The Very Best European Thriller Movies
by richard_ingemoen | created - 05 Apr 2014 | updated - 2 months ago | PublicMy list of my favourite European thriller movies. Check also my list of European thriller movies that I haven't seen yet: European thriller movies that I want to watch
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1. Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
R | 151 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.
Director: Justine Triet | Stars: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Votes: 118,756
France
2. Accused (2023)
88 min | Thriller
After a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.
Director: Philip Barantini | Stars: Chaneil Kular, Lauryn Ajufo, Nitin Ganatra, Frances Tomelty
Votes: 2,773
United Kingdom
3. The Night of the 12th (2022)
115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
It is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Bastien Bouillon, Bouli Lanners, Théo Cholbi, Johann Dionnet
Votes: 9,525
France
4. Loving Adults (2022)
TV-MA | 104 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
The thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband's affair - and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.
Director: Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg | Stars: Dar Salim, Sonja Richter, Sus Wilkins, Mikael Birkkjær
Votes: 13,475
Denmark
5. God's Crooked Lines (2022)
TV-MA | 154 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Follows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Bárbara Lennie, Eduard Fernández, Loreto Mauleón, Javier Beltrán
Votes: 22,702
Spain
6. The Last Client (2022)
95 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The intense relationship between a psychotherapist and her dangerous new client.
Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund | Stars: Signe Egholm Olsen, Anton Hjejle, Dan Zahle, Sara Fanta Traore
Votes: 1,950
Denmark
7. Speak No Evil (2022)
Not Rated | 97 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
A Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.
Director: Christian Tafdrup | Stars: Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja van Huêt, Karina Smulders
Votes: 38,507
Denmark
8. The Chalk Line (2022)
106 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A couple temporarily adopts a young girl that they found wandering around alone in the high road.
Director: Ignacio Tatay | Stars: Elena Anaya, Pablo Molinero, Eva Tennear, Eva Llorach
Votes: 10,283
Spain
9. The Innocents (2021)
Not Rated | 117 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
During the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.
Director: Eskil Vogt | Stars: Rakel Lenora Petersen Fløttum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Votes: 24,731
Norway
10. The Last Execution (2021)
116 min | Biography, Drama
Life of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.
Director: Franziska Stünkel | Stars: Lars Eidinger, Devid Striesow, Luise Heyer, Paula Kalenberg
Votes: 1,140
Germany
11. Operation Hyacinth (2021)
TV-MA | 112 min | Crime, Drama
Poland, 1985: Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation, a young officer in communist Warsaw sets out on his own to discover the truth.
Director: Piotr Domalewski | Stars: Tomasz Zietek, Hubert Milkowski, Marek Kalita, Adrianna Chlebicka
Votes: 4,329
Poland
12. 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: 15,827
United Kingdom
13. Red Dot (2021)
TV-MA | 86 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
When Nadja becomes pregnant, she and David make an attempt to rekindle their relationship by traveling to the north of Sweden for a hiking trip, but soon their romantic trip turns into a nightmare.
Director: Alain Darborg | Stars: Nanna Blondell, Anastasios Soulis, Thomas Hanzon, Johannes Kuhnke
Votes: 14,763
Sweden
14. Wildland (2020)
89 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Ida moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.
Director: Jeanette Nordahl | Stars: Sandra Guldberg Kampp, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Joachim Fjelstrup, Elliott Crosset Hove
Votes: 1,839
Denmark
15. The Paramedic (2020)
TV-MA | 94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
Angel works in an ambulance service. After a tragic accident, his personal life begins to deteriorate as he becomes more and more suspicious of his partner Vane.
Director: Carles Torras | Stars: Mario Casas, Déborah François, Guillermo Pfening, Maria Rodríguez Soto
Votes: 14,665
Spain
16. The Occupant (2020)
TV-MA | 103 min | Drama, Thriller
Javier Muñoz, once a successful executive, makes the fateful decision to leave his home, which he and his family can no longer afford.
Directors: David Pastor, Àlex Pastor | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, Mario Casas, Bruna Cusí, Ruth Díaz
Votes: 19,866
Spain
17. Breaking Surface (2020)
82 min | Adventure, Drama, Horror
A winter diving trip in Norway turns into a desperate race against time for two sisters when one of them becomes trapped at the bottom of the ocean by falling rocks.
