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Watcher (2022) is a psychological thriller film directed by Chloe Okuno and written by Zack Ford. The story follows American couple Julia and Francis, who move to Bucharest and settle into their new apartment with a large picture window. As Francis spends long hours at work, Julia becomes increasingly disturbed by a man in the building across the street who seems to constantly watch her. Her anxiety intensifies when she discovers that a serial killer, known as “the Spider” in the local media, is targeting young women in the area. During a day out in the city, ...

The American thriller film, No Exit (2022), directed by Damien Power and written by Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari, is adapted from the 2017 novel of the same title by Taylor Adams. Darby Thorne, a recovering addict, receives news that her mother has been hospitalized for a brain aneurysm and is in critical condition. She leaves rehab and heads to Salt Lake City. While on the road, Corporal Ron Hill informs her of a blizzard causing the interstate closure. Darby agrees to ...

Thirteen Lives (2022) is a biographical survival film by director and producer Ron Howard, with a screenplay by William Nicholson. The movie tells the story of the Tham Luang cave rescue, which took place in 2018. On June 23rd of that year, twelve boys from the junior football team “Wild Boars” and their assistant coach Ekkaphon Chanthawong decide to explore the Tham Luang cave after practice. When they fail to show up for a birthday party arranged by their parents, their families head to the caves. To their horror, they discover that the boys are missing and ...

An American thriller film, The Weekend Away (2022), follows London-based new mother, Beth, as she travels to Croatia with her best friend Kate. Beth confides in Kate about the monotony in her marriage and their night out ends with the discovery of Kate’s disappearance. While the police are uninterested, Zain, the helpful taxi driver who drove them to a club, assists Beth in finding her missing friend. As suspicions arise and more clues are discovered, it is revealed that the men from the club were actually hired con men who drugged and robbed their clients. With the help of recovered items and phone records, an official investigation is launched by the police. ...

Deep Water (2022) is an erotic psychological thriller film directed by Adrian Lyne, from a screenplay by Zach Helm and Sam Levinson, based on the 1957 novel of the same name by Patricia Highsmith. The story follows the lives of Melinda and Vic Van Allen and their daughter Trixie, who reside in Little Wesley, Louisiana. Vic has retired early after designing navigation chips for military drones, while Melinda openly takes lovers – even in their shared home. Their unique ...

Fall (2022), a survival thriller film directed and co-written by Scott Mann and Jonathan Frank, follows Becky and Hunter, two thrill-seekers who are climbing a mountain with Becky’s husband, Dan. During their climb, Dan is startled by a bat in a small cave and falls to his death after the harness breaks. 51 weeks later, Becky has become an alcoholic and has distanced herself from her father, James. James urges her to move on from Dan’s death, but Becky refuses and considers taking her own life with prescription medication. However, Hunter interrupts her with ...

Stillwater (2021), an American film directed by Tom McCarthy, follows the story of Bill Baker, a Stillwater, Oklahoma oil worker who travels to Marseille to visit his daughter Allison. Allison is five years into serving a nine-year prison sentence for the murder of her roommate and unfaithful lover, Lina. While in Marseille, Bill meets with Allison’s defense lawyer, Mrs. Leparq, to pass along a letter from Allison. The letter contains information about a potential new suspect in Lina’s murder heard from Allison’s former professor. Despite Bill’s efforts to convince her otherwise, Leparq dismisses ...

The Occupant (2020), a Spanish thriller drama directed and written by David Pastor and Àlex Pastor, follows middle-aged Javier Muñoz as he realizes his advertising success is in the past. Competitors younger and more creative have taken over the market, forcing him to seek new employment. Financial struggles plague Javier and his family as bills pile up. To make ends meet, they must sell their luxurious apartment with a stunning view and move to a less prestigious area, leaving behind only an expensive car. Despite his efforts to find ...

A Spanish psychological thriller, The Paramedic (2020), directed by Carles Torras and written by David Desola and Hèctor Hernández Vicens, follows the story of Ángel Hernández. Living with his girlfriend Vanesa (Vane) François, Ángel is a paramedic who lacks empathy towards his patients and resorts to stealing from them. He then sells these items to a local fence. At home, Ángel displays controlling and possessive behavior towards Vane as they try unsuccessfully for a baby. Blaming her for their struggles, he even suggests ...

Cross the Line (2020) is a Spanish thriller film directed by David Victori. It stars Mario Casas alongside Milena Smit and Elisabeth Larena, and has received numerous accolades. These include a Goya Award for Best Actor (Casas) out of three nominations at the 35th Goya Awards, as well as a Feroz Award for Best Actor from a total of four nominations at the 8th Feroz Awards. Dani works in a travel agency and after experiencing ...

