Popular Thriller Movies on Kanopy - Page 6

Eyewitness

1970

Eyewitness

1970
6.2
A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?
The Ward

2010

The Ward

2010
5.8
Kristen, a troubled young woman, is captured by the police after burning down a farmhouse and is locked in the North Bend Psychiatric Hospital. Soon, she begins to suspect that the place has a dark secret at its core and she's determined to find out what it is.
The Tank

2023

The Tank

2023
5.1
In 1978 Oregon, Ben and Jules inherit an abandoned coastal property from Ben's late mother, who's never mentioned it. The untouched house has been kept a secret for 40 years and comes with a beautiful private cove and beach. Jules searches for answers while Ben unwittingly awakens a fiercely protective creature.
La Civil

2021

La Civil

2021
7.7
Cielo is a mother whose teenage daughter is kidnapped in Northern Mexico. When the authorities offer no support in the search, Cielo takes matters into her own hands and transforms from housewife into a vengeful militant.
Les Cowboys

2015

Les Cowboys

2015
6.4
Drama about a father and son who set out to find their missing daughter/sister with the help of an American headhunter.
Red Lights

2012

Red Lights

2012
6.2
Two investigators of paranormal hoaxes, the veteran Dr. Margaret Matheson and her young assistant, Tom Buckley, study the most varied metaphysical phenomena with the aim of proving their fraudulent origins. Simon Silver, a legendary blind psychic, reappears after an enigmatic absence of 30 years to become the greatest international challenge to both orthodox science and professional sceptics. Tom starts to develop an intense obsession with Silver, whose magnetism becomes stronger with each new manifestation of inexplicable events. As Tom gets closer to Silver, tension mounts, and his worldview is threatened to its core.
The Wasp

2024

The Wasp

2024
6.3
Heather bumps into Carla, having not spoken to her in years, and presents her with a very unexpected proposition that could change both of their lives forever.
The One

2001

The One

2001
6.1
A sheriff's deputy fights an alternate universe version of himself who grows stronger with each alternate self he kills.
Fear, Inc.

2016

Fear, Inc.

2016
5.7
Horror junkie Joe Foster gets to live out his ultimate scary movie fantasy courtesy of Fear Inc., a company that specializes in giving you the fright of your life. But as lines blur between what is and is not part of the game, Joe's dream come true begins to look more like a nightmare.
The Birdcatcher

2019

The Birdcatcher

2019
5.5
Norway, 1942, during World War II. After being separated from her family, Esther, a young Jewish girl from Trondheim, arrives at an isolated farm where she must assume a new identity in order to survive the Nazi persecution.
Blue Caprice

2013

Blue Caprice

2013
5.7
A narrative feature film inspired by the events known as the Beltway sniper attacks.
Gemini

2017

Gemini

2017
5.4
A heinous crime tests the complex relationship between a tenacious personal assistant and her Hollywood starlet boss. As the assistant travels across Los Angeles to unravel the mystery, she must stay one step ahead of a determined policeman and confront her own understanding of friendship, truth and celebrity.
Kandahar

2023

Kandahar

2023
6.8
After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar, all whilst avoiding elite enemy forces and foreign spies tasked with hunting them down.
Knocking

2021

Knocking

2021
5.5
After suffering a traumatic incident, Molly moves into a new apartment to begin her path to recovery, but it’s not long after her arrival that a series of persistent knocks and screams begin to wake her up at night.
Peninsula

2020

Peninsula

2020
6.7
A soldier and his team battle hordes of post-apocalyptic zombies in the wastelands of the Korean Peninsula.
Sea Fever

2020

Sea Fever

2020
6.1
The crew of a West of Ireland trawler—marooned at sea—struggle for their lives against a growing parasite in their water supply.
Get Carter

1971

Get Carter

1971
7
Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who murdered his sibling and why.
Absolution

2024

Absolution

2024
5.9
An aging ex-boxer gangster working as muscle for a Boston crime boss receives an upsetting diagnosis. Despite a faltering memory, he attempts to rectify the sins of his past and reconnect with his estranged children. He is determined to leave a positive legacy for his grandson, but the criminal underworld isn’t done with him and won’t loosen their grip willingly.
American Star

2024

American Star

2024
5.6
An assassin on a final assignment in Fuerteventura, to kill a man he has never met. When his target is delayed, he finds himself drawn to the island, people and a ghostly shipwreck. Instead of following protocol he stays. But when the target returns, the world has shifted. Before everything was simple, now nothing is.
Wild Indian

2021

Wild Indian

2021
5.4
Decades after covering up his classmate’s murder, Michael has moved on from his reservation and fractured past. When a man who shares his violent secret seeks vengeance, Michael goes to great lengths to protect his new life with his wife and boss from the demons of his past.