Director: Joachim Hedén | Stars: Moa Gammel, Madeleine Martin, Trine Wiggen, Jitse Jonathan Buitink
Votes: 5,828
Norway
18. Meander (2020)
90 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A woman finds herself locked in a series of strange tunnels full of deadly traps.
Director: Mathieu Turi | Stars: Gaia Weiss, Peter Franzén, Romane Libert, Frédéric Franchitti
Votes: 11,390
France
19. Only the Animals (2019)
117 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.
Director: Dominik Moll | Stars: Denis Ménochet, Laure Calamy, Damien Bonnard, Nadia Tereszkiewicz
Votes: 7,761
France
20. Into the Labyrinth (2019)
TV-MA | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
Samantha, a young girl who was kidnapped, resurfaces in shock after being imprisoned and hospitalized.
Director: Donato Carrisi | Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Toni Servillo, Valentina Bellè, Vinicio Marchioni
Votes: 4,820
Italy
21. An Officer and a Spy (2019)
132 min | Drama, History, Thriller
In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.
Director: Roman Polanski | Stars: Louis Garrel, Christophe Maratier, Pierre Poirot, Stéfan Godin
Votes: 21,079
France
22. The Golden Glove (2019)
Not Rated | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
A serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.
Director: Fatih Akin | Stars: Jonas Dassler, Vasiliki Georgina Pseimada, Christine Jensen, Greta Sophie Schmidt
Votes: 18,237
Germany
23. The Exception (2019)
115 min | Drama, Thriller
Four women work together at a small NGO in Copenhagen that specialises in genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they suspect a Serbian war criminal; but then they start suspecting and turning against each other.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen | Stars: Danica Curcic, Amanda Collin, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Lene Maria Christensen
Votes: 1,063
Denmark
24. The Collini Case (2019)
Not Rated | 123 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.
Director: Marco Kreuzpaintner | Stars: Elyas M'Barek, Alexandra Maria Lara, Heiner Lauterbach, Manfred Zapatka
Votes: 12,984
Germany
25. The Platform (2019)
TV-MA | 94 min | Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
A vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.
Director: Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia | Stars: Ivan Massagué, Zorion Eguileor, Antonia San Juan, Emilio Buale
Votes: 272,127
Spain
26. Journal 64 (2018)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A series of mysterious disappearances in 2006 are eerily connected to the same institution.
Director: Christoffer Boe | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Johanne Louise Schmidt, Søren Pilmark
Votes: 19,459
Denmark
27. An Affair (2018)
92 min | Drama, Thriller
A newly appointed teacher finds herself being followed, and soon discovers that one of her own students is obsessed with her.
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Andrea Bræin Hovig, Tarjei Sandvik Moe, Anneke von der Lippe, Carsten Bjørnlund
Votes: 2,621
Norway
28. Cut Off (2018)
132 min | Action, Crime, Horror
Thriller set in the world of Forensic Pathology. Coroner Paul Herzfeld finds a capsule in the head of a heavily mutilated corpse, containing a phone number and single word: the name of his daughter.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Jasna Fritzi Bauer, Lars Eidinger, Fahri Yardim
Votes: 7,670
Germany
29. Cutterhead (2018)
84 min | Thriller
Rie visits a tunnel-boring machine being used to construct the Copenhagen Metro. When an accident occurs, she must survive the claustrophobic conditions of an airlock with Ivo and Bharan whilst reconsidering their lives.
Director: Rasmus Kloster Bro | Stars: Christine Sønderris, Kresimir Mikic, Samson Semere, Adrian Heili
Votes: 1,764
Denmark
30. Calibre (2018)
TV-MA | 101 min | Drama, Thriller
A shocking deed turned their weekend trip into a nightmare. Now their only hope is to swallow their paranoia and act normal.
Director: Matt Palmer | Stars: Jack Lowden, Martin McCann, Tony Curran, Ian Pirie
Votes: 33,329
United Kingdom
31. The Guilty (2018)
R | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A police officer assigned alarm dispatch duty enters a race against time when he answers an emergency call from a kidnapped woman.
