251. The Contender
Year of Release: 2000
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Rod Lurie
Actors: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen
252. Pig
Year of Release: 2021
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Michael Sarnoski
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Alex Wolff, Adam Arkin, Cassandra Violet, Julia Bray, Elijah Ungvary
Plot: After his truffle-hunting pig is kidnapped, a reclusive hunter leaves his the Oregonian wilderness behind and heads to Portland where he must find those responsible - as well as face his past.
253. Saltburn
Year of Release: 2023
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Emerald Fennell
Actors: Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe, Richard E. Grant
Plot: Oliver Quick is a student at Oxford who finds himself on the outside looking in - struggling to adapt to this new world. Fellow student Felix Catton invites him to stay at his sprawling family estate, Saltburn, for the summer and he accepts. With an eccentric family and wild nights - it will forever change his life.
254. Phone Booth
Year of Release: 2003
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Joel Schumacher
Actors: Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes, Paula Jai Parker
Plot: A sniper pins a man down in a phone booth, telling him if he hangs up the phone or disobeys him, he will die.
255. Fracture
Year of Release: 2007
Overall Rating: 2.7 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Thriller/Crime
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Actors: Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Anthony Hopkins, Embeth Davidtz, Rosamund Pike, Billy Burke
Plot: Willy Beachum a young, successful prosecutor takes a case against Ted Crawford, a structural engineer representing himself in the death of his wife. Although the case seems open and shut, Crawford has a plan - one that seems to point to his innocence and destroy Beachum's career.
256. Man on Fire
Year of Release: 1987
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: French
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Elie Chouraqui
Actors: Scott Glenn, Jade Malle, Joe Pesci, Brooke Adams, Jonathan Pryce, Danny Aiello
257. Wake in Fright
Year of Release: 1972
Overall Rating: 3.0 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Drama/Thriller
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Ted Kotcheff
Actors: Donald Pleasence, Gary Bond, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay, Jack Thompson, Peter Whittle
Plot: An educated man, John Grant, arrives in the rough Australian mining town of Bundanyabba - a one-night stay before heading to Sydney. Yet one night stretches to five, and soon Grant loses all semblance of the man he was and wakes from an alcohol-soaked bender to face a desolate wasteland and his own demons.
258. Rose Red
Year of Release: 2002
Overall Rating: 2.8 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Craig R. Baxley
Actors: Nancy Travis, Matt Keeslar, Kimberly J. Brown, David Dukes, Judith Ivey, Matt Ross
Plot: Rose Red is a miniseries written by Stephen King. Professor Joyce Reardon gathers a group of psychic people for an expedition to a house that is supposed to be haunted. The purpose is to unlock the secrets of the house. The only problem is that they succeed.
259. Quantum of Solace
Year of Release: 2008
Overall Rating: 2.6 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Action/Thriller
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Director: Marc Forster
Actors: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Olga Kurylenko, Mathieu Amalric, Giancarlo Giannini, Gemma Arterton
Plot: After interrogating Mr. White, James Bond learns of a secret organization, Quantum, behind the blackmail and death of Vesper. Teaming up with a woman who has her own vendetta, Bond follows Dominic Greene a ruthless businessman with plans to control one of the world's most important natural resources no matter the cost.
260. The Invitation
Year of Release: 2016
Overall Rating: 2.9 out of 4 stars
Language: English
Genre: Horror/Thriller
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Karyn Kusama
Actors: Michiel Huisman, Logan Marshall-Green, John Carroll Lynch, Emayatzy Corinealdi, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Doyle
Plot: Will and Eden were once a loving couple but with the death of their son, Eden left everything behind. Two years later, she returns with a new husband and changed persona. Eager to reconnect with the people she left behind, she organizes a dinner. Will, still haunted by the past, hosts the party but as the night wears on, he can't help feel that she and her new husband have a sinister agenda.
