Thriller Movies

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Movie Name
Country
Release Year
Kikoku
Japan
2003
Takashi Miike (Director) Riki Takeuchi Mickey Curtis Kenichi Endo Renji Ishibashi Koichi Iwaki Hiroshi Katsuno Yûta Sone Shigenori Takechi (Writer)
Disappointingly generic Yakuza movie from Miike (Wednesday, March 16, 2005)
Postman Blues
Japan
1997
Sabu (Director, Actor, Writer) Shinichi Tsutsumi Keisuke Horibe Ren Osugi Kyoko Toyama Sei Hiraizumi Akaji Maro Hiroshi Shimizu Tomoro Taguchi Susumu Terajima Akira Yamamoto Diamond Yukai Yoji Tanaka Daisuke Okamoto (Soundtrack) Shuji Kuriyama (Cinematographer)
Very creative and charming work (Friday, June 11, 2004)
Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl
Japan
1998
Katsuhito Ishii (Director, Writer) Tadanobu Asano Sie Kohinata Ittoku Kishibe Kimie Shingyôji Susumu Terajima Shingo Tsurumi Yoji Tanaka Keisuke Horibe Kanji Tsuda Hiroshi Machida (Cinematographer)
Clever, funny and well-made (Sunday, March 17, 2002)
Suicide Circle
Japan
2001
Sion Sono (Director, Writer) Ryo Ishibashi Masatoshi Nagase Akaji Maro Saya Hagiwara Hideo Sako Takashi Nomura Tamao Sato Kimiko Yo Kazuto Sato (Cinematographer)
Pretty intense (Friday, February 21, 2003)
Versus
Japan
2001
Ryuhei Kitamura (Director, Writer) Yuji Shimomura (Action Director) Tak Sakaguchi Hideo Sakaki Chieko Masaka Kenji Matsuda Yuichiro Arai Minoru Matsumoto Kazuhito Ohba Takehiro Kateyama Ayumi Yoshihara Hoshimi Asai Yudai Yamaguchi (Writer)
Arguably my favourite film (Saturday, May 25, 2002)
Battle Royale
Japan
2000
Kinji Fukasaku (Director) Tatsuya Fujiwara Aki Maeda Taro Yamamoto Takeshi Kitano Kou Shibasaki Chiaki Kuriyama Masanobu Ando Takashi Tsukamoto Koushun Takami (Writer) Kenta Fukasaku (Writer)
One of the best and most important films ever made (Wednesday, October 24, 2012)
On the Job
Philippines
2013
Erik Matti (Director, Writer) Joel Torre Piolo Pascual Gerald Anderson Angel Aquino Joey Marquez Shaina Magdayao Michael De Mesa Leo Martinez Rayver Cruz Empress Schuck Michiko Yamamoto (Writer) Francis Ricardo Buhay III (Cinematographer) Erwin Romulo (Soundtrack)
A taut thriller documenting systemic corruption (Friday, April 5, 2024)
The Wailing
South Korea
2016
Na Hong-jin (Director, Writer) Kwak Do-Won Hwang Jung-Min Jun Kunimura Chun Woo-Hee Kim Hwan-Hee Jang So-Yeon Heo Jin Choi Gwi-Hwa Hong Kyung-Pyo (Cinematographer)
Lives up to its reputation (Saturday, July 31, 2021)
Parasite
South Korea
2019
Bong Joon-Ho (Director, Writer) Choi Woo-shik Cho Yeo-jeong Lee Sun-kyun Song Kang-Ho Park So-dam Lee Jung-eun Jang Hye-jin Kim Sung-Su Baek Dong-Hyeon Han Jin-won (Writer) Jung Jae-il (Soundtrack) Hong Kyung-Pyo (Cinematographer)
Class consciousness (Sunday, September 3, 2023)
Asura: The City of Madness
South Korea
2016
Kim Sung-Su (Director, Writer) Jung Woo-Sung Hwang Jung-Min Ju Ji-hoon Kwak Do-Won Jeong Man-Sik Kim Won-hae Kim Jong-soo Yoon Je-Moon Lee Mo-gae (Cinematographer) Lee Jae-jin (Soundtrack)
Grimy and bleak (Friday, March 22, 2024)