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Equity (film)

Equity is a 2016 American financial thriller directed by Meera Menon, written by Amy Fox, and starring Anna Gunn as investment banker Naomi Bishop. The first female-driven Wall Street film, produced by Broad Street Pictures and released by Sony Pictures Classics after its 2016 Sundance premiere.

Eternal Wave

Eternal Wave (密战, aka 新永不消逝的电波) is a 2017 Chinese spy action film directed by Billy Chung, a loose remake of the 1958 classic, starring Aaron Kwok and Zhao Liying as underground radio agents in 1937 Japanese-occupied Shanghai; released November 3, 2017, grossing $1,427,082.

Exposed (2016 film)

Exposed (2016), originally Daughter of God, is an American crime drama starring Keanu Reeves and Ana de Armas, credited to pseudonymous director Declan Dale after Gee Malik Linton disowned the studio's recut of his film.

The Absence of Eden

The Absence of Eden (Beyond the Borders) is a 2024 border drama, Marco Perego's directorial debut, starring Zoe Saldaña as a migrant fleeing a cartel and Garrett Hedlund as an ICE agent; mixed reviews, 39% on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Accountant (2016 film)

The Accountant is a 2016 American action thriller directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Bill Dubuque, starring Ben Affleck as a math savant who keeps the books for criminal organizations.

The Amateur (2024 film)

The Amateur (2024 film), released April 11, 2025, is a James Hawes spy thriller starring Rami Malek as CIA cryptographer Charlie Heller, adapted from Robert Littell's 1981 novel, with Rachel Brosnahan and Laurence Fishburne.

The Bad Batch (film)

The Bad Batch (2016) is Ana Lily Amirpour's 118-minute dystopian cannibal western starring Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Keanu Reeves, and Jim Carrey; it won the Venice Special Jury Award and earned a Metascore of 62.

The Bar (film)

The Bar (El bar, 2017) is a Spanish-Argentine black comedy thriller by Álex de la Iglesia: strangers trapped in a Madrid bar by a sniper, premiered at Berlinale 2017, Goya-nominated, Méliès d'argent winner.

The Beguiled (2017 film)

The Beguiled is a 2017 American drama-thriller directed by Sofia Coppola, set in 1864 Virginia at a Southern girls' boarding school that takes in a wounded Union soldier.

The Chase (반드시 잡는다) (2017 film)

The Chase (반드시 잡는다) is a 2017 South Korean thriller directed by Kim Hong-sun, in which a retired detective and a landlord pursue a serial killer.

The Circle (2017 film)

The Circle is a 2017 American techno-thriller directed by James Ponsoldt, adapted from Dave Eggers's 2013 novel, in which Emma Watson's character joins a powerful tech company's surveillance experiment.

The Clovehitch Killer

The Clovehitch Killer is a 2018 American thriller directed by Duncan Skiles, written by Christopher Ford, starring Charlie Plummer and Dylan McDermott, about a teen suspecting his father of being a serial killer; released by IFC Midnight, inspired by BTK research.

The Coldest Game

The Coldest Game (Ukryta gra) is a 2019 Polish spy thriller, Łukasz Kośmicki's directing debut, starring Bill Pullman as alcoholic chess champion Joshua Mansky in a 1962 Warsaw match during the Cuban Missile Crisis; released on Netflix February 8, 2020.

The Contract (2024 film)

The Contract (2024) is an Italian psychological thriller directed by Massimo Paolucci, starring Kevin Spacey as The Devil, Eric Roberts, and Vincent Spano; 105 minutes, English, shot in Rome, premiered at Cairo 2024.

The Cut (2024 film)

The Cut (2024) is a boxing psychological thriller directed by Sean Ellis, starring Orlando Bloom, Caitríona Balfe, and John Turturro. Premiered at TIFF 2024; US release September 5, 2025; follows a boxer cutting dangerous weight in six days.

The Dinner (2017 film)

The Dinner (2017), Oren Moverman's American drama adapted from Herman Koch's novel Het diner, stars Richard Gere, Steve Coogan, Laura Linney, and Rebecca Hall as couples discussing their sons' crime over a restaurant meal; 120 minutes, $1.3M US gross, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.