Action & Adventure - Thriller

Action and adventure thrillers will have you on the edge of your seat with their relentless sense of danger and compelling cliffhangers. Resourceful heroes - think James Bond or John McClane - battle to scupper the plans of a formidable enemy with explosive results. The Bourne series has reinvigorated this genre with its impressive craftsmanship and sophistication.

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Action & Adventure - Thriller Film Listing

Walter Forde, 1939

£8.99

The Four Just Men

Produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios on the eve of the Second World War, The Four Just M...

DVD

Ralph Thomas, 1968

£9.99

Nobody Runs Forever

Rod Taylor and Christopher Plummer star in this 1960s action thriller adapted from Jon Cleary's n...

DVD

Sam Mendes, 2012

£19.54

Must Watch Star

Skyfall

Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the long-r...

DVD

Sam Mendes, 2012

£25.99

Must Watch Star

Skyfall

Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming's James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the long-r...

DVD+Blu-ray

Leslie Norman, 1955

£12.99

Recommended Star

The Night My Number Came Up

Based on a true story, and acclaimed as a masterpiece of psychological filmmaking...

DVD

Niels Arden Oplev, Daniel Alfredson, 2009

£15.49

The Girl Who ... Millennium Trilogy: Extended Versions

Based on Steig Larsson's literary phenomenon, The G...

DVD

Alfred Hitchcock, 1959

£6.99

North by Northwest

Advertising executive Roger Thornhill (Cary Grant) is lunching in a restaurant with his mother wh...

DVD

Alfonso Cuaron, 2006

£5.99

Children of Men (Special Edition) (2 discs)

A hugely impressive sci-fi drama from Mexican director Cuaron. Set in London, 202...

DVD

Olivier Marchal, 2004

£7.49

Recommended Star

36 Quai des Orfevres (Marchal, 2004)

A hugely entertaining French thriller starring two of France's greatest actors, ...

DVD

Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943-52

£13.99

Henri-Georges Clouzot Collection

A collection of three films from the French master filmmaker. Features his wartim...

DVD

Ji-hoon Kim, 2012

£8.99

The Tower

Dramatic rescue scenes, heightened suspense and special effects pyrotechnics fill this high inten...

DVD

Anthony Asquith, 1929

£17.99

Recommended Star

A Cottage on Dartmoor

This late silent film from Anthony Asquith is a dark tale of sexual jealousy and thwarted love th...

DVD

Brian De Palma, 1980

£13.99

Recommended Star

Blow Out

One of Brian De Palma’s most acclaimed films, Blow Out is the brilliant fusion of the obsessive s...

Blu-ray

Kathryn Bigelow, 2012

£13.99

Must Watch Star

Zero Dark Thirty

A controversial military action thriller from Kathryn Bigelow (Strange Days, The Hurt Locker) abo...

DVD

Guy Hamilton, 1964

£11.99

Goldfinger

James Bond (Sean Connery) pits his wits against the power-crazed criminal mastermind Auric Goldfi...

DVD

Jean-Paul Rappeneau, 2004

£12.99

Recommended Star

Bon Voyage (Rappeneau, 2004)

Set against a backdrop of the Vichy Government, this is an entertaining and sophi...

DVD

Walter Hill, 1978

£8.99

The Driver

Brilliant film noir with laid-back performances from Bruce Dern and Ryan O'Neal, while Isabelle A...

DVD

Various (Compilation), 1962-2008

£122.49

James Bond: Bond 50

Box set containing all 22 James Bond movies produced so far: 'Dr No' (1962), 'From Russia With Lo...

Blu-ray