Top Rated Thriller Movies on Kanopy - Page 18

The Two Faces of January

2014

The Two Faces of January

2014
5.9
1962. A con artist, his wife, and a dangerous stranger are caught up in the murder of a private detective and are forced to try and escape Athens.
Stone

2010

Stone

2010
5.3
Parole officer Jack Mabry has only a few weeks left before retirement and wishes to finish out the cases he's been assigned. One such case is that of Gerald 'Stone' Creeson, a convicted arsonist who is up for parole. Jack is initially reluctant to indulge Stone in the coarse banter he wishes to pursue and feels little sympathy for the prisoner's pleads for an early release. Seeing little hope in convincing Jack himself, Stone arranges for his wife to seduce the officer, but motives and intentions steadily blur amidst the passions and buried secrets of the corrupted players in this deadly game of deception.
The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007

The Poughkeepsie Tapes

2007
6.6
When hundreds of videotapes showing torture, murder and dismemberment are found in an abandoned house, they reveal a serial killer's decade-long reign of terror and become the most disturbing collection of evidence homicide detectives have ever seen.
Custody

2018

Custody

2018
7.5
Miriam and Antoine have recently separated. While she’s willing to permit their 17-year-old daughter Josephine to decide living arrangements for herself, Miriam is desperate to keep her youngest, 11-year-old Julien, away from his father. But the magistrate rules in favour of joint custody, and suddenly the boy is thrown directly into the middle of an escalating parental conflict, where it seems inevitable that sides must be chosen.
Game of Death

1978

Game of Death

1978
6.4
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
The Divide

2012

The Divide

2012
5.9
Survivors of a nuclear attack are grouped together for days in the basement of their apartment building, where fear and dwindling supplies wear away at their dynamic.
Pet

2016

Pet

2016
5.8
A man bumps into an old crush and becomes obsessed. After several failed attempts at winning her over, he kidnaps her and holds her captive underneath the animal shelter where he works.
Inheritance

2020

Inheritance

2020
6.3
The patriarch of a wealthy and powerful family suddenly passes away, leaving his wife and daughter with a shocking secret inheritance that threatens to unravel and destroy their lives.
Backcountry

2015

Backcountry

2015
5.9
A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
The Dyatlov Pass Incident

2013

The Dyatlov Pass Incident

2013
5.9
In February of 1959, nine Russian hikers ventured into a remote area of the Ural Mountains. Two weeks later, all of them were found dead. What happened is a mystery that has baffled investigators and researchers for decades. It has become known as the Dyatlov Pass Incident. When five ambitious American college students are issued a grant to return to the site of the original events, they gear up with the belief that they can uncover and document the truth of what happened to the supposedly experienced hikers. But what they find is more shocking than anything they could have imagined. Retracing the steps of the Russians' ill-fated journey, the students are plagued by strange and increasingly terrifying phenomena that suggest that in spite of the desolate surroundings, they are not alone. The forces at work in the Dyatlov Pass Incident have been waiting for them.
Deadfall

2012

Deadfall

2012
6
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
Anna

2013

Anna

2013
6.5
A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.
Two for the Money

2005

Two for the Money

2005
6
A former college athlete joins forces with a sports consultant to handicap football games for high-rolling gamblers.
The Innkeepers

2011

The Innkeepers

2011
5.4
During the final days at the Yankee Pedlar Inn, two employees determined to reveal the hotel's haunted past begin to experience disturbing events as old guests check in for a stay.
The Devil's Candy

2016

The Devil's Candy

2016
6.3
A struggling painter is possessed by satanic forces after he and his young family move into their dream home in rural Texas.
Day of the Woman

1978

Day of the Woman

1978
6
A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict revenge.
The Hunter

2011

The Hunter

2011
6.6
Martin, a mercenary, is sent from Europe by an anonymous biotech company to the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for the last Tasmanian tiger.
Boiling Point

2021

Boiling Point

2021
7.2
A head chef balances multiple personal and professional crises at a popular restaurant in London.
Marauders

2016

Marauders

2016
5.8
An untraceable group of elite bank robbers is chased by a suicidal FBI agent who uncovers a deeper purpose behind the robbery-homicides.
The Oxford Murders

2008

The Oxford Murders

2008
6
At Oxford University, a professor and a grad student work together to try and stop a potential series of murders seemingly linked by mathematical symbols.