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A Fall from Grace
A Fall from Grace is Tyler Perry's 2020 Netflix thriller, his first film for the streamer, starring Crystal Fox, Phylicia Rashad, Bresha Webb, and Cicely Tyson; shot in five days in Atlanta, seen by 39 million households in its first month.
A Family (2021 film)
A Family (ヤクザと家族 The Family) is a 2021 Japanese yakuza crime drama directed and written by Michihito Fujii, starring Go Ayano and Hiroshi Tachi, spanning 1999, 2005, and 2019; released January 29, 2021, later on Netflix.
Alice (2022 film)
Alice (2022) is Krystin Ver Linden's directorial debut thriller-drama, premiering at Sundance and released March 18, 2022. Keke Palmer plays an enslaved woman who escapes a Georgia plantation and learns it is 1973; inspired by peonage accounts, it scored 28% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Alice, Darling
Alice, Darling is a 2022 psychological drama, Mary Nighy's feature directorial debut written by Alanna Francis, starring Anna Kendrick as a woman in a psychologically abusive relationship with Simon (Charlie Carrick), premiered at TIFF September 11, 2022, released by Lionsgate, grossing $165,264 worldwide.
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives (2022) is an American spy thriller directed by Janus Metz, adapted by Olen Steinhauer from his 2015 novel, starring Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton as ex-lover CIA officers hunting a Vienna-station mole; released by Amazon Studios.
Alone (2020 thriller film)
Alone (2020) is John Hyams' American survival thriller, a remake of the 2011 Swedish film Gone (Försvunnen), starring Jules Willcox as widowed Jessica hunted by killer Marc Menchaca in the Pacific Northwest; distinct from two other 2020 films of the same name.
Ambulance (2022 film)
Ambulance (2022) is a Michael Bay American action thriller, a remake of the Danish film Ambulancen (2005), starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and Eiza González; a $40 million, 36-day Los Angeles shoot that opened to $8.7 million domestically and mixed reviews.
Amsterdam (2022 film)
Amsterdam (2022) is David O. Russell's period mystery-comedy starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as 1933 friends framed for murder, loosely based on the Business Plot; it earned $6.5 million on an $80 million budget and 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Arkansas (film)
Arkansas (2020) is Clark Duke's directorial debut, a Lionsgate crime film adapted from John Brandon's 2008 novel, starring Liam Hemsworth, Vince Vaughn, and John Malkovich; released on VOD May 5, 2020.
As Bestas
As Bestas (The Beasts) is a 2022 Spanish-French rural thriller by Rodrigo Sorogoyen and Isabel Peña, starring Denis Ménochet and Marina Foïs as French farmers in Galicia clashing with neighbors over a wind farm; winner of nine 2023 Goya Awards.
As Good as Dead (2022 film)
As Good as Dead (2022) is a Samuel Goldwyn Films action film directed by R. Ellis Frazier, written by and starring Michael Jai White as an ex-cop in witness protection in Mexico, with Tom Berenger; released December 16, 2022.
Beasts Clawing at Straws (지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들)
Beasts Clawing at Straws (지푸라기라도 잡고 싶은 짐승들) is a 2020 South Korean crime thriller, Kim Yonghoon's debut feature adapted from Keisuke Sone's novel, which won the Rotterdam Tiger Competition Special Jury Award and drew 626,815 admissions in Korea.
Blindfire
Blindfire (2020 film), Michael Nell's debut crime drama produced by Howard Barish's Kandoo Films, stars Brian Geraghty as a cop who kills an innocent Black man during a swatting prank call; released November 13, 2020.
Cherry (2021 film)
Cherry (2021) is a Russo brothers crime drama on Apple TV+, starring Tom Holland as an Iraq War medic veteran with PTSD who becomes an opioid addict and bank robber, adapted from Nico Walker's semi-autobiographical novel; critically panned at 37% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Christmas Carol (크리스마스 캐럴) (2022 film)
Christmas Carol (크리스마스 캐럴) is a 2022 South Korean action thriller directed by Kim Sung-soo, based on Joo Won-kyu's novel, starring Park Jin-young as twin brothers in a juvenile-detention revenge story; released December 7, 2022, 130 minutes, 18+ rating.
