Top 100 Thriller Movies List

#40 Thriller Movie

The Fast and the Furious (2001) PG-13

Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Connor must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.

Director:

Rob Cohen, Mel City

Writers:

Ken Li, Gary Scott Thompson

Stars:

Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Michelle Rodriguez

#39 Thriller Movie

Source Code (1911) bPG-13

A soldier wakes up in someone else's body and discovers he's part of an experimental government program to find the bomber of a commuter train. A mission he has only 8 minutes to complete.

Director:

Duncan Jones

Writers:

Ben Ripley

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga

#38 Thriller Movie

Vanilla Sky (2001) R

A self-indulgent and vain publishing magnate finds his privileged life upended after a vehicular accident with a resentful lover.

Director:

Cameron Crowe

Writers:

Alejandro Amenábar, Mateo Gil

Stars:

Tom Cruise, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz

#37 Thriller Movie

The Village (2004) PG-13

A series of events tests the beliefs of a small isolated countryside village.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

M. Night Shyamalan

Stars:

Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Joaquin Phoenix

#36 Thriller Movie

Shutter Island (2010) R

In 1954, a U.S. marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane.

Director:

Martin Scorsese

Writers:

Laeta Kalogridis, Dennis Lehane

Stars:

Leonardo DiCaprio, Emily Mortimer, Mark Ruffalo

#35 Thriller Movie

The Accountant (2016) R

As a math savant uncooks the books for a new client, the Treasury Department closes in on his activities, and the body count starts to rise.

Director:

Gavin O'Connor

Writers:

Bill Dubuque

Stars:

Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons

#34 Thriller Movie

The Happening (2008) R

A science teacher, his wife, and a young girl struggle to survive a plague that causes those infected to commit suicide.

Director:

M. Night Shyamalan

Writers:

M. Night Shyamalan

Stars:

Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo

#33 Thriller Movie

Next (2007) PG-13

A Las Vegas magician who can see into the future is pursued by FBI agents seeking to use his abilities to prevent a nuclear terrorist attack.

Director:

Lee Tamahori

Writers:

Gary Goldman, Jonathan Hensleigh

Stars:

Nicolas Cage, Julianne Moore, Jessica Biel

#32 Thriller Movie

From Hell (2001) R

In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.

Director:

Albert Hughes, Allen Hughes

Writers:

Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell

Stars:

Johnny Depp, Heather Graham, Ian Holm

#31 Thriller Movie

V for Vendetta (2005) R

In a future British tyranny, a shadowy freedom fighter, known only by the alias of "V", plots to overthrow it with the help of a young woman.

Director:

James McTeigue

Writers:

Lilly Wachowski, Lana Wachowski

Stars:

Hugo Weaving, Natalie Portman, Rupert Graves

#30 Thriller Movie

10 Cloverfield Lane (2016) PG-13

After getting in a car accident, a woman is held in a shelter with two men, who claim the outside world is affected by a widespread chemical attack.

Director:

Dan Trachtenberg

Writers:

Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken

Stars:

John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr.

#29 Thriller Movie

The Bourne Identity (2002) PG-13

A man is picked up by a fishing boat, bullet-riddled and suffering from amnesia, before racing to elude assassins and regain his memory.

Director:

Doug Liman

Writers:

Tony Gilroy, W. Blake Herron

Stars:

Franka Potente, Matt Damon, Chris Cooper

#28 Thriller Movie

The Last Boy Scout (1991) R

A down and out cynical detective teams up with a down and out ex-quarterback to try and solve a murder case involving a pro football team and a politician.

Director:

Tony Scott

Writers:

Shane Black, Greg Hicks

Stars:

Bruce Willis, Damon Wayans, Chelsea Field

#27 Thriller Movie

The Girl on the Train (2016) R

A divorcee becomes entangled in a missing persons investigation that promises to send shockwaves throughout her life.

Director:

Tate Taylor

Writers:

Erin Cressida Wilson, Paula Hawkins

Stars:

Emily Blunt, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson

#26 Thriller Movie

Limitless (2011) PG-13

With the help of a mysterious pill that enables the user to access 100 percent of his brain abilities, a struggling writer becomes a financial wizard, but it also puts him in a new world with lots of dangers.

Director:

Neil Burger

Writers:

Leslie Dixon, Alan Glynn

Stars:

Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish

#25 Thriller Movie

Mine (2016)

After a failed assassination attempt, a soldier finds himself stranded in the desert. Exposed to the elements, he must survive the dangers of the desert and battle the psychological and physical tolls of the treacherous conditions.

Director:

Fabio Guaglione, Fabio Resinaro

Writers:

Fabio Guaglione, Fabio Resinaro

Stars:

Armie Hammer, Annabelle Wallis, Tom Cullen

#24 Thriller Movie

Nightcrawler (2014) R

When Louis Bloom, a con man desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story.

Director:

Dan Gilroy

Writers:

Dan Gilroy

Stars:

Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Bill Paxton

#23 Thriller Movie

The Experiment (2010) R

26 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.

Director:

Paul Scheuring

Writers:

Paul Scheuring, Mario Giordano

Stars:

Adrien Brody, Cam Gigandet, Forest Whitaker

#22 Thriller Movie

Hannibal (2001) R

Living in exile, Hannibal Lecter tries to reconnect with now disgraced FBI agent Clarice Starling and finds himself a target for revenge from a powerful victim.

Director:

Ridley Scott

Writers:

Thomas Harris, David Mamet

Stars:

Anthony Hopkins, Julianne Moore, Gary Oldman

#21 Thriller Movie

Hanna (2011) PG-13

A sixteen-year-old girl who was raised by her father to be the perfect assassin is dispatched on a mission across Europe, tracked by a ruthless intelligence agent and her operatives.

Director:

Joe Wright

Writers:

Seth Lochhead, David Farr

Stars:

Saoirse Ronan, Cate Blanchett, Eric Bana

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