Best Thrillers by Director
2223
482
2008
Götz Spielmann
Johannes Krisch, Irina Potapenko, Ursula Strauss, Andreas Lust, Johannes Thanheiser
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Austria
German
2696
681
1997
Roger Spottiswoode
Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Ricky Jay
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2787
714
2019
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Halle Berry, Ian McShane, Laurence Fishburne, Mark Dacascos
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2800
721
2023
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, George Georgiou, Lance Reddick, Clancy Brown
Action / Crime / Thriller
USA / Germany
English
2822
731
2017
Chad Stahelski
Keanu Reeves, Riccardo Scamarcio, Ian McShane, Ruby Rose, Common, Claudia Gerini
Action / Crime / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
1794
361
1945
John M. Stahl
Gene Tierney, Cornel Wilde, Jeanne Crain, Vincent Price, Mary Philips
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2813
727
1973
Jack Starrett
Tamara Dobson, Bernie Casey, Brenda Sykes, Antonio Fargas, Dan Frazer
Action / Crime / Thriller / Adventure / Spy / Comedy
USA
English
1129
218
1942
George Stevens
Cary Grant, Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan
Drama / Comedy / Romance / Thriller
USA
English
2813
727
1949
Robert Stevens
Bela Lugosi, Romney Brent, Ray Walston
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2612
642
1948
Robert Stevenson
Dick Powell, Signe Hasso, Harry J. Anslinger, Maylia, Ludwig Donath
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2695
680
1975
Robert Stevenson
Derek Nimmo, Hugh Burden, Bernard Bresslaw, Helen Hayes, Joan Sims
Family / Adventure / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Spy / Sci-Fi
UK / USA
English
2696
681
1965
Robert Stevenson
Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine, Roddy McDowall, Neville Brand
Family / Comedy / Thriller / Detective / Caper
USA
English
640
115
1991
Oliver Stone
Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA / France
English
1572
317
1994
Oliver Stone
Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr.
Action / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
1961
409
1986
Oliver Stone
James Woods, James Belushi, Michael Murphy, John Savage, Elpidia Carrillo
Drama / Thriller / War
USA
English
2807
726
2012
Oliver Stone
Taylor Kitsch, Blake Lively, Aaron Johnson, John Travolta, Benicio del Toro
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
299
59
1955
John Sturges
Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Western
USA
English
2612
642
1965
John Sturges
George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, John Larkin
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Action
USA
English
2696
681
1968
John Sturges
Rock Hudson, Ernest Borgnine, Patrick McGoohan, Jim Brown, Tony Bill, Lloyd Nolan
Action / Drama / Thriller / Spy
USA
English
2746
699
2024
Sandhya Suri
Shahana Goswami, Sunita Rajwar, Sanjay Bishnoi, Kushal Dubey, Nawal Shukla
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK / Germany / India / France
Hindi
2233
490
1966
Seijun Suzuki
Tetsuya Watari, Chieko Matsubara, Hideaki Nitani, Ryuji Kita, Tsuyoshi Yoshida
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Japan
Japanese
2688
677
1967
Seijun Suzuki
Jo Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari, Koji Nambara
Action / Crime / Drama / Gangster / Thriller
Japan
Japanese
2798
720
2001
Seijun Suzuki
Makiko Esumi, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Kan Hanae, Masatoshi Nagase
Crime / Action / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
Japan
Japanese
2163
461
1982
Bob Swaim
Nathalie Baye, Philippe Léotard, Richard Berry, Maurice Ronet
Drama / Action / Crime / Thriller / Gangster
France
French
1741
353
2014
Damián Szifrón
Liliana Ackerman, Luis Manuel Altamirano García, Alejandro Angelini
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Spain
Spanish
2802
722
1997
Lee Tamahori
Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau, Bart the Bear
Drama / Action / Adventure / Thriller
USA
English
2807
726
1996
Lee Tamahori
Nick Nolte, Melanie Griffith, Chazz Palminteri, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Post-Noir / Period Film / Gangster
USA
English
2813
727
2002
Lee Tamahori
Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry, Toby Stephens, Rosamund Pike, Rick Yune, Judi Dench
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
614
111
1992
Quentin Tarantino
Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Steve Buscemi
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Gangster / Cult
USA
English
1092
211
2019
Quentin Tarantino
Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Emile Hirsch, Margaret Qualley
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
UK / USA / China
English
1219
235
2003
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine
Adventure / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Action
USA
English
1909
394
2004
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah
Action / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2009
425
1997
Quentin Tarantino
Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2501
599
2007
Quentin Tarantino
Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan
Crime / Action / Thriller
USA
English
2781
711
1967
Frank Tashlin
Doris Day, Richard Harris, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, Edward Mulhare, Lilia Skala
Comedy / Thriller / Mystery / Action / Spy / Caper
USA
English
NR
-
2015
Alan Taylor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney, J.K. Simmons
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2696
681
1977
Don Taylor
Burt Lancaster, Michael York, Nigel Davenport, Barbara Carrera, Richard Basehart
Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Adventure / Romance
USA
English
2807
726
2011
André Téchiné
André Dussollier, Carole Bouquet, Mélanie Thierry, Adriana Asti
Drama / Thriller
France
French
2813
727
2017
Jonathan Teplitzky
Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, Ella Purnell, Julian Wadham
Biography / Drama / Thriller / History / War
UK
English
2190
470
1949
Ted Tetzlaff
Barbara Hale, Arthur Kennedy, Paul Stewart, Ruth Roman
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
1859
382
1962
J. Lee Thompson
Gregory Peck, Robert Mitchum, Polly Bergen, Lori Martin, Martin Balsam
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir
USA
English
2402
558
1959
J. Lee Thompson
John Mills, Horst Buchholz, Hayley Mills, Yvonne Mitchell, Megs Jenkins
Crime / Drama / Thriller
UK
English
1620
326
1996
Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton, Dwight Yoakam, J.T. Walsh, John Ritter
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2667
663
2017
Warwick Thornton
Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Thomas M. Wright, Matt Day
Adventure | Crime | Drama | History | Thriller | Western
Australia
English
2354
534
1937
Richard Thorpe
Robert Montgomery, Rosalind Russell, Dame May Whitty
Thriller
USA
English
2696
681
1944
Richard Thorpe
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Lucile Watson, Gloria DeHaven, Anne Revere, Helen Vinson
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Drama / Family / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
2018
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Dwayne Johnson, Neve Campbell, Chin Han, Roland Moller, Noah Taylor
Action / Adventure / Thriller
USA
English
2813
727
1935
James Tinling
Warner Oland, Irene Hervey, Jon Hall, Russell Hicks, Keye Luke
Mystery / Action / Crime / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2807
726
2009
Johnnie To
Johnny Hallyday, Sylvie Testud, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Ka Tung Lam, Suet Lam
Action / Crime / Thriller
Hong Kong / France
English
2678
671
2006
Johnny To
Nick Cheung, Roy Cheung, Josie Ho, Suet Lam, Francis Ng, Richie Ren
Crime / Action / Thriller / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2794
718
2018
Gonzalo Tobal
Lali Espósito, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Inés Estévez, Daniel Fanego
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Mexico
Spanish
2695
680
1993
Ricky Tognazzi
Claudio Amendola, Enrico Lo Verso, Carlo Cecchi, Ricky Memphis, Tony Sperandeo
Crime / Drama / Thriller
Italy
Italian
200
34
1947
Jacques Tourneur
Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama / Crime / Romance / Mystery / Cult
USA
English
589
106
1942
Jacques Tourneur
Simone Simon, Tom Conway
Drama / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
2673
668
1943
Jacques Tourneur
Dennis O'Keefe, Margo, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell, James Bell
Thriller / Mystery / Horror
USA
English
2813
727
1957
Jacques Tourneur
Aldo Ray, Brian Keith, Anne Bancroft, Jocelyn Brando, James Gregory
Crime / Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2822
731
2016
Dan Trachtenberg
John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr., Douglas M. Griffin
Drama / Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2807
726
2012
Josh Trank
Dane DeHaan, Alex Russell, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly, Ashley Hinshaw
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Fantasy
UK / USA
English
2794
718
2015
Pablo Trapero
Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gastón Cocchiarale
