Popular Thriller Movies on Kanopy - Page 33

Brighton Rock

2010

Brighton Rock

2010
5.7
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Six Minutes to Midnight

2020

Six Minutes to Midnight

2020
6.1
Summer 1939. Influential families in Nazi Germany have sent their daughters to a finishing school in an English seaside town to learn the language and be ambassadors for a future looking National Socialist. A teacher there sees what is coming and is trying to raise the alarm. But the authorities believe he is the problem.
Breaking

2022

Breaking

2022
6.5
Desperate for money and running out of options, Marine veteran Brian Brown-Easley holds several people hostage inside a bank, setting the stage for a tense confrontation with police.
Rogue Agent

2022

Rogue Agent

2022
6.3
Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.
Aftermath

2021

Aftermath

2021
6.2
Desperate to save their marriage, a young couple takes a deal to move into their dream home, but disturbing events reveal the house's troubled history.
Good People

2014

Good People

2014
5.5
Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Tom's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020

Beasts Clawing at Straws

2020
7.1
A struggling restaurant owner, caring for his sick mom, finds a bag of cash in a sauna locker, while a customs officer gets into trouble when his girlfriend runs off with money he borrowed from a loan shark.
Out of the Blue

2022

Out of the Blue

2022
5.7
After spending time in prison following an assault charge, Connor Bates now works in a library and spends his free time running, swimming, and trying to piece his world back together. When he meets Marilyn Chambers, the wife of a wealthy businessman, they collide into an intense physical and emotional relationship that quickly escalates into idle talk about her husband’s murder.
Every Breath You Take

2021

Every Breath You Take

2021
5.8
A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter.
Stranger by the Lake

2013

Stranger by the Lake

2013
6.3
Frank spends his summer days hopelessly searching for companionship at a popular cruising spot on the shores of a lake in rural France. One day, he meets Michel, an attractive yet darkly mysterious man and falls blindly in love.
Tideland

2005

Tideland

2005
6.5
Because of the actions of her irresponsible parents, a young girl is left alone on a decrepit country estate and survives inside her fantastic imagination.
The Humanity Bureau

2017

The Humanity Bureau

2017
4.8
In 2030 the world is in a permanent state of economic recession and facing serious environmental problems as a result of global warming.
Christmas Evil

1980

Christmas Evil

1980
5.4
Garbed in his red suit, Harry, a toy factory worker, decides that the only thing he can do to save the spirit of Christmas is to become Santa Claus himself and make all of the naughty townspeople pay... in blood!
The Painted Bird

2019

The Painted Bird

2019
7.1
After losing his parents, a young Jewish boy wanders Eastern Europe, seeking refuge during World War II.
Fear and Desire

1953

Fear and Desire

1953
5.4
After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.
The Critic

2024

The Critic

2024
5.9
Jimmy Erskine is the most feared theatre critic of the age. He lives as flamboyantly as he writes and takes pleasure in savagely taking down any actor who fails to meet his standards. When the owner of the Daily Chronicle dies, and his son takes over, Jimmy quickly finds himself at odds with his new boss and his position under threat. In an attempt to preserve the power and influence he holds so sacred, Jimmy strikes a Faustian pact with a struggling actress, entangling them and the boss in a thrilling but deadly web of desire, blackmail, and betrayal.
When a Stranger Calls

1979

When a Stranger Calls

1979
6.2
A student babysitter has her evening disturbed when the phone rings. So begins a series of increasingly terrifying and threatening calls that lead to a shocking revelation.
The Greasy Strangler

2016

The Greasy Strangler

2016
5.6
Ronnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy woman takes the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her love. It also signals the arrival of an oily strangler who stalks the streets at night.
Lights Out

2024

Lights Out

2024
6.9
A drifting ex-soldier turns underground fighter with the help of a just-released ex-con, pitting him against corrupt cops and hired killers now gunning for him and all those he cares about.
Atlas Shrugged: Part I

2011

Atlas Shrugged: Part I

2011
5.4
A powerful railroad executive, Dagny Taggart, struggles to keep her business alive while society is crumbling around her. Based on the 1957 novel by Ayn Rand.