Thriller · Curated lists
A ticking clock, a bad decision, or a mystery you cannot leave alone. These collections take different routes to a tense evening.
Trust Nobody
Grifters, forgers and very long games. Watch the hands, not the face.
12 titles
First Films
Directors arriving fully formed. Every one of these is somebody's first feature.
14 titles
One Last Job
The plan, the crew, and the moment it all goes wrong. Half of these are about the getting away.
14 titles
Scared, Not Sickened
Dread, not gore. Horror that works on your nerves instead of your stomach.
16 titles
Modern Classics
The films from this century that people will still be arguing about in fifty years.
20 titles
Rain, Neon, Bad Decisions
Cities at night and people who should have walked away. Noir after noir stopped being black and white.
13 titles
One Room, No Escape
Almost the entire film in a single space. Proof that a budget is not the same as tension.
10 titles
All in One Night
Sundown to sunrise, no time skips. Everything that matters happens before morning.
12 titles
Real Stunts, No Green Screen
People actually falling off things. Action where you can feel every hit land.
15 titles
Thrillers That Never Let Up
Start one of these and you are not getting up until it is finished. Do not start them late.
18 titles
Something Is Wrong in This Town
Quiet places, friendly people, and a feeling that will not go away. Folk horror and rural dread.
13 titles
Where to Start With Hitchcock
Suspense from the man who wrote the rules for it. Start with the fun ones and work towards Vertigo.
12 titles
Where to Start With Korean Cinema
You have seen Parasite. This is what it came out of: revenge, rain and police who get it wrong.
12 titles
The Same Day, Again
Stuck, repeating, and trying to get it right. Comedies and horrors made from the same idea.
12 titles
Watch It Twice
The second viewing is a different film. Do not read anything about these first.
14 titles
Under 100 Minutes
Tight, complete, and done before you lose the evening. Every one of these is in and out fast.
18 titles
Start Here, Not Hollywood
Subtitles are not the hard part. Ways into films made somewhere else, none of them homework.
16 titles