New Order (2020), a Mexican-French thriller art film, is set in a dystopian near future Mexico. Written, directed, produced and edited by Michel Franco as a French-Mexican co-production, it had its world premiere on September 10, 2020 at the Venice Film Festival, where it earned the Grand Jury Prize. The trailer’s depiction of darker-skinned underclass attacking a lighter-skinned elite sparked backlash on Mexican social media for perpetuating racial stereotypes. This criticism persisted after the film’s theatrical release and continued even after it became available for streaming.

The Devil All the Time (2020) is an American Southern Gothic psychological crime thriller film directed by Antonio Campos, co-written with his brother Paulo, based on Donald Ray Pollock’s novel of the same name. During World War II, while serving in the Solomon Islands, U.S. Marine Willard Russell witnesses Gunnery Sergeant Miller Jones being killed by Japanese soldiers. In order to end Jones’s suffering, Willard shoots him behind the ear. After returning home to Coal Creek, West Virginia, Willard stops in ...

Dark Waters (2019), an American legal thriller directed by Todd Haynes and written by Mario Correa and Matthew Michael Carnahan, follows the story of Robert Bilott’s battle against DuPont, a chemical manufacturing corporation. In 1998, Bilott is a corporate defense lawyer at the law firm Taft Stettinius & Hollister in Cincinnati, Ohio. One day, farmer Wilbur Tennant, who happens to know Bilott’s grandmother, reaches out to him for help with investigating ...

Serenity (2019) is a captivating American mystery thriller written, produced and directed by Steven Knight. Baker Dill, a fishing boat captain, leads a peaceful existence on the serene Plymouth Island. He is determined to catch a massive yellowfin tuna he has nicknamed ‘Justice’. However, his tranquil life is disrupted when his ex-wife Karen tracks him down and pleads for his help in escaping her abusive husband Frank. She offers Dill $10 million to dispose of him during an upcoming fishing trip they have booked. Struggling with conflicting feelings of responsibility towards Karen and his own moral code, ...

The 15:17 to Paris (2018) is an American biographical drama film directed by Clint Eastwood and written by Dorothy Blyskal. Based on the 2016 autobiography The 15:17 to Paris: The True Story of a Terrorist, a Train, and Three American Heroes, the film centers around Spencer Stone and Alek Skarlatos during their time at a suburban Christian middle school. Despite being disciplined frequently for their shared interest in guns, they form a friendship with Anthony Sadler, who also tends to get in trouble at school. Raised by single mothers, Spencer and Alek are often ...

Unsane (2018), an American psychological horror film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Jonathan Bernstein and James Greer, tells the story of Sawyer Valentini. After relocating from her home in Boston to escape a stalker, she continues to struggle with the traumatic experience, evidenced by a brief reaction during a date. Seeking support, she meets with a counselor at Highland Creek Behavioral Center, unknowingly signing a voluntary admission form for the locked psychiatric hospital. Despite her attempts to seek ...

American Animals (2018), a docudrama heist film written and directed by Bart Layton, follows the story of art student Spencer Reinhard. Seeking inspiration for his work, Spencer is given a tour of Transylvania University library’s rare-book collection. During the tour, he becomes fixated on a rare first edition of John James Audubon’s Birds of America. Spencer shares his idea with his rebellious friend Warren Lipka, who is attending the University of Kentucky on an athletic scholarship. They discuss the possibility of stealing the valuable books and selling them to black-market buyers in Amsterdam for ...

Ocean’s 8 (2018) is an American heist comedy film directed and written by Gary Ross and co-written by Olivia Milch. Recently released from prison, master schemer Debbie Ocean, who happens to be the younger sister of Danny Ocean, enlists her former partner in crime Lou to help her pull off a new heist. They assemble a team consisting of once-successful fashion designer Rose Weil, who is now in debt to the IRS; jewelry maker Amita, seeking more independence from her controlling mother; tech expert Nine Ball; street-smart pickpocket Constance; and suburban housewife ...

The British television espionage drama, The Little Drummer Girl (2018), is an adaptation of John le Carré’s novel of the same name from 1983. It debuted with six episodes on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 28 October 2018 and on AMC in the United States during November of that year. Set in 1979, the series follows a young English actress who is approached by Mossad to go undercover and thwart a Palestinian terrorist group’s plans in Europe. In The Little Drummer Girl, the boundaries between love and hate, truth and fiction, and right and wrong are blurred as the ...

Condor (2018–2020) is a thriller series based on James Grady’s novel Six Days of the Condor and its 1975 film adaptation Three Days of the Condor, written by Lorenzo Semple Jr. and David Rayfiel. The show features Max Irons in the lead role. Created by Todd Katzberg, Jason Smilovic, and Ken Robinson, it ...