Cliff Walkers (悬崖之上)
Cliff Walkers (悬崖之上), also released as Impasse, is a 2021 Chinese spy thriller directed by Zhang Yimou, following four Soviet-trained agents betrayed during a secret mission in 1930s Manchukuo.
Crisis (2021 film)
Crisis (2021), also released as Dreamland, is a drama-thriller written and directed by Nicholas Jarecki, starring Gary Oldman, Armie Hammer, and Evangeline Lilly in three interwoven opioid-epidemic stories; it grossed $1,099,426 worldwide.
Cruella (film)
Cruella (film), also known as Disney's Cruella, is a 2021 American crime comedy. It stars Emma Stone and Emma Thompson, and is set in 1970s London.
Cut Throat City
Cut Throat City (2020) is a crime drama directed by RZA, written by P.G. Cuschieri, about four friends in post-Katrina New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward who turn to heist after FEMA fails them; Well Go USA release, $864,928 worldwide gross.
Dangerous Lies (2020 film)
Dangerous Lies is a 2020 Netflix thriller, originally titled Windfall, directed by Michael M. Scott, starring Camila Mendes as a caregiver who inherits her patient's estate; 96 minutes, 24% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Deep Water (2022 film)
Deep Water (2022) is an erotic thriller directed by Adrian Lyne, starring Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas, adapted from Patricia Highsmith's 1957 novel and released on Hulu on March 18, 2022 after its theatrical release was canceled.
Detective vs. Sleuths (神探大战)
Detective vs. Sleuths (神探大战) is a 2022 Hong Kong crime action film directed by Wai Ka-Fai, starring Lau Ching-wan as a disgraced detective hunting vigilante killers.
Diabolik: Ginko Attacks!
Diabolik: Ginko Attacks! (Diabolik - Ginko all'attacco!) is a 2022 Italian crime thriller by the Manetti Bros., the second film of their Diabolik trilogy, adapting comic issue no. 16 (1964), with Giacomo Gianniotti replacing Luca Marinelli and Monica Bellucci as Altea.
Don't Worry Darling
Don't Worry Darling (2022) is Olivia Wilde's psychological thriller starring Florence Pugh and Harry Styles, set in the 1950s company town Victory; it premiered at Venice, grossed $45.3M in the US, and scored 38% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Emily the Criminal
Emily the Criminal is a 2022 American crime thriller directed by John Patton Ford, starring Aubrey Plaza as a debt-ridden woman drawn into credit card fraud in Los Angeles.
Equal Standard
Equal Standard is a 2020 American crime drama, also called Equal Standard (film), written and produced by Taheim Bryan, directed by Brendan Kyle Cochrane, starring Ice-T, about an NYPD detective's racially charged shooting, released 2020-2021.
Every Breath You Take (film)
Every Breath You Take (originally You Belong to Me) is a 2021 psychological thriller directed by Vaughn Stein, starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, and Sam Claflin, released April 2, 2021 by Vertical Entertainment to poor reviews.
Fall (2022 film)
Fall (2022) is a Scott Mann survival thriller starring Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner as friends stranded atop a 2,000-foot tower; $18.2M gross on $3M budget, spawned Fall 2: Deadpoint.
Fatal Affair
Fatal Affair is a 2020 Netflix thriller, titled Obsession in development, directed by Peter Sullivan, starring Nia Long, Omar Epps, and Stephen Bishop; released July 16, 2020, 89 minutes, poorly reviewed (19% on Rotten Tomatoes) but a top US streaming hit.
Fatale (film)
Fatale is a 2020 American psychological thriller directed by Deon Taylor, in which Hilary Swank plays a detective who entangles married sports agent Michael Ealy after a one-night stand.