231. Shoot the Piano Player ( Tirez sur le pianiste )
Year of Release: 1960
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: François Truffaut
Actors: Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger, Michèle Mercier, Serge Davri, Claude Mansard
Plot: A nightclub pianist is drawn into the sights of gangsters when he helps out a friend and small time hood, leading to tragic consequences.
232. Runaway Jury
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Gary Fleder
Actors: John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz, Bruce Davison, Bruce McGill
Plot: A lawyer and jury consultant working for the gun industry think they have the perfect combination of jurors picked out to hand them a favorable verdict. But a man with inside knowledge, and his girlfriend on the outside, have their own agenda - but they're playing a deadly game.
233. The Parallax View
Year of Release: 1974
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Actors: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels, Paula Prentiss, Kenneth Mars, Kelly Thordsen
234. From the World of John Wick: Ballerina
Year of Release: 2025
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Len Wiseman
Actors: Ana de Armas, Ian McShane, Norman Reedus, Anjelica Huston, Keanu Reeves, Gabriel Byrne
Plot: After her father is murdered by a group of merciless killers, young Eve
finds herself as part of the Ruska Roma - raised to be both an assassin
and a protector. Yet she finds herself drawn in to track down the group
who killed her father - against the wishes of her own organization -
leading her to a cult that has been around for centuries - and even coming
face-to-face with John Wick himself.
235. Margin Call
Year of Release: 2011
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: J.C. Chandor
Actors: Kevin Spacey, Zachary Quinto, Jeremy Irons, Paul Bettany, Demi Moore, Mary McDonnell
Plot: Tense action as we follow one 24-hour period at an investment bank just before the financial crisis hits.
236. Lady Snowblood ( Shurayukihime )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: Japanese
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Toshiya Fujita
Actors: Meiko Kaji, Toshio Kurosawa, Masaaki Daimon, Miyoko Akaza, Shinichi Uchida, Takeo Chii
Plot: A family is brutalized by a group of criminals who wipe nearly everyone out. Yuki is the only survivor after her mother dies in childbirth - her dying wish to maker sure her daughter is raised as the perfect assassin. Knowing no family or love, Yuki is molded as such and becomes the perfect instrument for revenge.
237. Kalifornia
Year of Release: 1993
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Crime/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Dominic Sena
Actors: Brad Pitt, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes, Juliette Lewis, Mars Callahan, James Michael McDougal
Plot: Two investigative wannabe journalists are exploring past serial killer grave sites. They don't have the cash to continue going so along the way they pick up a couple to help pay for expenses but eventually reveal themselves as serial killers.
238. Valkyrie
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Historical
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Bryan Singer
Actors: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy, Thomas Kretschmann, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Fry
Plot: The mysterious plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler during WWII with the lead assassin as the star.
239. State of Siege ( État de siège )
Year of Release: 1973
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Costa-Gavras
Actors: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse, Jacques Weber, Jean-Luc Bideau, Maurice Teynac
Plot: Uruguay in the early 70s - the government fights a group of leftist Tupamaro guerrillas. Against this backdrop an American agent working for a group that is a front for counterinsurgency is kidnapped by the guerrillas and interrogated.
240. The Stanford Prison Experiment
Year of Release: 2015
Overall Rating: 3.2 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Kyle Patrick Alvarez
Actors: Olivia Thirlby, Ezra Miller, Billy Crudup, Keir Gilchrist, Michael Angarano, Tye Sheridan
Plot: At Stanford University, 24 randomly selected male students were assigned as either prisoners or guards in a mock prison set up in the basement of the psychology building. What starts out as an experiment soon spirals out of control as the students, left to their base instincts, become deeply entrenched in their roles leading to serious repercussions.
