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Kidnap (2017 film)
Kidnap is a 2017 American action thriller directed by Luis Prieto and starring Halle Berry as a single mother who pursues her six-year-old son's kidnappers.
King Ivory
King Ivory is a 2024 American crime thriller by John Swab about fentanyl trafficking in Tulsa, Oklahoma, starring James Badge Dale, Ben Foster, and Melissa Leo; it premiered at Venice 2024 and opened in US theaters November 14, 2025.
Knives Out
Knives Out is a 2019 American murder mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, starring Daniel Craig, in which detective Benoit Blanc investigates the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey.
Lake George (film)
Lake George is a 2024 American neo-noir crime comedy written and directed by Jeffrey Reiner, starring Shea Whigham and Carrie Coon, premiered at the Tribeca Festival.
Landmine Goes Click
Landmine Goes Click (ნაღმი) is a 2015 Georgian psychological thriller directed by Levan Bakhia for Sarke Studio, starring Sterling Knight, Spencer Locke, Dean Geyer, and Kote Tolordava.
Lavender (2016 film)
Lavender (2016) is a Canadian-American psychological thriller directed by Ed Gass-Donnelly, starring Abbie Cornish as an amnesiac photographer; premiered at Tribeca, released March 3, 2017.
Lazareth
Lazareth is a 2024 American post-apocalyptic thriller directed and written by Alec Tibaldi, starring Ashley Judd as an aunt raising nieces (Katie Douglas, Sarah Pidgeon) in an isolated cabin during a pandemic; released by Vertical on May 10, 2024.
Leave the World Behind (film)
Leave the World Behind (2023) is Sam Esmail's Netflix apocalyptic thriller adapted from Rumaan Alam's novel, starring Julia Roberts, Ethan Hawke, Mahershala Ali, and Myha'la; executive produced by the Obamas, it was Netflix's most-viewed 2023 film.
Legally Declared Dead
Legally Declared Dead (死因無可疑, Sei Jan Mou Ho Ji) is a 2019 Hong Kong psychological thriller directed by Yuen Kim-wai, starring Anthony Wong, Karena Lam, and Carlos Chan, adapted from Yusuke Kishi's novel The Black House about a suspected insurance-fraud murder.
Lies We Tell (2023 film)
Lies We Tell (2023) is an Irish gothic thriller directed by Lisa Mulcahy, adapted from Sheridan Le Fanu's Uncle Silas, starring Agnes O'Casey as heiress Maud Ruthyn and David Wilmot as her scheming guardian uncle Silas.
Luce (film)
Luce (2019) is a drama thriller directed by Julius Onah, adapted from J.C. Lee's 2013 play, starring Kelvin Harrison Jr., Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, and Tim Roth; an Eritrean adoptee's model-student image is questioned after fireworks and a Fanon essay surface.
Maldoror (film)
Maldoror (Le Dossier Maldoror) is Fabrice du Welz's 2024 Belgian-French crime thriller, premiered out of competition at Venice, loosely based on the Marc Dutroux case, starring Anthony Bajon as gendarme Paul Chartier.
Masquerade Hotel (マスカレード・ホテル)
Masquerade Hotel (マスカレード・ホテル) is a 2019 Japanese mystery film directed by Masayuki Suzuki, adapting Keigo Higashino's first Masquerade novel, starring Takuya Kimura as undercover detective Kosuke Nitta and Masami Nagasawa as clerk Naomi Yamagishi at Hotel Cortesia Tokyo.
Master (2016 film)
Master (마스터, Ma-seu-teo) is a 2016 South Korean crime-action film by Cho Ui-seok starring Lee Byung-hun, Gang Dong-won, and Kim Woo-bin, about a fraud investigation of One Network inspired by the Cho Hee-pal pyramid-scheme case; it drew 7.15 million admissions.