Director: Gustav Möller | Stars: Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage, Omar Shargawi, Johan Gotthardt Olsen
Votes: 64,404 | Gross: $0.21M
Denmark
32. Utoya: July 22 (2018)
Not Rated | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
A teenage girl struggles to survive and to find her younger sister during the July 2011 terrorist mass murder at a political summer camp on the Norwegian island of Utøya.
Director: Erik Poppe | Stars: Andrea Berntzen, Aleksander Holmen, Solveig Koløen Birkeland, Brede Fristad
Votes: 15,810
Norway
33. The Warning (2018)
TV-MA | 92 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Ten-year-old Nico receives a threatening letter and now his life is in danger. No one seems to believe him except one person that he doesn't know who has come to believe that fate itself wants the boy dead and tries to prevent it.
Director: Daniel Calparsoro | Stars: Raúl Arévalo, Aura Garrido, Hugo Arbues, Belén Cuesta
Votes: 6,869
Spain
34. I Remember You (2017)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
A story about a young man and two women who move into a small abandoned town in Iceland to renovate an old house. Little do they know the town has a dark history.
Director: Óskar Thór Axelsson | Stars: Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Sara Dögg Ásgeirsdóttir, Ágústa Eva Erlendsdóttir, Thorvaldur Kristjansson
Votes: 5,297
Iceland
35. Control (2017)
127 min | Action, Crime, Drama
The decapitated corpses of six women are found near Antwerp. A team of investigators tries to track down the killer to prevent a seventh murder.
Director: Jan Verheyen | Stars: Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Greg Timmermans, Sofie Hoflack
Votes: 1,681
Belgium
36. The Charmer (2017)
100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Esmail, a young Iranian man, is desperately looking for a woman who can secure his stay in Denmark. As time is running out, he falls in love and his past catches up with him.
Director: Milad Alami | Stars: Ardalan Esmaili, Soho Rezanejad, Lars Brygmann, Susan Taslimi
Votes: 1,240 | Gross: $0.03M
Denmark
37. The Girl in the Fog (2017)
PG-13 | 128 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Special agent Vogel is sent to an isolated town in a remote mountain valley to investigate the case of a sixteen years old's disappearance.
Director: Donato Carrisi | Stars: Toni Servillo, Alessio Boni, Lorenzo Richelmy, Galatea Ranzi
Votes: 13,012
Italy
38. The Bar (2017)
102 min | Thriller
In bustling downtown Madrid, a loud gunshot and two mysterious deaths trap a motley assortment of common urbanites in a decrepit central bar, while paranoia and suspicion force the terrified regulars to turn on each other.
Director: Álex de la Iglesia | Stars: Blanca Suárez, Mario Casas, Carmen Machi, Secun de la Rosa
Votes: 28,900
Spain
39. Haunted (2017)
81 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
After her father's death Catherine travels back to her old family estate in winter time Norway. When locals start telling stories of disappearances and possible murders, she is forced to confront her family's mysterious past.
Director: Carl Christian Raabe | Stars: Synnøve Macody Lund, Ebba Steenstrup Såheim, Ken Vedsegaard, Jorunn Kjellsby
Votes: 1,870
Norway
40. The Invisible Guardian (2017)
129 min | Crime, Thriller
A female inspector confronts a serial killer while dealing with the ghosts of her past.
Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Marta Etura, Elvira Mínguez, 'Nene' Carlos Librado, Francesc Orella
Votes: 17,758
Spain
41. Thelma (2017)
Not Rated | 116 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
A confused religious girl tries to deny her feelings for a female friend who's in love with her. This causes her suppressed subconsciously-controlled psychokinetic powers to reemerge with devastating results.
Director: Joachim Trier | Stars: Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Votes: 36,596 | Gross: $0.15M
Norway
42. 3 Things (2017)
Not Rated | 89 min | Drama, Thriller
Before entering the witness protection program, bank robber Mikael demands 3 things from the police. 3 things that cast a whole new light on the robbery he and his partners have been jailed for.
Director: Jens Dahl | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Birgitte Hjort Sørensen, Lærke Winther, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 1,564
Denmark
43. Kings Bay (2017)
94 min | Thriller
21 died in the explosion in the kings bay-accident in Ny-Ålesund in Spitsbergen i 1962. The accident led to the fall of the Norwegian labor party government ruling since WW2. Was this really an accident, and was it under Norwegian control?
