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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains
Film Noir • Mystery • Political Thriller
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Brian De Palma • Starring: John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
New Hollywood • Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller
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John Frankenheimer • Starring: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh
Hitman / Assassin Film • Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller
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Costa-Gavras • Starring: Yves Montand, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin
Crime Thriller • Crime • Drama
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Anthony Russo, Joe Russo • Starring: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson
Action • Action Thriller • Based-on-Comics
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Sidney Lumet • Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton
Disaster Film • Drama • Political Thriller
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John Schlesinger • Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Olivier, Roy Scheider
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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck • Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Mühe, Sebastian Koch
Drama • Foreign Language Film • Period Film
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Sydney Pollack • Starring: Robert Redford, Faye Dunaway, Max von Sydow
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: James Stewart, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles
Political Thriller • Psychological Thriller • Thriller
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Samuel Fuller • Starring: Thelma Ritter, Richard Widmark, Jean Peters
Femme Fatale • Film Noir • Political Thriller
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall
Political Thriller • Spy Film • Thriller
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Fred Zinnemann • Starring: Edward Fox, Alan Badel, Michel Auclair
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Hitman / Assassin Film • Political Thriller
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John McTiernan • Starring: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Sam Neill
Action Thriller • Action • Adventure
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Ben Affleck • Starring: Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama
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Alan J. Pakula • Starring: Warren Beatty, Hume Cronyn, William Daniels
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Oliver Stone • Starring: Kevin Costner, Gary Oldman, Kevin Bacon
Biopic • Drama • Ensemble Film
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Alan Parker • Starring: Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand
Based-on-a-True-Story • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Docudrama • Drama
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John Frankenheimer • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Fredric March
Drama • Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller
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Wolfgang Petersen • Starring: Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
Action • Action Thriller • Crime
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Tony Scott • Starring: Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight
Action • Action Thriller • Chase Movie
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Oliver Stone • Starring: James Woods, Jim Belushi, Michael Murphy
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Drama
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Amy Ryan
Based-on-a-True-Story • Courtroom Drama • Drama
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Franklin J. Schaffner • Starring: James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Steve Guttenberg
Political Thriller • Thriller
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Phillip Noyce • Starring: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Richard Harris
Action Thriller • Action • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature
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Roger Donaldson • Starring: Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman, Sean Young
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Neil Jordan • Starring: Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Miranda Richardson
Cross-Dressing / Gender-Bending • Drama • Political Thriller
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Sidney J. Furie • Starring: Michael Caine, Nigel Green, Guy Doleman
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Mystery • Political Thriller
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Phillip Noyce • Starring: Willem Dafoe, Harrison Ford, Anne Archer
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George Clooney • Starring: Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Political Drama
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Roman Polanski • Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Olivia Williams
Drama • Mystery • Political Thriller
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Roger Donaldson • Starring: Kevin Costner, Steven Culp, Dylan Baker
Docudrama • Drama • Historical Film
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Fernando Meirelles • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bill Nighy
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Steven Spielberg • Starring: Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Sarah Paulson
Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Docudrama
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Paul Newman, Julie Andrews, Lila Kedrova
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Hideaki Anno, Shinji Higuchi • Starring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Satomi Ishihara, Yutaka Takenouchi
Action • Foreign Language Film • Monster Film
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José Padilha • Starring: Wagner Moura, Iradhir Santos, Milhem Cortaz
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Kevin Macdonald • Starring: Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams
Based-on-Television • Drama • Mystery
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David Mamet • Starring: Val Kilmer, William H. Macy, Derek Luke
Crime • Crime Thriller • Political Thriller
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Tony Scott • Starring: Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack
Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller • Spy Film
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Stephen Gaghan • Starring: Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Amanda Peet
Docudrama • Drama • Hyperlink Film
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Bryan Singer • Starring: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Bill Nighy
Based-on-a-True-Story • Ensemble Film • Historical Film
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Phillip Noyce • Starring: Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Do Thi Hai Yen
Drama • Period Film • Political Drama
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Alan J. Pakula • Starring: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard
Action Thriller • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Paranoid Thriller
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Clint Eastwood • Starring: Clint Eastwood, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn
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Joseph Ruben • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Max von Sydow, Christopher Plummer
Mindbender • Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller
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Peter Berg • Starring: Jamie Foxx, Chris Cooper, Jennifer Garner
Action Thriller • Action • Drama
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Antoine Fuqua • Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Danny Glover, Elias Koteas
