Good Thriller

yourdeadwright

Can anyone recommended a good Thriller for a wet Wednesday ,
Not one of the obvious big name one but a good one I might have missed ?
Any thoughts would be great

brevity

Zodiac.

Brief_Lives

I would say Fallen, with Denzel Washington or Zodiac with Robert Downey Jr...
both have aged well... the movies, I mean...

Lorelli!

Brief_Lives wrote: »

I would say Fallen, with Denzel Washington or Zodiac with Robert Downey Jr...
both have aged well... the movies, I mean...

I was going to say Fallen too

There's a good twist in it OP!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Lorelli! wrote: »

I was going to say Fallen too

There's a good twist in it OP!

What a way to ruin any movie ffs :rolleyes:

al87987

I saw the devil. Don't let the name fool ya. Korean though so will be subbed.

Lorelli!

Hunky Monster wrote: »

What a way to ruin any movie ffs :rolleyes:

Okay! I didn't say what it was!

MEGA BRO WOLF 5000

Lorelli! wrote: »

Okay! I didn't say what it was!

It doesn't matter, once you tell someone there's a twist in a movie you stop enjoying the movie and spend the whole time trying to guess what the twist is...

Lorelli!

Hunky Monster wrote: »

It doesn't matter, once you tell someone there's a twist in a movie you stop enjoying the movie and spend the whole time trying to guess what the twist is...

Most thrillers involve a guessing game throughout!

Frantic 1988 - Polanski - no one does thriller like Harrison Ford!

xalot

Primal Fear
Nightcrawler, more a character study than thriller but I genuinely didn't know what to expect next
Green Room
Blue Ruin
10 Cloverfield Lane
Captain Philips

Recently watched 'In the heat of the night' and it's surprisingly very relevant

jcd5971

Lorelli! wrote:

Okay! I didn't say what it was!

I think they adressed this very issue in an episode of the I.T. crowd

By saying there is a twist you effectively rob the eventual twist of its impact and just ruin the film.

I remember a few years back in canteen during lunch reading paper and seeing 6th sense was on TV that night, I mentioned I'd never seen it and might give it a watch.

One pillock goes oh great film and the twist at the end is class you'll never see it coming...

Other 2 guys at table just stare at him and one goes erhm I think jcd will see it coming now maybe as you've bloody told him.


Suffice to say I was watching for twist so much I figured it out early, but thought it was too easy so ended up disappointed there was no further twist.

Lorelli!

jcd5971 wrote: »

I think they adressed this very issue in an episode of the I.T. crowd

By saying there is a twist you effectively rob the eventual twist of its impact and just ruin the film.

Damn, I'm just getting through the I.T. crowd now and I haven't seen that episode so that jokes ruined for me

The film is nearly 20 years old. Anyway apologies OP. I personally find it more intriguing when I hear there's a good twist in a film so never thought of it as a big deal.

the purple tin

The Conversation. Excellent turn by Gene Hackman and a great supporting cast.

yourdeadwright

I ended up watching the Fallen I enjoyed it , It was different and it has aged quite well so thanks for that folks

al87987

Watched blue ruin, decent flick. 7.5/10

xalot

al87987 wrote: »

Watched blue ruin, decent flick. 7.5/10

You should definitely catch Green Room by the same director (if you haven't already seen it). Genuine edge of your seat stuff.

al87987

xalot wrote: »

You should definitely catch Green Room by the same director (if you haven't already seen it). Genuine edge of your seat stuff.

Saw Green Room earlier this year. Really good. Great low-budget director, I'll be keeping an eye on him.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Frailty - a bit of a sleeper but I loved it.

"A lonely place to die" - 2011

A pretty decent one that many have not seen.

al87987

al87987 wrote: »

Saw Green Room earlier this year. Really good. Great low-budget director, I'll be keeping an eye on him.

very well done in terms of tension for the most part.

weemcd

Some really great suggestions here.

I'll throw in
The Insider
Arlington Road
Prisoners - best film I've seen in years

the purple tin

Ripley's Game, John Malkovich is deadly in it.
The Two Faces of January.

small list of lessor known thrillers (got "A lonely place to die" from here)

http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/underrated-thrillers/26487/12-underappreciated-thrillers-worth-checking-out

Pinkman

A Simple Plan starring Bill Paxman and Billy Bob Thorntan is excellent.

The Hitcher from 1986 is one of the most gripping thrillers I've seen. It was influenced by Spielberg's debut film 'Duel' which itself is an great underappreciated thriller.

Pelvis

The Ghost Writer.

MonkieSocks

Shoot To Kill 1988

longshanks

MonkieSocks wrote: »

Shoot To Kill 1988

I know that film as Deadly Pursuit.

MonkieSocks

longshanks wrote: »

I know that film as Deadly Pursuit.

Yeah "Shoot to Kill" was for American Audiences, Deadly Pursuit for World Wide Release

Cracker Of a Movie

Lorelli!

Just wondering if anyone would know, how do you do spoiler blanks on here? I'm mostly on my phone so would need to do it on that.

Charlie19

Lorelli! wrote: »

Just wondering if anyone would know, how do you do spoiler blanks on here? I'm mostly on my phone so would need to do it on that.

Click on

full site

at the bottom of the screen, you can use all the functions you'd normally have using a PC.

Charlie19

Gone Girl is a great thriller.

Another good one would be Vacancy.

Lorelli!

Charlie19 wrote: »

Click on

full site

at the bottom of the screen, you can use all the functions you'd normally have using a PC.

Thanks Charlie but I don't see "spoiler"at the bottom of the screen?

Charlie19

Right at the bottom of the screen you can click Full Site.

This will change the boards from touch site format to PC format.

When you're in full site mode youll have all the normal buttons, the likes of spoiler tags, YouTube and so on.

Dave147

al87987 wrote:

I saw the devil. Don't let the name fool ya. Korean though so will be subbed.

Outstanding film! Min-Sik Choi if I recall, he's in Oldboy as well, in for a treat with this one.

Lorelli!

Fallen had a great twist .......

cheers Charlie