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Standoff (film)
Standoff (2016) is a Canadian-American thriller, Adam Alleca's directorial debut, starring Thomas Jane, Laurence Fishburne, and Ella Ballentine; a veteran with a one-shell shotgun protects a girl who photographed an assassin. Not the 1998 cult thriller or the 2016 teen comedy The Standoff.
Strange but True (film)
Strange but True is a 2019 psychological thriller directed by Rowan Athale, adapted by Eric Garcia from John Searles' novel, starring Margaret Qualley, Nick Robinson, Amy Ryan, Brian Cox, and Blythe Danner; Metascore 55, $343,038 worldwide gross.
Strictly Confidential (2024 film)
Strictly Confidential is a 2024 erotic mystery thriller directed and written by Damian Hurley, his feature debut, starring Elizabeth Hurley, Georgia Lock, Lauren McQueen, Freddie Thorp, and Genevieve Gaunt; shot in St. Kitts, released April 5, 2024 by Lionsgate, and poorly received (17% Tomatometer).
Submergence (film)
Submergence (2017), Wim Wenders romantic thriller adapted by Erin Dignam from J.M. Ledgard's novel, starring James McAvoy and Alicia Vikander; premiered at TIFF, US release April 2018, 22% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Super Dark Times
Super Dark Times is a 2017 American coming-of-age thriller, Kevin Phillips's feature debut, written by Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski, starring Owen Campbell and Charlie Tahan as 1990s teens covering up an accidental killing.
Sympathy for the Devil (2023 film)
Sympathy for the Devil is a 2023 neo-noir thriller directed by Yuval Adler, written by Luke Paradise, starring Nicolas Cage as a gunman who forces Joel Kinnaman's expectant father to drive him out of Las Vegas; released July 28, 2023 by RLJE Films.
The Outsider (2018 film)
The Outsider (2018 film): Netflix crime drama directed by Martin Zandvliet, starring Jared Leto as American POW Nick Lowell who joins the yakuza in post-WWII Osaka; released March 9, 2018; 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, Metascore 30. Not the 2018 Nobu Su documentary or the HBO Stephen King series.
The Perfect Guy (2015 film)
The Perfect Guy is a 2015 American thriller directed by David M. Rosenthal and starring Sanaa Lathan, Michael Ealy, and Morris Chestnut, released by Screen Gems in September 2015.
The Plot (설계자) (film)
The Plot (설계자, Seolgyeja) is a 2024 South Korean crime thriller directed by Lee Yo-sup, a remake of Hong Kong's Accident (2009), starring Gang Dong-won as a hitman who stages murders as accidents; it drew 525,369 admissions.
The Poison Rose
The Poison Rose is a 2019 Italian-American crime mystery thriller directed by George Gallo, starring John Travolta as a private detective drawn into a web of crimes in Galveston, Texas.
The Purity of Vengeance
The Purity of Vengeance (Journal 64) is a 2018 Danish Department Q thriller directed by Christoffer Boe, starring Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Fares Fares, linking mummified bodies in Copenhagen to the Sprogø institution; it set a Danish opening record.
The Realm
The Realm (El reino) is a 2018 Spanish-French political thriller by Rodrigo Sorogoyen starring Antonio de la Torre as a corrupt politician scapegoated by his party; it won seven Goya Awards.
The Red Sea Diving Resort
The Red Sea Diving Resort is a 2019 Netflix spy thriller by Gideon Raff starring Chris Evans, dramatizing Mossad's Operation Brothers, which used a fake Sudanese diving resort to smuggle Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
The Royal Hotel (film)
The Royal Hotel is a 2023 Kitty Green thriller, also known as an adaptation of Hotel Coolgardie, starring Julia Garner and Jessica Henwick as backpackers bar-working in a remote Australian Outback mining pub.
The Sense of an Ending (film)
The Sense of an Ending (2017) is Ritesh Batra's drama adapting Julian Barnes's Booker-winning novel, starring Jim Broadbent and Charlotte Rampling; Nick Payne's screenplay reworks the unreliable first-person narration into a story told through relationships.