Biography / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Argentina / Spain
Spanish
NR
-
2015
Colin Trevorrow
Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Irrfan Khan
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / China
English
2822
731
2017
Joachim Trier
Eili Harboe, Kaya Wilkins, Henrik Rafaelsen, Ellen Dorrit Petersen
Drama / Mystery / Romance / Thriller / Horror
Norway / France / Denmark / Sweden
Norwegian
764
144
2023
Justine Triet
Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner, Antoine Reinartz
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France
French
403
77
1991
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Richard White, Jerry Orbach, David Ogden Stiers
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2789
715
2002
Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise
Paige O'Hara, Robby Benson, Jerry Orbach, Angela Lansbury, Richard White
Animation / Family / Musical / Romance / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
523
96
1960
François Truffaut
Charles Aznavour, Marie Dubois, Nicole Berger
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime / Comedy / Post-Noir
France
French
1317
256
1968
François Truffaut
Jeanne Moreau, Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Bouquet, Charles Denner, Claude Rich
Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Post-Noir
France / Italy
French
2747
700
1983
François Truffaut
Fanny Ardant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Philippe Laudenbach
Comedy / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Romance / Gangster
France
French
2362
538
1979
Hark Tsui
Siu-Ming Lau, Michelle Mee, Shu Tong Wong, Guozhu Zhang, Qiqi Chen, Jiang Wang
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2659
659
2010
Hark Tsui
Andy Lau, Tony Leung Ka Fai, Bingbing Li, Carina Lau, Jean-Michel Casanova, Lu Yao
Crime / Action / Thriller / Detective / Mystery
China / Hong Kong
Mandarin
2807
726
1984
Richard Tuggle
Clint Eastwood, Geneviève Bujold, Dan Hedaya, Alison Eastwood, Jenny Beck
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2813
727
2004
Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage, Diane Kruger, Justin Bartha, Sean Bean, Jon Voight
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Caper
USA
English
NR
-
2018
Jon Turteltaub
Jason Statham, Bingbing Li, Rainn Wilson, Ruby Rose, Winston Chao
Action / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller
China / USA
English
NR
-
2007
Jon Turteltaub
Nicolas Cage, Justin Bartha, Diane Kruger, Jon Voight, Helen Mirren, Ed Harris
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller / Caper
USA
English
1508
296
1942
Frank Tuttle
Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Tully Marshall
Film-Noir / Crime / Thriller / Romance / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2807
726
1996
David Twohy
Charlie Sheen, Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Shane, Ron Silver, Teri Polo
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Mystery / Action
USA / Mexico
English
429
83
1998
Tom Tykwer
Franka Potente, Moritz Bleibtreu, Herbert Knaup, Nina Petri
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Germany
German
2789
715
2006
Tom Tykwer
Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Alan Rickman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, John Hurt
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany / France / Spain
English
1137
220
2014
Morten Tyldum
Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Mark Strong, Charles Dance
Biography / Drama / Thriller / War
UK / USA
English
2392
551
2011
Morten Tyldum
Aksel Hennie, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Synnøve Macody Lund
Action / Crime / Thriller
Norway / Germany
Norwegian
2560
624
1957
Roger Vadim
Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, O.E. Hasse
Drama / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Romance
Italy / France
French
281
54
1934
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy
Crime / Romance / Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2612
642
1936
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, James Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia
Comedy / Romance / Crime / Mystery / Detective / Thriller
USA
English
2612
642
1933
W.S. Van Dyke
Warner Baxter, Myrna Loy, Charles Butterworth, Mae Clarke, Phillips Holmes
Crime / Mystery / Comedy / Thriller
USA
English
2813
727
1939
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Virginia Grey, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Ruth Hussey
Comedy / Mystery / Drama / Crime / Romance / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
NR
