Archive for the ‘Thriller’ Category
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
All Genres:
Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 111 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: In a moment the world changed forever.
Writers: Cormac McCarthy (novel) Joe Penhall (adaptation) …
Cast: Viggo Mortensen … Father
Kodi Smit-McPhee … Boy
Charlize Theron … Mother
Robert Duvall … Old Man – Eli
Guy Pearce … Veteran
Molly Parker … Friendly woman
Michael K. Williams … The Thief (as Michael Kenneth Williams)
Garret Dillahunt … Gang Member
Bob Jennings … Bearded Man
Agnes Herrmann … Archer's Woman
Buddy Sosthand … Archer
Kirk Brown … Bearded Face
Jack Erdie … Bearded Man #2
David August Lindauer … Man On Mattress
Gina Preciado … Well Fed Woman
Plot: A post-apocalyptic tale of a man and his son trying to survive by any means possible.
Awards: Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 7 nominations
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Friday, August 28th, 2009
All Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 105 min | 119 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Family Is Forever
Cast: Sheri Moon Zombie … Deborah Myers
Chase Wright Vanek … Young Michael (as Chase Vanek)
Scout Taylor-Compton … Laurie Strode
Brad Dourif … Sheriff Lee Brackett
Caroline Williams … Dr. Maple
Malcolm McDowell … Dr. Samuel Loomis
Tyler Mane … Michael Myers
Dayton Callie … Coroner Hooks
Richard Brake … Gary Scott
Octavia Spencer … Nurse Daniels
Danielle Harris … Annie Brackett
Richard Riehle … Buddy the Night Watchman
Margot Kidder … Barbara Collier
Mary Birdsong … Nancy McDonald
Brea Grant … Mya Rockwell
Plot: Laurie Strode struggles to come to terms with her brother Michael’s deadly return to Haddonfield, Illinois; meanwhile, Michael prepares for another reunion with his sister.
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Wednesday, August 26th, 2009
All Genres:
Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 82 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Take the trip in Real D 3D
Cast: Bobby Campo … Nick O'Bannon
Shantel VanSanten … Lori Milligan
Nick Zano … Hunt Wynorski
Haley Webb … Janet Cunningham
Mykelti Williamson … George Lanter
Krista Allen … Samantha Lane
Andrew Fiscella … Andy Kewzer – Mechanic
Justin Welborn … Carter Daniels
Stephanie Honore … Nadia Monroy – Mechanic's GF
Lara Grice … Cynthia Daniels
Jackson Walker … Jonathan Grove – Cowboy
Phil Austin … Samantha's Husband
William Aguillard … Kid #1
Brendan Aguillard … Kid #2
Juan Kincaid … Newscaster
Plot: After a teen’s premonition of a deadly race-car crash helps saves the lives of his peers, Death sets out to collect those who evaded their end.
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Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, Horror
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:84 min
Languages: English
Director: Àlex Pastor
David Pastor
Tagline:
Cast: Lou Taylor Pucci … Danny
Chris Pine … Brian
Piper Perabo … Bobby
Emily VanCamp … Kate
Christopher Meloni … Frank
Kiernan Shipka … Jodie
Ron McClary … Preacher
Mark Moses … Doctor
Josh Berry … Survivalist #1
Tim Janis … Survivalist #2
Dale Malley … Survivalist #3
Dylan Kenin … Tom
LeAnne Lynch … Rose
Jan Cunningham … Passenger
Mary Peterson … Laura Merkin
Plot: Four friends fleeing a viral pandemic soon learn they are dangerous than any virus.
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Thursday, August 13th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | New Zealand
Runtime: 112 min
Languages: English | Nyanja | Afrikaans
Director:
Tagline: You are not welcome here.
Writers: Neill Blomkamp (screenplay) & Terri Tatchell (screenplay)
Cast: Sharlto Copley … Wikus Van De Merwe
Jason Cope … Grey Bradnam – UKNR Chief Correspondent
Nathalie Boltt … Sarah Livingstone – Sociologist
Sylvaine Strike … Dr Katrina McKenzie
Elizabeth Mkandawie … Interviewee
John Sumner … Les Feldman – MIL Engineer
William Allen Young … Dirk Michaels
Greg Melvill-Smith … Interviewer
Nick Blake … Francois Moraneu – CIV Engineer Team
Morena Busa Sesatsa … Interviewee
Themba Nkosi … Interviewee
Mzwandile Nqoba … Interviewee
Barry Strydom … Interviewee
Jed Brophy … James Hope – Police Officer
Louis Minnaar … Piet Smit
Plot: An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.
