Favourite Thriller
by JPatrickC | created - 25 Oct 2020 | updated - 5 months ago | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. The Invitation (I) (2015)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
When a man accepts an invitation to a dinner party hosted by his ex-wife, the unsettling past reopens old wounds and creates new tensions.
Director: Karyn Kusama | Stars: Logan Marshall-Green, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Michiel Huisman, Tammy Blanchard
Votes: 119,103 | Gross: $0.23M
2. World War Z (2013)
PG-13 | 116 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Former United Nations employee Gerry Lane traverses the world in a race against time to stop a zombie pandemic that is toppling armies and governments and threatens to destroy humanity itself.
Director: Marc Forster | Stars: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, James Badge Dale
Votes: 719,555 | Gross: $202.36M
3. Life (I) (2017)
R | 104 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A team of scientists aboard the International Space Station discover a rapidly evolving life form that caused extinction on Mars and now threatens all life on Earth.
Director: Daniel Espinosa | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Hiroyuki Sanada
Votes: 253,919 | Gross: $30.23M
4. The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)
TV-MA | 101 min | Comedy, Horror
Two years after Cole survived a satanic blood cult, he's living another nightmare: high school. And the demons from his past? Still making his life hell.
Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Jenna Ortega, Emily Alyn Lind
Votes: 50,947
5. The Babysitter (I) (2017)
TV-MA | 85 min | Comedy, Horror
When Cole stays up past his bedtime, he discovers that his hot baby sitter belongs to a satanic cult that will stop at nothing to keep him quiet.
Director: McG | Stars: Judah Lewis, Samara Weaving, Robbie Amell, Hana Mae Lee
Votes: 108,206
6. Run (I) (2020)
PG-13 | 90 min | Mystery, Thriller
Chloe, a teenager who is confined to a wheelchair, is homeschooled by her mother, Diane. Chloe soon becomes suspicious of her mother and begins to suspect that she may be harboring a dark secret.
Director: Aneesh Chaganty | Stars: Sarah Paulson, Kiera Allen, Sara Sohn, Pat Healy
Votes: 95,851
7. Mean Dreams (2016)
R | 108 min | Drama, Thriller
Follows Casey and Jonas, two teenagers desperate to escape their broken and abusive homes and examines the desperation of life on the run and the beauty of first love.
Director: Nathan Morlando | Stars: Josh Wiggins, Sophie Nélisse, Joe Cobden, Bill Paxton
Votes: 4,850
8. Assassination Nation (2018)
R | 108 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
After a malicious data hack exposes the secrets of the perpetually American town of Salem, chaos descends and four girls must fight to survive, while coping with the hack themselves.
Director: Sam Levinson | Stars: Odessa Young, Abra, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef
Votes: 21,758 | Gross: $1.96M
9. Prometheus (I) (2012)
R | 124 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Following clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Noomi Rapace, Logan Marshall-Green, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron
Votes: 644,291 | Gross: $126.48M
10. Alien: Covenant (2017)
R | 122 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The crew of a colony ship, bound for a remote planet, discover an uncharted paradise with a threat beyond their imagination, and must attempt a harrowing escape.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston, Billy Crudup, Danny McBride
Votes: 304,022 | Gross: $74.26M
11. Signs (2002)
PG-13 | 106 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A widowed former reverend living with his children and brother on a Pennsylvania farm finds mysterious crop circles in their fields, which suggests something more frightening to come.
Director: M. Night Shyamalan | Stars: Mel Gibson, Joaquin Phoenix, Rory Culkin, Abigail Breslin
Votes: 385,769 | Gross: $227.97M
12. A Quiet Place Part II (2020)
PG-13 | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Following the events at home, the Abbott family now face the terrors of the outside world. Forced to venture into the unknown, they realize the creatures that hunt by sound are not the only threats lurking beyond the sand path.
Director: John Krasinski | Stars: Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Cillian Murphy, John Krasinski
Votes: 272,979 | Gross: $160.07M
13. Don't Breathe (2016)
R | 88 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
Hoping to walk away with a massive fortune, a trio of thieves break into the house of a blind man who isn't as helpless as he seems.
Director: Fede Alvarez | Stars: Stephen Lang, Jane Levy, Dylan Minnette, Daniel Zovatto
Votes: 300,609 | Gross: $89.22M
14. False Positive (2021)
R | 92 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
As if getting pregnant weren't complicated enough, Lucy sets out to uncover the unsettling truth about her fertility doctor.
Director: John Lee | Stars: Ilana Glazer, Justin Theroux, Gretchen Mol, Sabina Gadecki
Votes: 7,382
15. Blood Red Sky (2021)
TV-MA | 121 min | Action, Drama, Horror
A woman with a mysterious illness is forced into action when a group of terrorists attempt to hijack a transatlantic overnight flight.
