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Old 01-05-2009, 7:33 PM   #1
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Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

I am fed up with over the top bang bang loads of gore and ten thousand explosion films.

I want to go back to the day, where the acting and atmosphere were essential, not 'lets kill a person in the most goriest way and forget the storyline' flick.

So after my rant. can anyone recommend a good atmospheric thriller released inn the past year or so, where I can sit down and bite my nails to my knuckles and feel 'yeah that was satisfying'

An indication of films I like in this range go from Hitchcock, Truffaut Christopher Nolan etc.

So inspire me....or am I asking for too much???
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

I thought Gone Baby Gone was excellent.
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Old 01-05-2009, 10:42 PM   #3
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

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Old 01-05-2009, 11:35 PM   #4
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

What about Clint Eastwoods latest masterpeice Gran Torino
It'll make you smile...it'll make you grip your seat it will also make you Cry

It'll make your day

Gran Torino Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

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What about Clint Eastwoods latest masterpeice Gran Torino
It'll make you smile...it'll make you grip your seat it will also make you Cry

It'll make your day

Gran Torino Movie Reviews, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes
Drama.

Good none the less.
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Old 02-05-2009, 5:00 AM   #6
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I thought Gone Baby Gone was excellent.
that was not too blinking bad was it.
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Old 02-05-2009, 7:33 AM   #7
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Ican anyone recommend a good atmospheric thriller released inn the past year or so, where I can sit down and bite my nails to my knuckles and feel 'yeah that was satisfying'
Worryingly I can not think of ANY I have seen
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A couple of years old now but Michael Clayton is excellent
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Old 02-05-2009, 8:51 AM   #9
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Thanks for the suggestions. It seems from the response, this genre and style of filmmaking is very limited. maybe a sign of the times??
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

There also have been a few good thrillers from Europe over the last few years, especially from France. Tell No One is one of my favourite films of the last few years. It feels like a 50s Hitchcock thriller updated for contemporary times (hints of Vertigo and North by Northwest there). Read My Lips from 2002 is one of my top three films of the decade and is both a gripping thriller and a fantastic character study.

I also really liked the Spanish The Night of the Sunflowers.

Another two recent films I thought were good thrillers are Fincher's Zodiac and Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. The Machinist is a bit older and verges on horror, but it's one of the most atmospheric thrillers of the decade.
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Eden Lake is...thoughtful horror. Not brilliant, but okay.

Changeling was a drama, but tense at times.

I'd agree on Eastern Promises, and I'd add the earlier A History of Violence.

From a few years back now, if you haven't seen Identity it's a treat.

Not really what you've asked for, but there or thereabouts. All of the above are at least worth a watch.

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Old 02-05-2009, 10:38 AM   #12
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Eastern Promises certainly got my attention,a few times now.
not a thriller as such but,I cant think of a real thriller out for yonks.
perhaps no coutry but many people want a clean thriller whereas no country is a well ......youd have to watch it I spose.........
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

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Another two recent films I thought were good thrillers are Fincher's Zodiac and Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. The Machinist is a bit older and verges on horror, but it's one of the most atmospheric thrillers of the decade.
I like these three, not sure I would class Eastern Promise as a "Thriller", but an excellent movie.
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

I not sure of how much use quibbling about whether something fits a genre is when discussing a good film, but Eastern Promises deals with criminals, victims, murder, violence, peril, suspense, plot twists and the investigation of crimes, which makes it enough of a thriller for me.
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Old 02-05-2009, 5:29 PM   #15
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Another vote for Tell No One and Eastern Promises here.

and to add a couple more ;

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

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Old 02-05-2009, 7:20 PM   #16
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Just watched Before the Devil knows you're dead, literally!

Didn't know to much about it beforehand but wow, if you want to watch someones life fall apart before your very eyes...

Worth a watch for sure.
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I not sure of how much use quibbling about whether something fits a genre is when discussing a good film, but Eastern Promises deals with criminals, victims, murder, violence, peril, suspense, plot twists and the investigation of crimes, which makes it enough of a thriller for me.
yep Todd Im gona call it a thriller form now on.....cant wait for the next one
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Drama.

Good none the less.
hey hey thriller in my book
Iwas on the edge of MY seat
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Just watched Before the Devil knows you're dead, literally!
I think you mean you've literally just watched Before the Devil Knows You're Dead.



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hey hey thriller in my book
Iwas on the edge of MY seat
Why lol?

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It is a drama, but I suposse someone can call it whatever they want.
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

we may need a definitive thread

wheres pincho when you need him,he would sort it out
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What about Body Of Lies?
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What about Body Of Lies?
Personally I'd file that under average rather than good. But some have liked it. Worth a watch to see for yourself I reckon.
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Personally I'd file that under average rather than good. But some have liked it. Worth a watch to see for yourself I reckon.
I thought it was pretty good myself, much like The Kingdom. Each to their own I guess.
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Why lol?

Leather

It is a drama, but I suposse someone can call it whatever they want.
ha ha ha actually yes
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There also have been a few good thrillers from Europe over the last few years, especially from France. Tell No One is one of my favourite films of the last few years. It feels like a 50s Hitchcock thriller updated for contemporary times (hints of Vertigo and North by Northwest there). Read My Lips from 2002 is one of my top three films of the decade and is both a gripping thriller and a fantastic character study.

I also really liked the Spanish The Night of the Sunflowers.

Another two recent films I thought were good thrillers are Fincher's Zodiac and Cronenberg's Eastern Promises. The Machinist is a bit older and verges on horror, but it's one of the most atmospheric thrillers of the decade.
All great films.

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Thanks for the suggestions. It seems from the response, this genre and style of filmmaking is very limited. maybe a sign of the times??
I must agree.

I think 'thriller' can cover a very broad genre of films. But if you're specifically looking for a non-horror film with bags of Hitchcockian edge-of-you-seat suspense and twists I think we've been poorly served of late.

Ooh! Thought of one! Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) (Guillaume Canet - 2006).

Out on DVD, and you can get it from Amazon UK for less than £3. Out on Blu-ray Disc on the 8th of June for less than £15.

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Talking of french films, 'Hidden' might fit the bill.

Zodiac is good and The Kingdom is worth a watch.
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

How about Mr Brooks a very underated film but well worth a watch. I liked it anyway
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Re: Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

Quite enjoyed The Kingdom too and also Vantage Point.
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Quite enjoyed The Kingdom too and also Vantage Point.
I didn't particularly like either to be honest. I can see their good points though.
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