Best movies — thriller on Prime Video : 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

2006 · Paul Verhoeven

A fast-food-obsessed hitman, his contemplative accomplice, a narcotics-addled mobster’s companion and a once-promising prizefighter collide in a wide-ranging, darkly comic crime romp. Their intertwined misadventures play out across three interlocking episodes that slyly leap backward and forward through time.

With Carice van Houten, Sebastian Koch, Thom Hoffman, Halina Reijn, Waldemar Kobus, Matthias Schoenaerts and Theo Maassen

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

2000 · Christopher Nolan

Haunted by his wife's violent death, Leonard Shelby is relentlessly hunting the man responsible. His quest is made nearly impossible by a rare, irreversible form of short-term memory loss: he retains memories from before his injury but cannot form new ones beyond about fifteen minutes. He repeatedly wakes up without knowing what just happened, where he's going, or why, and must depend on notes, photographs and an improvised system to hold together the clues that keep his search alive.

With Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Boone Junior, Russ Fega, Jorja Fox and Stephen Tobolowsky

1960 · Alfred Hitchcock

After stealing a large sum from her employer, real-estate clerk Marion Crane flees town hoping to rebuild her life; her escape brings her to the isolated Bates Motel, run by the polite but unsettling Norman Bates, who lives with and tends to his reclusive, housebound mother.

With Anthony Perkins, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Janet Leigh and Simon Oakland

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

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

2008 · David Ayer

Three steelworkers enlist and are deployed to Vietnam—one leaving behind a hastily arranged marriage, the other two parting from a love they shared. The brutal realities they encounter in combat will irrevocably alter the course of their lives.

With Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Chris Evans, Hugh Laurie, Naomie Harris, Cedric the Entertainer and Martha Higareda

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

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

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

2004 · Quentin Tarantino

Determined and relentless, the Bride continues her brutal quest for vengeance against the squad of killers who tried to end her life and her unborn child. She hunts down each former ally in turn, striking the five names from her revenge list until only one target remains: Bill.

With Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Daryl Hannah, Michael Madsen, Gordon Liu Chia-hui, Michael Parks and Perla Haney-Jardine

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

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