121. A Different Man
Year of Release: 2024
Overall Rating: 3.3 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Aaron Schimberg
Actors: Sebastian Stan, Miles G. Jackson, Adam Pearson, Renate Reinsve, Patrick Wang, Neal Davidson
Plot: Edward undergoes a radical facial reconstruction surgery, which is a
resounding success but he soon becomes obsessed with an actor who takes
his place in a stage play based on his old life.
122. The Cabin in the Woods
Year of Release: 2012
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Drew Goddard
Actors: Chris Hemsworth, Jesse Williams, Kristen Connolly, Amy Acker, Bradley Whitford, Richard Jenkins
Plot: A twist on the classic horror setup of a group of friends going to a cabin retreat in the dark woods and uncovering something unexpected and horrific.
123. Lifeboat
Year of Release: 1944
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/War
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Actors: Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Hume Cronyn, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, Henry Hull
Plot: Several survivors of a torpedoed ship find themselves in the same boat with one of the men who sunk it.
124. Lost Highway
Year of Release: 1997
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Mystery/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: David Lynch
Actors: Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Richard Pryor, Henry Rollins, Gary Busey
Plot: A man with Dissociative Fugue disorder is accused of murder. He wouldn't kill the one he loves, would he?
125. The Day of the Jackal
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG
Director: Fred Zinnemann
Actors: Edward Fox, Terence Alexander, Michel Auclair, Alan Badel, Tony Britton, Denis Carey
Plot: In early 1960s France, the disbanded members of the former French Foreign Legion want to kill current president Charles DeGaulle - turning him into one of the most guarded men in the world. In desperation they turn to "The Jackal", codename of a notorious assassin who agrees to take the job for half-a-million in payment. As he plans the perfect assassination, the police desperately try to track him down.
126. The Equalizer
Year of Release: 2014
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Actors: Denzel Washington, Chloë Grace Moretz, Haley Bennett, Marton Csokas, Melissa Leo, Robert Wahlberg
Plot: A former black ops commander has settled down in Boston - having faked his own death in order to enjoy a normal life. But when a young girl gets herself in trouble, his need for justice brings him out of retirement - even if it means going up against a group of dangerous Russian gangsters.
127. Pi
Year of Release: 1998
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Darren Aronofsky
Actors: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ajay Naidu, Lauren Fox, Ben Shenkman
Plot: A paranoid, genius mathmatician thinks he has discovered the key to all the universal patterns in nature. Soon he is pursued by a Hasidic Jewish sect looking to decode the 216-digit number of God's true name to Wall Street brokers hoping to crack the stock market. What he decides to do with the knowledge is the true shocker.
128. Repulsion
Year of Release: 1965
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Horror
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Roman Polanski
Actors: Catherine Deneuve, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Yvonne Furneaux, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston
Plot: A mentally unbalanced young woman descends into madness when she is left alone in her flat when her sister goes on vacation.
129. Mission: Impossible
Year of Release: 1996
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Brian De Palma
Actors: Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Jon Voight, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, Henry Czerny
Plot: A super American spy agent must uncover the mystery why he was set up and what parties were involved with his team of spies.
130. Nocturnal Animals
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Tom Ford
Actors: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Armie Hammer, Michael Shannon, Isla Fisher, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Plot: Twenty years after their marriage fell apart, Susan receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband, Edward titled "Nocturnal Animals". The violent thriller, about a family vacation turning deadly, seems to Susan a probable revenge and perhaps a veiled threat from the man she once loved, and the story withing a story causes her to confront some dark truths about her past.
