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Assassination Nation
Assassination Nation is a 2018 American satirical thriller film written and directed by Sam Levinson, in which a hacker exposes a town's private data and an armed mob blames four teenage girls.
Babygirl
Babygirl (2024) is Halina Reijn's A24 erotic thriller starring Nicole Kidman as CEO Romy, Harris Dickinson as intern Samuel, Antonio Banderas, and Sophie Wilde; Venice Volpi Cup winner, distinct from the 2012 Macdara Vallely drama of the same name.
Bad Samaritan (film)
Bad Samaritan is a 2018 American psychological thriller directed by Dean Devlin about two Portland, Oregon valets who burglarize customers' homes, starring David Tennant and Robert Sheehan.
Balota (film)
Balota (international title Ballot) is a 2024 Philippine political satire-thriller written and directed by Kip Oebanda, starring Marian Rivera as a teacher protecting the last ballot box of a contested 2007 mayoral election; a Cinemalaya 2024 entry that became a Netflix release and earned Rivera multiple Best Actress awards.
Band of Robbers
Band of Robbers: 2015 American crime comedy by Aaron and Adam Nee reimagining Twain's Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as adults; Kyle Gallner, Adam Nee, Melissa Benoist; released January 15, 2016.
Barot House
Barot House is a 2019 Hindi-language ZEE5 Original psychological thriller directed by Bugs Bhargava Krishna, starring Amit Sadh, Manjari Fadnnis, and Aaryan Menghji, about a Daman family whose daughters are murdered; streamed from 7 August 2019.
Bastar: The Naxal Story
Bastar: The Naxal Story (बस्तर: द नक्सल स्टोरी), 2024 Hindi film by Sudipto Sen, produced by Vipul Amrutlal Shah, starring Adah Sharma as an IPS officer fighting Naxalites in Chhattisgarh; panned by critics, weak box office, disputed factual claims.
Beast (2017 film)
Beast (2017) is Michael Pearce's British psychological thriller debut, set on Jersey and starring Jessie Buckley and Johnny Flynn, inspired by the Beast of Jersey and winner of the 2019 BAFTA for Outstanding Debut.
Beirut (film)
Beirut (2018) is an American political thriller directed by Brad Anderson, written by Tony Gilroy, starring Jon Hamm and Rosamund Pike. A diplomat returns to 1982 civil-war Beirut to negotiate a hostage release; shot in Tangier, loosely based on the William Buckley kidnapping.
Believer (2018 film)
Believer (독전, Dokjeon) is a 2018 South Korean crime-action film by Lee Hae-young, a remake of Johnnie To's Drug War, starring Cho Jin-woong and Ryu Jun-yeol; it sold over 5 million admissions in Korea and spawned the Netflix sequel Believer 2.
Best F(r)iends
Best F(r)iends: 2017 two-part black comedy thriller by Justin MacGregor, written by Greg Sestero, reuniting Sestero and Tommy Wiseau 15 years after The Room; drifter and mortician sell corpse gold.
Billionaire Boys Club (2018 film)
Billionaire Boys Club is a 2018 American crime drama directed by James Cox, starring Ansel Elgort and Taron Egerton as founders of a fraudulent 1983 Los Angeles investment club.
Birdeater
Birdeater is a 2023 Australian psychological thriller and debut feature of directors Jack Clark and Jim Weir, in which bride-to-be Irene joins her fiancé Louie's outback bucks party, which turns feral; it won the Sydney Film Festival Audience Award and the 2025 AACTA Best Indie Film award.
Birds of Passage
Birds of Passage (Pájaros de verano), 2018 crime epic by Ciro Guerra and Cristina Gallego about a Wayuu family destroyed by Colombia's 1970s marijuana boom; Cannes Directors' Fortnight opener, Oscar shortlist.
Black and Blue (2019 film)
Black and Blue is a 2019 American action thriller directed by Deon Taylor, starring Naomie Harris as a New Orleans officer on the run with incriminating body-camera footage.
