241. 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.
242. 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.
243. 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.
244. Contagion
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Actors: Gwyneth Paltrow, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Marion Cotillard, Laurence Fishburne
Plot: As a deadly, fast-moving airborne virus rapidly spreads, an international team of medical experts works to find a cure before society collapses around them.
245. 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.
246. 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.
247. Scarface
Year of Release: 1932
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Howard Hawks
Actors: Paul Muni, Karen Morley, George Raft, Vince Barnett, Boris Karloff, Edwin Maxwell
Plot: An emigrant during prohibition climbs up the chain of command in the mob
business to become a ruthless gangster only to be brought down by what
brought him to the top.
248. 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.
249. 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.
250. 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.
