141. Videodrome
Year of Release: 1983
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Cronenberg
Actors: James Woods, Deborah Harry, Sonja Smits, Leslie Carlson, Peter Dvorsky, Julie Khaner
Plot: Max Renn is always looking for ultimate in programming for his lowly cable TV station, but when he stumbles on to Videodrome it takes over his life.
142. Lucky Number Slevin
Year of Release: 2006
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul McGuigan
Actors: Josh Hartnett, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Stanley Tucci
Plot: A man who is meeting his friend in his apartment is mistaken for someone he is not and presented to two separate crime bosses to complete a task. As Slevin tries to convince the men he is not who they say he is, he decides to take on their task.
143. Shooter
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra, Elias Koteas, Kate Mara
Plot: A marksman on a self-imposed exile is brought in when information about a presidential assassination surfaces. When he is double-crossed, he starts a mission to clear his name and bring those responsible to justice.
144. Men of Honor
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr., Robert De Niro, Aunjanue Ellis, Charlize Theron, Michael Rapaport, Hal Holbrook
Plot: A movie about a master navy diver who happens to be black and the racist man who trained him.
145. Eye in the Sky
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gavin Hood
Actors: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi, Jeremy Northam, Iain Glen
Plot: Colonel Katherine Powell. a UK-based military commander, control a top secret drone program with the intent of targeting terrorists in Kenya. When word of a suicide mission comes down, the project switches from surveillance to a kill order, but as US drone pilot Steve Watts closes in on the targets, a nine-year-old girl enters the scene leading to a dilemma over the moral, political and personal implications of this technological warfare.
146. Side Effects
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Channing Tatum, Rooney Mara, Jude Law, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Vinessa Shaw, David Costabile
Plot: In order to cope with the impending release of her husband from prison, a
woman turns to an experimental anti-anxiety drug that has unintended and
dangerous consequences.
147. Blue Ruin
Year of Release: 2013
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jeremy Saulnier
Actors: Macon Blair, Devin Ratray, Amy Hargreaves, Kevin Kolack, Eve Plumb, David W. Thompson
Plot: A loner returns home after long absence in order to carry out vengeance as
he sees fit. But his revenge is not well planned and before he knows it
his act puts his estranged family in dangers unless he fights back.
148. High Tension ( Haute tension )
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alexandre Aja
Actors: Cécile De France, Maïwenn Le Besco, Franck Khalfoun, Philippe Nahon, Oana Pellea, Andrei Finti
Plot: Marie and Alexia are classmates and best friends. Hoping to prepare for their college exams in peace and quite, they decide to spend a weekend in the country at Alexia's parents' secluded farmhouse. But in the dead of night, a stranger comes knocking at the front door. And with the first swing of his knife the weekend turns into an endless night of horror.
149. The Bank Job
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David
Plot: Based on the true story of the 1971 Baker Street bank robbery. A group of
guys plans a foolproof bank robbery. They target a room with safe deposit
boxes worth millions in cash and jewelry. What they don't know is that it
contains the secrets of London's criminal underworld, the British
government, and even the Royal Family.
150. They Live
Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George 'Buck' Flower, Peter Jason, Sy Richardson
Plot: An unemployed construction worker heads to L.A. for work. When he puts on a pair of innocuous sunglasses, he finds out the world is not what it seems.
