Movies thrillers about castles

List of the best thriller films about castles, selected by visitors to our site: Frantic, The Raven, Split, Nightmare Alley, The Mule, The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Place Beyond the Pines, Nocturnal Animals, Suite Française, Uncut Gems.

In the top there are new films of 2023, a plot description and trailers for films that have already been released.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA, France
Duration02:00

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris and, to find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and a defiant, mysterious waif who knows more than she tells.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrethriller, crime, detective
CountryUSA, Spain, Hungary, Serbia
Duration01:50

A fictionalized account of the last days of Edgar Allan Poe's life, in which the poet is in pursuit of a serial killer whose murders mirror those in the writer's stories.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA, Japan
Duration02:27

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains one still submerged who is set to materialize and dominate all the others. Compelled to abduct three teenage girls led by the willful, observant Casey, Kevin reaches a war for survival among all of those contained within him — as well as everyone around him — as the walls between his compartments shatter apart.

Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Mexico, Canada

An ambitious young carny with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychiatrist who is even more dangerous than he is.

Markimdb: 7
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:56

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst to Earl, he's just signed on as a drug courier for a Mexican cartel. He does so well that his cargo increases exponentially, and Earl hit the radar of hard-charging DEA agent Colin Bates.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, drama, biography, history
CountryUSA, United Kingdom, India

What was supposed to be a peaceful protest turned into a violent clash with the police. What followed was one of the most notorious trials in history.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrethriller, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration02:20

    A motorcycle stunt rider considers committing a crime in order to provide for his wife and child, an act that puts him on a collision course with a cop-turned-politician.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:32

      Susan Morrow receives a book manuscript from her ex-husband – a man she left 20 years earlier – asking for her opinion of his writing. As she reads, she is drawn into the fictional life of Tony Hastings, a mathematics professor whose family vacation turns violent.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military
      CountryUnited Kingdom, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
      Duration01:47

      France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their small town, soon followed by a regiment of German soldiers who take up residence in the villagers' own homes. Lucile initially tries to ignore Bruno von Falk, the handsome and refined German officer staying with them. But soon, a powerful love draws them together and leads them into the tragedy of war.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA

      A charismatic New York City jeweler always on the lookout for the next big score makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime. Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
      Duration02:00

      As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian ambassador.

      Markimdb: 7.8
      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:14

        The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genreaction, thriller, melodrama, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration02:13

          A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of a murder. Lara Brennan is arrested for murdering her boss with whom she had an argument. It seems she was seen leaving the scene of the crime and her fingerprints were on the murder weapon. Her husband, John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. And when the strain of being separated from her family, especially her son, gets to her, John decides to break her out. So he does a lot of research to find a way.

          Markimdb: 7.6
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountrySpain, USA
          Duration02:00

          A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

          Markimdb: 8.2
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:18

          World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by his troubling visions and also by a mysterious doctor.

          Markimdb: 6.3
          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective, military
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:48

            Sergeant John Tyree is home on a 2 week leave from Germany. He meets Savannah after he dives into the ocean to retrieve Savannah's purse that had fallen off the pier. John falls in love with Savannah who is a student on spring break helping build a house for Habitat for Humanity. A romance occurs and Savannah falls deeply in love with John. She promises to write John overseas until he returns.

            Markimdb: 6.7
            Genrethriller, detective
            CountryRussia, USA, United Kingdom, Cyprus

            Looking to investigate recruitment techniques of ISIS to lure women into Syria, Amy Whitaker, a journalist, creates a Facebook profile of a Muslim convert. When an ISIS recruiter contacts her online character, she experiences the process first hand.

            Markimdb: 7
            Genrethriller, drama, detective
            CountrySpain, United Kingdom, USA, France
            Duration01:35

            Paul is a U.S. truck driver working in Iraq. After an attack by a group of Iraqis he wakes to find he is buried alive inside a coffin. With only a lighter and a cell phone it's a race against time to escape this claustrophobic death trap.

            Markimdb: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:04

            Doug MacRay is a longtime thief, who, smarter than the rest of his crew, is looking for his chance to exit the game. When a bank job leads to the group kidnapping an attractive branch manager, he takes on the role of monitoring her – but their burgeoning relationship threatens to unveil the identities of Doug and his crew to the FBI Agent who is on their case.

            Markimdb: 6.5
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA, Germany, Saudi Arabia
            Duration01:41

            A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
            Duration02:10

              Set against the backdrop of the succession of Queen Elizabeth I, and the Essex Rebellion against her, the story advances the theory that it was in fact Edward De Vere, Earl of Oxford who penned Shakespeare's plays.

              Markimdb: 7.4
              Genrefantastic, thriller, drama
              CountryUSA, Mexico
              Duration01:45

              A paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret "smart drug" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself. His enhanced abilities soon attract shadowy forces that threaten his new life in this darkly comic and provocative film.

              Markimdb: 8
              Genrethriller, detective
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
              Duration02:18

              A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, detective
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:45

              New York detective Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a series of mysterious deaths in which the victims are found beheaded. But the locals believe the culprit to be none other than the ghost of the legendary Headless Horseman.

