251. 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.
252. 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.
253. Saltburn
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emerald Fennell
Actors: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Richard E. Grant
Plot: Oliver Quick is a student at Oxford who finds himself on the outside looking in - struggling to adapt to this new world. Fellow student Felix Catton invites him to stay at his sprawling family estate, Saltburn, for the summer and he accepts. With an eccentric family and wild nights - it will forever change his life.
254. Wanted
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 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.
255. 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
256. 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.
257. 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.
258. Barbarian
Year of Release: 2022
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Zach Cregger
Actors: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Kurt Braunohler, Jaymes Butler, Matthew Patrick Davis
Plot: After arriving in town for a job interview, a young woman discovers the Airbnb she has reserved has been double-booked. Against her better judgement, she decides to stay with the young man but discovers the house holds a far deadlier secret down below than anything she might be afraid of up above.
259. Man on Fire
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Actors: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams, Jonathan Pryce, Danny Aiello
260. Quantum of Solace
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton
Plot: After interrogating Mr. White, James Bond learns of a secret organization, Quantum, behind the blackmail and death of Vesper. Teaming up with a woman who has her own vendetta, Bond follows Dominic Greene a ruthless businessman with plans to control one of the world's most important natural resources no matter the cost.
