clark's ('Porky's', 'A Christmas Story') tense, effective film is a precursor to the slasher films that would come a half decade later, but never relies on gore. Olivia Hussy ('Romeo and Juliet') stars alongside Margot Kidder and SCTV's Andrea Martin.
Starring: Olivia Hussey, Keir Dullea, Margot Kidder, Andrea Martin, John Saxon
Director: Bob Clark
Blood Work (2002)
Action | Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller
Someone's got Terry McCaleb's number. A veteran FBI profiler, McCaleb is unrelenting in his pursuit of justice and unequalled in his success at tracking and catching murderers. But as he closes his latest adversary–a psychopath dubbed "The Code Killer" by the media–McCaleb is felled by a massive heart attack and forced into early retirement. Two years later, a beautiful stranger reveals a secret that compels McCaleb to re-examine his recovery: his life was saved by someone else's death–the victim of a murder that remained unsolved. Against the advice of his cardiologist, and with the help of an eager neighbor, McCaleb literally puts his life on the line to track down a murderer who has forced him to take this case personally.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Jeff Daniels, Anjelica Huston, Wanda de Jesus, Tina Lifford
Director: Clint Eastwood
Match Point (2005)
Crime | Drama | Romance | Sport | Thriller
A one-time tennis pro, Chris Wilton was used to falling just short in his life. But when he befriends Tom Hewett and marries his sister, Chloe, the doors are opened to the kind of money and success that Chris had once only dreamed of having. Chris should have settled for happiness, but he is torn by his attraction to Tom's impossibly beautiful and alluring fiancée, Nola. The attraction turns to an obsession that forces Chris to make a critical choice. Now everything in his life hinges on whether or not Chris falls short again–and if his luck runs out.
Starring: Brian Cox, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Penelope Wilton
Director: Woody Allen
A Perfect World (1993)
Crime | Drama | Thriller
Set in the 1960s, this story is about the relationship that develops on the road between an escaped convict and the young boy he has kidnapped. The police chief who is tracking the two knows a vital truth about the convict's past.
Starring: Kevin Costner, Clint Eastwood, Laura Dern
Director: Clint Eastwood
To Catch a Thief (1955)
Crime | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
U.S. expatriate John Robie living in high style on the Riviera is a retired cat burglar. He must find out who a copy cat is to keep a new wave of jewel thefts from being pinned on him. High on list of prime victims is Jessie Stevens, in Europe to help daughter Frances find a suitable husband. Lloyds of London insurance agent is using a thief to catch a thief. Take an especially close look at scene where Robie gets Jessie's attention, dropping an expensive casino chip down decolletage of French roulette player. Filmed in VistaVision.
Starring: Cary Grant, Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Safe House (2012)
Action | Crime | Mystery | Thriller
Matt Weston is a rookie CIA operative frustrated with his lackluster post running a safe house in Cape Town, South Africa. All that changes when his first "guest" is Tobin Frost, a renegade intelligence officer who had been on the run for almost a decade. When mercenaries attack the house, Weston and Frost make a narrow escape and together must find out who they can trust.
Starring: Ryan Reynolds, Denzel Washington, Robert Patrick, Vera Farmiga, Brendan Gleeson
Director: Daniel Espinosa
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Kahaani / Story (2012)
Drama | Thriller
Kolkata is abuzz with the preparations for the annual Durga Puja festival, as seven months pregnant Vidya Bagchi steps off the airplane from London. Her first stop is the local police station to file a missing person report. Weeks ago, her husband Arnab arrived in India for a job assignment. The first two weeks, they talked daily on the phone, and then without explanation his calls stopped. Everywhere Vidya turns, no one can remember Arnab; there is no trace of him at the guest house or his workplace. It is as if he never existed. But Vidya will not give up her search. Somewhere in Kolkata she will discover the dangerous truth.
Starring: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Dhritiman Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee, Indraneil Sengupta, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Darshan Jariwala
Director: Sujoy Ghosh
The Incite Mill / Inshite miru: 7-kakan no desu gêmu (2010)
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Ten people who agree to take the same lucrative "job" find themselves locked in an underground complex and forced to play a murder game for seven days.
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Haruka Ayase, Satomi Ishihara, Kin'ya Kitaôji, Nagisa Katahira, Shinji Takeda
Director: Hideo Nakata
The Hidden Face / Bunker / La cara oculta (2011)
Thriller
A Spanish orchestra conductor deals with the mysterious disappearance of his girlfriend.
Starring: Martina García, Quim Gutiérrez, Clara Lago
Director: Andrés Baiz
