Thrillers I've Watched

Below are a few media productions I've watched before and In my opinion are Thrillers or /and have elements which a Thriller genre has.

• Donnie Darko (film)
• The Others (film)
• Winter's Bone (film)
• The Sixth Sense (film)
• Phone Booth (film)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy (film)
• The Butterfly Effect (film)
• Spooks (T.V. program)

Below are some links to trailers and also reasons why I believe these are Thriller films/T.V. shows.

Note: Possible Spoilers below

Donnie Darko (2001)


Director: Richard Kelly

"A troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes, after narrowly escaping a bizarre accident." - IMDb

• Psychological theme
• Innocent victims
• Deadly situation
• Doomsday-related
• Dark/Gloomy

 Here's a link to a trailer:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wqVHjK2bQs




The Others (2001)


Director: Alejandro Amenábar

"A woman who lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children becomes convinced that her family home is haunted." - IMDb

• Innocent victims
• Dark/Gloomy
• Death-related
• Twisted story line
• Drama
• Mystery

Here's a link to a trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vu494-Dr5po




Winter's Bone (2010)


Director: Debra Granik

"An unflinching Ozark Mountain girl hacks through dangerous social terrain as she hunts down her drug-dealing father while trying to keep her family intact." - IMDb

• Dark/Gloomy
• Innocent Victims 
• Mystery
• Drama
• Drug related

Here is a link to a trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O8F8JtSVmI




The Sixth Sense (1999)


Director: M. Night Shyamalan

"A boy who communicates with spirits that don't know they're dead seeks the help of a disheartened child psychologist." 
- IMDb

• Chilling
• Mystery
• Gloomy
• Death-related
• Innocent Victims

Here is a link to a trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG9AGf66tXM




Phone Booth (2002)


Director: Joel Schumacher

"Stuart Shepard finds himself trapped in a phone booth, pinned down by an extortionist's sniper rifle." - IMDb

• Innocent Victims
• Mystery
• Death-related
• Cops involved
• Romantic "triangles" leading to murder
• Jealousy

Here is a link to a trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aeenJO64AQ




Tinker, Tailor, Solder Spy (2011)


Director: Tomas Alfredson

"In the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced from semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons." - IMDb

• Jealousy
• Mystery
• Drama
• Gloomy/Dark
• Political conspiracy
• Double agents/Conspiracy
• Assassins
• Stalkers/Stalking

Here is a link to a trailer: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aco15ScXCwA




The Butterfly Effect (2004)


Director(s): Eric Bress, J. Mackye Gruber

A young man blocks out harmful memories of significant events of his life. As he grows up, he finds a way to remember these lost memories and a supernatural way to alter his life. - IMDb

• Jealousy
• Mystery
• Drama
• Gloomy/Dark
• Romantic "triangles" leading to death
• Innocent Victims
• Drug use

Here is a link to a trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8_dgqfPXFg



Spooks (T.V program 2002 - 2011)


Creator: David Wolstencroft

"The missions of MI-5, the UK's domestic intelligence organization." - IMDb

• Drama
• Mystery
• Dark
• Double agents/Conspiracy
• Political conspiracy
• Innocent victims
• Twisted relationships
• Dark pasts
• Assassins
• Stalkers

Here is a link to series 10 (last series. It's also my favorite trailer of "Spooks Series 10" which shows many "Thriller-like elements"): 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03Sr8-wy-38



Sources:

All quotes from IMDb (Internet Movie Database): http://www.imdb.com/
All trailer links from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/