13 Tzameti (2005)
Georgian filmmaker Géla Babluani wrote and directed 13 Tzameti (“Tzameti” also meaning “thirteen” in Georgian) as a dark thriller where the junction of character and…
Category: Thriller
Breakdown (1997)
Jonathan Mostow and Sam Montgomery wrote a captivating story that was directed by Mostow into the 1997 thriller Breakdown. Featuring Kurt Russell in an intense…
Devils in Disguise (2014)
Guillaume Campanacci’s Devils in Disguise (2014) brings to the screen the familiar story of the French thriller Les Diaboliques (1955) by Henri-Georges Clouzot. This adaptation,…
…And Then She Was Gone (1991)
Of the many TV movies of veteran director David Greene …And Then She Was Gone (1991) comes as a well-done thriller dealing with child abduction.…
End Play (1976)
Following his child star and TV appearances, John Waters got a groundbreaking theatrical film debut in the 1976 thriller End Play by Tim Burstall, who…
The Night of the Hunter (1955)
The sole directorial film work of actor Charles Laughton The Night of the Hunter is the movie that comes close to blurring a critic’s vision,…
Fortress (1985)
Think of a prison become a fortress guarded by the fury of nine cornered kids and their teacher, all up against a group of armed…
Lies (1983)
The riveting thriller Lies (1983) is an underrated work by the famous duo of screenwriter and director brothers Jim Wheat and Ken Wheat. The crime…
Pendulum (1969)
If you feel like watching a thriller that is perfect in every element of the genre, George Schaefer’s Pendulum (1969) won’t disappoint you. The movie…
Eyewitness (1970) – Sudden Terror
From Aesop’s fable The Boy Who Cried Wolf to Cornell Woolrich’s The Window (1949) and The Boy Cried Murder (1966), the story of a boy…