161. Stir of Echoes
Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Koepp
Actors: Kevin Bacon, Illeana Douglas, Zachary David Cope, Kathryn Erbe, Kevin Dunn, Conor O'Farrell
Plot: Working-class man Tom Witzky has a son and pregnant wife and hangs out
with the same group of friends - one night his sister-in-law convinces him
to get hypnotized where she plants the simple suggestion to "open your
mind." What nobody would suspect is that Tom is soon treated to visions of
the ghost of a young woman who went missing from the neighborhood years
ago.
162. Last House on the Left
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wes Craven
Actors: Sandra Cassel, Lucy Grantham, David Hess, Fred J. Lincoln, Jeramie Rain, Marc Sheffler
Plot: Two teens go to the city to see their favorite band and score some drugs. But instead they run into escaped convict Krug and his sadistic group. After having their way with the two girls the gang unknowingly seeks refuge at the house of one of the girl's parents who realize what's happened and plan the ultimate revenge.
163. Night and the City
Year of Release: 1950
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Jules Dassin
Actors: Richard Widmark, Gene Tierney, Googie Withers, Hugh Marlowe, Herbert Lom, Francis L. Sullivan
Plot: Harry Fabian is a London hustler whose plans never seem to work out as
planned. Spying a world-famous Greco-Roman wrestler as his son's
restaurant, he comes up with his most audacious plan yet. He does his best
to con everyone around him, but in the end, really only winds up conning
himself as his dreams crumble around him.
164. The Train
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Burt Lancaster, Paul Scofield, Jeanne Moreau, Suzanne Flon, Michel Simon, Albert Rémy
Plot: A railroad boss and the French Resistance join forces in Paris during the
German occupation, to thwart the Germans' plan.
165. Locke
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Steven Knight
Actors: Tom Hardy, Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott, Tom Holland, Olivia Colman, Olivia Colman
Plot: Ivan Locke is a building site manager who has spent the last nine years building up his life. But in one 90-minute drive, on the eve of the biggest contract of his life, we watch as his carefully built life crumbles down around him.
166. Bad Education ( mala educación, La )
Year of Release: 2004
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: Spanish
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NC-17
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Actors: Gael García Bernal, Fele Martínez, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Lluís Homar, Francisco Maestre, Francisco Boira
Plot: A man impersonates his brother in order to convince said brother's director friend to take up his script, which was based on their childhood. The story triggers the director's emotions and his love for the impostor. The writer claims that the ending was fictional but is it really fictional? Will the director finally figure out who was he dealing with? Where is his first love? Can the director ever believe what he sees again?
167. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Ana de Armas, Ian McShane, Norman Reedus, Anjelica Huston, Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Byrne
Plot: After her father is murdered by a group of merciless killers, young Eve
finds herself as part of the Ruska Roma - raised to be both an assassin
and a protector. Yet she finds herself drawn in to track down the group
who killed her father - against the wishes of her own organization -
leading her to a cult that has been around for centuries - and even coming
face-to-face with John Wick himself.
168. The Constant Gardener
Year of Release: 2005
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Hubert Koundé, Danny Huston
Plot: After his wife dies in Africa, a quiet diplomat begins to investigate her death and uncovers a conspiracy by the British government and a powerful drug company.
169. The Last Wave
Year of Release: 1978
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Peter Weir
Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Vivean Gray, Nandjiwarra Amagula
Plot: A Sydney lawyer is called on to defend five Aboriginals in court over a ritualized murder. Determined to break their silence, he is drawn deeper into a prophesy that portends an Armageddon where all shall drown.
170. Air Force One
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Actors: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Xander Berkeley, Wendy Crewson, Jürgen Prochnow
Plot: When Russian terrorists take over Air Force One, the President (Harrison Ford) fakes his own escape in order to strike from hiding and save his family.
