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Kinostart: 1998

Studio: Regency Enterprises

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 140

Zusammenfassung: In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he's framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department's pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who's running the conspiracy before it's too late.

Kinostart: 2016

Studio: Space Rocket Nation

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 117

Zusammenfassung: The sixteen year-old aspiring model Jesse arrives in Los Angeles expecting to be a successful model. The aspirant photographer Dean takes photos for her portfolio and dates her. Jesse befriends the lesbian makeup artist Ruby and then the envious models Gigi and Sarah in a party. Meanwhile, the agency considers Jesse beautiful with a "thing" that makes her different and she is sent to the professional photographer Jack. Jesse attracts the attention of the industry and experiences a successful beginning of her career. Ruby, Gigi and Sarah, however, will do whatever is necessary to get this "thing" for themselves.

Kinostart: 2014

Studio: Bold Films, Open Road Films

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 117

Zusammenfassung: Lou Bloom hat seine ganz eigene Vorstellung vom American Dream – er ist überzeugt, dass die guten Dinge nur zu denen kommen, die sich ehrgeizig den Arsch abrackern. Seinem Motto nach kann man nur die Lotterie gewinnen, wenn man Geld für einen Lottoschein hat. Doch bei Lou will es mit dem Traumjob nicht so richtig klappen, weswegen er sich als Gauner mit kleinen Diebstählen über Wasser hält. Nach einer intensiven erfolglosen Jobsuche ist er so verzweifelt, dass er, bewaffnet mit einer Kamera, als freier Mitarbeiter Bilder von Unfällen, Verbrechen, Mord an einen lokalen TV-Sender verkauft. Nachdem seine Beiträge als Kameramann bei der Chefredakteurin Nina gut ankommen, stürzt er sich immer weiter in die Unterwelt von L.A. auf der Suche nach sensationellem und schonungslosem Bildmaterial, bei dem niemand wegsehen kann.

Kinostart: 2021

Studio: Double Dare You

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 150 min

Zusammenfassung: Spannender Psychothriller im Noir-Stil vom visionären Filmemacher Guillermo del Toro mit Bradley Cooper und Cate Blanchett in den Hauptrollen. Als der charismatische, aber vom Pech verfolgte Stanton Carlisle (Cooper) auf einem Jahrmarkt die Hellseherin Zeena (Toni Collette) und ihren Mann und Mentalisten Pete (David Strathairn) kennenlernt, wittert er seine Chance. Er nutzt die Gelegenheit, lernt von ihnen was er nur kann und nutzt sein neu erworbenes Wissen, um die wohlhabende Elite der New Yorker Gesellschaft der 40er Jahre auszunehmen. Mit der ihm treu ergebenen Molly (Rooney Mara), plant Stanton den gefährlichen Tycoon Ezra Grindle (Richard Jenkins) zu betrügen. Eine mysteriöse Psychiaterin (Blanchett) soll ihm dabei helfen. Doch ausgerechnet sie könnte sich als seine bisher gefährlichste Gegnerin erweisen. In weiteren Nebenrollen glänzen in Nightmare Alley unter anderem Willem Dafoe, Ron Perlman und Mary Steenburgen. Del Toro führt hier nicht nur meisterhaft Regie, sondern hat diesen spannenden Thriller, der auf dem gleichnamigen Roman von William Lindsay Gresham basiert, auch zusammen mit Kim Morgan geschrieben.

Kinostart: 2008

Studio: Dor Film-West Produktionsgesellschaft

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 12

Zusammenfassung: Based on a true story, North Face is a suspenseful adventure film about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. Set in 1936, as Nazi propaganda urges the nation's Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of the Swiss massif - the Eiger - two reluctant German climbers begin their daring ascent.

Kinostart: 2001

Studio: Warner Bros.

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 116

Zusammenfassung: Danny Ocean wants to score the biggest heist in history. He combines an eleven member team, including Frank Catton, Rusty Ryan and Linus Caldwell. Their target? The Bellagio, the Mirage and the MGM Grand. All casinos owned by Terry Benedict. It's not going to be easy, as they plan to get in secretly and out with $150 million.

Kinostart: 2004

Studio: Warner Bros.

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 125

Zusammenfassung: They pulled off one of the biggest heists ever and now they have another job to complete. Ocean's Eleven, which consisted off Danny Ocean (Clooney), Rusty Ryan (Pitt) and Linus Caldwell (Damon) and others, all thought they would be able to enjoy their money, but someone has other plans. Terry Benedict (Garcia) is still fuming after losing his money and wants it back. The team now have the job of getting all the money they spent back, or risk being thrown in jail. How are they going to get it all back? By pulling off another amazing plan.

Kinostart: 2007

Studio: Warner Bros.

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 122

Zusammenfassung: The last time we saw Danny Ocean's crew, they were paying back ruthless casino mogul Terry Benedict after stealing millions from him. However, it's been a while since they've come back together, which is all about to change. When one of their own, Reuben Tishkoff, builds a hotel with another casino owner, Willy Bank, the last thing he ever wanted was to get cut out of the deal personally by the loathsome Bank. Bank's attitude even goes so far as to finding the amusement in Tishkoff's misfortune when the double crossing lands Reuben in the hospital because of a heart attack. However, Danny and his crew won't stand for Bank and what he's done to a friend. Uniting with their old enemy Benedict, who himself has a vendetta against Bank, the crew is out to pull off a major plan; one that will unfold on the night Bank's newest hot spot opens up. They're not in this for the money, but for the revenge.

Kinostart: 2002

Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 96

Zusammenfassung: Middle aged Sy Parrish works as a technician at a one hour photo lab located in a SavMart store in a suburban mall. Sy is a lonely man, never having had any friends. He knows much about his customers through the photographs they have developed. But he knows more about the Yorkin family - specifically Nina Yorkin and her adolescent son Jake Yorkin, the two in the family who drop off and pick up the family's photofinishing - than anyone else, the family about who he is obsessed. Nina's husband, Will Yorkin, is incidental to his obsession since Sy has only seen him in photographs. Sy's obsession includes fantasizing about being their favorite "Uncle Sy". He has even been making an extra set of prints for himself of all of their photographs since Jake was a newborn. After an incident at work and after Sy finds out more about the family through a set of photographs, he decides to right the injustices he sees in the only way he knows how. His actions demonstrate his true mental state.

Kinostart: 2016

Studio: XYZ Films

Genre: Thriller

Länge: 94

Zusammenfassung: 1967: the height of the Cold War. The CIA suspects there is a Russian mole inside of NASA, sabotaging the Apollo program. They send two young agents on a mission to go undercover, posing as documentary filmmakers to capture NASA's race to the moon. The real mission - use their access and technology to hunt down the leak. But what they discover is far more shocking than soviet spies - Their government may be hiding a secret about Apollo that could define the decade, and the White House will stop at nothing to silence anyone who learns it.