Director: Stig Svendsen | Stars: Maria Bock, Erik Hivju, Marius Lien, Jørgen Langhelle
Votes: 472
Norway
44. The Eavesdropper (2016)
91 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
The unemployed Duval is contacted by a mysterious organization to transcribe intercepted calls. He accepts the job with no suspicions, since it restores stability to his life, but it will soon result in political shenanigans of all kinds.
Director: Thomas Kruithof | Stars: François Cluzet, Denis Podalydès, Sami Bouajila, Simon Abkarian
Votes: 2,606
France
45. Cave (2016)
85 min | Adventure, Crime, Thriller
A group of former military elites set out to explore an uncharted abyss, not knowing their worst nightmare is waiting for them deep beneath the ground.
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Heidi Toini, Mads Sjøgård Pettersen, Benjamin Helstad, Ingar Helge Gimle
Votes: 2,381
Norway
46. The Other Me (2016)
101 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A professor of criminology tries to solve five completely unrelated murders whose only link is quotes from Pythagoras.
Director: Sotiris Tsafoulias | Stars: Pigmalion Dadakaridis, Dimitris Katalifos, Manos Vakousis, Ioanna Kolliopoulou
Votes: 12,645
Greece
47. The Invisible Guest (2016)
TV-MA | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A successful entrepreneur accused of murder and a witness preparation expert have less than three hours to come up with an impregnable defense.
Director: Oriol Paulo | Stars: Mario Casas, Ana Wagener, Jose Coronado, Bárbara Lennie
Votes: 192,468
Spain
48. Elle (I) (2016)
R | 130 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A successful businesswoman gets caught up in a game of cat and mouse as she tracks down the unknown man who raped her.
Director: Paul Verhoeven | Stars: Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling
Votes: 71,129
France
49. Pyromaniac (2016)
98 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A ruthless pyromaniac is on the loose in a southern village of Norway. They don't know he's not a stranger, but one of them. We follow him, the fire brigade chief's own son, spreading fear in secret.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Trond Nilssen, Per Frisch, Liv Bernhoft Osa, Henrik Rafaelsen
Votes: 1,047
Norway
50. Strangled (2016)
121 min | Crime, Drama, Horror
True story of a serial killer in 1950-60s Hungary.
Director: Árpád Sopsits | Stars: Károly Hajduk, Gábor Jászberényi, Zsolt Anger, Péter Bárnai
Votes: 6,497
Hungary
51. Secuestro (2016)
105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
When her boy's alleged kidnapper is released for lack of solid evidence, a reputable and well-known attorney takes matters into her own hands with unintended and spectacularly disastrous consequences.
Director: Mar Targarona | Stars: Blanca Portillo, Antonio Dechent, Vicente Romero, Marc Domènech
Votes: 9,706
Spain
52. In the Shadow of Iris (III) (2016)
TV-MA | 99 min | Drama, Thriller
Iris, young wife of a banker, disappears in Paris. Maybe a mechanic with many debts is involved in the strange affair. A really complicated job for the police.
Director: Jalil Lespert | Stars: Romain Duris, Charlotte Le Bon, Jalil Lespert, Camille Cottin
Votes: 4,698
France
53. Shelley (2016)
Not Rated | 92 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Louise and Kasper want to become parents but Louise is unable to have children. She seals a pact with her Romanian maid, Elena, to bear Louise's child, but things don't turn out as they planned.
Director: Ali Abbasi | Stars: Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Cosmina Stratan, Peter Christoffersen, Björn Andrésen
Votes: 4,075
Denmark
54. Late Summer (2016)
72 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
An elderly woman has secluded herself in her remote home in the French countryside when a young foreign couple on vacation suddenly intrudes on her isolated life.
Director: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken | Stars: Bente Børsum, Rolf Kristian Larsen, Heidi Toini, Christian Bujeau
Votes: 372
Norway
55. Department Q: A Conspiracy of Faith (2016)
Not Rated | 112 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two intertwined cases linking the past with the present require the aid of Department Q to catch an elusive serial killer while time is running out.