The Silence of the Marsh
The Silence of the Marsh (El silencio del pantano) is a 2019 Spanish psychological thriller directed by Marc Vigil, adapting Juanjo Braulio's novel. Pedro Alonso plays Q, a crime novelist whose murders may be real; released January 2020 in Spain, on Netflix April 2020.
The Snowman (2017 film)
The Snowman (2017) is Tomas Alfredson's crime thriller adapting Jo Nesbø's Snømannen, starring Michael Fassbender as Harry Hole; a rushed production left 10–15% of the script unfilmed, and the film earned 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Soul Eater (film)
The Soul Eater (Le Mangeur d'âmes) is a 2024 French horror thriller by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, adapted from Alexis Laipsker's novel, starring Virginie Ledoyen and Paul Hamy as investigators in the Vosges; released 24 April 2024, distinct from the Japanese manga Soul Eater.
The Spy Gone North (北風)
The Spy Gone North (공작, 北風) is Yoon Jong-bin's 2018 South Korean espionage drama based on real agent Park Chae-seo, code name Black Venus, who infiltrated North Korean leadership in 1993 over its nuclear program.
The Surfer (2024 film)
The Surfer (2024) is an Australian-Irish psychological thriller directed by Lorcan Finnegan, starring Nicolas Cage as a man barred from his childhood beach by local surfers; premiered at Cannes 2024, released 2025.
The Third Murder (三度目の殺人)
The Third Murder (三度目の殺人, Sandome no satsujin) is Hirokazu Kore-eda's 2017 Japanese legal thriller, his first crime film, starring Masaharu Fukuyama and Koji Yakusho; Venice Golden Lion nominee and six-time 2018 Japan Academy Prize winner including Best Film.
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall (2017) is an A24 drama directed by Shawn Christensen, starring Logan Lerman as a novelist who vanishes after his bestselling debut, with Elle Fanning and Kyle Chandler; Metascore 18, RT 12%.
The Wedding Guest (2018 film)
The Wedding Guest (2018 film): Michael Winterbottom thriller starring Dev Patel, Radhika Apte, Jim Sarbh; a hired man abducts a bride from an arranged wedding in Pakistan; TIFF 2018 premiere, UK release 19 July 2019. Distinct from the 2018 Cobie Smulders romantic comedy of the same name.
The Whole Truth (2016 film)
The Whole Truth (2016) is an American courtroom thriller directed by Courtney Hunt, starring Keanu Reeves, Renée Zellweger, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Gabriel Basso, and Jim Belushi; a defense attorney defends a silent teen accused of murdering his father. Critically panned (35% Tomatometer), limited release.
The Wolf's Call
The Wolf's Call (Le Chant du Loup) is a 2019 French submarine thriller, Antonin Baudry's first feature, starring François Civil, Omar Sy, Mathieu Kassovitz, and Reda Kateb aboard a French nuclear submarine; it won the César for Best Sound.
Them That Follow
Them That Follow is a 2019 American drama-thriller and debut feature of Britt Poulton and Dan Madison Savage, premiered at Sundance, about a pastor's daughter in an Appalachian Pentecostal snake-handling church, starring Walton Goggins, Alice Englert, and Olivia Colman.
Thoroughbreds (2017 film)
Thoroughbreds is a 2017 American dark comedy-thriller, Cory Finley's feature debut adapted from his stage play, starring Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Anton Yelchin; premiered at Sundance 2017, released March 9, 2018.
Time Renegades (시간이탈자)
Time Renegades (시간이탈자) is a 2016 South Korean romantic fantasy thriller directed by Kwak Jae-yong, starring Im Soo-jung, Cho Jung-seok, and Lee Jin-wook, in which a 1983 teacher and a 2015 detective share dreams to prevent a fated murder.
To Catch a Killer (2023 film)
To Catch a Killer, original title Misántropo, is Damián Szifron's 2023 American thriller starring Shailene Woodley and Ben Mendelsohn as investigators hunting a New Year's Eve sniper who killed 29 in Baltimore.
Toro (2016 film)
Toro is a 2016 Spanish action thriller directed by Kike Maíllo, starring Mario Casas as a former con man forced back into crime to save his brother and niece.