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

2012 · James McTeigue

A respected banker convicted in the 1940s of killing his wife and her lover is sent to Shawshank Prison, where he puts his financial expertise at the service of a corrupt warden. Over many years behind bars, his moral steadiness and relentless optimism earn him the respect and friendship of his fellow inmates, particularly an older man named Red.

With John Cusack, Luke Evans, Alice Eve, Brendan Gleeson, Kevin McNally, Oliver Jackson-Cohen and Jimmy Yuill

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

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

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

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

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

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

2014 · Damián Szifron

Relentless injustice and daily pressure drive ordinary people to the edge, where small sparks lead to explosive consequences. A server trapped serving a prickly loan shark, a road-rage incident between two drivers, a wedding reception that unravels into catastrophe, and a wealthy executive who attempts to purchase his way out of family troubles — each narrative traces how simmering tensions finally boil over.

With Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Érica Rivas, Oscar Martínez, Rita Cortese, Julieta Zylberberg and Darío Grandinetti

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

2014 · Morten Tyldum

Amid the darkest days of World War II, brilliant codebreaker Alan Turing heads a covert team at Bletchley Park in a tense, high-stakes race to unravel an enemy cipher that could change the course of the conflict. As they pioneer new mathematics and engineering to build breakthrough machines, they face intense pressure, personal sacrifice and the profound ethical consequences of their success.

With Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Rory Kinnear, Allen Leech, Matthew Beard and Charles Dance

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

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

2015 · Alex Garland

Caleb, a programmer at the planet’s largest internet company, wins a contest that sends him for a week to a secluded mountain estate owned by Nathan, the company’s secretive CEO. Upon arrival he discovers his visit is not leisure but part of a disquieting yet hypnotic experiment: he must engage with and evaluate the world’s first true artificial intelligence, embodied in a strikingly lifelike female robot.

With Domhnall Gleeson, Alicia Vikander, Oscar Isaac, Sonoya Mizuno, Corey Johnson, Claire Selby and Symara A. Templeman

2018 · Christopher McQuarrie

When an IMF operation unravels, the fallout threatens catastrophic consequences worldwide. Defying orders to pursue the mission he was originally briefed on, Ethan Hunt goes rogue and sparks the CIA’s suspicions about his loyalty and motives. Hounded by professional killers, his team must outrun a ticking clock to stop a disaster that could engulf the planet.

With Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Ferguson, Sean Harris and Angela Bassett

2008 · Pierre Morel

A retired covert operative, determined to repair his strained relationship with his teenage daughter, reluctantly permits her to travel to Paris with a friend. Minutes after she arrives, both girls are snatched by an organized trafficking ring; using every tool from his former life, he races against the clock into the city’s shadows, methodically tracking the kidnappers and mounting a relentless one-man campaign to bring her home.

With Liam Neeson, Maggie Grace, Leland Orser, Famke Janssen, Jon Gries, David Warshofsky and Holly Valance

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