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Hard Candy (film)
Hard Candy (2005) is David Slade's psychological thriller, written by Brian Nelson, starring Patrick Wilson and Elliot Page as a 14-year-old who turns the tables on an online predator; Sundance 2005, under-$1M budget, 18-day shoot, Lionsgate release.
Harsh Times
Harsh Times is a 2005 crime drama, David Ayer's directorial debut, starring Christian Bale as Gulf War veteran Jim Davis, who turns to petty crime after LAPD rejection; self-financed via Ayer's mortgage, released 2006, grossing $3.3 million.
Havoc (2005 film)
Havoc (2005 film), also released straight to DVD by New Line, is an American crime drama directed by Barbara Kopple, written by Stephen Gaghan and Jessica Kaplan, starring Anne Hathaway as a rich teen drawn into East LA gang life; it grossed $371,000 on a $9 million budget.
Hide and Seek (2005 film)
Hide and Seek is a 2005 American psychological horror film starring Robert De Niro and Dakota Fanning as a widowed psychologist and his daughter, whose imaginary friend turns sinister.
Hollywoodland
Hollywoodland is a 2006 American mystery drama directed by Allen Coulter, in which Adrien Brody plays a private detective investigating Superman actor George Reeves's disputed 1959 death.
I Know Who Killed Me
I Know Who Killed Me is a 2007 American psychological thriller directed by Chris Sivertson, starring Lindsay Lohan as Aubrey Fleming/Dakota Moss. It grossed $9.7 million on a $12 million budget and won a record eight Razzies.
In the Valley of Elah
In the Valley of Elah, 2007 Paul Haggis drama-mystery starring Tommy Lee Jones and Charlize Theron; based on Mark Boal's Playboy story and the Richard Davis murder; Oscar-nominated, $6.8M gross.
Johnny Gaddaar (जॉनी गद्दार)
Johnny Gaddaar (जॉनी गद्दार) is a 2007 Hindi neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by Sriram Raghavan, starring Neil Nitin Mukesh in his debut, Dharmendra, Rimi Sen, and Zakir Hussain; five Mumbai gamblers lose their pooled drug-deal money to a double-cross. Box office flop, later critically praised.
Karla (film)
Karla (2006) is an American true-crime drama directed by Joel Bender, starring Laura Prepon as Karla Homolka and Misha Collins as Paul Bernardo; originally titled Deadly, it was pulled from the Montreal World Film Festival and released in Canada January 20, 2006 amid boycotts.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), also styled Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang, is Shane Black's directorial debut, a neo-noir comedy-thriller with Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan; $15M budget, $4.2M US gross, 86% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Lord of War
Lord of War is a 2005 crime drama film written and directed by Andrew Niccol, starring Nicolas Cage as Yuri Orlov, an international arms dealer selling Soviet bloc weapons.
Lucky Number Slevin
Lucky Number Slevin (2006) is a neo-noir crime thriller directed by Paul McGuigan, written by Jason Smilovic, starring Josh Hartnett, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, and Lucy Liu, built on a Kansas City Shuffle revenge plot.
Mad Detective (神探)
Mad Detective (神探, San taam) is a 2007 Hong Kong crime thriller co-directed by Johnnie To and Wai Ka-fai, starring Lau Ching-wan as a detective who sees people's inner personalities in a missing-gun case; it won the 27th Hong Kong Film Award for Best Screenplay.
Match Point
Written and directed by Woody Allen, Match Point is a 2005 drama-thriller set in London. It tells of an Irish tennis instructor whose marriage threatens his social standing.
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Brooks is a 2007 American psychological crime thriller directed by Bruce A. Evans, in which Kevin Costner plays a Portland businessman who is secretly the serial killer known as the Thumbprint Killer.
Nancy Drew (2007 film)
Nancy Drew (2007 film), also called the Emma Roberts Nancy Drew movie, is a Warner Bros. family mystery-comedy directed by Andrew Fleming, released June 15, 2007, grossing about $30.7 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men: 2007 neo-Western crime film by Joel and Ethan Coen, adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel; Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones; won four Oscars including Best Picture.
Perfect Stranger (film)
Perfect Stranger is a 2007 American psychological thriller directed by James Foley, in which Halle Berry's investigative reporter goes undercover to probe advertising executive Bruce Willis for murder.
Premonition (2007 film)
Premonition is a 2007 American supernatural thriller directed by Mennan Yapo, starring Sandra Bullock as a housewife who experiences the days around her husband's fatal car accident out of sequence.
Protégé (门徒)
Protégé (門徒, Moon to) is a 2007 Hong Kong crime drama directed by Derek Yee, produced by Peter Chan, starring Andy Lau, Daniel Wu, Zhang Jingchu, and Louis Koo, about an undercover cop infiltrating a heroin lord for eight years.
Red Eye (2005 American film)
Red Eye is a 2005 American psychological thriller directed by Wes Craven, in which Rachel McAdams is coerced on a flight by terrorist Cillian Murphy.
Rendition (film)
Rendition (2007 film), also known as Rendition movie, is a political thriller directed by Gavin Hood, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, and Meryl Streep; the first major film on extraordinary rendition, released October 19, 2007 by New Line Cinema.
Revolver (2005 film)
Revolver is a 2005 crime thriller directed by Guy Ritchie, starring Jason Statham as gambler Jake Green, who falls under the protection of two enigmatic loan sharks.
Running Scared (2006 film)
Running Scared is a 2006 neo-noir crime thriller written and directed by Wayne Kramer, starring Paul Walker as a mobster who must recover a gun held by a ten-year-old boy.
Stay (2005 film)
Stay (2005) is an American psychological thriller directed by Marc Forster, written by David Benioff, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ryan Gosling; a psychiatrist tries to stop a suicidal patient, released by 20th Century Fox, grossing $8.5 million.
Survival Island
Survival Island, also known as Three, is a 2005 survival thriller directed and written by Stewart Raffill, starring Billy Zane, Kelly Brook, and Juan Pablo Di Pace as shipwreck survivors in a deadly love triangle; it grossed $558,764 worldwide on a $9 million budget.
Syriana
Syriana (2005) is a geopolitical thriller written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, loosely based on CIA officer Robert Baer's memoir See No Evil. George Clooney won Best Supporting Actor; Warner Bros. distributed the four-strand oil-industry drama.
Tazza: The High Rollers (타짜)
Tazza: The High Rollers (타짜) is a 2006 South Korean film directed by Choi Dong-hoon, starring Cho Seung-woo as a young man training to become a professional gambler.
Tell No One
Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne) is a 2006 French thriller by Guillaume Canet, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2001 novel, starring François Cluzet; it won four Césars including best director.
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (我心遗忘的节奏)
The Beat That My Heart Skipped (De battre mon cœur s'est arrêté, 我心遗忘的节奏) is Jacques Audiard's 2005 French drama, a remake of James Toback's Fingers, starring Romain Duris as a real-estate enforcer turned aspiring pianist; it won eight Césars including Best Film.