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| 101 |  | Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer (1986) |  3.1507 80 reviews | NC-17 | Thriller, Horror, Crime |
$17.37
| Henry is a serial killer and one night after a few beers, he introduces his roommate to his extra ...more about Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer starring Mary Demas and Michael Rooker |
| 102 |  | Fugitive, The (1993) | 3.1465 76 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$3.59
| A wealthy and prominent doctor is falsely accused of killing his wife. While on a prison bus, he ...more about Fugitive starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones |
| 103 |  | Eastern Promises (2007) | 3.1458 264 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$16.90
| The film follows the mysterious and ruthless Nikolai (Viggo Mortensen), who is tied to one of ...more about Eastern Promises starring Viggo Mortensen and Naomi Watts |
| 104 |  | Blood Simple. (1984) | 3.1408 148 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$29.99
| A Texas bar-owner hires a P.I. to kill his cheating wife and her lover, but the investigator has ...more about Blood Simple. starring John Getz and Frances McDormand |
| 105 |  | Nightmare On Elm Street, A (1984) | 3.1405 88 reviews | NA | Thriller, Fantasy, Horror |
$6.53
| Seeking his revenge on the parents of Elm Street, Freddy Kruger invades the dreams of their ...more about Nightmare On Elm Street starring Ronee Blakley and Heather Langenkamp |
| 106 |  | Michael Clayton (2007) | 3.1405 320 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller |
$9.99
| Michael Clayton is an in-house "fixer" at one of the largest corporate law firms in New York. A ...more about Michael Clayton starring George Clooney and Tom Wilkinson |
| 107 |  | Defiant Ones, The (1958) | 3.1383 22 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.65
| Joker Jackson and Noah Cullen are two convicts on a chain gang who hate each other. After a truck ...more about Defiant Ones starring Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier |
| 108 |  | Wicker Man, The (1973) | 3.1364 90 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Mystery |
$5.99
| Sgt. Howie travels to Summerisle to investigate the disappearance of a young girl. He discovers ...more about Wicker Man starring Edward Woodward and Christopher Lee |
| 109 |  | Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) | 3.1353 95 reviews | G | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi |
$4.86
| When an alien and his robot land on Earth to deliver a message to all it's world leaders they are ...more about Day the Earth Stood Still starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal |
| 110 |  | Foreign Correspondent (1940) | 3.1351 31 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$12.71
| Johnny Jones is an action reporter on a New York newspaper. The editor appoints him European ...more about Foreign Correspondent starring Robert Benchley and Laraine Day |
| 111 |  | Detour (1945) | 3.1323 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Film-Noir |
$4.99
| In flashback, New York nightclub pianist Al Roberts hitchhikes to Hollywood to join his girl Sue. ...more about Detour starring Esther Howard and Ann Savage |
| 112 |  | Barton Fink (1991) | 3.1309 89 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Comedy |
$4.11
| Playwright Barton Fink is hired to write a new wrestling movie. Disgusted with the movie capital of ...more about Barton Fink starring John Turturro and John Goodman |
| 113 |  | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) | 3.1298 36 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror |
$15.52
| Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a ...more about What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? starring Bette Davis and Joan Crawford |
| 114 |  | Simple Plan, A (1998) | 3.1286 274 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$7.01
| Hank and his two friends discover a crashed plane with a dead pilot and 4 million dollars in cash. ...more about Simple Plan starring Bill Paxton and Bridget Fonda |
| 115 |  | Cape Fear (1962) | 3.1273 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.49
| Small-town lawyer Sam Bowden's life becomes torturous when Max Cady re-enters his life. Cady went ...more about Cape Fear starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum |
| 116 |  | Odd Man Out (1947) | 3.1262 18 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | Johnny McQueen, leader of a clandestine Irish organization, has been hiding in the house of ...more about Odd Man Out starring James Mason and Robert Beatty |
| 117 |  | To Have and Have Not (1944) | 3.1222 21 reviews | NA | Adventure, War, Thriller, Romance |
$12.71
| Harry Morgan and his alcoholic sidekick, Eddie, are based on the island of Martinique and crew a ...more about To Have and Have Not starring Humphrey Bogart and Walter Brennan |
