Recommend me a recent Good Thriller

drunkenmaster · 01-05-2009, 7:33 PM

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???

Todd Tomorrow · 01-05-2009, 10:30 PM

I thought Gone Baby Gone was excellent.

chelsea.tone · 01-05-2009, 10:42 PM

Transsiberian

Barneyrubble uk · 01-05-2009, 11:35 PM

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

cas398 · 02-05-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Barneyrubble uk

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.

goodtimes · 02-05-2009, 5:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

I thought Gone Baby Gone was excellent.

that was not too blinking bad was it.

mattrixdesign2 · 02-05-2009, 7:33 AM

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Originally Posted by drunkenmaster

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

DICKIEDUVET · 02-05-2009, 7:49 AM

A couple of years old now but Michael Clayton is excellent

drunkenmaster · 02-05-2009, 8:51 AM

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

Todd Tomorrow · 02-05-2009, 9:25 AM

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.

Pecker · 02-05-2009, 10:00 AM

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.

Steve W

goodtimes · 02-05-2009, 10:38 AM

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.........

mattrixdesign2 · 02-05-2009, 12:51 PM

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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.

Todd Tomorrow · 02-05-2009, 1:08 PM

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.

pRot3us · 02-05-2009, 5:29 PM

Another vote for Tell No One and Eastern Promises here.

and to add a couple more ;

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

Mad Detective

Axel40 · 02-05-2009, 7:20 PM

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.

goodtimes · 02-05-2009, 7:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

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

Barneyrubble uk · 03-05-2009, 5:54 PM

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Originally Posted by cas398

Drama.

Good none the less.

hey hey thriller in my book

Iwas on the edge of MY seat

Pecker · 03-05-2009, 7:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Axel40

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.

Steve W

cas398 · 03-05-2009, 7:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Barneyrubble uk

hey hey thriller in my book

Iwas on the edge of MY seat

Why lol?

Leather

It is a drama, but I suposse someone can call it whatever they want.

goodtimes · 03-05-2009, 8:24 PM

we may need a definitive thread

wheres pincho when you need him,he would sort it out

CJPowers81 · 03-05-2009, 8:40 PM

What about Body Of Lies?

dude-1981 · 03-05-2009, 8:49 PM

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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.

CJPowers81 · 03-05-2009, 8:53 PM

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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.

Barneyrubble uk · 04-05-2009, 9:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cas398

Why lol?

Leather

It is a drama, but I suposse someone can call it whatever they want.

ha ha ha actually yes

Pecker · 04-05-2009, 9:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

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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Originally Posted by drunkenmaster

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.

Steve W