The Best Thrillers of 2022


20 The Pale Blue Eye

The Pale Blue Eye

A world-weary detective is hired to investigate the murder of a West Point cadet. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, he enlists one of their own to help unravel the case – a young man the world would come to know as Edgar Allan Poe.

Director: Scott Cooper
Writers: Scott Cooper, Louis Bayard
Starring: Christian Bale, Harry Melling, Simon McBurney
Budget: $72 000 000

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19 Death on the Nile

Death on the Nile

Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot’s Egyptian vacation aboard a glamorous river steamer turns into a terrifying search for a murderer when a picture-perfect couple’s idyllic honeymoon is tragically cut short. Set against an epic landscape of sweeping desert vistas and the majestic Giza pyramids, this dramatic tale of love gone wrong features a cosmopolitan group of impeccably dressed travelers and enough wicked twists and turns to leave audiences guessing until the final, shocking denouement.

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writers: Michael Green, Agatha Christie
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Gal Gadot, Armie Hammer
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $137 307 000

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18 The Good Nurse

The Good Nurse

Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth in this gripping thriller based on true events.

Director: Tobias Lindholm
Writers: Krysty Wilson-Cairns, Charles Graeber
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Eddie Redmayne, Nnamdi Asomugha
Box office: $14 000

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17 The Gray Man

The Gray Man

When the CIA’s most skilled operative, whose true identity is known to none, accidentally uncovers dark agency secrets, a psychopathic former colleague puts a bounty on his head, setting off a global manhunt by international assassins.

Directors: Joe Russo, Anthony Russo
Writers: Joe Russo, Christopher Markus, Stephen McFeely
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
Budget: $200 000 000
Box office: $454 000

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16 The Black Phone

The Black Phone

Finney Shaw, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.

Director: Scott Derrickson
Writers: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert Cargill, Joe Hill
Starring: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke
Budget: $16 000 000
Box office: $161 440 000

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15 Fall

Fall

For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights in this adrenaline-fueled thriller.

Director: Scott Mann
Writers: Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann
Starring: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding
Budget: $3 000 000
Box office: $17 363 000

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14 Mnogoetazhka (Многоэтажка)

Многоэтажка

The film is about a firefighter named Anton Kalashnikov who is raising a 14-year-old daughter. She goes to dances and every Saturday he meets her, after which he watches TV with her and has dinner. But one Saturday things turned out differently. She rings the intercom and Anton opens the door, but she doesn’t get up.

Director: Anton Maslov
Writers: Mariya Maslova, Anton Maslov
Starring: Denis Nikiforov, Darya Shcherbakova, Natalya Zemtsova

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13 Toxic (공기살인 | Gonggisalin)

Gonggisalin

Jung Tae-Hun is the chief doctor of a trauma center in a hospital. His son suddenly collapses with a lung disease. Soon, his wife Han Gil-Ju suddenly dies because of the same lung disease. Jung Tae-Hun tries to find a common link between their illnesses. Jung Tae-Hun learns that for several years, many people have visited hospitals and complained of similar symptoms as his wife and son. He finally finds a common link between all of these people. They all used a humidifier disinfectant. Meanwhile, Han Gil-Ju’s sister Han Young-Ju works as a prosecutor. She also investigates the case with Jung Tae-Hun, but her office doesn’t let her investigate the case. Han Young-Ju quits her job as a prosecutor and begins to work as a lawyer. She continues to investigate the lung disease case with Jung Tae-Hun. As they visit victims and collect materials, they uncover the secret of the acute lung disease.

Director: Jo Yong-sun
Writers: Jo Yong-sun, Seo Jae Won
Starring: Kim Sang-kyung, Lee Sun-bin, Yoon Kyung-ho
Box office: $548 000

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12 The Last Client (Klienten)

Klienten

Susanne Hartmann is a top psychologist, told by police a quote from her diary has been found at a murder scene. The next day, just as she‘s about to leave her office, Mark appears begging for a last minute therapy session. Soon it become clear that he’s the serial killer and unless Susanne cures him in one hour, her own darkest secrets will be revealed.

Director: Anders Rønnow Klarlund
Writers: Anders Rønnow Klarlund, Jacob Weinreich
Starring: Signe Egholm Olsen, Anton Hjejle, Dan Zahle
Box office: $35 000

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11 Ray Donovan: The Movie

Ray Donovan: The Movie

A showdown decades in the making brings the Donovan family legacy full circle as they find themselves drawn back to Boston. Struggling to overcome their violent upbringing, their fierce love for each other keeps them in the fight.

Director: David Hollander
Writers: David Hollander, Liev Schreiber, Ann Biderman
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok

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