Best movies — thriller on Apple TV+ : our Top 20

1991 · Jonathan Demme

A promising trainee at the FBI Academy, Clarice Starling is chosen by her superior, Jack Crawford, to question the incarcerated Dr. Hannibal Lecter — a brilliant psychiatrist infamous for his violent psychopathy and serving life for multiple murders and acts of cannibalism. Crawford believes Lecter may possess crucial leads on an active investigation, and he suspects that Clarice’s youth and composure might be exactly what it takes to penetrate the doctor’s guarded mind. Tasked with drawing out the reluctant genius, she must navigate a dangerous psychological game to extract the information needed.

With Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine, Anthony Heald, Brooke Smith and Diane Baker

2019 · Bong Joon-ho

All unemployed, Ki-taek’s family becomes obsessed with the affluent, glamorous Park household as their best chance at survival — until an unexpected incident draws them into a perilous entanglement.

With Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-jeong, Choi Woo-shik, Park So-dam, Lee Jung-eun and Jang Hye-jin

1992 · Quentin Tarantino

A robbery goes horribly awry, and when clues point to an informant the remaining crew sequester themselves in a rundown warehouse under rising suspicion. Tensions and injuries fuel a spiral of betrayal and brutality as the survivors — seasoned Mr. White, rookie Mr. Orange, the volatile paroled Mr. Blonde, squabbling Mr. Pink, and Nice Guy Eddie — fray at the edges and turn on one another.

With Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney and Randy Brooks

2019 · Todd Phillips

In 1980s Gotham City, a struggling stand-up comedian crushed by rejection and isolation spirals into madness, shedding his former life to become a calculating, unhinged criminal whose theatrical violence and anarchic schemes plunge the city into fear.

With Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, Frances Conroy, Brett Cullen, Shea Whigham and Bill Camp

1999 · M. Night Shyamalan

After a sudden tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe begins working with nine-year-old Cole Sear, a withdrawn boy who is hiding a disturbing secret.

With Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg, Mischa Barton and Trevor Morgan

1988 · John McTiernan

Intent on repairing his marriage, NYPD detective John McClane stops by his wife's office holiday party—only to see the building seized by a group of heavily armed criminals soon after he arrives. With little backup from the local police, the quick-witted cop becomes the sole line of defense, using guile and grit to thwart the attackers, free the hostages and foil their scheme.

With Bruce Willis, Alan Rickman, Alexander Godunov, Bonnie Bedelia, Reginald VelJohnson, Paul Gleason and De'voreaux White

2003 · Quentin Tarantino

Wounded by her merciless boss Bill and betrayed by their tight-knit circle of killers, a seasoned hitwoman survives and quietly begins to orchestrate a ruthless plan for revenge.

With Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine, Michael Madsen and Julie Dreyfus

1990 · Renny Harlin

John McClane se démène pour prévenir une catastrophe lorsqu'un groupe de militaires renégats s'empare de l'Aéroport International de Dulles, à Washington D.C.

With Bruce Willis, Bonnie Bedelia, William Sadler, Art Evans, Dennis Franz, William Atherton and John Amos

2015 · Lenny Abrahamson

After seven years confined to a cramped, sealed room, a mother and her young son are finally freed, thrusting the child into the vast, unfamiliar world beyond the walls for the first time.

With Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Joan Allen, William H. Macy, Sean Bridgers, Tom McCamus and Amanda Brugel

1975 · Steven Spielberg

A seaside town is terrorized by a massive great white shark, forcing the police chief, an ambitious young marine biologist, and a weathered shark hunter to join forces in a desperate, time‑pressed hunt to kill the predator before it can strike again.

With Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Murray Hamilton, Lorraine Gary, Jay Mello and Jeffrey Kramer

2024 · Ariel Vromen

In the bustling, rough-edged city of Agrabah, a kindhearted street thief named Aladdin and the strong-willed Princess Jasmine fall for each other, though royal custom bars her from marrying anyone but a prince. Aladdin and the conniving Grand Vizier Jafar clash in a race to seize an enchanted lamp whose genie can grant any desire.

