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I Want Your Sex (film)
I Want Your Sex is a 2026 American comedy film directed by Gregg Araki, starring Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman and premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2026.
Iconoclast (2026 film)
Iconoclast (2026 film): American psychological thriller, Gabriel Basso's directorial debut, premiered at Tribeca June 9, 2026. Stars Basso, Courtney Eaton, Rain Spencer, Noah Centineo, Kiernan Shipka; about parasocial obsession with a streamer.
IHostage
iHostage is a 2025 Dutch Netflix thriller directed by Bobby Boermans, dramatizing the February 22, 2022 Amsterdam Apple Store hostage crisis on Leidseplein, a five-hour standoff with a €200 million cryptocurrency ransom demand; it drew 15.1 million first-week views but only 19% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In Cold Light
In Cold Light (À froid) is a 2025 Canadian crime thriller, Maxime Giroux's first English-language feature, starring Maika Monroe as Ava, a paroled drug dealer hunted after witnessing her twin brother's murder, with Troy Kotsur and Helen Hunt.
In the Heart of the South
In the Heart of the South is a 2026 Canadian psychological thriller by Inuk director Nyla Innuksuk, starring Anna Lambe and Zorga Qaunaq, which premiered at TIFF 2026 and satirizes the exploitation of Indigenous artists in Toronto's art scene.
Inheritance (2025 film)
Inheritance (2025) is a Neil Burger espionage thriller starring Phoebe Dynevor and Rhys Ifans, shot guerrilla-style entirely on an iPhone 13, released by IFC Films on January 24, 2025, grossing $425,035 worldwide.
Is God Is (film)
Is God Is is a 2026 American revenge thriller, Aleshea Harris's feature directorial debut adapted from her Obie-winning 2018 play, starring Kara Young, Mallori Johnson, Vivica A. Fox, and Sterling K. Brown; released May 15, 2026 by Amazon MGM Studios.
It Was Just an Accident
It Was Just an Accident (Un Simple Accident) is Jafar Panahi's 2025 Palme d'Or-winning thriller in which an Iranian ex-prisoner kidnaps a man he suspects was his torturer; France's Oscar submission, nominated for Best International Feature and Original Screenplay.
Jack of Spades (2027 film)
Jack of Spades is Joel Coen's upcoming 2027 gothic mystery set in 1880s Scotland, written with Eleanor Catton, starring Josh O'Connor, Damian Lewis, Lesley Manville, and Frances McDormand; shot in Glasgow and Culross in 2025, delayed from 2026.
Josephine (2026 film)
Josephine is a 2026 American drama by Beth de Araújo, based on her childhood, in which eight-year-old Mason Reeves witnesses a sexual assault in Golden Gate Park; it won Sundance 2026's Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award, starring Channing Tatum and Gemma Chan.
Just Play Dead
Just Play Dead is a 2026 crime thriller directed by Martin Campbell, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Eva Green as spouses with rival murder schemes, released in limited US theaters August 28, 2026 and on VOD September 1, scoring 9% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Kalamkaval
Kalamkaval (കളങ്കാവൽ) is a 2025 Malayalam crime thriller directed by debutant Jithin K Jose, produced by Mammootty Kampany, starring Mammootty as serial killer Stanley Das and Vinayakan as SI Jayakrishnan; released December 5, 2025, streaming on SonyLIV from January 15, 2026.
Karma (2026 film)
Karma (2026) is a French psychological thriller by Guillaume Canet, starring Marion Cotillard, Denis Ménochet, Leonardo Sbaraglia, and Luis Zahera. Premiered out of competition at Cannes 2026 on 15 May; Pathé released it in France on 21 October 2026.
Killer Whale (2026 film)
Killer Whale (2026) is an Australian survival thriller directed by Jo-Anne Brechin, starring Virginia Gardner and Mel Jarnson as friends trapped by the escaped orca Ceto; released by Lionsgate January 16, 2026, 89 minutes, poorly reviewed.
Kockroach (film)
Kockroach is an upcoming Matt Ross crime drama adapting William Lashner's 2007 novel (as Tyler Knox), starring Chris Hemsworth, Taron Egerton, and Zazie Beetz; a cockroach becomes human in 1950s New York and rises to crime boss. Filmed in Sydney; in post-production as of October 2026.