Awards: Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 8 wins & 27 nominations
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 98 min | 108 min (unrated director's cut)
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Let The Games Begin.
Cast: Steve Zahn … Cliff Anderson
Timothy Olyphant … Nick
Milla Jovovich … Cydney Anderson
Kiele Sanchez … Gina
Marley Shelton … Cleo
Chris Hemsworth … Kale
Anthony Ruivivar … Chronic
Dale Dickey … Earth Momma
Peter Navy Tuiasosopo … Supply Guy
Wendy Braun … Debbie Mason
Jim Cruz … Helicopter Pilot
Angela Sun … Counter Girl
Leandra Gillis … TV Anchor
Amit Yogev … Waiter
Carlos Alberto Lopez … Camera Samaritan
Plot: Two pairs of lovers (Zahn & Jovovich, Olyphant & Sanchez) on a Hawaiian vacation discover that psychopaths are stalking and murdering tourists on the islands.
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Czech Republic
Runtime: 118 min
Languages: English | French
Director:
Tagline: When All Else Fails, They Don't
Cast: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje … Heavy Duty
Christopher Eccleston … James McCullen / Destro
Joseph Gordon-Levitt … The Doctor / Rex Lewis
Byung-hun Lee … Storm Shadow
Sienna Miller … Anastasia 'Ana' DeCobray / Baroness
Rachel Nichols … Shana 'Scarlett' O'Hara
Ray Park … Snake Eyes
Jonathan Pryce … U.S. President
Saïd Taghmaoui … Breaker
Channing Tatum … Duke
Arnold Vosloo … Zartan
Marlon Wayans … Ripcord
Dennis Quaid … General Hawk
Grégory Fitoussi … Baron de Cobray
Leo Howard … Young Snake Eyes
Plot: An elite military unit comprised of special operatives known as G.I. Joe, operating out of The Pit, takes on an evil organization led by a notorious arms dealer.
Awards: 7 nominations
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Friday, July 31st, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: He always takes one
Cast: Madeline Zima … Jill
Josh Stewart … Arkin
Andrea Roth … Victoria
Daniella Alonso … Lisa
Robert Wisdom … Roy
Diane Ayala Goldner … Gena Wharton
Gregory Alan Williams … Sheriff
Michael Reilly Burke … Michael
Juan Fernández … The Collector
Krystal Mayo … Dancer
Haley Pullos … Cindy (as Haley Alexis Pullos)
Karley Scott Collins … Hannah
Alex Feldman … Chad
Michael Showers … Deputy sheriff
Bill Stinchcomb … Bar Patron
Hiro Koda … Medic #2
Jabari Thomas … Medic
Brett Forbes … Office Hoss Wiggins
Eric Kelly McFarland … Firefighter
Colvin Roberson … Roy's Driver / Bodyguard
John Snell … Yard Worker
Plot: Desperate to repay his debt to his ex-wife, an ex-con plots a heist at his new employer’s country home, unaware that a second criminal has also targeted the property, and rigged it with a series of deadly traps.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Canada | Germany | France
Runtime: 123 min
Languages: English | American Sign Language | Estonian
Director:
Tagline: Can you keep a secret?
Cast: Vera Farmiga … Kate Coleman
Peter Sarsgaard … John Coleman
Isabelle Fuhrman … Esther
CCH Pounder … Sister Abigail
Jimmy Bennett … Daniel
Margo Martindale … Dr. Browning
Karel Roden … Dr. Varava
Aryana Engineer … Max Coleman
Rosemary Dunsmore … Grandma Barbara
Jamie Young … Brenda
Lorry Ayers … Joyce
Brendan Wall … Detective
Genelle Williams … Sister Judith
Mustafa Abdelkarim … Daniel's Friends
Landon Norris … Daniel's Friends
Plot: A husband and wife who recently lost their baby adopt a 9-year-old girl who is not nearly as innocent as she claims to be.
Awards: 1 nomination
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Friday, July 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: USA:88 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: A girl never forgets her first love…
Cast: Mischa Barton … Shelby
Matt Long … Mike Donaldson
Jessica Stroup … Elizabeth Mitchum
Michael Landes … Billy Fletcher
Allen Williamson … Adams
Joshua Elijah Reese … Billick
Nick Pasqual … Davis
Joe Forgione … Elfman
Alex Hooper … Jablonski rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Byrdie Bell … Belle (as Evelyn 'Byrdie' Bell)
Amanda Jane Cooper … Aleisha
Denise Dal Vera … Mrs. Donaldson
David Flick … Coach
Mary Griffin … Taylor
Cassandra Nentwig … Monica
Bingo O'Malley … Elderly Proprietor
Danielle Simone … Jackie
Marty Terry … Motel Clerk
Philip Winters … Doug Donaldson (as Phil Winters)
Plot: A jilted ex-girlfriend plots revenge after her former beau comes back to their hometown with a new lover.
