The Best Thrillers of 2023


10 Centaur (Кентавр)

Кентавр

Liza works at night, a taxi ride for her is a moment of much-desired peace. The driver Sasha inspires confidence, he knows the approach to the most demanding client. There are many unexpected turns in the lights of the big city, behind each of which lies a terrible threat. And perhaps the main danger is closer than it seems.

Director: Kirill Kemnits
Writer: Mikhail Zubko
Starring: Yura Borisov, Anastasiya Talyzina, Sergey Gilev
Budget: ₽110 000 000
Box office: $1 282 000

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9 Leave the World Behind

Leave the World Behind

A family’s getaway to a luxurious rental home takes an ominous turn when a cyberattack knocks out their devices, and two strangers appear at their door.

Director: Sam Esmail
Writers: Sam Esmail, Rumaan Alam
Starring: Julia Roberts, Mahershala Ali, Ethan Hawke

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8 The Killer

The Killer

A man solitary and cold, methodical and unencumbered by scruples or regrets, the killer waits in the shadows, watching for his next target. And yet the longer he waits, the more he thinks he’s losing his mind, if not his cool. A brutal, bloody and stylish noir story of a professional assassin lost in a world without a moral compass, this is a case study of a man alone, armed to the teeth and slowly losing his mind.

Director: David Fincher
Writers: Andrew Kevin Walker, Alexis Nolent, Luc Jacamon
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Tilda Swinton, Charles Parnell
Box office: $455 000

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7 To Catch A Killer

To Catch A Killer

Baltimore. New Year’s Eve. A talented but troubled police officer is recruited by the FBI’s chief investigator to help profile and track down a disturbed individual terrorizing the city.

Director: Damián Szifron
Writers: Damián Szifron, Jonathan Wakeham
Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ben Mendelsohn, Jovan Adepo
Box office: $3 138 000

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6 Society of the Snow (La sociedad de la nieve)

La sociedad de la nieve

In 1972, the Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, chartered to fly a rugby team to Chile, catastrophically crashes on a glacier in the heart of the Andes. Only 16 of the 40 passengers survived the crash, and finding themselves in one of the world’s toughest environments, they are forced to resort to extreme measures to stay alive.

Director: Juan Antonio Bayona
Writers: Juan Antonio Bayona, Bernat Vilaplana, Jaime Marques
Starring: Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt

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5 John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick: Chapter 4

John Wick uncovers a path to defeating The High Table. But before he can earn his freedom, Wick must face off against a new enemy with powerful alliances across the globe and forces that turn old friends into foes.

Director: Chad Stahelski
Writers: Shay Hatten, Michael Finch, Derek Kolstad
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Donnie Yen, Bill Skarsgård
Budget: $90 000 000
Box office: $440 157 000

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4 Missing

Missing

From the minds behind Searching comes Missing, a thrilling roller-coaster mystery that makes you wonder how well you know those closest to you. When her mother disappears while on vacation in Colombia with her new boyfriend, June’s search for answers is hindered by international red tape. Stuck thousands of miles away in Los Angeles, June creatively uses all the latest technology at her fingertips to try to find her before it’s too late. But, as she digs deeper, her digital sleuthing raises more questions than answers,… and, when June unravels secrets about her mom, she discovers that she never really knew her at all.

Directors: Nicholas D. Johnson, Will Merrick
Writers: Will Merrick, Nicholas D. Johnson, Sev Ohanian
Starring: Storm Reid, Nia Long, Joaquim de Almeida
Budget: $7 000 000
Box office: $48 767 000

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3 Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Ethan Hunt and the IMF team must track down a terrifying new weapon that threatens all of humanity if it falls into the wrong hands. With control of the future and the fate of the world at stake, a deadly race around the globe begins. Confronted by a mysterious, all-powerful enemy, Ethan is forced to consider that nothing can matter more than the mission — not even the lives of those he cares about most.

Director: Christopher McQuarrie
Writers: Bruce Geller, Erik Jendresen, Christopher McQuarrie
Starring: Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Ving Rhames
Budget: $290 000 000
Box office: $567 535 000

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2 Sound of Freedom

Sound of Freedom

«Sound of Freedom», based on the incredible true story, shines a light on even the darkest of places. After rescuing a young boy from ruthless child-traffickers, a federal agent learns that the boy’s sister is still a captive and decides to embark on a dangerous mission to save her. With time running out, he quits his job and journeys deep into the Colombian jungle, putting his life on the line to free her from a fate worse than death.

Director: Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Writers: Rod Barr, Alejandro Gomez Monteverde
Starring: James Caviezel, Bill Camp, Javier Godino
Budget: $14 600 000
Box office: $250 570 000

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1 Killers of the Flower Moon

Killers of the Flower Moon

The story takes place in the 1920s around the Osage Indian tribe living in Oklahoma. Native Americans are being killed one by one after the tribe becomes rich by discovering oil. The Osage massacre attracts the attention of the FBI, which begins an investigation.

Director: Martin Scorsese
Writers: Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, David Grann
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Lily Gladstone
Budget: $200 000 000
Box office: $157 026 000

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