              Markimdb: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, adventure, biography
              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA, France
              Duration01:33

              The true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston's remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.

              Markimdb: 8.2
              Genrethriller, drama, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:10

              Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

              Markimdb: 7.7
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
              Duration01:50

              Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.

              Markimdb: 7.2
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, Germany
              Duration01:48

                A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

                Markimdb: 7.4
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:00

                A widescreen, Technicolor remake by Hitchcock of his 1934 film of the same title. A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
                Duration01:48

                Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

                Markimdb: 7.2
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Canada
                Duration01:35

                Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.

                Markimdb: 6.5
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:46

                The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can break the man. But despite his troubles, Wayland is a master of manipulation, and during the interrogation, he begins to turn the tables on the investigators, forcing them to reveal their own sinister sides.

                Markimdb: 8.1
                Genrethriller, drama, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:29

                  With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

                  Markimdb: 7.1
                  Genrethriller, drama, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:54

                  Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, Farrell is put in charge of the murder investigation. He begins to uncover shocking clues about the case, but when details of his encounter with Susan surface, he becomes a suspect as well.

                  Markimdb: 5.9
                  Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:41

                  Terry works for a bank, and uses computers to communicate with clients all over the world. One day she gets a strange message from an unknown source. The message is coded. After decoding the message, Terry becomes embroiled in an espionage ring. People are killed, and Terry is chased. Throughout she remains in contact with this unknown person, who needs Terry to help save his life.

                  Markimdb: 7.9
                  Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:24

                  A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

                  Markimdb: 7.6
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:05

                    This is the story of three gentle persons: Paul Rivers an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré, Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife, happily married and mother of two little girls, and Jack Jordan, an ex-convict who has found in his Christian faith the strength to raise a family. They will be brought together by a terrible accident that will change their lives. By the final frame, none of them will be the same as they will learn harsh truths about love, faith, courage, desire and guilt, and how chance can change our worlds irretrievably, forever.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:09

                    Bank robber Dalton Russell enters a Manhattan bank, locks the doors and takes hostages, working methodically and without haste. Detective Frazier is assigned to negotiate, but his mind is occupied with the corruption charges he is facing. With an army of police surrounding the bank, the thief, the cop and a high-profile 'fixer' enter high-stakes negotiations.

                    Markimdb: 7.3
                    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

                    A traumatized, alcoholic Dan Torrance meets Abra, a kid who also has the ability to "shine." He tries to protect her from the True Knot, a cult whose goal is to feed off of people like them in order to remain immortal. Doctor Sleep is a sequel to Stephen King's 1977 novel "The Shining". Doctor Sleep is set several decades after the events of the first "Shining".

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryDenmark, Finland, USA, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Norway
                    Duration02:58

                    A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth their effort, so Grace works hard under the employ of various townspeople to win their favor. Tensions flare, however, and Grace's status as a helpless outsider provokes vicious contempt and abuse from the citizens of Dogville.

                    Markimdb: 6.4
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:27

                    A young boy stays with his aunt and uncle, and befriends his cousin who's the same age. But his cousin begins showing increasing signs of psychotic behavior.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, military, history
                    CountryTaiwan, USA, Hong Kong, China
                    Duration02:37

                    During World War II a secret agent must seduce, then assassinate an official who works for the Japanese puppet government in Shanghai. Her mission becomes clouded when she finds herself falling in love with the man she is assigned to kill.

                    Markimdb: 6.7
                    Genrethriller, drama
                    CountryUSA, Japan
                    Duration01:50

                    A suburban family chooses seemingly sweet Peyton Flanders as their newborn's nanny. Only much later does the infant's mother, Claire Bartel, realize Peyton's true intentions -- to destroy Claire and replace her in the family. The nail-biting suspense builds quickly in this chilling psychological thriller about deception and bitter revenge.

                    Markimdb: 8
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:10

                    Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturale. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
                    Duration01:40

                    A Russian teenager, living in London, dies during childbirth but leaves clues to a midwife in her journal, that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA, Canada
                    Duration01:53

                    Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

                    Markimdb: 6.8
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:49

                    A very rich and successful playboy amuses himself by stealing artwork, but may have met his match in a seductive detective.

                    Markimdb: 8.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                    Duration02:31

                    To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

                    Markimdb: 7.6
                    Genrethriller, drama, history
                    CountryUSA, Germany, India
                    Duration02:39

                      During the Cold War, the Soviet Union captures U.S. pilot Francis Gary Powers after shooting down his U-2 spy plane. Sentenced to 10 years in prison, Powers' only hope is New York lawyer James Donovan, recruited by a CIA operative to negotiate his release. Donovan boards a plane to Berlin, hoping to win the young man's freedom through a prisoner exchange. If all goes well, the Russians would get Rudolf Abel, the convicted spy who Donovan defended in court.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genreaction, thriller
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration01:35

                        A soldier introduces himself to the Peterson family, claiming to be a friend of their son who died in action. After the young man is welcomed into their home, a series of accidental deaths seem to be connected to his presence.




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