Thriller - Movies

Very Big Shot

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"Very Big Shot" opens with a bang, literally, as three brothers find themselves in the middle of a struggle with an armed man. One of the brothers, Ziad, shoots the man dead. His brother Jad, however, takes the fall and is sent to jail. Cut to five years later. In the intervening years, Ziad has turned their modest family bakery into a drug dealing hub for a local gangster. With Jad’s imminent release, however, he wants to go legit, much to the chagrin of his boss, who asks him to do one last drop-off as a personal favor. When that-drop off is across the border in war-torn Syria, anything can happen. From the people that brought you Nadine Labaki's "WHERE DO WE GO NOW?" and the acclaimed animated adaptation of Jibran Khalil Jibran's "THE PROPHET" comes "A SMARTLY MADE AND WINNINGLY ENTERTAINING" movie (Cine Outsider) that "DEFIES EXPECTATIONS AND IS A HUGELY IMPRESSIVE CAPER" (BFI, London Film Festival).

La Leyenda del Charro Negro

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Leo must enlist the aid of his friends after being fooled by the Charro Negro, resulting a girl to be cast into the underworld.

The Air I Breathe

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Four stories are linked by a Chinese proverb and overlapping characters. A usually unadventurous man (Forest Whitaker) loses big on a horse race and robs a bank to pay off a gangster (Andy Garcia). The gangster's nephew goes on the town with a hit man (Brendan Fraser) who can see into the future. The hit man falls for a pop star (Sarah Michelle Gellar) whose contract is owned by the gangster. The pop star has a rare blood type sought by a doctor (Kevin Bacon) trying to save the love of his life.

Business Ethics

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Fresh out of business school, Zachery Cranston seems to have all the tools necessary to succeed in the world of finance. But he is ambitious to a fault and finds himself lured by a dramatic new idea for a fund that may not be so legal.

Hide and Seek

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars in the intense psychological thriller filled with shocking twists and turns. After the death of his wealthy father, Noah seeks his outcast brother to make amends and share the family fortune. But the family harbors a dark secret and a series of cryptic clues will lead Noah on a terrifying trail to the truth that threatens to tear him apart from the ones he loves the most.

The Grave

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In a prison work yard, two convicts hear the story of a millionaire buried with his fortune. They break out in pursuit through the gothic swamplands of the south where no one can be trusted and a mysterious woman encounters them at every turn.

The Unwilling

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A will reading takes a twisted turn when a mysterious box arrives, tempting each heir with their deepest, darkest desires. They turn on each other as they struggle to overcome the evil entity now looking for a new host on which to feed.

Bare

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After a lifetime of living in her sheltered and rural hometown, without any apparent means of changing a certain fate, Sarah (Dianna Agron) discovers a possible way out in Pepper (Paz De La Huerta), a mysterious female drifter. Through Pepper's influence, Sarah is motivated to take a job at a highway strip club where Pepper sells drugs. Underneath Sarah's search for freedom is her discovery of love. But as their friendship develops into a romance, and Sarah's life veers further away from what it was. She soon finds herself trapped in a double life and quickly realizes what happens when real life collides with fantasy. Featuring a breakout performance from Glee's Dianna Agron, Bare is a raw and real look at what it means to take charge of your destiny.

Ittefaq

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Dev (Akshaye Khanna), a police officer, investigates a double murder case that has only two witnesses, who are also the prime suspects. The suspects - Vikram (Sidharth Malhotra), an acclaimed writer, and Maya (Sonakshi Sinha), a young homemaker, have different narratives about the events of the fateful night. Both the stories seem true but there can be only one truth. Dev is torn between the two versions of the story, and will not settle until he finds out what happened that night.

Inside Man: Most Wanted

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A suspenseful heist thriller starring Aml Ameen (The Maze Runner) and Rhea Seehorn (Better Call Saul), Inside Man: Most Wanted is a gripping game of cat and mouse that will keep you guessing until the very end. An NYPD hostage negotiator (Ameen) forms an unlikely team with an FBI agent (Seehorn) to save hostages in a skillfully orchestrated copycat crime at the Federal Reserve Bank, led by a ruthlessly cunning bank robber (Roxanne McKee). With time working against them and innocent lives on the line, they must put their professional differences aside before they get trapped in a twisted web of lies.

Sphinx

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Lesley-Anne Down ("The Pink Panther Strikes Again," "The Betsy") stars in this classic thriller about a beautiful Egyptologist entangled in the black marketing of ancient and priceless artifacts. Co-starring Academy Award-winner Sir John Gielgud ("Arthur"), Golden Globe-nominee Frank Langella ("Superman Returns") and John Rhys-Davies (the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy).

