Redemption (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1893256/

Plot:
Homeless and on the run from a military court martial, a damaged ex-special forces soldier navigating London’s criminal underworld seizes an opportunity to assume another man’s identity — transforming into an avenging angel in the process.

Genre: Action | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.2/10 from 16,271 users Metascore: 43/100
Directed by: Steven Knight
Starring: Jason Statham, Lee Asquith-Coe, Vicky McClure

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2013, Action, Thriller,

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Compulsion (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381931/

Plot:
The lives of two female neighbors intersect when their individual obsessions begin to unravel.

Genre: Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 3.8/10 from 394 users
Directed by: Egidio Coccimiglio
Starring: Mike Chikoski, Matt Connors, Kevin Dillon

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2013, Drama, Thriller,

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Iron Man 3 (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854

Plot:
Marvel’s “Iron Man 3″ pits brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Genre: Action | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 from 244,493 users Metascore: 62/100
Directed by: Shane Black
Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Guy Pearce

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2013, Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller,

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Now You See Me (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1670345

Plot:
An FBI agent and an Interpol detective track a team of illusionists who pull off bank heists during their performances and reward their audiences with the money.

Genre: Crime | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 from 98,573 users Metascore: 50/100
Directed by: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Mark Ruffalo, Woody Harrelson

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2013, Crime, Thriller,

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Fast and Furious 6 (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1905041

Plot:
Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian’s (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 from 128,191 users Metascore: 61/100
Directed by: Justin Lin
Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Dwayne Johnson

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2013, Action, Crime, Thriller,

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Stoker (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1682180

Plot:
India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) was not prepared to lose her father and best friend Richard (Dermot Mulroney) in a tragic auto accident. The solitude of her woodsy family estate, the peace of her tranquil town, and the unspoken somberness of her home life are suddenly upended by not only this mysterious accident, but by the sudden arrival of her Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whom she never knew existed. When Charlie moves in with her and her emotionally unstable mother Evie (Nicole Kidman), India thinks the void left by her father’s death is finally being filled by his closest bloodline. Soon after his arrival, India comes to suspect that this mysterious, charming man has ulterior motives. Yet instead of feeling outrage or horror, this friendless young woman becomes increasingly infatuated with him.

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.4/10 from 10,808 users Metascore: 58/100
Directed by: Chan-wook Park
Starring: Mia Wasikowska, Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode

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2013, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,

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Side Effects (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2053463/

Plot:
Emily Taylor, despite being reunited with her husband from prison, becomes severely depressed with emotional episodes and suicide attempts. Her psychiatrist, Jonathan Banks, after conferring with her previous doctor, eventually prescribes an experimental new medication called Ablixa. The plot thickens when the side effects of the drug lead to Emily killing her husband in a “sleepwalking” state. With Emily plea-bargained into mental hospital confinement and Dr. Banks’ practice crumbling around him, the case seems closed. However, Dr. Banks cannot accept full responsibility and investigates to clear his name. What follows is a dark quest that threatens to tear what’s left of his life apart even as he discovers the diabolical truth of this tragedy.

Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 from 18,031 users Metascore: 75/100
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law

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2013, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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World War Z (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711

Plot:
Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls.

Genre: Action | Drama | Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 from 144,626 users Metascore: 63/100
Directed by: Marc Forster
Starring: Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz

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2013, Action, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller,

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The East (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1869716

Plot:
A successful operative for an elite private intelligence firm is tasked with infiltrating an anarchist group known for executing covert attacks upon major corporations. However, she finds her priorities changing as she befriends the members and begins to develop romantic feelings for its charismatic leader.

Genre: Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.2/10 from 3,139 users Metascore: 68/100
Directed by: Zal Batmanglij
Starring: Brit Marling, Alexander Skarsgård, Ellen Page

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2013, Thriller,

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Oblivion (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1483013

Plot:
One of the few remaining drone repairmen assigned to Earth, its surface devastated after decades of war with the alien Scavs, discovers a crashed spacecraft with contents that bring into question everything he believed about the war, and may even put the fate of mankind in his hands.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.1/10 from 100,801 users Metascore: 54/100
Directed by: Joseph Kosinski
Starring: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough

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2013, Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller,

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Gangster Squad (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1321870

Plot:
Los Angeles, 1949: A secret crew of police officers led by two determined sergeants work together in an effort to take down the ruthless mob king Mickey Cohen who runs the city.