Director: Peter Thorwarth | Stars: Peri Baumeister, Carl Anton Koch, Alexander Scheer, Kais Setti
Votes: 54,705
16. Retreat (I) (2011)
R | 90 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
Director: Carl Tibbetts | Stars: Thandiwe Newton, Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Jimmy Yuill
Votes: 12,698
17. The Debt (I) (2010)
R | 113 min | Drama, Thriller
In 1965, three Mossad Agents cross into East Berlin to apprehend a notorious Nazi war criminal. Thirty years later, the secrets the Agents share come back to haunt them.
Director: John Madden | Stars: Helen Mirren, Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, Jessica Chastain
Votes: 71,883 | Gross: $31.18M
18. Fresh (2022)
R | 114 min | Horror, Thriller
After quitting dating apps, a woman meets the supposedly perfect man and accepts his invitation to a romantic weekend getaway, only to find that her new paramour has been hiding some unusual appetites.
Director: Mimi Cave | Stars: Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sebastian Stan, Jojo T. Gibbs, Andrea Bang
Votes: 74,185
19. Voyagers (2021)
PG-13 | 108 min | Adventure, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A crew of astronauts on a multi-generational mission descend into paranoia and madness, not knowing what is real or not.
Director: Neil Burger | Stars: Colin Farrell, Tye Sheridan, Lily-Rose Depp, Fionn Whitehead
Votes: 26,730
20. My Son (I) (2021)
R | 95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Edmond Murray searches for answers deep in the Highlands after receiving a frantic call from his ex-wife that their seven-year-old son went missing from a campsite.
Director: Christian Carion | Stars: James McAvoy, Claire Foy, Tom Cullen, Gary Lewis
Votes: 15,893
21. Thoroughbreds (2017)
R | 92 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Two upper-class teenage girls in suburban Connecticut rekindle their unlikely friendship after years of growing apart. Together, they hatch a plan to solve both of their problems-no matter what the cost.
Director: Cory Finley | Stars: Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy, Anton Yelchin, Paul Sparks
Votes: 46,424 | Gross: $2.83M
22. Pilgrimage (II) (2017)
Not Rated | 96 min | Action, Drama, History
In 13th-century Ireland, a group of monks must escort a sacred relic across a landscape fraught with peril.
Director: Brendan Muldowney | Stars: Tom Holland, Richard Armitage, Jon Bernthal, Nikos Karathanos
Votes: 6,432
23. Hotel Mumbai (2018)
R | 123 min | Action, Drama, History
The true story of the Taj Hotel terrorist attack in Mumbai. Hotel staff risk their lives to keep everyone safe as people make unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and their families.
Director: Anthony Maras | Stars: Dev Patel, Armie Hammer, Nazanin Boniadi, Anupam Kher
Votes: 70,792 | Gross: $9.65M
24. Man on a Ledge (2012)
PG-13 | 102 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
Director: Asger Leth | Stars: Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Mandy Gonzalez
Votes: 158,551 | Gross: $18.62M
25. The Rental (2020)
R | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Two couples rent a vacation home for what should be a celebratory weekend get-away.
Director: Dave Franco | Stars: Dan Stevens, Alison Brie, Sheila Vand, Jeremy Allen White
Votes: 38,170
26. Eye in the Sky (2015)
R | 102 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Col. Katherine Powell, a military officer in command of an operation to capture terrorists in Kenya, sees her mission escalate when a girl enters the kill zone triggering an international dispute over the implications of modern warfare.
Director: Gavin Hood | Stars: Helen Mirren, Aaron Paul, Alan Rickman, Barkhad Abdi
Votes: 91,505 | Gross: $18.70M
27. The Interpreter (2005)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Political intrigue and deception unfold inside the United Nations, where a U.S. Secret Service agent is assigned to investigate an interpreter who overhears an assassination plot.
Director: Sydney Pollack | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener, Jesper Christensen
Votes: 110,935 | Gross: $72.71M
28. Miami Vice (2006)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Based on the 1980s TV action/drama, this update focuses on vice detectives Crockett and Tubbs as their respective personal and professional lives become dangerously intertwined.
Director: Michael Mann | Stars: Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Gong Li, Naomie Harris
Votes: 123,752 | Gross: $63.45M
29. Nope (2022)
R | 130 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
The residents of a lonely gulch in inland California bear witness to an uncanny and chilling discovery.
Director: Jordan Peele | Stars: Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Brandon Perea, Michael Wincott
Votes: 266,026 | Gross: $123.28M
30. The Wedding Guest (2018)
R | 96 min | Thriller
A story centered on a mysterious British Muslim man (Dev Patel) on his journey across Pakistan and India.
Director: Michael Winterbottom | Stars: Dev Patel, Nish Nathwani, Clara Hall, Harish Kunverji
Votes: 6,604 | Gross: $0.38M
31. Nightride (2021)
97 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Nightride is a real time, one shot thriller about a dealer trying to pull off one last job in order to go straight.
Director: Stephen Fingleton | Stars: Moe Dunford, Joana Ribeiro, Gerard Jordan, Ciaran Flynn
Votes: 919
32. Disturbia (2007)
PG-13 | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When a teenager is placed under house arrest, he succumbs to despair and starts spying on his neighbors, hoping to spice up his life. This, however, leads him to witness a serial killer on the loose.
