Top Rated Thriller Movies on Kanopy - Page 12

Le Samouraï

1967

Le Samouraï

1967
7.8
After carrying out a flawlessly planned hit, Jef Costello, a contract killer with samurai instincts, finds himself caught between a persistent police investigator and a ruthless employer, and not even his armor of fedora and trench coat can protect him.
The Forgotten

2004

The Forgotten

2004
5.9
Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 8-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created eight years of memories about a son she never had. But when she meets a man who has had a similar experience, Telly embarks on a search to prove her son's existence, and her sanity.
In the Heat of the Night

1967

In the Heat of the Night

1967
7.7
African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie, the racist police chief of tiny Sparta, Mississippi. After Tibbs proves not only his own innocence but that of another man, he joins forces with Gillespie to track down the real killer. Their investigation takes them through every social level of the town, with Tibbs making enemies as well as unlikely friends as he hunts for the truth.
Sleep Tight

2011

Sleep Tight

2011
7.1
César, an unhappy concierge, maintains a peculiar relationship with the very diverse inhabitants of the upper-class apartment building where he works in Barcelona.
'71

2014

'71

2014
6.8
A young British soldier must find his way back to safety after his unit accidentally abandons him during a riot in the streets of Belfast.
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.
The Pledge

2001

The Pledge

2001
6.6
A police chief, about to retire, pledges to help a woman find her daughter's killer.
Marathon Man

1976

Marathon Man

1976
7.2
A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.
Changing Lanes

2002

Changing Lanes

2002
6.3
A rush-hour fender-bender on New York City's crowded FDR Drive, under most circumstances, wouldn't set off a chain reaction that could decimate two people's lives. But on this day, at this time, a minor collision will turn two complete strangers into vicious adversaries. Their means of destroying each other might be different, but their goals, ultimately, will be the same: Each will systematically try to dismantle the other's life in a reckless effort to reclaim something he has lost.
The Haunting in Connecticut

2009

The Haunting in Connecticut

2009
6.2
When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only was the house a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred, but the owner's clairvoyant son Jonah served as a demonic messenger, providing a gateway for spiritual entities to crossover.
Assault on Precinct 13

1976

Assault on Precinct 13

1976
7.3
A highway patrol officer, two criminals, and a station secretary form an unlikely alliance to defend a defunct Los Angeles precinct against a siege by a bloodthirsty street gang.
Don't Look Now

1973

Don't Look Now

1973
6.9
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.
Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017

Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds

2017
8
Having died unexpectedly, firefighter Ja-hong is taken to the afterlife by 3 afterlife guardians. Only when he passes 7 trials over 49 days and proves he was innocent in human life, he’s able to reincarnate, and his 3 afterlife guardians are by his side to defend him in trial.
V/H/S/2

2013

V/H/S/2

2013
6.2
Inside a darkened house looms a column of TVs littered with VHS tapes, a pagan shrine to forgotten analog gods. The screens crackle and pop endlessly with monochrome vistas of static white noise permeating the brain and fogging concentration. But you must fight the urge to relax: this is no mere movie night. Those obsolete spools contain more than just magnetic tape. They are imprinted with the very soul of evil.
Harry Brown

2009

Harry Brown

2009
6.8
An elderly ex-serviceman and widower looks to avenge his best friend's murder by doling out his own form of justice.
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

1962
7.9
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
K-19: The Widowmaker

2002

K-19: The Widowmaker

2002
6.5
When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Rumble in the Bronx

1995

Rumble in the Bronx

1995
6.8
Keong comes from Hong Kong to visit New York for his uncle's wedding. His uncle runs a market in the Bronx and Keong offers to help out while Uncle is on his honeymoon. During his stay in the Bronx, Keong befriends a neighbor kid and beats up some neighborhood thugs who cause problems at the market. One of those petty thugs in the local gang stumbles into a criminal situation way over his head.
Cell

2016

Cell

2016
4.7
When a strange signal pulsates through all cell phone networks worldwide, it starts a murderous epidemic of epic proportions when users become bloodthirsty creatures, and a group of people in New England are among the survivors to deal with the ensuing chaos after.
Anthropoid

2016

Anthropoid

2016
7.1
In December 1941, Czech soldiers Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš parachute into their occupied homeland to assassinate Nazi officer Reinhard Heydrich.