Director: Hans Petter Moland | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pål Sverre Hagen, Jacob Lohmann
Votes: 22,419
Denmark
56. Tappajan näköinen mies (2016)
94 min | Crime, Thriller
Samuli Edelmann stars as Viktor Kärppä, a former Russian special agent haunted by his past. He settles in Finland, the country of his ancestors, and tries to make a living as both a private... See full summary »
Director: Lauri Nurkse | Stars: Samuli Edelmann, Martti Suosalo, Maria Ylipää, Ville Haapasalo
Votes: 550
Finland
57. The Tip of the Iceberg (2016)
TV-MA | 91 min | Thriller
A CEO looking for the truth. An investigation too much dangerous to be concluded.
Director: David Cánovas | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Carmelo Gómez, Fernando Cayo, Bárbara Goenaga
Votes: 943
Spain
58. Son of Saul (2015)
R | 107 min | Drama, War
A Jewish-Hungarian concentration camp prisoner sets out to give a child he mistook for his son a proper burial.
Director: László Nemes | Stars: Géza Röhrig, Levente Molnár, Urs Rechn, Todd Charmont
Votes: 51,932 | Gross: $1.78M
Hungary
59. Ziarno prawdy (2015)
112 min | Crime, Thriller
A big shot prosecutor Teodor Szacki divorces his wife and leaves Warsaw to start a new life in picturesque town in south-east Poland - Sandomierz. After a short while he is called in to ... See full summary »
Director: Borys Lankosz | Stars: Robert Wieckiewicz, Jerzy Trela, Magdalena Walach, Aleksandra Hamkalo
Votes: 1,545
Poland
60. Asesinos inocentes (2015)
Not Rated | 95 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
In order to get out of an extreme situation, would you consider committing murder if the victim himself is asking for it?
Director: Gonzalo Bendala | Stars: Aura Garrido, Maxi Iglesias, Manolo Solo, Luis Fernández
Votes: 539
Spain
61. Revenge (2015)
100 min | Drama, Thriller
In Western Norway, Rebekka is looking for retribution. Under false identity, she seeks out her deceased sister's violator and embeds herself into his idyllic family to now destroy his life.
Director: Kjersti Steinsbø | Stars: Trond Espen Seim, Anders Baasmo, Helene Bergsholm, Maria Bock
Votes: 654
Norway
62. A Perfect Man (2015)
104 min | Drama, Thriller
A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life.
Director: Yann Gozlan | Stars: Pierre Niney, Ana Girardot, André Marcon, Valeria Cavalli
Votes: 4,797
France
63. Rendez-Vous (2015)
TV-MA | 100 min | Drama, Romance
She had a dream and achieving it didn't seem that difficult. Or so she thought.
Director: Antoinette Beumer | Stars: Loes Haverkort, Mark van Eeuwen, Evi van der Laken, Bobby van Vleuten
Votes: 2,255
Netherlands
64. The Wave (2015)
R | 105 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
Although anticipated, no one is really ready when the mountain pass above the scenic, narrow Norwegian fjord Geiranger collapses and creates an 85-meter high violent tsunami. A geologist is one of those caught in the middle of it.
Director: Roar Uthaug | Stars: Kristoffer Joner, Ane Dahl Torp, Jonas Hoff Oftebro, Edith Haagenrud-Sande
Votes: 42,756 | Gross: $0.18M
Norway
65. In fondo al bosco (2015)
92 min | Mystery, Thriller
Winter 2010. Dolomites. Tommaso Conci, a 4 year old child, disappears during a festival where people disguised as devils, the Krampus, terrorize the village with whips and chains. Five ... See full summary »
Director: Stefano Lodovichi | Stars: Filippo Nigro, Camilla Filippi, Giovanni Vettorazzo, Teo Achille Caprio
Votes: 1,244
Italy
66. Victoria (II) (2015)
Not Rated | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Romance
A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
Director: Sebastian Schipper | Stars: Laia Costa, Frederick Lau, Franz Rogowski, Burak Yigit
Votes: 63,121
Germany
67. Retribution (2015)
Not Rated | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A banker and his kids are held hostage in their own speeding car by a bomb-making extortionist.