Kommersant (Коммерсантъ) (film)
Kommersant (Коммерсантъ), 2025 Russian crime drama by Fyodor and Nikita Kravchuk, adapted from Andrei Rubanov's novel Sazhayte, i vyrastet; Alexander Petrov plays a 1990s banker surviving Matrosskaya Tishina prison.
LifeHack (film)
LifeHack is a 2025 British screenlife cyber-heist thriller, Ronan Corrigan's feature debut, starring Georgie Farmer and Yasmin Finney as teen hackers who rob a crypto billionaire and are blackmailed by his daughter. Premiered at SXSW 2025; released in US theaters May 15, 2026 and on Netflix US September 23, 2026.
Lifeline (2025 film)
Lifeline (2025) is an American mystery thriller directed by Feras Alfuqaha, starring Josh Stewart as a suicide hotline operator called by someone claiming to be his younger self; released February 21, 2025 by Dark Sky Films. Other 2025 works share the title.
Little Lorraine (film)
Little Lorraine is a 2025 Canadian crime drama, Andy Hines's feature debut, based on Adam Baldwin's song "Lighthouse in Little Lorraine," about a 60-person Cape Breton fishing town drawn into 1980s cocaine smuggling; premiered at TIFF, released April 17, 2026.
Locked (film)
Locked is a 2025 American horror-thriller film directed by David Yarovesky, in which Bill Skarsgård's thief is trapped in an SUV controlled by Anthony Hopkins.
Lurker (film)
Lurker is a 2025 psychological thriller, the feature debut of Alex Russell (The Bear, Beef), starring Théodore Pellerin and Archie Madekwe; a retail clerk infiltrates a pop star's entourage. MUBI release, Sundance 2025, Spirit Award winner.
Luther 3
Luther 3 (Series Three) is the third season of the BBC crime drama Luther, written by Neil Cross and starring Idris Elba as DCI John Luther; filmed from November 2012, broadcast July 2013 in four episodes, ending with Neil Cross's 2013 announcement of no fourth season.
Maigret and the Dead Lover
Maigret and the Dead Lover (Maigret et le mort amoureux) is Pascal Bonitzer's 2025 French crime film adapting Simenon's 1960 novel Maigret et les vieillards, starring Denis Podalydès as Maigret investigating a former ambassador's murder, released in France 18 February 2026.
Manila's Finest (2025 film)
Manila's Finest is a 2025 Filipino period crime thriller directed by Raymond Red, set in 1969 Manila before martial law, starring Piolo Pascual as police captain Homer Magtibay. An MMFF 2025 entry, it won eight awards including Third Best Picture and Best Cinematography, and streamed on Netflix from August 2026.
Mareechika
Mareechika (మరీచిక) is a 2026 Telugu psychological crime thriller directed by Satish Kasetty, starring Viraj Ashwin, Regina Cassandra, and Anupama Parameswaran; released 29 May 2026, streaming on Prime Video from 19 June 2026.
Minotaur (Минотавр) (2026 film)
Minotaur (Минотавр) is Andrey Zvyagintsev's 2026 France-Latvia-Germany drama, a loose remake of Chabrol's The Unfaithful Wife set in 2022 Russia, about a CEO ordered to supply 14 employees for mobilization who suspects his wife's affair; it won the Cannes Grand Prix.
Moses the Black (film)
Moses the Black is a 2026 American crime drama directed by Yelena Popovic, starring Omar Epps, Wiz Khalifa, Quavo, and Chukwudi Iwuji, executive produced by 50 Cent, released theatrically January 30, 2026 by Fathom Entertainment.
Murder at the Embassy
Murder at the Embassy (Meurtre à l'ambassade) is a 2025 Lionsgate mystery film, sequel to Invitation to a Murder, directed by Stephen Shimek, with Mischa Barton as detective Miranda Green investigating a 1934 killing and document theft at the British Embassy in Cairo.
My Father, the BTK Killer
My Father, the BTK Killer is a 2025 Netflix true crime documentary directed by Skye Borgman, telling the Dennis Rader BTK murders story through daughter Kerri Rawson, based on her 2019 memoir.
Neighborhood Watch (film)
Neighborhood Watch (2025 film), Duncan Skiles crime thriller written by Sean Farley, starring Jack Quaid and Jeffrey Dean Morgan; released April 25, 2025 by RLJE Films, distinct from the Aimee Graham film and the 2012 comedy The Watch.