AP's Choice Thriller Movies
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1. Super Deluxe (2019)
Not Rated | 176 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
An unfaithful newly-wed wife, an estranged father, a priest and an angry son suddenly find themselves in the most unexpected predicaments, each poised to experience their destiny, all on one fateful day.
Director: Thiagarajan Kumararaja | Stars: Vijay Sethupathi, Fahadh Faasil, Samantha Ruth Prabhu, Ramya Krishnan
Votes: 17,443
2. Rege (2014)
111 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A college teen named Rege slowly becomes engulfed in the criminal underworld when he crosses the path of a mysterious small-time gangster named "M Bhai".
Directors: Abhijit Panse, Ravindra Karmarkar | Stars: Neha Bam, Kishore Chougule, Aditi Deshpande, Devendra Gaikwad
Votes: 535
3. Ludo (2020)
TV-MA | 150 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
From a resurfaced sex tape to a rogue suitcase of money, four wildly different stories overlap at the whims of fate, chance and one eccentric criminal.
Director: Anurag Basu | Stars: Rajkummar Rao, Addison Holley, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Bachchan
Votes: 43,340
4. 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: 128,471 | Gross: $0.09M
5. The Fugitive (1993)
PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.
Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore
Votes: 318,302 | Gross: $183.88M
6. Kiss the Girls (1997)
R | 115 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Police hunting for a serial kidnapper are helped when a victim manages to escape for the first time.
Director: Gary Fleder | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ashley Judd, Cary Elwes, Alex McArthur
Votes: 81,121 | Gross: $60.53M
7. Double Jeopardy (1999)
R | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Director: Bruce Beresford | Stars: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir
Votes: 95,782 | Gross: $116.74M
8. 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: 22,401
9. 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: 32,931
10. 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: 9,964
11. Insomnia (2002)
R | 118 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.
Director: Christopher Nolan | Stars: Al Pacino, Robin Williams, Hilary Swank, Martin Donovan
Votes: 318,825 | Gross: $67.36M
12. Fracture (2007)
R | 113 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After shooting his wife, Ted confesses his crime and asks the court to move his case to trial. He represents himself against Willy, a successful lawyer. But there's more to the case than meets the eye.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike
Votes: 218,724 | Gross: $39.02M
13. Vacancy (2007)
R | 85 min | Horror, Thriller
A married couple becomes stranded at an isolated motel and finds hidden video cameras in their room. They soon realize that unless they escape, they'll be the next victims of a snuff film.
Director: Nimród Antal | Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Luke Wilson, Frank Whaley, Ethan Embry
Votes: 107,288 | Gross: $19.36M
14. Joy Ride (2001)
R | 97 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychopathic killer.
Director: John Dahl | Stars: Steve Zahn, Paul Walker, Leelee Sobieski, Jessica Bowman
Votes: 75,851 | Gross: $21.97M
15. Open Grave (2013)
Unrated | 102 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
A man wakes up with no memory in a pit full of dead bodies in the wilderness and must determine if the murderer is one of the strangers who rescued him, or if he himself is the killer.
Director: Gonzalo López-Gallego | Stars: Sharlto Copley, Thomas Kretschmann, Josie Ho, Joseph Morgan
Votes: 31,328
16. Acid Factory (2009)
Not Rated | 108 min | Action, Crime, Mystery
Five people trapped in a factory where two hostages and three are kidnappers but they them self do not know who are kidnappers and hostages.As they all are suffering from temporary memory loss.
Director: Suparn Varma | Stars: Fardeen Khan, Dia Mirza, Manoj Bajpayee, Aftab Shivdasani
Votes: 736
17. Musafir (2004)
Not Rated | 151 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A small-time criminal, betrayed by his girlfriend and owing money to a fearsome crime lord, agrees to travel to Goa for a drug deal and becomes involved with a local woman and her much older husband, both of who want to kill each other.
Directors: Sanjay Gupta, Hasib Muhammad | Stars: Anil Kapoor, Sameera Reddy, Aditya Pancholi, Mahesh Manjrekar
Votes: 1,985
18. Gaiir (2009)
142 min | Mystery
A corporate magnate marries a woman and uses a stand-in to consummate the marriage.
Director: Satish Rajwade | Stars: Ila Bhate, Ankush Chaudhari, Shrirang Deshmukh, Mahesh Joshi
Votes: 46
19. Dombivli Fast (2005)
108 min | Drama, Thriller
A common man fights against the corruption and injustice happening around him.
Director: Nishikant Kamat | Stars: Sandeep Kulkarni, Pournima Ahire, Audumber Aphale, Ashwini Apte
Votes: 1,143
20. Orphan (2009)
R | 123 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she appears.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder
Votes: 252,028 | Gross: $41.60M
21. Case 39 (2009)
R | 109 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A social worker fights to save a girl from her abusive parents, only to discover that the situation is more dangerous than she ever expected.
Director: Christian Alvart | Stars: Renée Zellweger, Ian McShane, Jodelle Ferland, Bradley Cooper
Votes: 93,248 | Gross: $13.25M
22. Knowing (2009)
PG-13 | 121 min | Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi
M.I.T. professor John Koestler links a mysterious list of numbers from a time capsule to past and future disasters and sets out to prevent the ultimate catastrophe.