Director: Dani de la Torre | Stars: Luis Tosar, Javier Gutiérrez, Elvira Mínguez, Fernando Cayo
Votes: 11,094
Spain
68. Clean Hands (2015)
Not Rated | 108 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A drug lord's wife faces a crisis of loyalty when her husband's cutthroat dealings compel her to flee with their young children.
Director: Tjebbo Penning | Stars: Jeroen van Koningsbrugge, Thekla Reuten, Bente Fokkens, Nino den Brave
Votes: 1,722
Belgium
69. Homesick (I) (2015)
98 min | Drama, Thriller
Ambitious cello student Jessica receives the invitation to an international contest. A great opportunity - but at the same time enormous pressure. Stress begins to gnaw on Jessica's everyday life and soon reality and imagination blur.
Director: Jakob M. Erwa | Stars: Esther Maria Pietsch, Matthias Lier, Tatja Seibt, Hermann Beyer
Votes: 416
Germany
70. The Treatment (2014)
Not Rated | 131 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A police inspector haunted by the childhood abduction of his brother becomes obsessed with the disturbing case of a dangerous serial kidnapper
Director: Hans Herbots | Stars: Geert Van Rampelberg, Ina Geerts, Johan van Assche, Laura Verlinden
Votes: 9,975
Belgium
71. Shrew's Nest (2014)
Not Rated | 91 min | Drama, Horror, Thriller
1950s Madrid: The agoraphobic Montse raised her now 18 y.o. kid sister. The upstairs neighbor falls down the stairs and breaks a leg. The crazy Montse takes him in.
Directors: Juanfer Andrés, Esteban Roel | Stars: Macarena Gómez, Nadia de Santiago, Hugo Silva, Luis Tosar
Votes: 7,728
Spain
72. A Second Chance (2014)
TV-MA | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
A conscientious police officer who investigates a violent case of domestic dispute in the squalid apartment of a drug addict has to make the most contemptible decision in his life. Just how far would a parent go to get a second chance?
Director: Susanne Bier | Stars: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Ulrich Thomsen, Roland Møller
Votes: 6,954
Denmark
73. Goodnight Mommy (2014)
R | 99 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Twin boys move to a new house with their mother after she has face-changing cosmetic surgery, but under the bandages is someone the boys don't recognize.
Directors: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz | Stars: Lukas Schwarz, Elias Schwarz, Susanne Wuest, Hans Escher
Votes: 59,743 | Gross: $1.17M
Austria
74. Serial Killer 1 (2014)
Not Rated | 120 min | Crime, Drama
An investigation by a young inspector who quickly becomes obsessed with stopping a monster.
Director: Frédéric Tellier | Stars: Raphaël Personnaz, Nathalie Baye, Olivier Gourmet, Michel Vuillermoz
Votes: 2,818 | Gross: $0.01M
France
75. Marshland (2014)
TV-MA | 105 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two cops lost in the deep south of Spain. One serial killer to catch. A lot of secrets and lies to disclose.
Director: Alberto Rodríguez | Stars: Javier Gutiérrez, Raúl Arévalo, María Varod, Perico Cervantes
Votes: 36,432
Spain
76. Department Q: The Absent One (2014)
Not Rated | 119 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The murder of young twins initially implicates a group of upper class students as the killers, though the case takes a turn or two from its starting point.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Fares Fares, Pilou Asbæk, David Dencik
Votes: 26,176
Denmark
77. Accused (2014)
97 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young assistant DA puts a serial killing nurse behind bars, only to discover evidence that may prove her innocence.
Director: Paula van der Oest | Stars: Sallie Harmsen, Marwan Kenzari, Barry Atsma, Fedja van Huêt
Votes: 4,249
Netherlands
78. The Tribe (2014)
Unrated | 126 min | Crime, Drama
A deaf boy joins a boarding school for similar children. Confronted by the violent and criminal antics of some of the other boys and girls, he struggles to conform and join the 'tribe'.
Director: Myroslav Slaboshpytskyi | Stars: Hryhoriy Fesenko, Yana Novikova, Rosa Babiy, Oleksandr Dsiadevych
Votes: 11,999 | Gross: $0.15M
Ukraine
79. Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart (2014)
Not Rated | 111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
For several months in 1978 and 1979, inhabitants of Oise live in fright and terror as a serial killer disturbs the peace and quiet.