| 118 |  | Body Heat (1981) | 3.1220 32 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$8.68
| Ned Racine is a seedy small town lawyer in Florida. During a searing heatwave he's picked up by ...more about Body Heat starring William Hurt and Kathleen Turner |
| 119 |  | Lookout, The (2007) | 3.1201 115 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$14.15
| Chris (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), a promising high school athlete, has a nice future ahead of him until ...more about Lookout starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Jeff Daniels |
| 120 |  | Sixth Sense, The (1999) | 3.1190 482 reviews | PG-13 | Thriller |
$7.02
| In this chilling, psychological thriller, 8-year-old Cole Sear (Osment) is haunted by a dark ...more about Sixth Sense starring Bruce Willis and Haley Joel Osment |
| 121 |  | Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) | 3.1167 79 reviews | PG-13 | Action, Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy |
$43.99
| Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, returns for the 3rd and final ...more about Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade starring Harrison Ford and Sean Connery |
| 122 |  | Fargo (1996) | 3.1161 174 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$6.89
| Jerry Lundegaard is in a financial jam and, out of desperation, comes up with a plan to hire ...more about Fargo starring William H. Macy and Steve Buscemi |
| 123 |  | First Blood (1982) | 3.1158 81 reviews | NA | Action, Drama, Thriller |
$4.02
| War vet. John Rambo, while looking for an old friend in a small town, is arrested by the local ...more about First Blood starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna |
| 124 |  | Out of Sight (1998) | 3.1127 253 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance, Comedy |
$8.99
| A career bank robber busts out of jail (Clooney) with the help of his buddy (Rhames) and kidnaps a ...more about Out of Sight starring George Clooney and Donna Frenzel |
| 125 |  | Big House, The (1930) | 3.1094 10 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller | N/A | After a manslaughter conviction from drunk driving, nice but foolish Kent is sent to a prison ...more about Big House starring Wallace Beery and Lewis Stone |
| 126 |  | Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) | 3.1077 497 reviews | PG | Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Family |
$5.31
| In Harry's third year at Hogwarts a maniac killer has escaped from Azkaban and is on a mission to ...more about Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban starring Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson |
| 127 |  | Key Largo (1948) | 3.1077 34 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$12.71
| A man visits his old friend's hotel and finds a gangster running things. As a hurricane approaches, ...more about Key Largo starring Humphrey Bogart and Edward G. Robinson |
| 128 |  | Miller's Crossing (1990) | 3.1075 89 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$6.33
| A highly styled 'genre' film which can perhaps be seen as a pastiche of all gangster movies. Tom ...more about Miller's Crossing starring Gabriel Byrne and Marcia Gay Harden |
| 129 |  | Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) | 3.1073 46 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Mystery |
$3.91
| Strange underground alien spores are planted in the earth and eventually begin to flower. As people ...more about Invasion of the Body Snatchers starring Donald Sutherland and Brooke Adams |
| 130 |  | True Romance (1993) | 3.1070 102 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance |
$5.89
| In trying to save Alabama from her uncouth lifestyle, Clarence kills her boss and takes off with a ...more about True Romance starring Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette |
| 131 |  | Class of 1984 (1982) | 3.1063 39 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$4.67
| A music teacher tries to befriend a troubled student notorious for gang and drug related violence. ...more about Class of 1984 starring Perry King and Merrie Lynn Ross |
| 132 |  | Quiet American, The (2002) | 3.1031 349 reviews | R | Drama, War, Thriller, Romance |
$7.02
| An American aid worker befriends a British newspaper correspondent while in Vietnam. When he ...more about Quiet American starring Michael Caine and Brendan Fraser |
| 133 |  | Klute (1971) | 3.1030 37 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.71
| John Klute's friend has totally disappeared. The only clue a connection with a call girl, Bree ...more about Klute starring Jane Fonda and Donald Sutherland |
| 134 |  | Fight Club (1999) | 3.1027 410 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime, Mystery |
$12.99