-
1941
W.S. Van Dyke
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Alan Baxter
Comedy / Romance / Drama / Mystery / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2807
726
1988
Buddy Van Horn
Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Liam Neeson, Evan C. Kim, David Hunt
Action / Thriller / Crime / Drama / Detective
USA
English
2807
726
2003
Erik Van Looy
Koen De Bouw, Werner De Smedt, Jan Decleir, Hilde De Baerdemaeker
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
2560
624
2003
Timothy Van Patten, John Patterson, Allen Coulter, Alan Taylor, Henry Bronchtein, Jack Bender, Steve Buscemi, Daniel Attias, David Chase
James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Michael Imperioli, Lorraine Bracco
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
2807
726
1991
Mario Van Peebles
Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, Allen Payne, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles, Michael Michele
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
923
173
1971
Melvin Van Peebles
Melvin Van Peebles, Simon Chuckster, Hubert Scales, John Dullaghan
Drama / Action / Thriller / Crime / Cult
USA
English
2364
539
1995
Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman, Matt Dillon, Joaquin Phoenix, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Crime
UK / USA
English
2396
553
2010
Matthew Vaughn
Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Chloë Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage
Action / Crime / Thriller / Comic
USA / UK
English
2535
617
2011
Matthew Vaughn
James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Kevin Bacon, Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence
Action / Adventure / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Comic / Fantasy
USA
English
2697
682
2004
Matthew Vaughn
Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Foreman, Sally Hawkins, Burn Gorman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
UK
English
NR
-
2017
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Julianne Moore, Taron Egerton, Mark Strong, Halle Berry
Action | Adventure | Comedy / Thriller / Spy / Comic / Crime / Detective
UK / USA
English
NR
-
2014
Matthew Vaughn
Colin Firth, Michael Caine, Taron Egerton, Samuel L. Jackson, Mark Strong
Action / Adventure / Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective / Spy / Comic
UK
English
664
124
1983
Paul Verhoeven
Jeroen Krabbé, Renée Soutendijk
Thriller / Comedy / Drama
Netherlands
Dutch
954
182
1977
Paul Verhoeven
Rutger Hauer, Jeroen Krabbé
War / Drama / Thriller
Belgium / Netherlands
Dutch
1412
274
2016
Paul Verhoeven
Isabelle Huppert, Laurent Lafitte, Anne Consigny, Charles Berling, Virginie Efira
Drama / Thriller
France / Germany / Belgium
French
1525
302
1990
Paul Verhoeven
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sharon Stone, Rachel Ticotin, Ronny Cox
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
USA
English
1953
406
1997
Paul Verhoeven
Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Neil Patrick Harris
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller / War
USA
English
2114
451
2006
Paul Verhoeven
Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Carice van Houten, Thom Hoffman, Sebastian Koch
Thriller / War / Drama
Netherlands / UK / Germany
Dutch
2798
720
1992
Paul Verhoeven
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Drama / Thriller
USA / France
English
2563
625
1963
Henri Verneuil
Jean Gabin, Alain Delon, Viviane Romance
Crime / Drama / Caper / Thriller
France / Italy
French
2813
727
1979
Henri Verneuil
Yves Montand, Michel Albertini, Roland Amstutz, Jean-Pierre Bagot, Georges Beller
Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
France
French
658
121
1946
Charles Vidor
Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready
Drama / Film-Noir / Thriller / Romance / Mystery
USA
English
972
190
2016
Denis Villeneuve
Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg
Sci-Fi / Thriller / Drama / Mystery
USA
English
1805
365
2015
Denis Villeneuve
Emily Blunt, Benicio Del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber, Jon Bernthal
Action / Crime / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
USA
English
2208
477
2017
Denis Villeneuve
Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford, Ana de Armas, Sylvia Hoeks, Robin Wright
Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller / Tech-Noir / Cult / Action
USA / UK / Canada
English
2355
535
2013
Denis Villeneuve
Hugh Jackman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, Viola Davis, Maria Bello
Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
602
108
1943
Luchino Visconti
Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti, Dhia Cristiani, Elio Marcuzzo
Drama / Crime / Thriller
Italy
Italian
2823
732
2021
Eskil Vogt
Rakel Lenora Flottum, Alva Brynsmo Ramstad, Sam Ashraf, Mina Yasmin Bremseth Asheim
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Norway / Sweden / Denmark / Finland / France / UK
Norwegian
2858
741
2006
Christian Volckman
Sean Barrett, Lachelle Carl, Daniel Craig, Patrick Floersheim, Ian Holm
Animation / Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Tech-Noir
France / UK / Luxembourg
English
NR
-
2006
David Von Ancken
Pierce Brosnan, Liam Neeson, Angelica Houston, Michael Wincott, Jimmi Simpson
Action / Drama / Thriller / War / Western / Period Film
USA
English
327
64
2006
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme
Drama / Thriller / Period Film
Germany
German
1934
401
2018
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci
Drama / History / Thriller / Epic
Germany / Italy
German
2795
719
2010
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Johnny Depp, Angelina Jolie, Paul Bettany, Timothy Dalton, Steven Berkoff
Action / Drama / Thriller
USA / France
English
2560
624
1957
Josef von Sternberg, Jules Furthman
John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen, Paul Fix, Richard Rober, Roland Winters
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Action / Spy
USA
English
2696
681
1931
Josef von Sternberg
Phillips Holmes, Sylvia Sidney, Frances Dee, Irving Pichel, Frederick Burton
Romance / Drama / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
520
95
2003
Lars von Trier
Nicole Kidman, Harriet Andersson, Lauren Bacall, Jean-Marc Barr, Paul Bettany
Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Experimental / Period Film / Gangster
Denmark / Sweden / France / Norway / Netherlands / Finland / Germany / USA / UK
English
2403
559
1991
Lars von Trier
Jean-Marc Barr, Max Von Sydow, Barbara Sukowa, Udo Kier
Thriller / Drama / Experimental
Denmark / Sweden / France / Germany / Switzerland
English
2813
727
1948
Bernard Vorhaus
Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis
Film-Noir / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
398
75
1999
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Action / Thriller / Sci-Fi
USA
English
2516
608
2003
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2603
639
1996
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, Barry Kivel
Crime / Thriller / Romance / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
NR
-
2003
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski
Keanu Reeves, Carrie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2510
604
1981
Michael Wadleigh
Albert Finney, Diane Venora, Edward James Olmos, Gregory Hines, Tom Noonan
Horror / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2612
642
1943
Richard Wallace
Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler
Comedy / Mystery / Thriller / Detective / Crime
USA
English
2612
642
1980
Stephen Wallace
Bryan Brown, Max Phipps, Dennis Miller, Garry Waddell, Phil Motherwell
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime
Australia
English
271
49
1949
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Gangster / Thriller
USA
English
934
177
1941
Raoul Walsh
Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy
Drama / Pre-Noir / Thriller / Crime / Gangster / Caper
USA
English
1201
231
1939
Raoul Walsh
James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster
USA
English
1754
355
1940
Raoul Walsh
George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale
Drama / Thriller / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2558
623
1947
Raoul Walsh
Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger
Thriller / Western
USA
English
2703
687
2015
James Wan
Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster
Action / Crime / Thriller
Japan / USA
English
2858
741
2013
James Wan
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Ron Livingston, Lili Taylor, Shanley Caswell
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2858
741
2016
James Wan
Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga, Madison Wolfe, Frances O'Connor, Lauren Esposito
Horror / Mystery / Thriller
USA / Canada
English
2794
718
2014
Xiaoshuai Wang
Yuanzheng Feng, Zhong Lü, Hailu Qin, Hao Qin
Drama / Thriller
China
Mandarin
2695
680
1994
John Waters
Kathleen Turner, Sam Waterston, Ricki Lake, Matthew Lillard, Scott Morgan
Comedy / Crime / Thriller
USA
English
2604
640
1971
Peter Watkins
Patrick Boland, Kent Foreman, Carmen Argenziano, Luke Johnson, Katherine Quittner
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2821
730
2017
Jon Watts
Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Comic / Fantasy / Thriller
