281. Killer Elite
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gary McKendry
Actors: Jason Statham, Robert De Niro, Clive Owen, Yvonne Strahovski, Dominic Purcell, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Plot: A former member of Britain's Elite Special Air Service comes out of retirement in order to save his mentor and must face three highly-skilled assassins along the way.
282. Planet Terror
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Robert Rodriguez
Actors: Rose McGowan, Josh Brolin, Freddy Rodríguez, Michael Biehn, Jeff Fahey, Bruce Willis
Plot: A select group of people in a small town are all that is left to stop a
group of more wealthy militia from spreading a deadly disease which causes
zombie symptoms.
283. In Time
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Sci-Fi/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Andrew Niccol
Actors: Justin Timberlake, Olivia Wilde, Amanda Seyfried, Matt Bomer, Cillian Murphy, Brendan Miller
Plot: Mankind has figured out how to turn off the aging gene. To avoid overpopulation time had become the new currency and the rich are now near immortal while the rest of the people must barter to extend their lives. When a poor man comes into a wealth of time, he comes under the watchful eye of the corrupted "Time Keepers" and must now figure out how to avoid them to enjoy his sudden extended life.
284. Arbitrage
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Nicholas Jarecki
Actors: Richard Gere, Tim Roth, Susan Sarandon, Brit Marling, Monica Raymund, Laetitia Casta
Plot: A crooked hedge fund manager desperately tries to sell his trading empire
to a major bank before the extent of his fraud is discovered.
285. The Recruit
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Roger Donaldson
Actors: Al Pacino, Colin Farrell, Bridget Moynahan, Gabriel Macht, Kenneth Mitchell, Mike Realba
Plot: Fresh CIA recruit James Clayton is on the fast track to become a top agent thanks to his quick thinking, unconventional methods and mentor, veteran agent Walter Burke. As Clayton begins to question his trust, Burke assigns him the task of rooting out a mole in the agency.
286. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tomas Alfredson
Actors: Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ciarán Hinds
Plot: George Smiley, an expert in espionage, is brought out of semi-retirement
during the height of the Cold War in order to sniff out a Soviet agent who
has infiltrated the ranks of MI6.
287. Everest
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Adventure/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Actors: Jake Gyllenhaal, Josh Brolin, Jason Clarke, John Hawkes, Vanessa Kirby, Michael Kelly
Plot: A group of climbers tackling Mt. Everest must fight to survive after a devastating snow storm leaves them stranded.
288. Thoroughbreds
Year of Release: 2018
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Cory Finley
Actors: Anya Taylor-Joy, Olivia Cooke, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks, Francie Swift, Kaili Vernoff
Plot: A pair of upper-class teenage girls rekindle a friendship that had grown apart years earlier. But the circumstances that bring them together involve their mutual disdain for their parents... and way to get rid of this problem by any means necessary.
289. Night Moves
Year of Release: 1975
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Arthur Penn
Actors: Gene Hackman, James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Jennifer Warren, Susan Clark, Ed Binns
290. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Oskar Werner, Rupert Davies, Sam Wanamaker, Cyril Cusack
Plot: Alec Leamas is a British agent who refuses to come out of the Cold War. Sent to East Germany, supposedly as a defector, but really to sow disinformation - he realizes that he is a pawn in a much bigger game and struggles to find his humanity before it's too late.
