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Trust (2010 film)

Trust (2010) is an American drama directed by David Schwimmer, starring Clive Owen, Catherine Keener, and Liana Liberato, about a 14-year-old girl assaulted by an online predator; released April 1, 2011, R-rated, 106 minutes.

Unit 7

Unit 7 (Grupo 7) is a 2012 Spanish police thriller by Alberto Rodríguez about a rogue Seville anti-drug squad before the 1992 Expo, starring Antonio de la Torre and Mario Casas, with 16 Goya nominations and two wins.

Unknown (2011 film)

Unknown (2011), also released as Unknown Identity (Sans identité), is a Jaume Collet-Serra action-thriller starring Liam Neeson as Dr. Martin Harris, a Berlin coma patient whose identity has been stolen; it grossed $135.7 million worldwide on a $30 million budget.

Unthinkable

Unthinkable is a 2010 Gregor Jordan thriller starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Michael Sheen about interrogating a terrorist who planted three nuclear bombs; released direct to disc, later a Netflix hit.

Vanishing on 7th Street

Vanishing on 7th Street (2010) is a Brad Anderson horror thriller starring Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, and John Leguizamo, set in Detroit during a blackout that makes the population vanish, leaving survivors to hide in light.

Villain (2010 film)

Villain (悪人, Akunin) is a 2010 Japanese crime drama by Lee Sang-il, adapted from Shūichi Yoshida's novel, starring Satoshi Tsumabuki and Eri Fukatsu as fugitive lovers after a murder; it won four Japan Academy acting prizes and Montreal Best Actress.

We Need to Talk About Kevin (film)

We Need to Talk About Kevin: 2011 British psychological drama by Lynne Ramsay, adapted from Lionel Shriver's Orange Prize novel; Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller; Cannes 2011 In Competition premiere.

Welcome to New York (2014 film)

Welcome to New York is Abel Ferrara's 2014 drama starring Gérard Depardieu as Devereaux, a French financier inspired by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, arrested for assaulting a hotel maid; released on French VOD and recut by Wild Bunch for its 2015 US release.

White Bird in a Blizzard

White Bird in a Blizzard is Gregg Araki's 2014 drama adapted from Laura Kasischke's 1999 novel, premiering at Sundance; Shailene Woodley's Kat copes with mother Eva Green's 1988 disappearance. Not the 2024 Holocaust film White Bird.

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher is a 2014 German techno-thriller film directed by Baran bo Odar about a young hacker pursued by police.

Who Am I (2014 film)

Who Am I – Kein System ist sicher (No System Is Safe) is a 2014 German techno-thriller by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese, the later Dark creators, starring Tom Schilling as hacker Benjamin of group CLAY; it won three 2015 Lolas.

Wu Xia

Wu Xia (武俠), also released as Dragon or Swordsmen, is Peter Chan's 2011 martial arts thriller starring Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro, and Tang Wei, set in 1917 Yunnan, notable for only three fight scenes and a forensic, medical take on the genre.