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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 Wasted Times (ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・上海)
The Wasted Times (羅曼蒂克消亡史, Japan title ワンス・アポン・ア・タイム・イン・上海) is Cheng Er's 2016 Chinese crime drama set in 1937 Shanghai, starring Ge You, Zhang Ziyi, and Tadanobu Asano in a nonlinear wartime gangster story; distinct from the 2014 film Once Upon a Time in Shanghai.
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.
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri is Martin McDonagh's 2017 dark comedy-drama starring Frances McDormand, Woody Harrelson, and Sam Rockwell, about a mother renting three billboards to pressure police over her daughter's unsolved murder; it won four Golden Globes and a Best Actress Oscar.
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.
Trap (2024 film)
Trap is a 2024 American psychological thriller written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, starring Josh Hartnett as a father whose concert outing is secretly a police sting.
Trespass Against Us
Trespass Against Us is a 2016 British crime drama, Adam Smith's feature debut, starring Michael Fassbender and Brendan Gleeson as outlaw father and son in the Cutler family, loosely based on the Johnson clan, scored by The Chemical Brothers.
Triple 9
Triple 9 is a 2016 American crime heist thriller directed by John Hillcoat, written by Matt Cook, starring Casey Affleck, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Woody Harrelson, and Kate Winslet; corrupt cops stage a 999 officer-down call as a heist diversion in Atlanta.
Trivisa (树大招风)
Trivisa (樹大招風) is a 2016 Hong Kong crime film by Frank Hui, Jevons Au, and Vicky Wong, produced by Johnnie To, about three real 1990s criminals on the eve of the handover; it won five Hong Kong Film Awards and was banned in mainland China.
Uncut Gems
Uncut Gems: 2019 American crime thriller by Josh and Benny Safdie with Ronald Bronstein, released by A24 on December 13, 2019. Adam Sandler plays Diamond District jeweler and gambler Howard Ratner betting on a rare Ethiopian black opal; Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, and Julia Fox co-star.
Unforgettable (2017 film)
Unforgettable is a 2017 American psychological thriller directed by Denise Di Novi in her debut, starring Katherine Heigl as a woman sabotaging her ex-husband's engagement.