Top Thriller Movies


The Top Thriller Movies List is calculated by overall movie ratings and members' "Top Thriller List". Lists are calculated daily.

71. Girl Who Played with Fire, The ( Flickan som lekte med elden )

Year of Release: 2010
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Swedish
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Daniel Alfredson
Actors: Noomi Rapace, Michael Nyqvist, Lena Endre, Sofia Ledarp, Georgi Staykov, Micke Spreitz
Plot: The second film of The Millenium Trilogy finds Lisbeth Salander being hunted for murder. The infallible evidence she built in The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is now the most damning thing in her life!

72. The Lady Vanishes

Year of Release: 1938
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, Dame May Whitty, Cecil Parker, Linden Travers
Plot: A night of bad weather strands a trans-European trains in a small country Inn. Socialite Iris Henderson strikes up a conversation with an old governess Miss Froy. When the journey resumes, Miss Froy has disappeared, and with the help of a musician, she vows to get to the bottom of the mystery.

73. Frailty

Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Bill Paxton
Actors: Matthew McConaughey, Bill Paxton, Matt O'Leary, Jeremy Sumpter, Powers Boothe, Luke Askew
Plot: An FBI agent runs into a man who claims his brother is a serial killer, which he begins to blame on his father's ridiculous claims of religious cleansing.

74. Limitless

Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Neil Burger
Actors: Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Abbie Cornish, Anna Friel, Johnny Whitworth, Robert John Burke
Plot: A man thinks he has solved all his problems when an untested, top-secret drug makes him smarter, leading to financial and social success. But he never considered the side effects or the people who want to keep the drug to remain a secret.

75. Devil's Advocate

Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Taylor Hackford
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen
Plot: A new hotshot lawyer gets the opportunity of a lifetime to relocate and join a prestigious law firm. The price he pays is more than he bargains for.

76. John Wick

Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Chad Stahelski
Actors: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Willem Dafoe, Adrianne Palicki, Alfie Allen, Ian McShane
Plot: John Wick wants nothing more than to put the past behind him. The sudden
death of his wife nearly shatters his new life but a final, parting gift
keeps him going. A chance encounter with an arrogant heir of a Russian mob
boss robs him of this gift - and his car. Realizing there is not escape
from the past, Wick puts his ex-assassin skills to full use - and revenge
is a dish best served stone cold and violent.

77. Identity

Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Mystery
MPAA Rating: R
Director: James Mangold
Actors: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet, Alfred Molina, John Hawkes, Cleu DuVall
Plot: A group of strangers find themselves stranded in a Nevada motel during a freak rainstorm. One by one they are being murdered, but the for what reason?

78. I Am Legend

Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Francis Lawrence
Actors: Will Smith, Alice Braga, Paradox Pollack, Salli Richardson, Sterling Wolfe, Charlie Tahan
Plot: Due to a terrible virus, a scientist believes he is the last human on earth. After three years of trying to survive from the infected, he seeks hope.

79. The Haunting

Year of Release: 1963
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: G
Director: Robert Wise
Actors: Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Rosalie Crutchley, Lois Maxwell
Plot: Hill House, a place with a wicked history attracts a researcher who assembles a group of people to stay in the house for a period of time. Strange things happen...

80. Kingsman: The Secret Service

Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Actors: Taron Egerton, Colin Firth, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong, Sofia Boutella, Michael Caine
Plot: A street-wise punk with a set of fast hands (and a faster mouth), finds himself recruited by an underground spy agency. If he can pass their test, he will be one of the new initiated into their ranks - just a threat from a twisted tech genius threatens the world.

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