Director: Cédric Anger | Stars: Guillaume Canet, Ana Girardot, Jean-Yves Berteloot, Patrick Azam
Votes: 3,147 | Gross: $0.00M
France
80. 3096 Tage (2013)
111 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A young Austrian girl is kidnapped and held in captivity for eight years. Based on the factual case of Natascha Kampusch.
Director: Sherry Hormann | Stars: Antonia Campbell-Hughes, Thure Lindhardt, Amelia Pidgeon, Trine Dyrholm
Votes: 16,246
Germany
81. Department Q: The Keeper of Lost Causes (2013)
Not Rated | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police inspector Carl Mørck is put in charge of a department of cold cases, joined only by his assistant Assad. They dig into a case about a missing woman.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard | Stars: Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Per Scheel Krüger, Troels Lyby, Øyvind B. Fabricius Holm
Votes: 32,958
Denmark
82. App (2013)
Not Rated | 75 min | Sci-Fi, Thriller
A young psychology student is drawn into the dark and fearful world of a diabolic and mysterious App that starts to terrorize her, distributing compromising photographs, videos and text ... See full summary »
Director: Bobby Boermans | Stars: Hannah Hoekstra, Isis Cabolet, Robert de Hoog, Mark van Eeuwen
Votes: 2,749
Netherlands
83. Cannibal (2013)
Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Carlos is the most prestigious tailor in Granada, but he's also a murderer in the shadows. He feels no remorse, no guilt, until Nina appears in his life and love awakens.
Director: Manuel Martín Cuenca | Stars: Antonio de la Torre, Olimpia Melinte, María Alfonsa Rosso, Florin Fildan
Votes: 3,647
Spain
84. Echoes from the Dead (2013)
99 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Julia has lived with the guilt of her son's disappearance for 21 years. As she returns to her childhood home on Öland, old truths and lies are stirred up. Who can she trust, and what happened to her 5-year old son?
Director: Daniel Alfredson | Stars: Lena Endre, Tord Peterson, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Iggy Malmborg
Votes: 1,167
Sweden
85. Avant l'hiver (2013)
103 min | Drama
Lucie (Dame Kristin Scott Thomas) presumes that her husband Paul (Daniel Auteuil) - an older neurosurgeon - has an affair. Indeed, Paul behaves strange lately, but the truth behind it is dark and complicated.
Director: Philippe Claudel | Stars: Daniel Auteuil, Kristin Scott Thomas, Leïla Bekhti, Richard Berry
Votes: 2,176
France
86. Daylight (2013)
114 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Upon learning she has an autistic brother she is convinced is unjustly behind bars for a brutal murder, a lawyer sets out to prove her sibling's innocence - only to uncover even more life-changing secrets in the process.
Director: Diederik Van Rooijen | Stars: Matteo van der Grijn, Monique van de Ven, Derek de Lint, Fedja van Huêt
Votes: 4,156
Belgium
87. Son of Cain (2013)
90 min | Thriller
A wealthy Spanish family whose teenage son is very troubled, they hire a psychologist to help him, but nothing is what it seems like in the beginning.
Director: Jesús Monllaó | Stars: Julio Manrique, Jose Coronado, David Solans, Maria Molins
Votes: 857
Spain
88. The Best Offer (2013)
R | 131 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Virgil Oldman, a wealthy art auctioneer, takes the help of a young artificer, Robert, to understand and woo Claire Ibbetson, a young heiress, who hires him to auction off an antique collection.
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore | Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Jim Sturgess, Sylvia Hoeks, Donald Sutherland
Votes: 128,544 | Gross: $0.09M
Italy
89. In the Name Of (2013)
Not Rated | 102 min | Drama, Thriller
Running toward God but away from his sexuality, Adam became a priest at age 21. Now the head of a rural parish, he's still tormented by desire. When Father Adam attempts to help a troubled teen, long-suppressed feelings begin to surface.