USA
English
2822
731
2024
Jon Watts
George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Amy Ryan, Austin Abrams, Poorna Jagannathan
Crime / Thriller / Action / Adventure / Comedy
UK / USA
English
2807
726
2012
Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Rhys Ifans, Denis Leary, Martin Sheen, Sally Field
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Comic / Drama
USA
English
NR
-
2014
Marc Webb
Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx, Dane DeHaan, Colm Feore
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Comic / Thriller
USA
English
555
102
1985
Peter Weir
Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes
Drama / Romance / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
1666
338
1977
Peter Weir
Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow
Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller / Drama
Australia
English
2695
680
1974
Peter Weir
Judy Morris, Ivar Kants, Terry Camilleri, John Meillon, Robert Coleby, Kevin Miles
Comedy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Australia
English
2795
719
1965
Jirí Weiss
James Booth, Anne Heywood, Rudolf Hrusínský
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Romance
Czechoslovakia / UK
English
2789
715
2007
Chris Weitz
Nicole Kidman, Daniel Craig, Dakota Blue Richards, Ben Walker, Freddie Highmore
Action / Adventure / Drama / Family / Fantasy / Thriller
USA / UK
English
NR
-
2009
Chris Weitz
Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner, Robert Pattinson, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene
Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Romance / Thriller / Cult
USA
English
93
17
1958
Orson Welles
Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles, Joseph Calleia, Akim Tamiroff
Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller / Mystery / Detective / Cult
USA
English
813
150
1947
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Rita Hayworth, Everett Sloane, Glenn Anders
Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Romance
USA
English
1391
272
1946
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young, Philip Merivale
Film-Noir / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
1994
416
1955
Orson Welles
Orson Welles, Michael Redgrave, Jack Watling, Patricia Medina, Akim Tamiroff
Thriller / Crime / Mystery / Drama
France / Spain / Switzerland
English
469
85
1977
Wim Wenders
Dennis Hopper, Bruno Ganz, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain
Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
West Germany / France
German
2238
494
1939
Alfred L. Werker
Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal
Crime / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
USA
English
2521
612
1948
Alfred L. Werker, Anthony Mann
Richard Basehart, Scott Brady, Roy Roberts, Whit Bissell, James Cardwell
Crime / Drama / Film-Noir / Mystery / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
2716
694
1929
Roland West
Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs, Mae Busch, Eleanore Griffith
Crime / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
USA
English
2288
514
1997
Simon West
Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Steve Buscemi
Action / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2001
Simon West
Angelina Jolie, Jon Voight, Iain Glen, Noah Taylor, Daniel Craig
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller
USA / UK / Japan / Germany
English
2823
732
2009
Ti West
Jocelin Donahue, Greta Gerwig, Tom Noonan, Mary Woronov, AJ Bowen, Dee Wallace
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
939
178
1933
James Whale
Claude Rains, Gloria Stuart, William Harrigan, Henry Travers, Una O'Connor
Comedy / Drama / Horror / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2800
721
2020
Leigh Whannell
Elisabeth Moss, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Harriet Dyer, Aldis Hodge, Storm Reid
Horror / Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Australia / USA / Canada / UK
English
NR
-
2012
Ben Wheatley
Alice Lowe, Eileen Davies, Steve Oram, Roger Michael, Tony Way, Seamus O'Neill
Comedy / Thriller
UK
English
2813
727
2005
Joss Whedon
Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin
Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2696
681
2010
Sylvain White
Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Zoe Saldana, Chris Evans, Idris Elba, Columbus Short
Action / Adventure / Crime / Mystery / Thriller / Spy / Comic
USA
English
2612
642
1976
Bo Widerberg
Carl-Gustaf Lindstedt, Sven Wollter, Thomas Hellberg, Håkan Serner
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Mystery / Detective
Sweden
