A psychopath forces a tennis star to comply with his theory that two strangers can get away with murder. Year 1951.
| Generes: Crime, Film-Noir, Thriller |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: Raymond Chandler (screen play), Czenzi Ormonde (screen play), Whitfield Cook (adaptation), Patricia Highsmith (from the novel by) |
| Actors: Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, Robert Walker, Leo G. Carroll |
A New York City advertising executive goes on the run after being mistaken for a government agent by a group of foreign spies. Year 1959.
| Generes: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: Ernest Lehman |
| Actors: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis |
A career bank robber breaks out of jail, and shares a moment of mutual attraction with a U.S. Marshal he has kidnapped. Year 1998.
| Generes: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Steven Soderbergh |
| Writer: Elmore Leonard (novel), Scott Frank (screenplay) |
| Actors: George Clooney, Jennifer Lopez, Jim Robinson, Mike Malone |
After a botched money delivery, Lola has 20 minutes to come up with 100,000 Deutschmarks. Year 1998.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: Tom Tykwer |
| Writer: Tom Tykwer (screenplay) |
| Actors: Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri |
A criminal mastermind uses hypnosis to rule the rackets after death. Year 1933.
| Generes: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Fritz Lang |
| Writer: Norbert Jacques (characters), Fritz Lang (scenario), Fritz Lang, René Sti (French adaptation), Thea von Harbou (scenario), Thea von Harbou |
| Actors: Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Thomy Bourdelle, Gustav Diessl, Rudolf Schündler |
When three close friends escape from Hong Kong to war-time Saigon to start a criminal’s life, they all go through a harrowing experience which totally shatters their lives and their friendship forever. Year 1990.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: John Woo |
| Writer: Janet Chun, Patrick Leung, John Woo |
| Actors: Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Jacky Cheung, Waise Lee, Simon Yam |
A man’s vision for a utopian society is disillusioned when travelling forward into time reveals a dark and dangerous society. Year 1960.
| Generes: Adventure, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Director: George Pal |
| Writer: David Duncan (screenplay), H.G. Wells (novel) |
| Actors: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, Yvette Mimieux, Sebastian Cabot |
A lady fugitive on the run from corrupt government officials is joined in her endeavors by an unambitious painter and skilled Buddhist monks. Year 1971.
| Generes: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: King Hu |
| Writer: King Hu, Songling Pu (story) |
| Actors: Feng Hsu, Chun Shih, Ying Bai, Billy Chan |
A sole survivor tells of the twisty events leading up to a horrific gun battle on a boat, which began when five criminals met at a seemingly random police lineup. Year 1995.
| Generes: Crime, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Bryan Singer |
| Writer: Christopher McQuarrie |
| Actors: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak |
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative. Year 1964.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Robert Aldrich |
| Writer: Henry Farrell (screenplay), Lukas Heller (screenplay), Henry Farrell (story) |
| Actors: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead |
A woman is asked to spy on a group of Nazi friends in South America. How far will she have to go to ingratiate herself with them? Year 1946.
| Generes: Drama, Film-Noir, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Alfred Hitchcock |
| Writer: Ben Hecht |
| Actors: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern |
An insurance representative lets himself be talked by a seductive housewife into a murder/insurance fraud scheme that arouses the suspicion of an insurance investigator. Year 1944.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery, Thriller |
| Director: Billy Wilder |
| Writer: Billy Wilder (screenplay), Raymond Chandler (screenplay), James M. Cain (from the novel by) |
| Actors: Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall |
German scientist murders his fiancée during World War II when he learns that she has been selling the results of his secret research to the enemy. Year 1951.
| Generes: Crime, Drama, Thriller, War |
| Director: Peter Lorre |
| Writer: Axel Eggebrecht (screenplay), Peter Lorre (novel), Peter Lorre (screenplay), Benno Vigny (screenplay) |
| Actors: Peter Lorre, Karl John, Helmuth Rudolph, Johanna Hofer |
In 1999, Claire’s life is forever changed after she survives a car crash. She rescues Sam and starts traveling around the world with him. Writer Eugene follows them and writes their story, as a way of recording dreams is being invented. Year 1991.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller |
| Director: Wim Wenders |
| Writer: Peter Carey (screenplay), Wim Wenders (screenplay), Wim Wenders (original idea by), Solveig Dommartin (original idea by), Michael Almereyda |
| Actors: Solveig Dommartin, Pietro Falcone, Enzo Turrin, Chick Ortega |
A restauranteur teams up with a police officer and his ex-con brother to avenge the death of a friend’s daughter. Year 1987.
| Generes: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Director: John Woo |
| Writer: Hark Tsui (story), John Woo |
| Actors: Lung Ti, Yun-Fat Chow, Leslie Cheung, Dean Shek |
A woman plans to marry a navy officer but she is also the object of another man’s obsession. Year 1993.
| Generes: Action, Drama, Romance, Thriller |
| Director: Yash Chopra |
| Writer: Honey Irani (screenplay), Honey Irani (story), Javed Siddiqui (dialogue) |
| Actors: Juhi Chawla, Sunny Deol, Shah Rukh Khan, Anupam Kher |