Director: Malgorzata Szumowska | Stars: Andrzej Chyra, Mateusz Kosciukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Lukasz Simlat
Votes: 3,279
Poland
90. Pioneer (2013)
R | 111 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller
A thriller set at the beginning of the 1980's Norwegian Oil Boom and centered on a diver whose obsession with reaching the bottom of the Norwegian Sea leads to tragedy.
Director: Erik Skjoldbjærg | Stars: Aksel Hennie, Wes Bentley, Stephen Lang, Stephanie Sigman
Votes: 5,299 | Gross: $0.01M
Norway
91. Stranger by the Lake (2013)
Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller
Summertime. A cruising spot for men, tucked away on the shores of a lake. Franck falls in love with Michel, an attractive, potent and lethally dangerous man. Franck knows this but wants to live out his passion anyway.
Director: Alain Guiraudie | Stars: Pierre Deladonchamps, Christophe Paou, Patrick d'Assumçao, Jérôme Chappatte
Votes: 15,909 | Gross: $0.32M
France
92. The Dinner (2013)
88 min | Drama, Thriller
Two well-to-do couples with plenty to lose have dinner to discuss the gruesome act their teenage sons may or may not have committed together.
Director: Menno Meyjes | Stars: Thekla Reuten, Daan Schuurmans, Jacob Derwig, Jonas Smulders
Votes: 2,584
Netherlands
93. The 7th Floor (2013)
R | 88 min | Crime, Mystery, Thriller
A father gets into a desperate search to find his children who disappeared while going down stairs from their apartment in the seventh floor.
Director: Patxi Amezcua | Stars: Ricardo Darín, Belén Rueda, Abel Dolz Doval, Charo Dolz Doval
Votes: 6,320
Spain
94. Love Is the Perfect Crime (2013)
110 min | Crime, Thriller
After a brief affair with her seductive professor, a young student mysteriously disappears. As the police and the girl's stepmother tighten the noose on the cryptic tutor, he experiences a long-forgotten feeling. Is love the perfect crime?
Directors: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu | Stars: Mathieu Amalric, Karin Viard, Maïwenn, Sara Forestier
Votes: 2,158
France
95. Nobel's Last Will (2012)
Not Rated | 90 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Reporter Annika is at the Nobel prize awards, when shooting kills a woman and wounds an Israeli stem cell scientist. Annika is silenced as witness, so she investigates the killed woman while the press writes about the Israeli.
Director: Peter Flinth | Stars: Malin Crépin, Björn Kjellman, Leif Andrée, Kajsa Ernst
Votes: 2,904
Sweden
96. The End (2012)
Not Rated | 88 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
A group of old friends reunite for a weekend in a mountain cabin. Years have gone by, yet nothing seems to have changed among them. But lurking behind the laughter and stories is a murky ... See full summary »
Director: Jorge Torregrossa | Stars: Maribel Verdú, Daniel Grao, Clara Lago, Carmen Ruiz
Votes: 3,797
Spain
97. The Hunt (2012)
R | 115 min | Drama
A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son's custody. His life slowly gets better as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but his new luck is about to be brutally shattered by an innocent little lie.
Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Annika Wedderkopp, Lasse Fogelstrøm
Votes: 364,168 | Gross: $0.69M
Denmark
98. The Fourth State (2012)
115 min | Thriller
A journalist gets caught up in a terrorist plot in Moscow while investigating the Russian secret service.
Director: Dennis Gansel | Stars: Moritz Bleibtreu, Kasia Smutniak, Max Riemelt, Rade Serbedzija
Votes: 2,434
Germany
99. The Renovation (2012)
101 min | Drama, Thriller
Plastic surgeon Mathilde is smart and successful as well as happily married with children. However, appearances are deceiving. The renovation of their home threatens to turn into a disaster... See full summary »
Director: Will Koopman | Stars: Tjitske Reidinga, Mark Rietman, Nanette Drazic, Terence Schreurs
Votes: 1,502
Netherlands
100. Purge (2012)
Not Rated | 125 min | Crime, Drama
A tormented young woman is given a hiding place by an elderly lady and soon they are reminded of their mutual horrendous past.
Director: Antti J. Jokinen | Stars: Laura Birn, Liisi Tandefelt, Amanda Pilke, Peter Franzén
Votes: 3,905
Finland
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