Category: Thriller

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2010s / Fantasy / Science Fiction / Thriller

The Shape of Water (2017)

Guillermo del Toro (Crimson Peak, Pacific Rim) returns to his favorite playground once again, that realm where fantasy and reality co-exist, ever so tenuously.  Though worlds apart in terms of its story, The Shape of Water may...

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2010s / Mystery / Science Fiction / Thriller

Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

An admirable and inspired attempt to further continue the story as presented in the highly influential 1982 classic, Blade Runner, sees modern visionary Denis Villenueve (Arrival, Enemy) supplant Ridley Scott (who executive produces) as director, further...

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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Thriller

American Made (2017)

Bouncing back from his prior fiasco, The Mummy, Tom Cruise (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation) gets to use his effervescent charm to good effect in American Made, a slick and entertaining production based...

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2010s / Drama / Thriller

Detroit (2017)

Director Kathryn Bigelow, collaborating with favorite screenwriter Mark Boal (who penned her The Hurt Locker and Zero Dark Thirty, takes on the challenge of crafting a drama based on the true events of one particular tragedy that occurred...

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2010s / Horror / Thriller

It (2017)

The works of Stephen King are a strong influence on the popular Netflix show, “Stranger Things”, which, in an interesting twist, becomes the influence on a Hollywood studio pushing for a popular Stephen King...

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2010s / Comedy / Thriller

Logan Lucky (2017)

West Virginia family, the Logans, have claimed they and their kin have been cursed for nearly a century of bad luck. This story focuses on three of them, the recently laid-off and lame-legged Jimmy...

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2010s / Action / Thriller

Atomic Blonde (2017)

Set in Berlin in 1989, shortly before the collapse of the Berlin Wall, we find an MI6 agent named Lorraine Broughton (Theron) on a mission to try to get a much sought after highly classified...

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2010s / Action / Comedy / Thriller

Baby Driver (2017)

Set in Atlanta, Ansel Elgort (Allegiant, Insurgent) plays Baby, a baby-faced (naturally) but extremely talented driver who constantly plays music on several of his old iPods while he works in order to overcome his persistent...

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2000s / Comedy / Thriller

Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)

One wonders how much my enjoyment of this third installment of the Oceans series is influenced by the fact that the second, Ocean’s Twelve, had been a disappointment to most of those who loved Ocean’s Eleven.  Perhaps it...