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Vertigo
Vertigo (1958)
, 2h8
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Les fantasmes, Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Films about suicide
Actors James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Ellen Corby

After a rooftop chase, where his acrophobia and vertigo result in the death of a policeman, San Francisco detective John "Scottie" Ferguson retires. Scottie tries to conquer his fear, but his friend and ex-fiancée Midge Wood suggests another severe emotional shock may be the only cure.
Double Indemnity, 1h43
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about capital punishment
Actors Fred MacMurray, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward G. Robinson, Richard Gaines, Gig Young, Porter Hall

Walter Neff (Fred MacMurray), a successful insurance salesman, returns to his office building in downtown Los Angeles late one night. Visibly in pain, he begins dictating a confession into a Dictaphone for his friend and colleague, Barton Keyes (Edward G. Robinson), a brilliant claims adjuster. The story, told primarily in flashback, ensues.
The Hunt
The Hunt (2012)
, 1h55
Directed by Thomas Vinterberg
Origin Danemark
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films about education, Films about children, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Films about pedophilia, Auto-justice
Actors Mads Mikkelsen, Thomas Bo Larsen, Alexandra Rapaport, Susse Wold, Lars Ranthe, Anna Louise Hassing

Lucas is a member of a close-knit Danish community and works at a local kindergarten. Divorced, he struggles to maintain a relationship with his teenage son, who lives with his ex-wife, but enjoys wholesome interaction with the children at the kindergarten. His coworker Nadja makes advances towards him and eventually moves in as his girlfriend.
M
M (1931)
, 1h57
Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment, Auto-justice
Actors Peter Lorre, Gustaf Gründgens, Otto Wernicke, Theodor Loos, Klaus Pohl, Friedrich Gnaß

A group of children are playing an elimination game in the courtyard of an apartment building in Berlin using a chant about a murderer of children. A woman sets the table for dinner, waiting for her daughter to come home from school. A wanted poster warns of a serial killer preying on children, as anxious parents wait outside a school.
Requiem for a Dream, 1h50
Directed by Darren Aronofsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Films about television, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Ellen Burstyn, Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans, Christopher McDonald, Louise Lasser

During the summer in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, elderly widow Sara Goldfarb (Ellen Burstyn) constantly watches television, particularly infomercials hosted by Tappy Tibbons (Christopher McDonald). After receiving an unexpected phone call that she has won a spot to participate on a television game show, she becomes obsessed with regaining the youthful appearance she possesses in an old photograph from her son Harry's (Jared Leto) graduation many years earlier. In order to fit into her old red dress seen in the picture, the favorite one of her deceased husband Seymour, she goes on a crash diet. In order to reach her goal sooner, she goes to a doctor to discuss weight loss. The doctor gives her a prescription for weight-loss amphetamine pills throughout the day and a sedative at night. Harry warns her about amphetamine dependence and risk of life-threatening consequences, but she rebuffs him and insists that the chance to be on television has given her a reason to live. As the months go by, Sara's tolerance for the pills adjust and as a result she is no longer able to feel the same high the pills once gave her. When her invitation has still not arrived, she wrongfully increases her dosage from double to triple and, as a result, begins to suffer from amphetamine psychosis. Soon, her delusions worsen and she is driven to the brink of madness when she suffers a hallucination that she appears on the game show as the principal subject while being attacked by her monstrous, anthropomorphized refrigerator.
2001: A Space Odyssey, 2h36
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Social science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about computing, Films about music and musicians, Philosophie, La préhistoire, Dans l'espace, Sur la Lune, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about classical music and musicians, Dystopian films, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Robot films
Actors Keir Dullea, Gary Lockwood, William Sylvester, Douglas Rain, Leonard Rossiter, Margaret Tyzack

In an African desert millions of years ago, a tribe of man-apes is driven from their water hole by a rival tribe. They wake to find a featureless black monolith has appeared before them. One man-ape realizes how to use a bone as a tool and weapon; the tribe kills the leader of their rivals and reclaims the water hole.
Drishyam
Drishyam (2013)
, 2h44
Directed by Jeethu Joseph
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Mohanlal, Meena, Kalabhavan Shajon, Ansiba Hassan, Siddique, Asha Sarath

Georgekutty (Mohanlal) is an orphan who had dropped out of school after his 4th grade. Now he is a businessman running a cable TV service in a rural area. He is married to Rani (Meena) and they have two daughters, Anju (Ansiba Hassan) and Anu (Esther Anil). His only interest apart from his family is watching films. He spends most of his time in front of the TV in his small office.
North by Northwest, 2h16
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Sol Gorss, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll

Advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan and kidnapped by Valerian (Adam Williams) and Licht (Robert Ellenstein), who take him to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend. He is interrogated by a man he assumes to be Townsend, but who is actually spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's "associate" Leonard (Martin Landau) intends to get rid of Thornhill once they finish questioning him.
Heat
Heat (1995)
, 2h51
Directed by Michael Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Jon Voight, Diane Venora