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
All Genres:
Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 140 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: America's Most Wanted
Cast: James Russo … Walter Dietrich
David Wenham … Harry 'Pete' Pierpont
Christian Stolte … Charles Makley
Jason Clarke … John 'Red' Hamilton
Johnny Depp … John Dillinger
John Judd … Turnkey
Stephen Dorff … Homer Van Meter
Michael Vieau … Ed Shouse
John Kishline … Guard Dainard
Wesley Walker … Jim Leslie
John Scherp … Earl Adams
Elena Kenney … Viola Norris
William Nero Jr. … Farm Boy
Channing Tatum … Pretty Boy Floyd
Christian Bale … Melvin Purvis
Plot: The Feds try to take down notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd during a booming crime wave in the 1930s.
Awards: 8 nominations
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Crime, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | UK
Runtime: 106 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Denzel Washington … Walter Garber
John Travolta … Ryder
Luis Guzmán … Phil Ramos
Victor Gojcaj … Bashkim
John Turturro … Camonetti
Michael Rispoli … John Johnson
Ramon Rodriguez … Delgado
James Gandolfini … Mayor
John Benjamin Hickey … Deputy Mayor LaSalle
Alex Kaluzhsky … George
Gbenga Akinnagbe … Wallace
Katherine Sigismund … Mom
Jake Richard Siciliano … 8-Year-Old Boy (as Jake Siciliano)
Jason Butler Harner … Mr. Thomas
Gary Basaraba … Jerry Pollard (Motorman)
Plot: Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day’s work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.
Awards: 4 nominations
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Wednesday, May 20th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, War
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Germany
Runtime: 153 min
Languages: English | German | French | Italian
Director:
Tagline: Once upon a time in Nazi occupied France…
Cast: Brad Pitt … LT. Aldo Raine
Mélanie Laurent … Shosanna
Christoph Waltz … COL. Hans Landa
Eli Roth … SGT. Donny Donowitz
Michael Fassbender … LT. Archie Hicox
Diane Kruger … Bridget von Hammersmark
Daniel Brühl … Fredrick Zoller
Til Schweiger … SGT. Hugo Stiglitz
Gedeon Burkhard … CPL. Wilhelm Wicki
Jacky Ido … Marcel
B.J. Novak … PFC. Smithson Utivich
Omar Doom … PFC. Omar Ulmer
August Diehl … Major Hellstrom
Denis Menochet … Perrier LaPadite
Sylvester Groth … Joseph Goebbels
Plot: In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as “The Basterds” are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
Awards: Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 41 wins & 41 nominations
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Saturday, May 16th, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: South Korea
Runtime: 128 min
Languages: Korean
Director:
Tagline:
Writers: Eun-kyo Park (screenplay) and Joon-ho Bong (screenplay)
Cast: Bin Won … Yoon Do-joon
Hye-ja Kim
Ku Jin
Plot: A mother desperately searches for the killer that framed her son for their horrific murder. add synopsis
Awards: 5 wins & 2 nominations
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
All Genres:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Germany | UK | Italy
Runtime: 115 min | 118 min (director's cut)
Languages: English | Italian
Director:
Tagline: The End Begins
Cast: Christian Bale … John Connor
Sam Worthington … Marcus Wright
Moon Bloodgood … Blair Williams
Helena Bonham Carter … Dr. Serena Kogan
Anton Yelchin … Kyle Reese
Jadagrace … Star
Bryce Dallas Howard … Kate Connor
Common … Barnes
Jane Alexander … Virginia
Michael Ironside … General Ashdown
Ivan G'Vera … General Losenko (as Ivan Gvera)
Chris Browning … Morrison
Dorian Nkono … David
Beth Bailey … Lisa
Victor J. Ho … Mark (as Victor Ho)
Plot: After Skynet has destroyed much of humanity in a nuclear holocaust, a group of survivors led by John Connor struggles to keep the machines from finishing the job.
Awards: 6 nominations
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Monday, May 4th, 2009
All Genres:
Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 138 min | 146 min (extended edition)
Languages: English | Italian | Latin | French | Swiss German | German | Spanish
Director:
Tagline: The holiest event of our time. Perfect for their return.
