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Displaying Search Results: 111 Best Movies in Genre Thriller

...And Justice for All ( 1979 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  119

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Norman Jewison

Writer:   Valerie Curtin | Barry Levinson

Stars:   Al Pacino | Jack Warden | John Forsythe | Lee Strasberg

Plot:    A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.

The China Syndrome ( 1979 )

Genre:   Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  122

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  James Bridges

Writer:   Mike Gray | T.S. Cook | James Bridges

Stars:   Jane Fonda | Jack Lemmon | Michael Douglas | Scott Brady

Plot:    A reporter finds what appears to be a cover-up of safety hazards at a nuclear power plant.

Der amerikanische Freund ( 1977 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  128

Country:  West Germany | France

Language:  German | English | French

Director:  Wim Wenders

Writer:   Patricia Highsmith | Wim Wenders

Stars:   Dennis Hopper | Bruno Ganz | Lisa Kreuzer | GĂ©rard Blain

Plot:    Tom Ripley, who deals in forged art, suggests a picture framer he knows would make a good hit man.

Marathon Man ( 1976 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  125

Country:  United States

Language:  English | French | German

Director:  John Schlesinger

Writer:   William Goldman | William Goldman

Stars:   Dustin Hoffman | Laurence Olivier | Roy Scheider | William Devane

Plot:    After the murder of his older brother, a New York history student is hounded by shadowy government agents on the trail of a Nazi war criminal who is trying to retrieve smuggled diamonds.

Professione: reporter ( 1975 )

Genre:   Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  126

Country:  Italy | France | Spain

Language:  English | Spanish | German

Director:  Michelangelo Antonioni

Writer:   Mark Peploe | Mark Peploe | Enrico Sannia | Michelangelo Antonioni | Miguel de Echarri | Peter Wollen

Stars:   Jack Nicholson | Maria Schneider | Jenny Runacre | Ian Hendry

Plot:    Unable to find the war he's been asked to cover, a frustrated war correspondent takes the risky path of co-opting the identity of a dead arms-deal acquaintance.

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller | Western

Runtime:  112

Country:  United States | Mexico

Language:  English | Spanish | Latin

Director:  Sam Peckinpah

Writer:   Gordon T. Dawson | Sam Peckinpah | Frank Kowalski | Sam Peckinpah

Stars:   Warren Oates | Isela Vega | Robert Webber | Gig Young

Plot:    An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

Frenzy ( 1972 )

Genre:   Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  116

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Alfred Hitchcock

Writer:   Arthur La Bern | Anthony Shaffer

Stars:   Jon Finch | Barry Foster | Barbara Leigh-Hunt | Anna Massey

Plot:    A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.

Straw Dogs ( 1971 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  113

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English

Director:  Sam Peckinpah

Writer:   David Zelag Goodman | Sam Peckinpah | Gordon Williams

Stars:   Dustin Hoffman | Susan George | Peter Vaughan | T.P. McKenna

Plot:    A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment.

Conclave ( 2024 )

Genre:   Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  120

Country:  United Kingdom | United States

Language:  English | Italian | Spanish

Director:  Edward Berger

Writer:   Peter Straughan | Robert Harris

Stars:   Ralph Fiennes | Jacek Koman | Lucian Msamati | Stanley Tucci

Plot:    When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the...

Ying hung boon sik ( 1986 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  95

Country:  Hong Kong SAR China

Language:  Cantonese | Mandarin | English

Director:  John Woo

Writer:   Hing-Ka Chan | Suk-Wah Leung | John Woo

Stars:   Lung Ti | Chow Yun-Fat | Leslie Cheung | Emily Chu

Plot:    A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

Beverly Hills Cop ( 1984 )

Genre:   Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  105

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Martin Brest

Writer:   Daniel Petrie Jr. | Danilo Bach | Daniel Petrie Jr.

Stars:   Eddie Murphy | Judge Reinhold | John Ashton | Lisa Eilbacher

Plot:    A freewheeling Detroit cop pursuing a murder investigation finds himself dealing with the very different culture of Beverly Hills.

Thief ( 1981 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Michael Mann

Writer:   Michael Mann | Michael Mann | Frank Hohimer

Stars:   James Caan | Tuesday Weld | Willie Nelson | Jim Belushi

Plot:    After years in prison, ace safe-cracker Frank owns a car dealership and a cocktail lounge, which are fronts for high-stakes jewelry heists. He wants to complete one last big heist for the Mob before he goes straight.

Body Heat ( 1981 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  113

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Lawrence Kasdan

Writer:   Lawrence Kasdan

Stars:   William Hurt | Kathleen Turner | Richard Crenna | Ted Danson

Plot:    During an extreme heatwave, a beautiful Florida woman and a seedy lawyer engage in an affair while plotting the murder of her rich husband.

Blow Out ( 1981 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller

Runtime:  108

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   Brian De Palma | Bill Mesce Jr.

Stars:   John Travolta | Nancy Allen | John Lithgow | Dennis Franz

Plot:    A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger.

Assault on Precinct 13 ( 1976 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  91

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  John Carpenter

Writer:   John Carpenter

Stars:   Austin Stoker | Darwin Joston | Laurie Zimmer | Martin West

Plot:    A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct office against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.

Phantom of the Paradise ( 1974 )

Genre:   Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Music | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  91

Country:  United States

Language:  English

Director:  Brian De Palma

Writer:   Brian De Palma | Louisa Rose

Stars:   William Finley | Paul Williams | Jessica Harper | Gerrit Graham

Plot:    A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise.

The Getaway ( 1972 )

Genre:   Action | Crime | Thriller

Runtime:  123

Country:  United States

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Sam Peckinpah

Writer:   Walter Hill | Jim Thompson

Stars:   Steve McQueen | Ali MacGraw | Ben Johnson | Sally Struthers

Plot:    A recently-released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry.

Mona Lisa ( 1986 )

Genre:   Crime | Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  104

Country:  United Kingdom

Language:  English

Director:  Neil Jordan

Writer:   Neil Jordan | David Leland

Stars:   Bob Hoskins | Cathy Tyson | Michael Caine | Robbie Coltrane

Plot:    A man recently released from prison manages to get a job driving a call girl from customer to customer.

Salvador ( 1986 )

Genre:   Drama | History | Thriller | War

Runtime:  122

Country:  United States | Mexico | United Kingdom

Language:  English | Spanish

Director:  Oliver Stone

Writer:   Oliver Stone | Richard Boyle

Stars:   James Woods | Jim Belushi | Michael Murphy | John Savage

Plot:    A burnt-out photojournalist becomes involved in a Central American revolution.

Witness ( 1985 )

Genre:   Drama | Romance | Thriller

Runtime:  112

Country:  United States

Language:  English | German

Director:  Peter Weir

Writer:   William Kelley | Pamela Wallace | Earl W. Wallace | Earl W. Wallace | William Kelley

Stars:   Harrison Ford | Kelly McGillis | Josef Sommer | Lukas Haas

Plot:    While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.

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