With Tyrese Gibson, Scott Eastwood, Ray Liotta, Dylan Arnold, Oleg Taktarov, John West Jr and Clé Bennett

2000 · Alejandro González Iñárritu

A fatal car crash in Mexico City sends shockwaves through the lives of three people: a supermodel, a young man determined to run off with his sister‑in‑law, and a homeless man whose fate becomes unexpectedly entangled with theirs.

With Gael García Bernal, Vanessa Bauche, Goya Toledo, Álvaro Guerrero, Emilio Echevarría, Jorge Salinas and Rodrigo Murray

2002 · Doug Liman

Severely wounded and bereft of memory after being pulled from the sea, Jason Bourne is cared for by a humble fisherman. With only a cryptic Swiss bank account number as a clue, he begins to piece together his past, only to discover that a web of assassins and covert operatives want him eliminated. As instinctive combat abilities and razor-sharp tactical thinking surface, he realizes he was more than an ordinary man — but the central mystery remains: who did he work for?

With Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Gabriel Mann

1987 · Brian De Palma

Relentless Prohibition agent Elliot Ness puts together a handpicked, incorruptible team to dismantle Al Capone’s criminal operation, a group that soon earns the nickname "The Untouchables."

With Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Charles Martin Smith, Andy García, Robert De Niro, Richard Bradford and Jack Kehoe

2022 · Romuald Boulanger

A boundary-pushing radio host is pulled into a lethal battle of wits when an anonymous caller reveals he has abducted the host’s family and wired the station to explode; with time running out, the host must outsmart the stranger and confront his own demons to save them.

With Mel Gibson, William Moseley, Alia Seror-O'Neill, Paul Spera, Kevin Dillon, Nadia Farès and Yoli Fuller

2014 · Dan Gilroy

Out of work and hungry for success, Lou Bloom forces his way into Los Angeles's crime-reporting circuit and slowly shifts from detached observer to active provocateur, staging and exploiting scenes until he becomes the focal point of his own story. His rise is enabled by Nina, a seasoned television news producer who recognizes and harnesses his ruthless ambition.

With Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Riz Ahmed, Bill Paxton, Kevin Rahm, Michael Hyatt and Price Carson

2006 · Paul McGuigan

Thrown into the crossfire of a bitter rivalry between the city’s most powerful crime lords by a case of mistaken identity, Slevin finds himself constantly monitored and hunted. With a notorious assassin closing in, he must stay one step ahead and devise a daring plan to survive and escape the deadly situation.

With Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Bruce Willis, Stanley Tucci and Mykelti Williamson

1997 · David Fincher

A wealthy San Francisco financier, Nicholas Van Orton is a brilliant but emotionally distant loner. For his birthday his younger brother Conrad hands him an unusual present — a voucher for an immersive, tailor-made “game” — and almost at once Nicholas is pulled into a high-stakes, constantly shifting ordeal where the rules keep changing and the line between performance and reality dissolves.

With Michael Douglas, Sean Penn, Deborah Kara Unger, James Rebhorn, Spike Jonze, Anna Katarina and Armin Mueller-Stahl

1982 · Ted Kotcheff

After being harassed and jailed on a vagrancy charge by local police, ex-Green Beret John Rambo escapes into the remote mountains and uses his combat expertise to launch a fierce, escalating campaign of survival and retaliation against his pursuers.

With Sylvester Stallone, Charles A. Tamburro, Bill McKinney, Richard Crenna, Brian Dennehy, Chris Mulkey and Jack Starrett

2012 · Sam Mendes

After a mission collapses disastrously, covert officers worldwide have their covers blown and MI6 itself is assaulted. With M’s command challenged by Gareth Mallory, the newly appointed chair of the Intelligence and Security Committee, Bond — left with only field agent Eve as backup — must pursue the elusive architect responsible for the attack.

With Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw and Albert Finney