Showing posts with label Thriller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thriller. Show all posts

09 August, 2017

Under the Bed (2017)

Synopsis:
Inspired by true events, in which a stalker took up residence underneath the bed of his female target.

Starring:
Hannah New
Beverly D'Angelo
Alexis Krause

Director: Daniel Myrick

08 August, 2017

Running Away (2017)

Synopsis:
Sisters Maggie and Lizzie move in with mom Peg's new husband. Secrets and lies start immediately. Maggie cannot handle what follows and recruits a friend to help her plan to get out of town with her step father's secrets. When Peg discovers that her daughter has run away, she now has to find Maggie fast but must come to terms with the dark secrets that led to Maggie's fleeing and the secrets about her new husband.

Starring:
Holly Deveaux
Paula Trickey
Madison Lee Brown

Director: Brian Skiba

06 August, 2017

Assassin (2015)

Synopsis:
Ruthless killer for hire (Danny Dyer) breaks the rules of his profession and falls for a beautiful young woman. Discovering the notorious gangland brothers (Martin & Gary Kemp) had hired him to kill her father, his world breaks down and he must turn against his criminal employers and their gang to save the woman he loves.

Starring:
Danny Dyer
Gary Kemp
Robert Cavanah

Director: J.K. Amalou

05 August, 2017

Hacker (2016)

AKA:
Anonymous

Synopsis:
When his family hits financial trouble, Alex Danyliuk turns to a life of crime and identity theft, with the help of Sye, a street-wise hustler who introduces him to the world of black market trading, Kira, a young female hacker, and contacts on the dark web. After finding success in causing financial market chaos, they gain the attention of Z, a mysterious masked figure, who's the head of an organization known as Anonymous, and a number one target by the FBI.

Starring:
Callan McAuliffe
Lorraine Nicholson
Daniel Eric Gold

Director: Akan Satayev (as Akan Sataev)

03 August, 2017

Las Bestias (2015)

AKA:
The Beasts

Synopsis:
Amalia decides to take off alone to her uncle’s beach house for a few weeks, in order to finish her History thesis. She builds a routine and lives isolated from all that surrounds her, until one day she finds a young man who seems to be living out in the forest. His name is Manuel and he turns out to be deaf. Amalia is instantly interested in him. Why is he there? What is he looking for? One stormy afternoon, Amalia, decides to let him inside the house. She discovers he is wounded, but he refuses to tell her what happened to him.
Suddenly a man appears in town asking about Manuel. Amalia follows her instinct and decides to hide him, to protect him. Everything starts to change: Manuel might not be what he seems, Manuel might be someone dangerous. Now she must decide: will she continue to hide him? Who is the man she let inside her house?

Starring:
Yanina Martino
Carlos Reynoso
Matías Corradino

Direction: Leo Basilico, Nicolás Longinotti y Pablo Rodríguez Pandolfi

The Wrong Man (1993)

Synopsis:
US merchant sailor Alex Walker (Kevin Anderson) is stranded in Mexico, penniless and wanted by the police. He meets and joins up with an unlikely couple - aging but likable shit Phillip Mills (John Lithgow) and young sexy, frustated wife Missy (Rosanna Arquette). The three develop a curiously inter-dependent relationship. Meanwhile, Police Captain Diaz and Detective Ortega are closing in and the plot circle is closed at Tapachula rail station amidst a stack of mistakes and wrong decisions.

Starring:
Rosanna Arquette
Kevin Anderson
John Lithgow

Director: Jim McBride

Raajneeti (2010)

Synopsis:
When the American-educated scion of a powerful Indian family returns to the subcontinent, his first taste of power starts him down a corrupt path.

Starring:
Naseeruddin Shah
Arjun Rampal
Nana Patekar

Director: Prakash Jha

The Perfect Tenant (2000)

Synopsis:
Twenty years ago Danny Summer found his father hanging from the rafters on Christmas Eve. Ever since that night he has been plotting revenge. When Brian Hartwell moves into Jessica Michael's guesthouse, she has no idea that her new tenant has a deadly agenda to go with his new identity. Her daughter Laura doesn't trust him from the beginning but can't convince her mother that there's more to "The Perfect Tenant" than meets the eye.

Starring:
Linda Purl
Maxwell Caulfield
Stacy Hogue

Director: Doug Campbell

Pleasure or Pain (2013)

Synopsis:
A wealthy real estate developer takes a young woman from an everyday mundane life and shows her a world of decadence and debauchery that pushes her sexual limits to the brink.

Starring:
Malena Morgan
Christos Vasilopoulos
Kayla Jane

Director: Zalman King

27 June, 2017

Daraar (1996)

Synopsis:
Raj Malhotra lives with his mother, and comes from a very wealthy family. He meets Priya Bhatia, who works with a real estate agency, and instantly falls in love with her. At first Priya will have nothing to do with him, but her blind mother, Nirmala, convinces her, and gets her to change her mind. Raj and his mom meet Priya and her mom, to finalize the marriage. It is then that Nirmala tells Raj and his mom that Priya is already married, and her husband is still alive.

Starring:
Rishi Kapoor
Juhi Chawla
Arbaaz Khan

Directors: Abbas Alibhai Burmawalla (as Abbas), Mastan Alibhai Burmawalla (as Mustan)

Road to Sangam (2010)

Synopsis:
A simple story of a God fearing, devout Muslim mechanic named Hasmat Ullah who has been entrusted the job of repairing an old V8 ford engine, not knowing the historic significance that it once carried the ashes of Mahatma Gandhi which were immersed in the holy river Sangam. He is caught in a complex situation after a powerful bomb explosion rocks his town leading to the arrest of innocent Muslim youths of his locality. A strike to work is called by the prominent Leaders of his community to protest against the unjust treatment meted out to those arrested youths by the police. Will he support the protest and abandon the repair of the engine or go against the wishes of his community. Thus begins his journey.