Director: D.J. Caruso | Stars: Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss, Sarah Roemer
Votes: 248,305 | Gross: $80.21M
33. Lou (I) (2022)
R | 107 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
A storm rages. A young girl is kidnapped. Her mother teams up with the mysterious woman next door to pursue the kidnapper, a journey that tests their limits and exposes shocking secrets from their pasts.
Director: Anna Foerster | Stars: Allison Janney, Jurnee Smollett, Logan Marshall-Green, Ridley Asha Bateman
Votes: 33,506
34. Barbarian (2022)
R | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A woman staying at an Airbnb discovers that the house she has rented is not what it seems.
Director: Zach Cregger | Stars: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis
Votes: 180,563
35. Significant Other (2022)
R | 84 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Follows a young couple who take a remote backpacking trip through the Pacific Northwest and face sinister events leading them to realize that everything about the place is not as it seems.
Directors: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen | Stars: Maika Monroe, Jake Lacy, Matthew Yang King, Dana Green
Votes: 13,811
36. The Menu (2022)
R | 107 min | Comedy, Horror, Thriller
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Director: Mark Mylod | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau
Votes: 392,440 | Gross: $38.50M
37. Emily the Criminal (2022)
R | 97 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Down on her luck and saddled with debt, Emily gets involved in a credit card scam that pulls her into the criminal underworld of Los Angeles, ultimately leading to deadly consequences.
Director: John Patton Ford | Stars: Aubrey Plaza, Theo Rossi, Bernardo Badillo, John Billingsley
Votes: 55,355
38. Girl (I) (2020)
92 min | Mystery, Thriller
A young woman returns to her small hometown intent on killing her abusive father only to discover someone murdered him the day before. As the girl searches for answers, she uncovers a family legacy more dangerous than she'd imagined.
Director: Chad Faust | Stars: Bella Thorne, Emma-Leigh Cullum, Elizabeth Saunders, Michael Lipka
Votes: 4,008
39. Silent Night (I) (2021)
Not Rated | 92 min | Comedy, Drama
Nell, Simon, and their 3 sons are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.
Director: Camille Griffin | Stars: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis
Votes: 20,001
40. Enough (I) (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After running away fails, a terrified woman empowers herself in order to battle her abusive husband.
Director: Michael Apted | Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen, Juliette Lewis
Votes: 47,769 | Gross: $40.01M
41. The Operative (2019)
TV-MA | 116 min | Action, Drama, Mystery
A woman is recruited by the Mossad to work undercover in Tehran.
Director: Yuval Adler | Stars: Diane Kruger, Martin Freeman, Cas Anvar, Rotem Keinan
Votes: 7,530
42. It Comes at Night (2017)
R | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Secure within a desolate home as an unnatural threat terrorizes the world, a man has established a tenuous domestic order with his wife and son. Then a desperate young family arrives seeking refuge.
Director: Trey Edward Shults | Stars: Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott, Carmen Ejogo, Riley Keough
Votes: 103,120 | Gross: $13.99M
43. Barbarians (2021)
89 min | Crime, Horror, Thriller
A dinner party in a country house that sees four friends come together for a birthday celebration. But as the night progresses secrets emerge and unsettling events begin to unfold around them.
Director: Charles Dorfman | Stars: Tom Cullen, Inès Spiridonov, Iwan Rheon, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Votes: 2,736
44. Prey (I) (2022)
R | 100 min | Action, Adventure, Horror
Naru, a skilled warrior of the Comanche Nation, fights to protect her tribe against one of the first highly-evolved Predators to land on Earth.
Director: Dan Trachtenberg | Stars: Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers, Dane DiLiegro, Stormee Kipp
Votes: 227,262
45. Bones and All (2022)
R | 131 min | Drama, Horror, Romance
A young woman embarks on a 1000 mile odyssey through America where she meets a disenfranchised drifter. But all roads lead back to their terrifying pasts and to a final stand that will determine whether love can survive their otherness.
Director: Luca Guadagnino | Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Taylor Russell, Mark Rylance, Kendle Coffey
Votes: 57,999
46. Watcher (I) (2022)
R | 96 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A young American actress moves with her husband to Bucharest, and begins to suspect that a stranger who watches her from an apartment window may be a serial killer.
Director: Chloe Okuno | Stars: Maika Monroe, Karl Glusman, Burn Gorman, Tudor Petrut
Votes: 42,486
47. Marrowbone (2017)
R | 110 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A young man and his three younger siblings, who have kept secret the death of their beloved mother in order to remain together, are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor in which they live.
Director: Sergio G. Sánchez | Stars: George MacKay, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Mia Goth
Votes: 39,487 | Gross: $0.00M
48. MI-5 (2015)
R | 104 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
When a terrorist escapes custody during a routine handover, Will Holloway must team with disgraced MI5 Intelligence Chief Harry Pearce to track him down before an imminent terrorist attack on London.
Director: Bharat Nalluri | Stars: Kit Harington, Peter Firth, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Wildman
Votes: 23,903
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