VIPs

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Charged with finding the most exciting voices in international and independent film, Focus World is proud to bring you VIPs, the thrilling new adventure from producer Fernando Meirelles (City of God, The Constant Gardener), based on a true story of one of the world's most legendary conmen.

M.F.A.

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Francesca Eastwood gives a breakout performance as an art student who is sexually assaulted at a party. After struggling to receive any support from her college to find justice and cope with her trauma, she impulsively confronts her attacker - a decision that has deadly repercussions. As she tracks down fellow rape survivors, an unlikely vigilante is born.

Beautiful Creatures

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Sexy. Witty. On-the-edge thriller. Beautiful Creatures stars Rachel Weisz (The Mummy series) as Petula and Susan Lynch (Waking Ned Devine) as Dorothy. These two sexy creatures have only one thing in common - rotten taste in men. When Petula and Dorothy cover up the accidental murder of one jerk boyfriend, they hatch a hilarious scheme to collect a huge ransom. It's a perfect plan until a corrupt detective and an old beau want in on the scam. How will this cat-and-mouse game end? Venice Magazine calls Beautiful Creatures "an edgy roller coaster ride!" Three dangerous men. Two beautiful women. These poor guys ... don't stand a chance.

Lavender

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Jane (Abbie Cornish) has always photographed old and abandoned farmhouses for as long as she can remember. It’s a hobby bordering on obsession that has bloomed into a successful career. Until one day she photographs a particular house…and everything changes. A tragic car accident leaves her with severe memory loss. Strange boxes begin appearing on her doorstep with clues to a past she doesn’t remember…and a forgotten family she may have killed twenty years before. LAVENDER is a taut psychological thriller that bends the line between memory and madness, past and present, like a splinter in the brain struggling to escape. With the help of her husband (Diego Klattenhoff), her estranged uncle (Dermot Mulroney), and her psychiatrist (Justin Long), Jane must weave together scattered strands of memory to solve a mystery hiding 20 years in the past. But she’ll soon learn, some things are worth forgetting.

The Work Wife

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After a tense few months following a miscarriage and an unemployment spell, things are finally looking up for Sean (Kevin Sizemore) and Lisa Miller (Elizabeth Harnois) when Sean lands his dream job at an advertising firm. But when Sean’s assistant, Jen (Cerina Vincent), his self-proclaimed “Work Wife, ” begins vying for his affection, it soon becomes clear that she will stop at nothing to rip their marriage apart and claim him as her own.

Prisoner 07: Reina

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Reina Kisaragi, a news reporter, deliberately gets herself thrown into prison after receiving a tip that Haruna, her missing sister, may be inside. But once imprisoned, she discovers that the inmates are forced to participate in a twisted game, created as a betting ground for the rich and elite. Politicians and CEOs alike gather to watch, as the female prisoners are forced to fight each other to the death. The rule: 15 kills, and release from prison is guaranteed. The women battle desperately to try to earn their freedom, but in order to save her sister, Reina must discover what she is truly capable of.

Darkness Falls (2020)

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After his wife's suicide, Detective Jeff Anderson becomes convinced that she has been murdered. Obsessed with his investigation, he finds out that his wife was the victim of a team of father-and-son serial killers and sets out to stop them.

Broadcast Signal Intrusion

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For three years, James (Harry Shum Jr.) has been haunted by his wife’s sudden and inexplicable disappearance. His best distraction is work—specifically, archiving old videos. While watching decade-aged TV news footage one night, he sees a video interference that’s deeply disturbing. And it’s not the only interference he’ll see. As his obsession over these strange clips increases, and he submerges himself into their mysteries, James discovers troubling connections to his missing wife. Which will these broadcast intrusions bring him, though: long-desired answers or a never-ending nightmare?

Knives and Skin

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What happened to Carolyn Harper? Part suburban nightmare, part neon-soaked teenage fever dream, this tantalizing mystery traces the wave of fear and distrust that spreads across a small Midwestern town in the wake of a high school girl's mysterious disappearance. As the loneliness and darkness lurking beneath the veneer of everyday life gradually comes to light, a collective awakening seems to overcome the town's teenage girls—gathering in force until it can no longer be contained. Unfolding in a hallucinatory haze of lushly surreal images, Knives and Skin is a one-of-a-kind coming-of-age noir that haunts like a half-remembered dream.

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