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 from 45,454 users Metascore: 40/100
Directed by: Ruben Fleischer
Starring: Sean Penn, Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone

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2013, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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The Last Stand (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1549920

Plot:
Sheriff Owens is a man who has resigned himself to a life of fighting what little crime takes place in sleepy border town Sommerton Junction after leaving his LAPD post following a bungled operation that left him wracked with failure and defeat after his partner was crippled. After a spectacular escape from an FBI prisoner convoy, the most notorious, wanted drug kingpin in the hemisphere is hurtling toward the border at 200 mph in a specially outfitted car with a hostage and a fierce army of gang members. He is headed, it turns out, straight for Summerton Junction, where the whole of U.S. law enforcement will have their last opportunity to make a stand and intercept him before he slips across the border forever. At first reluctant to become involved, and then counted out because of the perceived ineptitude of his small town force, Owens ultimately accepts responsibility for the face off.

Genre: Action | Crime | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 from 12,748 users Metascore: 54/100
Directed by: Jee-woon Kim
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Forest Whitaker and Johnny Knoxville

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2013, Action, Crime, Thriller,

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Pain & Gain (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1980209

Plot:
Based on the true story of Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) a Miami bodybuilder who wants to live the American dream. He would like to have the money that other people have. So he enlists the help of fellow bodybuilder Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and ex-convict, Christian bodybuilder Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson). Their kidnapping and extortion scheme goes terribly wrong since they have muscles for brains and they’re left to haphazardly try to hold onto the elusive American dream.

Genre: Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 from 16,170 users Metascore: 44/100
Directed by: Michael Bay
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie

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2013, Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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Snitch (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0882977

Plot:
Construction company owner John Matthews learns that his estranged son, Jason, has been arrested for drug trafficking. Facing an unjust prison sentence for a first time offender courtesy of mandatory minimum sentence laws, Jason has nothing to offer for leniency in good conscience. Desperately, John convinces the DEA and the opportunistic DA Joanne Keeghan to let him go undercover to help make arrests big enough to free his son in return. With the unwitting help of an ex-con employee, John enters the narcotics underworld where every move could be his last in an operation that will demand all his resources, wits and courage to survive.

Genre: Action | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.7/10 from 8,099 users Metascore: 52/100
Directed by: Ric Roman Waugh
Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal

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2013, Action, Drama, Thriller,

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Dead Man Down (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2101341/

Plot:
Victor, a rising gangland player, has infiltrated the crime empire run by ruthless kingpin Alphonse, with the single purpose of making Alphonse pay for destroying his once happy life. As he meticulously orchestrates his vengeance from his high-rise home, Victor watches and is watched by Beatrice, a mysterious young woman who lives in the apartment across from his. On the surface a fragile woman-child, Beatrice seethes with a rage of her own. When she uncovers Victor’s dark secrets, she threatens to expose him unless he helps her carry out her own campaign of retribution. Each fixated on avenging the past, they devise a violent and cathartic plan that could change their worlds forever.

Genre: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 from 8,544 users Metascore: 39/100
Directed by: Niels Arden Oplev
Starring: Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, Dominic Cooper

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2013, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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The Call (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1911644/

Plot:
Jordan Turner (Halle Berry) is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But then teenager Casey Welson (Abigail Breslin) is abducted in the back of a man’s car and calls 911. And Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save Casey, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

Genre: Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 from 8,445 users Metascore: 51/100
Directed by: Brad Anderson
Starring: Halle Berry, Evie Thompson, Abigail Breslin

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2013, Thriller,

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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2302755

Plot:
When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge to help retake the White House, save the President and avert an even bigger disaster.

Genre: Action | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 from 71,269 users Metascore: 41/100
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman

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2013, Action, Thriller,

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Safe Haven (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1702439

Plot:
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo’s empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards .

Genre: Drama | Mystery | Romance | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.3/10 from 7,069 users Metascore: 34/100
Directed by: Lasse Hallström
Starring: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders

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2013, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,

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Welcome to the Punch (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1684233

Plot:
Former criminal Jacob Sternwood is forced to return to London from his Icelandic hideaway when his son is involved in a heist gone wrong. This gives detective Max Lewinsky one last chance to catch the man he has always been after. As they face off, they start to uncover a deeper conspiracy they both need to solve in order to survive.

Genre: Action | Adventure | Crime | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 from 9,320 users Metascore: 49/100
Directed by: Eran Creevy
Starring: James McAvoy, Mark Strong, Andrea Riseborough

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2013, Action, Adventure, Crime, Thriller,

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Broken City (2013)

IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235522

Plot:
In a city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure: Mayor Nicholas Hostetler.

Genre: Crime | Drama | Thriller
IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 from 8,292 users Metascore: 49/100
Directed by: Allen Hughes
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Russell Crowe and Catherine Zeta-Jones

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2013, Crime, Drama, Thriller,

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