Contemporary Thrillers

Contemporary thrillers will have you on the edge of your seat with their relentless sense of danger and unpredictable plots. Increasingly sophisticated narratives and topical themes make for great story telling. Scorsese, Tarantino and the Coen Brothers continue to impress.

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Contemporary Thrillers Film Listing

Baran bo Odar, 2010

£7.99

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The Silence

An atmospheric and gripping German murder mystery drama, The Silence is based on the novel 'Das L...

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Tomas Alfredson, 2011

£6.99

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

A brilliant new adaptation of John le Carré's cold war novel, Tinker, Tailor, Sol...

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Ben Affleck, 2012

£12.99

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Argo

Based on real events, Ben Affleck's dramatic political thriller Argo chronicles the life-or-death...

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Don Sharp, 1979

£11.99

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Bear Island

Donald Sutherland, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Widmark, Christopher Lee and Lloyd Bridges star in t...

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Martin Scorsese, 1976

£7.49

Taxi Driver

As a groundbreaking drama of modern alienation, Taxi Driver was something of a sordid masterpiece...

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Pawel Pawlikowski, 2011

£6.99

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The Woman in the Fifth

A Paris-set psychological thriller, The Woman in the Fifth is adapted from the 2007 thriller by D...

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Morten Tyldum, 2011

£6.99

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Headhunters

A fast-moving, cool and gripping Norwegian thriller, Headhunters is based on the bestselling nove...

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Sam Mendes, 2012

£18.39

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Skyfall

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

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Christian Petzold, 2012

£8.99

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Barbara

German drama from Christian Petzold (Yella) set in East Germany in 1980. Nina Hoss stars as Barba...

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Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007

£5.99

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No Country for Old Men

The Coen brothers' stripped down and gritty chase thriller has a Vietnam vet desperately trying t...

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Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970

£22.49

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The Conformist

The style manual for 1970s cinema (every frame is a masterclass in lighting, colour and compositi...

DVD+Blu-ray

Elem Klimov, 1985

£6.99

Come and See

Hailed as one of the greatest war films ever made, Come and See is a hallucinatory cinematic expe...

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Michael Haneke, 2009

£6.99

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The White Ribbon

Michael Haneke won the 2009 Cannes Palme d'Or for The White Ribbon, a mesmerising study of German...

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Sam Mendes, 2012

£25.99

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Skyfall

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

DVD+Blu-ray

Hal Hartley, 1994

£11.99

Amateur

A quirky romantic thriller shot in Hal Hartley's unique style. Isabelle Huppert stars as a pornog...

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Hal Hartley, 1994

£13.99

Amateur

A quirky romantic thriller shot in Hal Hartley's unique style. Isabelle Huppert stars as a pornog...

Blu-ray

Gregory Doran, 2012

£14.99

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Julius Caesar (Doran, 2012)

Directed by newly appointed RSC Artistic Director Gregory Doran, Julius Caesar is...

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David Lynch, 2001

£6.99

Mulholland Drive

David Lynch's Mulholland Drive provides a memorably dark trip through the flipside of Hollywood. ...

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