Action • Action Thriller • Hitman / Assassin Film
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Ronald Neame • Starring: Jon Voight, Maximilian Schell, Shmuel Rodensky
Drama • Political Thriller • Thriller
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Fritz Lang • Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Joan Bennett, George Sanders
Adventure • Drama • Political Thriller
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John Badham • Starring: Johnny Depp, Christopher Walken, Courtney Chase
Action Thriller • Action • Political Thriller
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Anton Corbijn • Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe
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Paul Greengrass • Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Brendan Gleeson
Action • Action Thriller • Drama
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Edward Zwick • Starring: Annette Bening, Bruce Willis, Tony Shalhoub
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Alfred Hitchcock • Starring: Dany Robin, Michel Piccoli, Karin Dor
Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Political Thriller • Spy Film
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Uli Edel • Starring: Nadja Uhl, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bliebtreu
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Roger Spottiswoode • Starring: Nick Nolte, Ed Harris, Gene Hackman
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Taylor Hackford • Starring: David Morse, Alun Armstrong, Michael Kitchen
Drama • Thriller • Romantic Drama
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Jonathan Demme • Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Drama • Hitman / Assassin Film • Mystery
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Guy Hamilton • Starring: Michael Caine, Paul Hubschmid, Oskar Homolka
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Ralph Fiennes • Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox
Based-on-Shakespeare • Based-on-Theatre • Drama
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John Madden • Starring: Jessica Chastain, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Drama • Political Drama • Political Thriller
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Mark Robson • Starring: Paul Newman, Elke Sommer, Diane Baker
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Antoine Fuqua • Starring: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman
Action • Action Thriller • Political Thriller
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Phil Alden Robinson • Starring: James Cromwell, Liev Schreiber, Ben Affleck
Action Thriller • Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Disaster Film
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Gregor Jordan • Starring: Gil Bellows, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen
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Alan J. Pakula • Starring: Harrison Ford, Brad Pitt, Rubén Blades
Police Detective Film • Political Thriller • Thriller
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Tom Tykwer • Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Crime • Crime Thriller • Mystery
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Doug Liman • Starring: Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Ty Burrell
Based-on-a-True-Story • Docudrama • Drama
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Dwight H. Little • Starring: Wesley Snipes, Diane Lane, Daniel Benzali
Political Thriller • Thriller • Whodunit
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Oliver Stone • Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Shailene Woodley, Melissa Leo
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Andrew Davis • Starring: Gene Hackman, Joanna Cassidy, Tommy Lee Jones
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Pete Travis • Starring: Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, William Hurt
Hyperlink Film • Political Thriller • Thriller
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Sam Peckinpah • Starring: Rutger Hauer, John Hurt, Craig T. Nelson
Action • Drama • Political Thriller
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Gavin Hood • Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Moa Khouas
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Sydney Pollack • Starring: Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Catherine Keener
Paranoid Thriller • Political Thriller • Thriller
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Kenneth Branagh • Starring: Chris Pine, Kevin Costner, Keira Knightley
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Costa-Gavras • Starring: Yves Montand, Renato Salvatori, O.E. Hasse
Foreign Language Film • Political Thriller • Thriller
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Christian Duguay • Starring: Wesley Snipes, Anne Archer, Maury Chaykin
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William Richert • Starring: Jeff Bridges, John Huston, Anthony Perkins
Mystery • New Hollywood • Paranoid Thriller
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Stephen Frears • Starring: Walter Cronkite, George Clooney, Noah Wyle
Drama • Made-for-Television • Political Drama
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Mike Nichols • Starring: George C. Scott, Trish Van Devere, Paul Sorvino
Animal Picture • Drama • Political Thriller
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Gary McKendry • Starring: Jason Statham, Clive Owen, Robert De Niro
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John Erick Dowdle • Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Owen Wilson, Lake Bell
Action Thriller • Action • Escape Film
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Richard Shepard • Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Diane Kruger, James Brolin
Political Thriller • Thriller • Tragi-comedy
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Clark Johnson • Starring: Eva Longoria, Martin Donovan, Kim Basinger
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Robert Aldrich • Starring: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Paul Winfield
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Larysa Kondracki • Starring: Rachel Weisz, Vanessa Redgrave, Monica Bellucci
Based-on-a-True-Story • Drama • Female-Directed Film
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Brian Gilbert • Starring: Sally Field, Alfred Molina, Sheila Rosenthal
Based-on-a-True-Story • Drama • Escape Film
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Martin Donovan • Starring: Hart Bochner, Colin Firth, Dora Bryan
Drama • Political Thriller • Psychological Drama
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Mike Hodges • Starring: Mickey Rourke, Sammi Davis, Christopher Fulford
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Bernardo Bertolucci • Starring: Giulio Brogi, Alida Valli, Tino Scotti
Avant-garde / Experimental • Drama • Foreign Language Film
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John Malkovich • Starring: Juan Diego Botto, Marie-Anne Verganza, Javier Bardem
Political Thriller • Romantic Mystery • Thriller
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Richard Thorpe • Starring: Joan Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Conrad Veidt
Glamorized Spy Film • Political Thriller • Spy Film
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Georges Lautner • Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Desailly, Robert Hossein
Action • Action Thriller • Foreign Language Film
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Allan Dwan • Starring: Arlene Dahl, Ted de Corsia, Rhonda Fleming
Crime Thriller • Crime • Film Noir
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Christian Duguay • Starring: Donald Sutherland, Celine Bonnier, Vlasta Vrana
Thriller • Political Thriller
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Costa-Gavras • Starring: Debra Winger, John Mahoney, Ted Levine
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Jack Sholder • Starring: Powers Boothe, Rebecca De Mornay, James Earl Jones
Apocalyptic Film • Made-for-Television • Political Thriller
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