Cast: Tom Hanks … Robert Langdon
Ewan McGregor … Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
Ayelet Zurer … Vittoria Vetra
Stellan Skarsgård … Commander Richter
Pierfrancesco Favino … Inspector Olivetti
Nikolaj Lie Kaas … Assassin
Armin Mueller-Stahl … Cardinal Strauss
Thure Lindhardt … Chartrand
David Pasquesi … Claudio Vincenzi
Cosimo Fusco … Father Simeon
Victor Alfieri … Lieutenant Valenti
Franklin Amobi … Cardinal Lamasse
Curt Lowens … Cardinal Ebner
Bob Yerkes … Cardinal Guidera
Marc Fiorini … Cardinal Baggia (as Marco Fiorini)
Plot: Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican.
Awards: 3 nominations
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Friday, May 1st, 2009
All Genres:
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | Japan
Runtime: 116 min
Languages: English | Spanish | Hebrew | French | Japanese
Director:
Tagline: For every way in, there is another way out.
Cast: Isaach De Bankolé … Lone Man
Alex Descas … Creole
Jean-François Stévenin … French
Óscar Jaenada … Waiter
Luis Tosar … Violin
Paz de la Huerta … Nude
Tilda Swinton … Blonde
Youki Kudoh … Molecules
John Hurt … Guitar
Gael García Bernal … Mexican
Hiam Abbass … Driver
Bill Murray … American
Héctor Colomé … Second American
María Isasi … Flamenco Club Waitress
Norma Yessenia Paladines … Flight Attendant
Plot: The story of a mysterious loner, a stranger in the process of completing a criminal job.
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 108 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: All's fair when love is war.
Cast: Idris Elba … Derek Charles
Beyoncé Knowles … Sharon Charles
Ali Larter … Lisa Sheridan
Jerry O'Connell … Ben
Bonnie Perlman … Marge
Christine Lahti … Det. Monica Reese
Nathan Myers … Kyle Charles
Nicolas Myers … Kyle Charles
Matthew Humphreys … Patrick
Scout Taylor-Compton … Samantha
Richard Ruccolo … Hank
Bryan Ross … Security Man
Nelson Mashita … Doctor
Bruce McGill … Joe Gage
Ron Roggé … Roger
Plot: A successful asset manager, who has just received a huge promotion, is blissfully happy in his career and in his marriage. But when a temp worker starts stalking him, all the things he’s worked so hard for are placed in jeopardy.
Awards: 6 nominations
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Friday, April 24th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Thriller, Mystery See »
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA
Runtime: 87 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline:
Cast: Thomas Haden Church … Don McKay
Elisabeth Shue … Sonny
Melissa Leo … Marie
M. Emmet Walsh … Samuel
Keith David … Otis Kent
James Rebhorn … Dr. Lance Pryce
Pruitt Taylor Vince … Mel rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ted Arcidi … Officer Randall
Stephen Benson … Principal Edwards
Jack Burke … Student
Amanda Donaghey … Clerk
Lonnie Farmer … Det. Ed Movitz
Rachel Harker … School secretary
Harley Harrison … Ambulance Driver (as Harley Yanoff)
Charlie Peabody … Officer #2
Lewis D. Wheeler … Police Officer 1
Bates Wilder … Sheriff
Plot: Don McKay, a high school janitor who leaves his hometown after a tragedy, returns 25 years later to rekindle a romance with his old flame, who is dying, but this homecoming brings McKay than he bargained for. Add synopsis »
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Friday, April 17th, 2009
All Genres:
Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Release Year: 2009
Country: USA | UK | France
Runtime: 127 min
Languages: English
Director:
Tagline: Find The Truth
Cast: Russell Crowe … Cal McAffrey
Ben Affleck … Rep. Stephen Collins
Rachel McAdams … Della Frye
Helen Mirren … Cameron Lynne
Robin Wright Penn … Anne Collins
Jason Bateman … Dominic Foy
Jeff Daniels … Rep. George Fergus
Michael Berresse … Robert Bingham
Harry Lennix … Det. Donald Bell
Josh Mostel … Pete
Michael Weston … Hank
Barry Shabaka Henley … Gene Stavitz
Viola Davis … Dr. Judith Franklin
David Harbour … PointCorp Insider
Sarah Lord … Mandi Brokaw
Plot: A team of investigative reporters work alongside a police detective to try to solve the murder of a congressman’s mistress.
Awards: 2 nominations
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