Blackway
Blackway is a 2015 thriller directed by Daniel Alfredson and starring Julia Stiles. The film follows a young woman who returns to her Pacific Northwest logging town.
Blood Father
Blood Father (2016) is a Jean-François Richet action thriller starring Mel Gibson as ex-con John Link, protecting daughter Lydia (Erin Moriarty) from a cartel; based on Peter Craig's novel, Cannes 2016 Midnight Screening, 88 minutes.
Bodies at Rest (沉默的证人)
Bodies at Rest (沉默的证人) is a 2019 Hong Kong-China action crime thriller directed by Renny Harlin, starring Nick Cheung, Yang Zi, and Richie Jen, about criminals raiding a morgue for a bullet; it opened HKIFF43 and earned about 1.8亿元.
Bone Lake (film)
Bone Lake is a 2024 American erotic thriller directed by Mercedes Bryce Morgan, written by Joshua Friedlander, starring Maddie Hasson, Marco Pigossi, Alex Roe, and Andra Nechita; two couples share a double-booked lakeside rental, released October 3, 2025.
Brawl in Cell Block 99
Brawl in Cell Block 99 is S. Craig Zahler's 2017 prison action-thriller starring Vince Vaughn as boxer Bradley Thomas, with Don Johnson and Udo Kier; 132 minutes, RLJE Films, 90% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Broken Horses
Broken Horses is a 2015 English-language crime thriller by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, reworking his 1989 Hindi film Parinda on the US-Mexico border, starring Anton Yelchin, Chris Marquette, and Vincent D'Onofrio; it flopped critically and commercially.
Buffaloed
Buffaloed: 2019 American comedy-drama directed by Tanya Wexler, written by Brian Sacca, starring Zoey Deutch as Peg Dahl, a Buffalo hustler who becomes a debt collector; Tribeca premiere, Magnolia release February 2020.
Burn (2019 film)
Burn (2019 film), also known as Burn – Hell of a Night, is Mike Gan's feature directorial debut, a psychological thriller starring Tilda Cobham-Hervey, Suki Waterhouse, and Josh Hutcherson, set during a gas station robbery; released August 23, 2019, Metascore 50.
Calibre (film)
Calibre is a 2018 British psychological thriller, Matt Palmer's feature debut, starring Jack Lowden and Martin McCann as friends whose Highlands hunting trip turns fatal. It won the Michael Powell Award at Edinburgh and streams on Netflix.
Captive (2015 film)
Captive is a 2015 American drama directed by Jerry Jameson, starring David Oyelowo as fugitive Brian Nichols and Kate Mara as his hostage Ashley Smith.
Cat Person (film)
Cat Person (2023) is a psychological thriller directed by Susanna Fogel, written by Michelle Ashford, adapting Kristen Roupenian's viral 2017 New Yorker short story; stars Emilia Jones and Nicholas Braun, Sundance premiere, 46% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Cellar Door (film)
Cellar Door is a 2024 American psychological thriller directed by Vaughn Stein, starring Jordana Brewster, Scott Speedman, and Laurence Fishburne, about a couple forbidden to open a cellar door.
Chasing the Dragon (追龙) (film)
Chasing the Dragon (追龍) is a 2017 Hong Kong-mainland crime film by Wong Jing and Jason Kwan starring Donnie Yen as drug lord Crippled Ho and Andy Lau as Lee Rock, remaking 1991's To Be Number One and Lee Rock.
Child 44 (film)
Child 44 is a 2015 thriller directed by Daniel Espinosa, based on Tom Rob Smith's novel, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and Gary Oldman as Soviet investigators hunting a child killer in 1953; it was banned in Russia and flopped critically and commercially.
City of Dreams (film)
City of Dreams is a 2024 American drama, the directorial debut of Mohit Ramchandani, about Mexican boy Jesús (Ari López) trafficked into an LA sweatshop; released by Roadside Attractions, 50% Tomatometer, 91% audience score, $1.7M gross.