Starring:
Paresh Rawal
Om Puri
Pavan Malhotra

Director: Amit Rai

22 June, 2017

Surkhaab (2014)


Synopsis:
An illegal immigrant and a carrier who is on the run in a world alien from her. An exposure to the parallel world that exists in developed countries. A week in the life of a human being trafficked.

Starring:
Barkha Madan
Sumit Suri
Vineeta Malik

Director: Sanjay Talreja

06 June, 2017

The Pet (2006)

Synopsis:
A young woman in dire financial straights accepts an offer to be a wealthy aristocrat's human "pet" for six months. Then ruthless modern "pet-nappers" kidnap the woman to sell her on the GSM (Global Slave Market).

Starring:
Pierre Dulat
Andrea Edmondson
Summer Napoles

Director: D. Stevens

Strangers (2007)

Synopsis: Sanjeev Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in England along with his wife, Nandini, who is quite naive and the couple are childless. Differences crop up between them prompting Sanjeev to request a co-passenger, Rahul, during a train ride, to kill her on the condition that Sanjeev will kill Preeti, Rahul's wife, who is the bread-winner, and appears to have many male friends who she prefers to spend all her free time with. Both men plan and agree to carry out their gruesome tasks in utmost secrecy but are unaware that one of them has no intention of committing any crime.

Starring:
Jimmy Shergill
Kay Kay Menon
Sonali Kulkarni

Director: Aanand L. Rai

Free Fall (2014)

Synopsis:
When the sudden and shocking death of a coworker sends everyone reeling at Gault Capital, JANE, uncovers a very dangerous secret. Her boss, charismatic billionaire Thaddeus Gault, is suspected of massive financial fraud. An assassin, FRANK, is dispatched to silence her forever. Jane's flight from the office is forestalled when her pursuer shuts down her elevator. Now, trapped and alone, Jane must find a way to escape her steel cage before the killer reaches her. This brooding and relentless thriller plunges our heroine, Jane, into a free fall of betrayal and terror. To survive Jane must find the inner strength and courage to defeat the powers that hold her and her dreams captive by fear.

Starring:
D.B. Sweeney
Sarah Butler
Malcolm McDowell

Director: Malek Akkad

27 May, 2017

Junoon (1992)

Synopsis:
Nita lives a middle-class lifestyle with her mom and dad in Bombay, India, and works as a Surgeon in a hospital. She is of marriageable age, & is in love with a struggling Musician/Singer named Ravi, much to the chagrin of her mom, who wants her to marry someone who is wealthy. One day a badly wounded male is admitted into the hospital, is pronounced dead, but recovers, and with Nita's help recuperates and is discharged. He visits Nita's home, introduces himself as wealthy Vikram Chauhan and asks her parents for the hand of Nita, who immediately accept. But Nita wants to marry Ravi and plans to elope with him. On that fateful day, Ravi fails to keep his appointment and a heartbroken Nita decides to get married to Vikram. The marriage takes place with great pomp and ceremony. When Ravi attempts to re-enter Nita's life, she forbids him. Little does she know that Ravi's plans had been sabotaged by none other than Vikram - who is in reality a human during daytime, and at midnight is...

Starring:
Tom Alter
Rakesh Bedi
Pooja Bhatt

Director: Mahesh Bhatt

02 April, 2017

Fatal Attraction (1987)

AKA:
Eine verhängnisvolle Affäre >> German

About:
There has been a Bollywood movie called "Pyar tune kya kiya" based on this movie. 

Synopsis:
Happily married New York lawyer Dan Callagher has an affair with his colleague Alex, and the two enjoy a love weekend while Dan's wife and kid are away. But Alex will not let go of him, and she will stop at nothing to have him for herself. Just how far will she go to get what she wants?

Starring:
Michael Douglas
Glenn Close
Anne Archer

Director: Adrian Lyne

Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya (2001)

About:
This movie is based on the hollywood blockbuster "Fatal Attraction".

Synopsis:
Ria Jaiswal lives a very wealthy lifestyle along with her mom and dad. As she is the only child in this family, her parents dot on her and give in to her every wish. As a child she saw a toy on TV and asked her dad to get it. When he told her that he was unable to do, she stopped speaking and eating - until her dad somehow managed to get the toy from America. Subsequently, Ria's mom passed away. Years later, Ria has now grown up to be a very attractive young woman. She meets with Jai, a photographer from Style Magazine, she models and is very attracted to him. She tells her dad that she wants to get married and goes to Jai's house to get him to meet her dad. When she reaches his house in Lokhandwala Complex, she finds out that he is already married to a woman named Geeta, and very much in love with her. A betrayed Ria, unable to get Jai out of her mind, obsesses over him - and decides that he and she are meant for each other - and sets about to carry her task - to force Jai to accept her - by hook or by crook.

Starring:
Fardeen Khan
Ravi Baswani
Kannu Gill

Director: Rajat Mukherjee

03 March, 2017

Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016)

Synopsis:

Set in present day Mumbai the story follows the life of a serial killer Ramanna who is inspired by an infamous serial killer from the 1960s, Raman Raghav. His strange obsession with Raghavan, a young cop keeps growing as he closely follows him without his knowledge and often creates situations where both of them come face to face.

Starring:
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Vicky Kaushal
Sobhita Dhulipala

Director: Anurag Kashyap