Curated by SceneIt · United States
This SceneIt list helps you quickly choose thrillers with sustained tension and strong audience response. Results are selected for the United States and balance audience response with practical watchability.
Updated 2026-08-04 · Ratings from TMDB
We rank eligible titles using TMDB audience ratings, vote confidence, relevance to the theme, and current popularity. Ratings can change as new votes are added.
1974 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,598 votes
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1994 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 1,516 votes
Captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the Enterprise-D find themselves at odds with the renegade scientist Soran who is destroying entire star systems. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1998 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 5,311 votes
A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a maze-like prison. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1997 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 4,925 votes
An FBI undercover agent infiltrates the mob and identifies more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2019 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 9,168 votes
In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abilities to track Kevin Wendell Crumb, a disturbed man who has twenty-four personalities. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2002 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 5,111 votes
In a dystopian future, a totalitarian regime maintains peace by subduing the populace with a drug, and displays of emotion are punishable by death. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1987 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,063 votes
After a defecting Russian general reveals a plot to assassinate foreign spies, James Bond is assigned a secret mission to dispatch the new head of the KGB to prevent an escalation of tensions between the Soviet Union and the West. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 4,995 votes
A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2024 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 978 votes
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1994 · TMDB 6.7/10 · 1,411 votes
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2020 · TMDB 7.2/10 · 3,711 votes
In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 2,047 votes
With friends like these, who needs enemies? This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1995 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 3,188 votes
El Mariachi plunges headfirst into the dark border underworld when he follows a trail of blood to the last of the infamous Mexican drug lords, Bucho, for an action-packed, bullet-riddled showdown. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1992 · TMDB 6.9/10 · 592 votes
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1999 · TMDB 7.1/10 · 1,909 votes
Bill, an idle, unemployed aspiring writer, walks the crowded streets of London following randomly chosen strangers, a seemingly innocent entertainment that becomes dangerous when he crosses paths with a mysterious character. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1979 · TMDB 7.7/10 · 2,418 votes
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2025 · TMDB 8.3/10 · 836 votes
When a hostage rescue mission creates a new enemy, Capt. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2017 · TMDB 6.5/10 · 2,134 votes
Jen's romantic getaway with her wealthy married boyfriend is disrupted when his friends arrive for an impromptu hunting trip. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
1984 · TMDB 6.8/10 · 1,671 votes
Winston Smith is a government employee whose job involves the rewriting of history in a manner that casts his fictional country's leaders in a charitable light. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.
2011 · TMDB 7.5/10 · 4,684 votes
A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. This title fits the list's theme and selection thresholds.