Swedish
53
7
1944
Billy Wilder
Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Porter Hall, Jean Heather
Mystery / Crime / Film-Noir / Thriller
USA
English
927
175
1957
Billy Wilder
Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton
Drama / Thriller / Mystery
USA
English
1180
226
1970
Billy Wilder
Robert Stephens, Colin Blakely, Geneviève Page, Christopher Lee
Comedy / Drama / Mystery / Romance / Adventure / Thriller
UK
English
1332
259
1943
Billy Wilder
Franchot Tone, Anne Baxter, Akim Tamiroff, Erich von Stroheim, Peter van Eyck
Thriller / War / Spy / Adventure / Drama
USA
English
2813
727
2022
Carey Williams
RJ Cyler, Donald Elise Watkins, Sebastian Chacon, Sabrina Carpenter, Maddie Nichols
Comedy / Drama / Thriller / Adventure
USA
English
2813
727
2002
Nick Willing
Goran Visnjic, Paddy Considine, Shirley Henderson, Miranda Otto, Sophie Stuckey
Crime | Horror | Mystery | Thriller / Detective
UK / France
English
2807
726
1994
Hugh Wilson
Nicolas Cage, Shirley MacLaine, Austin Pendleton, Edward Albert, James Rebhorn
Comedy / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2822
731
2021
Adam Wingard
Alexander Skarsgård, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry
Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA / Australia / Canada / India
English
2781
711
1995
Irwin Winkler
Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller, Diane Baker, Wendy Gazelle
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2696
681
1974
Michael Winner
Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2525
613
2007
Michael Winterbottom
Angelina Jolie, Archie Panjabi, Edwin Reck, Scott A. Stevens, Irfan Khan
Drama / History / Thriller
USA / UK
English
2807
726
1995
Michael Winterbottom
Amanda Plummer, Kathy Jamieson, Saskia Reeves, Des McAleer, Lisa Riley
Thriller / Drama / Comedy / Crime
UK
English
2823
732
2010
Michael Winterbottom
Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson, Simon Baker, Bill Pullman
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Post-Noir / Period Film
USA / Sweden / UK / Canada
English
604
109
1951
Robert Wise
Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Family
USA
English
981
192
1963
Robert Wise
Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn
Horror / Thriller
USA
English
1621
327
1945
Robert Wise
Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Henry Daniell, Edith Atwater, Russell Wade
Drama / Horror / Thriller
USA
English
2177
467
1959
Robert Wise
Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Gloria Grahame
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Caper / Film-Noir
USA
English
2696
681
1971
Robert Wise
Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula Kelly, George Mitchell
Mystery / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2696
681
1975
Robert Wise
George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton, Roy Thinnes, Gig Young
Drama / History / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2007
Len Wiseman
Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q, Justin Long, Jeffrey Wright
Action / Adventure / Crime / Thriller
UK / USA
English
876
161
1989
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Danny Lee, Sally Yeh, Kong Chu, Kenneth Tsang, Fui-On Shing
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Gangster / Detective
Hong Kong
Cantonese
1124
217
1992
John Woo
Yun-Fat Chow, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Teresa Mo, Philip Chan, Philip Kwok
Action / Crime / Drama / Thriller / Detective / Gangster
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2263
504
1997
John Woo
John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen, Alessandro Nivola, Gina Gershon
Action / Crime / Drama / Romance / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
2781
711
2000
John Woo
Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton, Ving Rhames, Richard Roxburgh
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy
USA / Germany
English
2519
611
1920
Wallace Worsley
Charles Clary, Doris Pawn, Jim Mason, Lon Chaney, Milton Ross, Ethel Grey Terry
Crime / Drama / Thriller / Horror
USA
English (Silent)
1935
402
2017
Edgar Wright
Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm
Action / Crime / Music / Thriller / Drama
UK / USA
English
2627
645
2011
Joe Wright
Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana, Vicky Krieps, Cate Blanchett, Paris Arrowsmith
Action / Adventure / Mystery / Thriller
USA / UK / Germany
English
NR
-
2017
Jing Wu
Jing Wu, Frank Grillo, Celina Jade, Gang Wu, Hans Zhang, Qian Yu, Nan Yu
Action / Drama / War / Adventure / Thriller
China
Mandarin
NR
-
2011
Rupert Wyatt
James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, David Oyelowo
