241. Basic Instinct
Year of Release: 1992
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Sharon Stone, Michael Douglas, Denis Arndt, Jeanne Tripplehorn, George Dzundza, Kayla Blake
Plot: A police detective is seduced by a possible murder suspect when she convinces him she is innocent all the while playing mind games and writing a book about him. Passion stirs in this erotic thriller.
242. Case 39
Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Christian Alvart
Actors: Renée Zellweger, Jodelle Ferland, Ian McShane, Kerry O'Malley, Callum Keith Rennie, Bradley Cooper
Plot: A social worker takes on a case of an abused girl, but under the surface is a far deadlier truth.
243. Fracture
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Anthony Hopkins, Embeth Davidtz, Rosamund Pike, Billy Burke
Plot: Willy Beachum a young, successful prosecutor takes a case against Ted Crawford, a structural engineer representing himself in the death of his wife. Although the case seems open and shut, Crawford has a plan - one that seems to point to his innocence and destroy Beachum's career.
244. Ronin
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Robert De Niro, Jean Reno, Natascha McElhone, Stellan Skarsgård, Sean Bean, Jonathan Pryce
Plot: A former U.S. intelligence officer tries to track down a package wanted by the Irish and the Russians.
245. Man on a Ledge
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Asger Leth
Actors: Sam Worthington, Jamie Bell, Elizabeth Banks, Edward Burns, Ed Harris, Anthony Mackie
Plot: A former cop and current con threatens to jump from a Manhattan hotel. As the NYPD arrives, along with a personally-requested female psychologist, the stunt is an attempt to divert attention from a massive diamond heist.
246. The Fallen Idol
Year of Release: 1949
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Carol Reed
Actors: Ralph Richardson, Michèle Morgan, Sonia Dresdel, Bobby Henrey, Denis O'Dea, Jack Hawkins
Plot: Events of the story are scene through the eyes of an impressionable, young son of a diplomat who, though he wants to protect his friends and his butler, Baines, his actions almost certainly mean Baines will be charged with the murder of his wife.
247. Bad Times at the El Royale
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Drew Goddard
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Dakota Johnson, Jon Hamm, Jeff Bridges, Nick Offerman, Lewis Pullman
Plot: A seedy hotel with a dark past located in Lake Tahoe, the El Royale has seen its fair share of mayhem and depravity. But on this night, seven souls, each with a secret to bury, find themselves coming together for one last shot at redemption - until it all goes to hell.
248. Wanted
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Timur Bekmambetov
Actors: Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy, Terence Stamp, Angelina Jolie, Thomas Kretschmann, Common
Plot: An average Joe who is barely functional in society - he goes to work,
doesn't care about much and has zero ambition. He is approached by a
group of people claiming to be part of a secret society of assassins.
Through their help he is amazed to become part of their elite ranks - but
a snake in their midst threatens all he has come to cherish.
249. Phone Booth
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes, Paula Jai Parker
Plot: A sniper pins a man down in a phone booth, telling him if he hangs up the phone or disobeys him, he will die.
250. The Contender
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Lurie
Actors: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen
