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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.
The Drug King (마약왕)
The Drug King (마약왕, Mayakwang) is a 2018 South Korean crime drama by Woo Min-ho, based on real 1970s Busan drug lord Lee Doo-sam, starring Song Kang-ho, Cho Jung-seok, and Bae Doo-na; released December 19, 2018, streamed on Netflix.
The Forest of Love
The Forest of Love (愛なき森で叫べ) is Sion Sono's 2019 Netflix Japanese crime thriller, 151 minutes, starring Kippei Shiina as con man Joe Murata; inspired by the Futoshi Matsunaga murders, released October 11, 2019, with sequel series Deep Cut in 2020.
The Fury of a Patient Man
The Fury of a Patient Man (Tarde para la ira) is Raúl Arévalo's 2016 Spanish revenge-thriller debut, starring Antonio de la Torre, Luis Callejo, and Ruth Díaz; it won four Goyas including Best Film and Venice Orizzonti Best Actress.
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (악인전)
The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil (악인전) is a 2019 South Korean crime action thriller by Lee Won-tae starring Don Lee, Kim Mu-yeol, and Kim Sung-kyu; it screened at Cannes Midnight Screenings, grossed over $21 million in Korea, and is being remade by James Wan for Paramount.
The Gift (2015 American film)
The Gift (2015) is an American psychological thriller, the directorial debut of Joel Edgerton, who wrote, co-produced, and stars as Gordo opposite Jason Bateman and Rebecca Hall; released August 7, 2015 by STX, it earned $43.8M domestic on a $5M budget.
The Girl in the Pool
The Girl in the Pool is a 2024 American mystery thriller directed by Dakota Gorman, written by Jackson Reid Williams, starring Freddie Prinze Jr., Monica Potter, and Kevin Pollak; a man hides his mistress's corpse during his surprise birthday party. Released July 26, 2024 by Quiver Distribution.
The Girl in the Spider's Web (film)
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018) is Fede Alvarez's action thriller adapting David Lagercrantz's fourth Millennium novel, starring Claire Foy as hacker Lisbeth Salander; it earned $35.2 million worldwide on a $43 million budget and scored 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Good Liar
The Good Liar is a 2019 British thriller directed by Bill Condon, adapted from Nicholas Searle's 2015 novel, starring Ian McKellen as conman Roy Courtnay and Helen Mirren as widow Betty McLeish in their first film together.
The Handmaiden (아가씨)
The Handmaiden (아가씨) is Park Chan-wook's 2016 Korean erotic thriller adapting Sarah Waters's Fingersmith to 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea; Cannes competitor, Vulcain Prize winner, 2018 BAFTA Best Film Not in the English Language, sold to 175 countries.
The Happytime Murders
The Happytime Murders is a 2018 American comedy film directed by Brian Henson, starring Melissa McCarthy and set in a Los Angeles where puppets and humans coexist.
The Highwaymen (film)
The Highwaymen (2019) is a Netflix crime drama directed by John Lee Hancock, starring Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson as Texas Rangers Frank Hamer and Maney Gault hunting Bonnie and Clyde; 58% Tomatometer, SXSW premiere, March 29, 2019 streaming debut.
The Hummingbird Project
The Hummingbird Project is a 2018 Canadian-Belgian drama by Kim Nguyen starring Jesse Eisenberg, Alexander Skarsgård, and Salma Hayek as high-frequency traders building a Kansas-to-New Jersey fiber-optic cable; fictional, TIFF 2018, released 2019 by The Orchard.
The Image of You (film)
The Image of You is a 2024 American erotic thriller directed by Jeff Fisher, adapted from Adele Parks' novel, starring Sasha Pieterse as identical twins Anna and Zoe, with Parker Young, Nestor Carbonell, and Mira Sorvino; released digitally in May 2024.
The Informer (2019 film)
The Informer (2019) is a British crime thriller directed by Andrea Di Stefano, adapted from Roslund and Hellstrom's novel Three Seconds, starring Joel Kinnaman, Rosamund Pike, Common, Ana de Armas, and Clive Owen; released UK August 2019, US November 2020.
The Intruder (2019 film)
The Intruder is a 2019 American psychological thriller directed by Deon Taylor and starring Dennis Quaid, Michael Ealy, and Meagan Good, released by Screen Gems in May 2019.
The Invisible Guardian
The Invisible Guardian (El guardián invisible) is a 2013 Dolores Redondo novel, first of the Baztán Trilogy, and its 2017 film adaptation: inspector Amaia Salazar investigates ritualistic murders in Navarre's Baztán valley tied to the Basque basajaun myth.
The Invisible Guest
The Invisible Guest (Contratiempo) is a 2016 Spanish mystery thriller by Oriol Paulo, starring Mario Casas and Ana Wagener, about a businessman building a murder defense; it earned about $30.8 million worldwide and spawned remakes in Italian, Hindi, Telugu, and Korean.
The Irishman
The Irishman is Martin Scorsese's 2019 Netflix crime epic starring Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Joe Pesci, adapted from Charles Brandt's I Heard You Paint Houses about Frank Sheeran's disputed confession to killing Jimmy Hoffa.
The Jesus Rolls
The Jesus Rolls is a 2020 American comedy written, directed by, and starring John Turturro as Jesus Quintana from The Big Lebowski, remaking Bertrand Blier's 1974 French film Going Places (Les Valseuses); released by Screen Media on February 28, 2020, 85 minutes, rated R, and poorly reviewed (Metacritic 44, RT 20%).
The Journalist (新聞記者)
The Journalist (新聞記者, Shinbun Kisha) is a 2019 Japanese political thriller by Michihito Fujii, inspired by Isoko Mochizuki's book, starring Shim Eun-kyung and Tori Matsuzaka; it won three Japan Academy Prizes including Best Picture and spawned a 2022 Netflix series.
The Kill Room
The Kill Room is a 2023 American crime comedy thriller directed by Nicol Paone, starring Uma Thurman, Joe Manganiello, and Samuel L. Jackson as an art dealer, hitman, and boss whose money laundering scheme makes the hitman an avant-garde art star; released September 29, 2023, grossing $139,358 domestically.
The Kitchen (2019 film)
The Kitchen is a 2019 American crime drama in which three mob wives run the Irish mafia rackets of their imprisoned husbands in 1978 Hell's Kitchen, New York City.
The Limehouse Golem
The Limehouse Golem is a 2016 British gothic murder mystery directed by Juan Carlos Medina, written by Jane Goldman from Peter Ackroyd's novel, starring Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke as a detective and accused music-hall star in 1880 London.
The Man in the White Van
The Man in the White Van is a 2024 American thriller directed by Warren Skeels, starring Madison Wolfe, loosely based on Florida serial killer Billy Mansfield Jr.; released December 13, 2024 by Relativity Media.
The Merciless (불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상)
The Merciless (불한당: 나쁜 놈들의 세상) is a 2017 South Korean crime-action film by Byun Sung-hyun starring Sul Kyung-gu and Yim Si-wan as a gangster and undercover cop who bond in prison; it premiered at Cannes Midnight Screenings.
The Mule (2018 film)
The Mule is a 2018 American crime film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, about an elderly horticulturist who becomes a drug courier for a Mexican cartel.
The Negotiation (협상) (film)
The Negotiation (협상) is a 2018 South Korean crime thriller, the first feature directed by Lee Jong-suk, in which Son Ye-jin's police negotiator confronts Hyun Bin's hostage-taker through phone and video talks, released in September 2018.
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.