| You're young. You have an easy, well-paid deskjob. You have a condo, Swedish furniture, artistic ...more about Fight Club starring Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter |
| 135 |  | Seven Days in May (1964) | 3.1017 17 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller |
$9.76
| An unpopular U.S. President manages to get a nuclear disarmament treaty through the Senate, but ...more about Seven Days in May starring Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas |
| 136 |  | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) | 3.1013 487 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Musical, Adaptation |
$16.99
| Sweeney Todd a.k.a Benjamin Barker returns to London after being sent away by Judge Turpin with the ...more about Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter |
| 137 |  | Tiger Bay (1959) | 3.1008 11 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Crime | N/A | 12 year old Gillie witnesses a Polish Sailor killing his girlfriend and manages to get hold of the ...more about Tiger Bay starring John Mills and Horst Buchholz |
| 138 |  | Oldboy (2003) | 3.0979 232 reviews | R | Thriller, Crime, Mystery, Foreign |
$14.37
| An average man is kidnapped and imprisoned in a shabby cell for 15 years without explanation. He ...more about Oldboy starring Min-sik Choi and Ji-tae Yu |
| 139 |  | 39 Steps, The (1935) | 3.0973 59 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Mystery |
$2.42
| Richard Hannay is a Canadian visitor to London. At the end of "Mr Memory"'s show in a music hall, ...more about 39 Steps starring Robert Donat and Madeleine Carroll |
| 140 |  | Collateral (2004) | 3.0970 505 reviews | R | Action, Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$5.99
| Max has lived a mundane life as a cab driver for twelve years. The faces have come and gone from ...more about Collateral starring Tom Cruise and Jamie Foxx |
| 141 |  | I Walked with a Zombie (1943) | 3.0962 31 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$12.71
| A young Canadian nurse is hired to care for the wife of a plantation owner in the West Indies. Many ...more about I Walked with a Zombie starring James Ellison and Frances Dee |
| 142 |  | American Werewolf in London, An (1981) | 3.0937 97 reviews | NA | Thriller, Horror, Romance, Comedy |
$4.49
| A Werewolf attacks two American students on tour of England. The surviving student begins to have ...more about American Werewolf in London starring David Naughton and Jenny Agutter |
| 143 |  | Invisible Man, The (1933) | 3.0934 41 reviews | NA | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi, Comedy |
$15.69
| A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to ...more about Invisible Man starring Claude Rains and Gloria Stuart |
| 144 |  | Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) | 3.0926 66 reviews | NA | Action, Adventure, Thriller |
$23.11
| Renowned archeologist and expert in the occult, Dr. Indiana Jones, is back in action in the 2nd ...more about Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom starring Harrison Ford and Kate Capshaw |
| 145 |  | Cat People (1942) | 3.0924 51 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller, Horror, Romance |
$12.71
| Irena Dubrovna, a beautiful and mysterious Serbian-born fashion artist living in New York City, ...more about Cat People starring Simone Simon and Kent Smith |
| 146 |  | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) | 3.0899 187 reviews | R | Drama, Thriller, Crime |
$18.29
| Needing extra cash, two brothers conspire to pull off the perfect, victimless crime. No guns, no ...more about Before the Devil Knows You're Dead starring Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke |
| 147 |  | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) | 3.0890 357 reviews | PG-13 | Adventure, Thriller, Fantasy, Mystery, Family |
$10.49
| In Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts he is mysteriously chosen to participate in the Triwizard ...more about Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire starring Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint |
| 148 |  | Crow, The (1994) | 3.0882 87 reviews | R | Action, Thriller, Fantasy, Crime |
$12.30
| A man comes back from the dead to kill the men that murdered him and his fiancé one year ago. ...more about Crow starring Brandon Lee and Rochelle Davis |
| 149 |  | China Syndrome, The (1979) | 3.0877 43 reviews | PG | Drama, Thriller |
$9.78
| While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, an opportunistic reporter Kimberly ...more about China Syndrome starring Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon |
| 150 |  | This Gun for Hire (1942) | 3.0875 15 reviews | NA | Thriller, Crime, Film-Noir |
$5.95
| Hit man Philip Raven, who's kind to children and cats, kills a blackmailer and is paid off by ...more about This Gun for Hire starring Veronica Lake and Robert Preston |
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