Match Fixing (film)
Match Fixing: The Nation At Stake is a 2025 Hindi political thriller directed by Kedaar Gaekwad, based on Col. Kanwar Khatana's book The Game Behind Saffron Terror, starring Vineet Kumar Singh as a framed army officer; released 10 January 2025.
Maya Satya Bhram
Maya Satya Bhram (মায়া সত্য ভ্রম) is a 2026 Bengali psychological thriller directed by Samik Roy Choudhury, following a policeman investigating a mystic after disappearances.
Mea Culpa (2024 film)
Mea Culpa is a 2024 Tyler Perry erotic thriller on Netflix starring Kelly Rowland as attorney Mea Harper defending Trevante Rhodes's Zyair Malloy; released February 23, 2024, it earned 19% on Rotten Tomatoes and a 33 Metascore.
Memoir of a Murderer (살인자의 기억법)
Memoir of a Murderer, also known as Salinjaui gieokbeob, is a 2017 South Korean crime thriller directed by Won Shin-yun, starring Sul Kyung-gu and Kim Nam-gil.
Merry Christmas (2023 film)
Merry Christmas (मेरी क्रिसमस) is a 2023 Indian bilingual mystery thriller by Sriram Raghavan, starring Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, adapted from Frédéric Dard's Le Monte-charge, shot separately in Hindi and Tamil, released January 12, 2024, and streaming on Netflix.
Message from the King (film)
Message from the King is a 2016 revenge thriller directed by Fabrice Du Welz, starring Chadwick Boseman as Jacob King, a Cape Town man seeking his dead sister's killers in Los Angeles; premiered at TIFF 2016 Vanguard.
Miller's Girl
Miller's Girl is a 2024 Lionsgate erotic thriller, the feature debut of writer-director Jade Halley Bartlett, starring Jenna Ortega and Martin Freeman as a student and teacher entangled by a writing assignment; it earned 30% on Rotten Tomatoes and reached No. 2 on Netflix.
Mirage (2018 film)
Mirage (Durante la tormenta) is a 2018 Spanish time-bending thriller by Oriol Paulo, starring Adriana Ugarte as a mother who saves a boy 25 years in the past and loses her daughter; 20 Goya nominations, Netflix release.
Misconduct (film)
Misconduct (2016), originally titled Beyond Deceit, is an American legal thriller directed by Shintaro Shimosawa, starring Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins, and Al Pacino; released by Lionsgate Premiere and critically panned at 7% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Misericordia (2024 film)
Misericordia (Miséricorde) is Alain Guiraudie's 2024 French-Spanish-Portuguese rural thriller: drifter Jérémie kills a baker's son and gains the priest's alibi. Cannes Première, Louis-Delluc winner, 8 César nominations.
Miss Sloane
Miss Sloane is a 2016 political thriller directed by John Madden and starring Jessica Chastain as a ruthless Washington, D.C. lobbyist who defects to campaign for a gun-control bill.
Mojave (film)
Mojave is a 2015 psychological thriller written and directed by William Monahan, starring Garrett Hedlund and Oscar Isaac, premiered at Tribeca, released by A24 in 2016, grossing $8,602 with mixed-to-negative reviews.
Money Monster
Money Monster is a 2016 American financial thriller directed by Jodie Foster, starring George Clooney as a TV stock-tip host taken hostage live on air.
Motel Destino
Motel Destino (2024) is a Brazilian erotic thriller by Karim Aïnouz, a Brazil/France/Germany co-production starring Iago Xavier, Nataly Rocha and Fábio Assunção; it premiered In Competition at Cannes 2024, set at a neon-lit Ceará sex motel.
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie is a 2023 Peacock revival film of the USA series Monk, directed by Randy Zisk and written by Andy Breckman, in which Adrian Monk returns from retirement to investigate his stepdaughter Molly's fiancé's bungee-jumping death.
Murder on the Orient Express (2017 film)
Murder on the Orient Express is a 2017 mystery film directed by Kenneth Branagh, who stars as detective Hercule Poirot, adapted from Agatha Christie's 1934 novel.