Top Thriller Movies


The Top Thriller Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Thriller List". Lists are calculated daily.

211. Sorry, Wrong Number

Year of Release: 1948
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Anatole Litvak
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster, Ann Richards, Ed Begley, William Conrad, Wendell Corey
Plot: A woman, sick and confined to bed, picks up the phone only to overhear what she thinks is a plot to murder. She becomes increasingly desperate in her quest to find out who the victim is going to be and how to stop the plot from being carried out.

212. Targets

Year of Release: 1968
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Peter Bogdanovich
Actors: Tim O'Kelly, Boris Karloff, Arthur Peterson, Monte Landis, Peter Bogdanovich, Nancy Hsueh
Plot: An elderly horror film star who, while making a personal appearance at a drive in theater, confronts a psychotic Vietnam veteran who's turned into a mass murdering sniper.

213. The Mist

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Frank Darabont
Actors: Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher, Laurie Holden, Nathan Gamble, William Sadler
Plot: After a mysterious crash a mysterious storm passes through in which a clan of creatures rise up to take over a small town with only the citizens to protect themselves.

214. Compliance

Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Craig Zobel
Actors: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey
Plot: Based on actual events: a series of prank calls to a fast food manager leads him to interrogate a young, female employee to the point of abuse that leave no one unharmed.

215. The Client

Year of Release: 1994
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, J.T. Walsh, Anthony Edwards
Plot: A young boy witnesses the suicide of a prominent mob lawyer, but not before learning a very big secret. He tracks down an attorney, Reggie Love, to help him through but soon they are both caught between the mob who wants the secret buried and a gruff federal prosecutor who wants the truth.

216. Storm of the Century

Year of Release: 1999
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Tim Daly, Colm Feore, Debrah Farentino, Casey Siemaszko, Jeffrey DeMunn, Spencer Breslin

217. Mandy

Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Panos Cosmatos
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Andrea Riseborough, Linus Roache, Olwen Fouéré, Richard Brake, Ned Dennehy
Plot: A couple enjoy a perfect life in a secluded forest... and it all comes crashing down when a cult and their demonic biker henchman shatter their dream and turn it into a nightmare. With no other option, a man spirals out of control in a mission to seek bloody vengeance.

218. Pickup on South Street

Year of Release: 1953
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Samuel Fuller
Actors: Richard Widmark, Jean Peters, Thelma Ritter, Murvyn Vye, Richard Kiley, Willis Bouchey
Plot: When a pickpocket unwittingly steals top micro-film, he becomes a target for Communist agents.

219. Talk to Me

Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou
Actors: Sophie Wilde, Joe Bird, Alexandra Jensen, Otis Dhanji, Miranda Otto, Marcus Johnson
Plot: A group of friends learn that an embalmed hand holds the key to conjuring spirits - and the ability to do so becomes like a drug, a rush to find out how far they can go... until they go too far an unleash an unspeakable horror that seeks to destroy them.

220. Police Story 2 ( Ging chaat goo si juk jaap )

Year of Release: 1988
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Cantonese
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Jackie Chan
Actors: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kwok-Hung Lam, Bill Tung, Charlie Cho, Yuen Chor
Plot: After being demoted from detective to traffic cop, a highly successful officer finds himself the target of a Triad member seeking revenge against him and his girlfriend.

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