Director: Alex Proyas | Stars: Nicolas Cage, Chandler Canterbury, Rose Byrne, Lara Robinson
Votes: 247,364 | Gross: $79.96M
23. Train to Busan (2016)
Not Rated | 118 min | Action, Horror, Thriller
While a zombie virus breaks out in South Korea, passengers struggle to survive on the train from Seoul to Busan.
Director: Yeon Sang-ho | Stars: Gong Yoo, Jung Yu-mi, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Su-an
Votes: 258,001 | Gross: $2.13M
24. The Wailing (2016)
TV-MA | 156 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
Soon after a stranger arrives in a little village, a mysterious sickness starts spreading. A policeman, drawn into the incident, is forced to solve the mystery in order to save his daughter.
Director: Na Hong-jin | Stars: Jun Kunimura, Hwang Jung-min, Kwak Do-won, Chun Woo-hee
Votes: 81,753
25. American Hustle (2013)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama
A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive partner Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild F.B.I. Agent, Richie DiMaso, who pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and the Mafia.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence
Votes: 500,095 | Gross: $150.12M
26. The Rite (2011)
PG-13 | 114 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery
American seminary student Michael Kovak travels to Italy to take an exorcism course.
Director: Mikael Håfström | Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, Anthony Hopkins, Ciarán Hinds, Alice Braga
Votes: 102,602 | Gross: $33.05M
27. The Ring (2002)
PG-13 | 115 min | Horror, Mystery
A journalist must investigate a mysterious videotape which seems to cause the death of anyone one week to the day after they view it.
Director: Gore Verbinski | Stars: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox, David Dorfman
Votes: 374,639 | Gross: $129.13M
28. Motherless Brooklyn (2019)
R | 144 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
In 1950s New York, Lionel, a private detective with Tourette syndrome, sets out to uncover the mystery behind his mentor and only friend Frank's murder. Scouring the jazz clubs and slums of Brooklyn, he soon uncovers a web of secrets.
Director: Edward Norton | Stars: Edward Norton, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe
Votes: 62,765
29. Primal Fear (1996)
R | 129 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An altar boy is accused of murdering a priest, and the truth is buried several layers deep.
Director: Gregory Hoblit | Stars: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Edward Norton, John Mahoney
Votes: 246,638 | Gross: $56.12M
30. The Score (2001)
R | 124 min | Action, Crime, Drama
An aging thief hopes to retire and live off his ill-gotten wealth with his lover when a young kid convinces him into doing one last heist that comes with a large payout.
Director: Frank Oz | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Norton, Marlon Brando, Angela Bassett
Votes: 133,996 | Gross: $71.07M
31. Shooter (I) (2007)
R | 124 min | Action, Drama, Thriller
A marksman living in exile is coaxed back into action after hearing of a plot to kill the President. After being-double crossed for the attempt and on the run, he sets out for the real killer and the truth.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra, Danny Glover
Votes: 355,279 | Gross: $47.00M
32. Mystic River (2003)
R | 138 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The tragic murder of a 19-year-old girl reunites three childhood friends still living in Boston--the victim's gangster father, a detective, and the disturbed man they both suspect of killing her.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
Votes: 485,476 | Gross: $90.14M
33. Talvar (2015)
Not Rated | 132 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
An experienced investigator confronts several conflicting theories about the perpetrators of a violent double homicide.
Director: Meghna Gulzar | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Neeraj Kabi, Sohum Shah
Votes: 38,395 | Gross: $0.34M
34. Paan Singh Tomar (2012)
Not Rated | 135 min | Action, Biography, Crime
The story of Paan Singh Tomar, an Indian athlete and seven-time national steeplechase champion who becomes one of the most feared dacoits in Chambal Valley after his retirement.
Director: Tigmanshu Dhulia | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Mahie Gill, Rajesh Abhay, Hemendra Dandotiya
Votes: 37,849 | Gross: $0.04M
35. Masaan (2015)
109 min | Drama
Along India's Ganges River, four people face prejudice, a strict moral code and a punishing caste system as they confront personal tragedies.
Director: Neeraj Ghaywan | Stars: Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Vicky Kaushal, Pankaj Tripathi
Votes: 31,257
36. Kaalakaandi (2018)
112 min | Comedy, Thriller
Focusing on life, death and karma, this dark comedy follows three parallel tracks - a man who discovers that he is a terminally ill, a woman seeking redemption and two goons with major trust issues.
Director: Akshat Verma | Stars: Saif Ali Khan, Asif Basra, Neil Bhoopalam, Ankit Bisht
Votes: 3,290
37. Ek Chalis Ki Last Local (2007)
Not Rated | 143 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime
A comic thriller about two people who miss the last local train at 1:40 am and how missing of their train changes their course of life forever.
Director: Sanjay M. Khanduri | Stars: Abhay Deol, Neha Dhupia, Amit Mistry, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Votes: 5,468
38. The Usual Suspects (1995)
R | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
The sole survivor of a pier shoot-out tells the story of how a notorious criminal influenced the events that began with five criminals meeting in a seemingly random police lineup.
