231. Lady Snowblood ( Shurayukihime )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii
Plot: A family is brutalized by a group of criminals who wipe nearly everyone out. Yuki is the only survivor after her mother dies in childbirth - her dying wish to maker sure her daughter is raised as the perfect assassin. Knowing no family or love, Yuki is molded as such and becomes the perfect instrument for revenge.
232. Copycat
Year of Release: 1995
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Jon Amiel
Actors: Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr., J.E. Freeman
Plot: A serial killer copies the murders of other, famous killers.
233. The Stanford Prison Experiment
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Actors: Olivia Thirlby, Ezra Miller, Billy Crudup, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan
Plot: At Stanford University, 24 randomly selected male students were assigned as either prisoners or guards in a mock prison set up in the basement of the psychology building. What starts out as an experiment soon spirals out of control as the students, left to their base instincts, become deeply entrenched in their roles leading to serious repercussions.
234. Black Book ( Zwartboek )
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: Dutch
Genre: War/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Sebastian Koch, Halina Reijn, Derek de Lint, Carice van Houten, Dolf de Vries, Thom Hoffman
235. Revenge
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Coralie Fargeat
Actors: Matilda Anna Ingrid Lutz, Kevin Janssens, Guillaume Bouchède, Vincent Colombe
Plot: An isolated villa is the setting for a trio of wealthy men, and one mistress, to party. That is, until she is violated and speaks out - only to find her boyfriend isn't about to give up his friends and wealth, and throws her off a cliff to her death. But this is no ordinary woman, and she does not die but finds a new strength and plots a brutal revenge.
236. Contraband
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Actors: Kate Beckinsale, Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Giovanni Ribisi, J.K. Simmons, Lukas Haas
Plot: A one-time smuggler, has gone straight as a security guard. But when financial troubles threaten to bring him down, he may return to his old ways when an associate presents him with a lucrative opportunity.
237. 1408
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Mikael Hafstrom
Actors: John Cusack, Samuel L. Jackson, Mary McCormack, Jasmine Jessica Anthony, Tony Shalhoub, Len Cariou
Plot: A man who claims he can solve paranormal mysteries finds him self in room 1408 thinking he can make it through the myth when is confronting with frightening sequences.
238. Black Sunday
Year of Release: 1977
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert Shaw, Bruce Dern, Marthe Keller, Bekim Fehmiu, Fritz Weaver, Steven Keats
Plot: A terrorist organization and a psychologically-scarred Vietnam vet plan a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl and an Israeli anti-terrorist agent works to thwart this plot.
239. 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.
240. Nobody
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ilya Naishuller
Actors: Bob Odenkirk, Connie Nielsen, Christopher Lloyd, J.P. Manoux, Humberly González, Gage Munroe
Plot: Hutch Mansell is the perfectly typical father and husband, in a perfectly
overlooked life - your average nobody. But things change when he thwarts a
home invasion and something inside of him, a simmering rage, finally snaps
and causes him to push back. Now in the sights of a drug kingpin he will
uncover long-buried secrets and dangerous skills in order to protect his
family - and remind everyone he will be a nobody no more.
