A good thriller

yourdeadwright

Hey
Just wondering if the good people of boards good recommend a few good thrillers that have comeo ut in recent years that i could watch over the weekend

Thanks

nitros7

Shutter Isalnd, The Frozen Ground, The Hunger Games, Flight, the Hurt Locker and Argo just to name a few :cool::cool::cool::eek:

e_e

Confessions
Drive
I Saw the Devil
Prisoners

brevity

Zodiac

SimonTemplar

Argo.

I'm not sure what you mean by "recent" but Silence of the Lambs, Heat* and Se7en are well worth a look if you haven't seen them.

*Not to be confused with Sandra Bullock's The Heat

Bipolar Joe

I never understood the love for Shutter Island.

"This dude is mental, the best thing is to play along with it while people are murdered or some shit."

I vote for I Saw The Devil, it's a great movie. While you're at it, The Chaser and The Man From Nowhere, also. And Bratz: The Movie.

losthorizon

Argo - who would have thought a film about getting through passport control could be so exciting
Lantana - a really good Aussie thriller
Mother - A Korean movie with an edge that has shades of Hitchcock
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - brilliantly acted and based on a great Le Carre classic book


While two I want to see are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvu_tBQgZyI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNszOl14AWg

a few years old but "Fracture" is pretty good. One from this year that's decent is "Side Effects". "Trance" is not as good but entertaining enough. "Headhunters" is good too.

Smiles35

A recent one I liked was Dead Man Down staring our own Colin Farrell.

Links234

Tell No One, french movie which is amazing

brevity

Links234 wrote: »

Tell No One, french movie which is amazing

Excellent movie

Tom_Cruise

Smell Badda wrote: »

A recent one I liked was Dead Man Down staring our own Colin Farrell.

Really good movie.

siblers

brevity wrote: »

Zodiac

Was gonna suggest that, superb film. Animal Kingdom is also superb, can't go wrong with either.

Links234

also, the girl with the dragon tattoo

bur

Was going to bring up Tell No one, so nice to see it's already been mentioned. That and another foregn film, Carancho, are the two that always come to mind straight away when i get asked this. Too bad so many people have a phobia of subtitles. Their loss.

Does seem to be a dearth of good english language thrillers in recent times.

Dow99

Another non English language thriller is the Norwegian movie "Headhunters"... don't allow the subtitles put you off as its a fantastic roller coaster of a thriller!!! It recently won Best Thriller at the Empire Awards

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1614989/?ref_=sr_1

brevity

brevity wrote: »

Zodiac

that that this was pretty boring myself.

pheasant tail

State of plays definetly worth a watch if you havent seen it

kumate_champ07

Das Experiment

BopNiblets

Watched The Frozen Ground last night, was good, reminded me of Zodiac a bit.

old hippy

pheasant tail wrote: »

State of plays definetly worth a watch if you havent seen it

The BBC original version.

Skerries

old hippy wrote: »

The BBC original version.

oh you hipster

old hippy

Skerries wrote: »

oh you hipster

Well, maybe the US big budget remake where all the suspence and nuances and character is reduced into 90 mins is the superior version. But I doubt it.

Still, while we're on about Hollywood; I enjoyed Michael Clayton. Thought that was a proper thriller.

MisterAnarchy

bur wrote: »

Does seem to be a dearth of good english language thrillers in recent times.

Very true,good english language thrillers are few and far between ,they dont seem to be making them anymore.

Another non English language thriller is the Norwegian movie "Headhunters"... don't allow the subtitles put you off as its a fantastic roller coaster of a thriller!!! It recently won Best Thriller at the Empire Awards

Check out Jackpot aka Arme Riddere based on a story by the same author as Headhunters.
Its a dark thriller/comedy but very enjoyable.

Other good foreign thrillers are The Secret in Their Eyes, Timecrimes,Tattoo ,a German film similar to Seven ,Infernal Affairs,Point Blank, and A Bittersweet Life.

Some good recent English language thrillers are The Next 3 Days ,The Square (Australian film),Red Hill (another Australian film) ,The Ghost Writer (Roman Polanski) , The Edge of Darkness, and Unknown (Liam Neeson)

delboy85

Another vote for "Zodiac". One of the very best films (thriller or otherwise) of the past decade.

Zeek12

old hippy wrote: »

Still, while we're on about Hollywood; I enjoyed Michael Clayton. Thought that was a proper thriller.

I don't think I would class it as a thriller really. More of a very well-acted drama.
But its a superb film for sure, and one everyone should watch. Swinton, Wilkinson and Clooney are all on top form.

Sleepy

Gonna go back quite a few years but it always surprises me how many people missed The Game. One of Michael Douglas's more enjoyable movies imo and more twists and turns than a plate of spaghetti.

magma69

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362225/?ref_=nv_sr_1

Tell No One. Terrific French thriller. Engrossing throughout. Plenty of twists and turns without being too ridiculous. WATCH IT!

DrumSteve

The next 3 days literally had me on the edge of my seat.

hardweir

This one is getting on a bit now and tough enough to find,worth watching for Treat Williams alone.Hell of a cast.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114660/?ref_=nv_sr_2

Also,
True romance
The last boyscout
The long kiss goodnight
confidence

xxyyzz

Korean new movie called pieta. Mightily f#cked up

Manchegan

Sleepless Night(Nuit Blanche)(2011) should do the trick - dirty cops, dirtier cops and drug lords chasing each other, ducking, dodging and walking over what must be the most complacent disco/restaurant/bar clientele/staff in history.

Sam Mac

Panic Room is a great thriller!

ling-zing

A History Of Violence

Eastern Promises

purcela

Mystic River

CrinkElite

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1632547/

Cold Fish

Definitely worth a watch.

Dave147

MisterAnarchy wrote: »

...Other good foreign thrillers are The Secret in Their Eyes...

If you watch anything recommended here make sure it's this. What an absolutely amazing film, it's in my top 5 of all time along with Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives of Others). Headhunters was great too.

SilSil

Links234 wrote: »

also, the girl with the dragon tattoo

This one was creepy

brevity

I'd recommend Memories of Murder if you fancy a Korean movie. Really loved it.

Just watched Transsiberian http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800241/ . wasn't released in cinemas here - pretty good.