Action / Drama / Sci-Fi / Thriller
USA
English
1903
392
1955
William Wyler
Humphrey Bogart, Fredric March, Arthur Kennedy, Martha Scott, Dewey Martin
Film-Noir / Drama / Thriller / Crime
USA
English
2286
513
1965
William Wyler
Terence Stamp, Samantha Eggar, Mona Washbourne, Maurice Dallimore
Drama / Horror / Thriller
UK / USA
English
2002
423
1994
Boaz Yakin
Sean Nelson, Giancarlo Esposito, Samuel L. Jackson, N'Bushe Wright
Crime / Drama / Thriller
France / USA
English
NR
-
2019
Yu Yang
Yanting Lü, Joseph, Mo Han, Hao Chen, Qi Lü, Jiaming Zhang
Animation / Fantasy / Thriller
China
Mandarin
651
118
1968
Peter Yates
Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset, Don Gordon, Simon Oakland
Action / Drama / Thriller / Crime / Detective / Cult
USA
English
2226
485
1973
Peter Yates
Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats
Crime / Thriller / Drama / Post-Noir / Gangster
USA
English
2696
681
1981
Peter Yates
William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, James Woods, Irene Worth
Thriller / Mystery / Romance / Crime
USA
English
2794
718
2024
Siew Hua Yeo
Chien-Ho Wu, Kang-sheng Lee, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Xenia Tan, Pete Teo
Thriller / Mystery
Singapore / Taiwan / France / USA
Mandarin
1319
257
1962
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
1350
264
1963
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendáriz, Robert Shaw
Thriller / Adventure / Action / Drama / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2323
526
1965
Terence Young
Sean Connery, Claudine Auger, Adolfo Celi, Luciana Paluzzi, Rik Van Nutter
Action / Adventure / Thriller / Spy / Family / Cult
UK / USA
English
2536
618
1967
Terence Young
Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Richard Crenna, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Jack Weston
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2807
726
2000
Ben Younger
Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Ron Rifkin
Thriller / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2794
718
2008
Nelson Yu Lik-wai
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Jô Odagiri, Yi Huang, Milhem Cortaz
Thriller / Gangster
Brazil / China / Hong Kong / Japan
Portuguese
1495
289
1993
Woo-ping Yuen
Rongguang Yu, Donnie Yen, Jean Wang, Shi-Kwan Yen, James Wong
Action / Crime / Drama / Adventure / Thriller
Hong Kong
Cantonese
2813
727
2015
S. Craig Zahler
Kurt Russell, Patrick Wilson, Matthew Fox, Richard Jenkins, Lili Simmons
Adventure / Drama / Horror / Thriller / Western
USA
English
2846
736
2007
Christopher Zalla
Jesús Ochoa, Armando Hernández, Jorge Adrián Espíndola
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2813
727
2016
Robert Zemeckis
Brad Pitt, Marion Cotillard, Vincent Ebrahim, Xavier De Guillebon, Camille Cottin
Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller / War / Mystery
USA / UK
English
2813
727
2015
Robert Zemeckis
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Guillaume Baillargeon, Émilie Leclerc, Mark Trafford
Adventure / Biography / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
NR
-
2016
Yimou Zhang
Matt Damon, Tian Jing, Willem Dafoe, Andy Lau, Pedro Pascal, Hanyu Zhang
Action / Adventure / Fantasy / Thriller / Period Film / Epic
China / USA
English
108
22
1952
Fred Zinnemann
Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Katy Jurado, Grace Kelly
Thriller / Western
USA
English
749
142
1973
Fred Zinnemann
Edward Fox, Michel Lonsdale, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair
Thriller
UK / France
English
2371
545
1948
Fred Zinnemann
Van Heflin, Robert Ryan, Janet Leigh, Mary Astor, Phyllis Thaxter
Thriller / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime
USA
English
2858
741
2012
Craig Zobel
Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp, Philip Ettinger, James McCaffrey
Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2456
583
2008
Erick Zonca
Tilda Swinton, Saul Rubinek, Kate del Castillo, Aidan Gould, Jude Ciccolella
Drama / Thriller / Crime
France / USA / Mexico / Belgium
English
1446
282
1988
David Zucker
Leslie Nielsen, Priscilla Presley, Ricardo Montalban
Comedy / Crime / Thriller / Detective
USA
English
1794
361
1990
Jerry Zucker
Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore, Whoopi Goldberg, Tony Goldwyn
Romance / Thriller / Drama / Fantasy
USA
English
2224
483
2006
Edward Zwick
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Connelly, Djimon Hounsou, Michael Sheen, Arnold Vosloo
Adventure / Drama / Thriller
USA
English
2858
741
1998
Edward Zwick
Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub, Sami Bouajila
Action / Thriller / Drama
USA
English