Director: Bryan Singer | Stars: Kevin Spacey, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Stephen Baldwin
Votes: 1,144,236 | Gross: $23.34M
39. Dor (2006)
147 min | Drama
Two woman --different backgrounds, miles apart, and strangers to each other-- are linked by tragedy. Their new-found friendship is tested as one holds the fate of the other's husband in her hands.
Director: Nagesh Kukunoor | Stars: Ayesha Takia, Shreyas Talpade, Gul Panag, Girish Karnad
Votes: 6,263
40. Dhuruvangal Pathinaaru (2016)
Not Rated | 105 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A police officer retires after an accident during a case investigation. Years later, he is forced to relive the past as he narrates the story to his friend's son.
Director: Karthick Naren | Stars: Rahman, Prakash Raghavan, Sharathkumar, Santhosh Krishna
Votes: 16,893
41. Kuttrame Thandanai (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young man with a visual impairment uses his other heightened senses to unravel a murder mystery.
Director: M. Manikandan | Stars: Vidharth, Pooja Devariya, Aishwarya Rajesh, Rahman
Votes: 2,165
42. The Yellow Sea (2010)
R | 136 min | Action, Crime, Drama
When the attempt to kill a professor goes wrong, a series of violent events are triggered which force a taxi driver to run for his life.
Director: Na Hong-jin | Stars: Lee Yoo-mi, Ha Jung-woo, Lee Hee-joon, Kim Yoon-seok
Votes: 22,937
43. Incendies (2010)
R | 131 min | Drama, Mystery, War
Twins journey to the Middle East to discover their family history and fulfill their mother's last wishes.
Director: Denis Villeneuve | Stars: Lubna Azabal, Mélissa Désormeaux-Poulin, Maxim Gaudette, Mustafa Kamel
Votes: 199,766 | Gross: $6.86M
44. Hide and Seek (2013)
Not Rated | 107 min | Mystery, Thriller
A missing brother. Hide and seeks codes. A shocking truth for two different families and the struggle to save their families from someone who is already living inside their house.
Director: Jung Huh | Stars: Son Hyeon-ju, Moon Jeong-Hee, Jeon Mi-seon, Kim Hye-yoon
Votes: 2,361
45. Vadh (2022)
110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
After their son moves to USA, a middle-class married couple is relentlessly harassed by a loan shark.
Directors: Jaspal Singh Sandhu, Rajeev Barnwal | Stars: Sanjay Mishra, Neena Gupta, Manav Vij, Saurabh Sachdeva
Votes: 6,138
46. Chor Nikal Ke Bhaga (2023)
TV-MA | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A flight attendant and her business partner on a mission to steal diamonds and free themselves from the clutches of a loan shark.At 40,000 feet in the air, the heist goes horribly wrong and turns into a hostage situation.
Director: Ajay Singh | Stars: Yami Gautam, Sunny Kaushal, Sharad Kelkar, Indraneil Sengupta
Votes: 53,306
47. Cat (2022– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A former police informant is forced to become an informant again to save the life of his brother, which forces him to come to terms with his dark past.
Stars: Randeep Hooda, Abhishant Rana, Suvinder Vicky, Pramod Pathak
Votes: 12,819
48. D-Day (I) (2013)
Not Rated | 153 min | Action, Thriller
A team of experts dispatched to bring in The Most Wanted Man in India almost achieve the unthinkable ... until something goes horribly wrong.
Director: Nikkhil Advani | Stars: Irrfan Khan, Rishi Kapoor, Arjun Rampal, Shruti Haasan
Votes: 10,253
49. Ripley's Game (2002)
R | 110 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A dying family man in need of money is persuaded to assassinate a European crime boss.
Director: Liliana Cavani | Stars: John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Lena Headey, Ray Winstone
Votes: 19,396
50. All the Money in the World (2017)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris
Votes: 90,933 | Gross: $25.11M
51. Going in Style (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon
Votes: 91,497 | Gross: $45.02M
52. The Constant Gardener (2005)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 148,399 | Gross: $33.58M
53. All the Money in the World (2017)
R | 132 min | Crime, Drama, History
The story of the kidnapping of 16-year-old John Paul Getty III and the desperate attempt by his devoted mother to convince his billionaire grandfather Jean Paul Getty to pay the ransom.
Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Michelle Williams, Christopher Plummer, Mark Wahlberg, Romain Duris
Votes: 90,933 | Gross: $25.11M
54. Going in Style (2017)
PG-13 | 96 min | Comedy, Crime
Desperate to pay the bills and come through for their loved ones, three lifelong pals risk it all by embarking on a daring bid to knock off the very bank that absconded with their money.
Director: Zach Braff | Stars: Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Ann-Margret, Matt Dillon
Votes: 91,497 | Gross: $45.02M
55. The Constant Gardener (2005)
R | 129 min | Drama, Mystery, Romance
A widower's transcontinental quest to find answers about his wife's death leads him to explosive secrets.
Director: Fernando Meirelles | Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Koundé
Votes: 148,399 | Gross: $33.58M
56. 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: 9,484
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