Career criminal Neil McCauley (Robert De Niro) and his crew, Chris Shiherlis (Val Kilmer), Michael Cheritto (Tom Sizemore) and Trejo (Danny Trejo), hire new recruit Waingro (Kevin Gage) and commit an armored car heist, stealing $1.6 million in bearer bonds belonging to money launderer Roger Van Zant (William Fichtner). However, Waingro impulsively kills one of the guards, forcing the robbers to kill the remaining two so as to leave no witnesses. An infuriated McCauley tries to kill Waingro afterwards, but he escapes. Afterwards McCauley's fence, Nate (Jon Voight), suggests they try to sell the bonds back to Van Zant, who agrees but secretly instructs his men to kill McCauley at the meeting. With backup from his crew, McCauley thwarts the ambush and vows revenge.
Tarka
Tarka (1989)
, 2h12
Directed by Sunil Kumar Desai, Sunil Kumar Desai
Origin Inde
Genres Thriller, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Shankar Naag, Devaraj, Avinash

The film opens to Akshay (Shankar Nag), having esaped from jail, being chased by the police when accidentally runs into the house of Sudha (Vanitha Vasu), a high school classmate of his. He hides in a closet when Inspector Kaury (Avinash) knocks the door. As he hides, he finds the corpse of her husband, Rithwik Kumar (Devaraj) dumped there. The officer breaks the news to Sudha that the plane by which her husband Kumar travelled to Calcutta crashed, killing all the passengers. She appears shocked and breaks down in front of the officer. After he leaves, she reveals to Akshay that she killed her husband and confides in him. He joins her in disposing the corpse in an abandoned well by her estate.
Anniyan
Anniyan (2005)
, 3h1
Directed by S. Shankar
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Psychologie, Musical films
Actors Vikram, Sadha, Prakash Raj, Vivek, Nassar, Nedumudi Venu

Ramanujam Iyengar, also known as Ambi, is an orthodox Brahmin and a straightforward consumer protection advocate living in Chennai. He expects everyone to follow the laws and prosecutes those who flout them. However, his efforts fail as circumstantial evidence always seems to favour the accused. He also fails to raise civic awareness due to pervasive corruption and a general lack of seriousness. Frustrated at his inability to bring about a change in society, his suppressed anger manifests itself in an alter-ego named "Anniyan", a grim reaper-themed serial killer who punishes corrupt and indifferent people. Anniyan creates a website, compiles a list of wrongdoers from his site, and kills them using punishments described in the Garuda Purana, one of the ancient Hindu scriptures.
Lucia
Lucia (2013)

Directed by Pawan Kumar
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Sathish Ninasam, Achyuth Kumar, Sruthi Hariharan, Pawan Kumar

The plot is non-linear, and the end scene of the film shows the real beginning of the story. There are two main roles, one that is played out in the dream, and the other one in reality, and can be called Nikhil and Nikki The plot starts with the protagonist being in a state of coma and continuing only on life support. The film, from the beginning, tells two stories of same person, one in colour and other in black and white.
Satya
Satya (1998)
, 2h51
Directed by Ram Gopal Varma
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors J. D. Chakravarthy, Urmila Matondkar, Sushant Singh, Manoj Bajpayee, Paresh Rawal, Shefali Shah

Mumbai is in the midst of a turf war between two gangs, collectively referred to as the Mumbai underworld when Satya (J.D Chakravarthy), a man without a past, comes to the city looking for employment. While waiting tables at the local dance bar, he gets involved in a scuffle with Jagga (Jeeva), bag man for dreaded don Guru Narayan (Raju Mavani). Jagga takes his revenge by getting Satya arrested on false charges of pimping. In jail, Satya clashes with yet another member of Mumbai's mafia, underworld don Bhiku Mhatre (Manoj Bajpai), who is in prison pending trial for the murder of a prominent film producer. Mhatre, pleased with Satya's bravado, extends a hand of friendship and arranges for his release as well as accommodation. With Mhatre's help, Satya avenges himself by gunning down Jagga in the very same dance bar and joins Mhatre's gang.
Soodhu Kavvum, 2h8
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Actors Vijay Sethupathi, Sanchita Shetty, Radha Ravi, M. S. Bhaskar, Karthik Subbaraj, Ashok Selvan

Friends Kesavan (Ashok Selvan), Sekar (RJ Ramesh Thilak) and Pagalavan (Bobby Simha) meet Das (Vijay Sethupathi), a middle-aged man with an imaginary girlfriend named Shalu (Sanchita Shetty) who does low-profile kidnappings for a living. Broke, the trio decide to become his assistants. Das follows a Five Rules of kidnapping (which Das spells and writes as "kednapping"), which makes kidnapping easier to do. One day, they kidnap a young boy and successfully obtain ransom money from his father Nambikkai Kannan. Nambikkai's contractor brother has been arrested for attempted bribery by State Minister Gnanodayam (M S Bhaskar), a disciplined politician who plays by the book. Impressed with Das' kidnapping skills, Nambikkai asks him to kidnap the minister's son Arumai Pragasam (Karunakaran) as revenge and offers to pay Das up to ₹2 crore (US$300 000).
Drushyam
Drushyam (2014)
, 2h30
Directed by Sripriya
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Daggubati Venkatesh, Meena, Nadhiya, Kruthika Jayakumar, Esther Anil, Naresh Vijaya

Rambabu is a cable network operator who lives in Rajavaram, a village located in the Araku region, with his wife Jyothi and their daughters – Anju, a twelfth-grade student, and Anu, who is in secondary school. By virtue of his job, Rambabu spends a lot of time watching films in multiple languages. He does so with so much interest that he makes major life decisions by subconsciously taking on the behaviors of characters from these films.