Movies thrillers about spaceships

List of the best thriller films about spaceships, selected by visitors to our site: Nefarious, Uncut Gems, Profile, The Ledge, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Suite Française, Sneaky Pete, Buried, Stonehearst Asylum, The Ides of March.

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

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, thriller
CountryUSA

On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

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: 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: 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: 7.5
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:52

    After her son Kevin commits a horrific act, troubled mother Eva reflects on her complicated relationship with her disturbed son as he grew from a toddler into a teenager.

    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: 8.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:59

    A con man on the run from a vicious gangster takes cover from his past by assuming the identity of his prison cellmate, Pete, “reuniting” with Pete’s estranged family, a colorful, dysfunctional group that threatens to drag him into a world just as dangerous as the one he’s trying to escape - and, just maybe, give him a taste of the loving family he’s never had.

    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: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:52

    A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:41

      Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      Depressed single mom Adele and her son Henry offer a wounded, fearsome man a ride. As police search town for the escaped convict, the mother and son gradually learn his true story as their options become increasingly limited.

      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: 7.8
      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: 7.6
        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: 8.1
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:33

            When Keller Dover's daughter and her friend go missing, he takes matters into his own hands as the police pursue multiple leads and the pressure mounts. But just how far will this desperate father go to protect his family?

            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: 7.5
            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: 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: 8.1
            Genrethriller, drama
            CountryCanada, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA
            Duration02:32

            Jack is a young boy of 5 years old who has lived all his life in one room. He believes everything within it are the only real things in the world. But what will happen when his Ma suddenly tells him that there are other things outside of Room?

            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
            CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
            Duration02:18

            Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA

            In Knockemstiff, Ohio and its neighboring backwoods, sinister characters converge around young Arvin Russell as he fights the evil forces that threaten him and his family.

            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: 6.6
              Genreaction, thriller, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:42

                An ex-cop turned con threatens to jump to his death from a Manhattan hotel rooftop. The NYPD dispatch a female police psychologist to talk him down. However, unbeknownst to the police on the scene, the suicide attempt is a cover for the biggest diamond heist ever pulled.

                Markimdb: 7.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:38

                The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

                Markimdb: 7.9
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:59

                Young Treasury Agent Elliot Ness arrives in Chicago and is determined to take down Al Capone, but it's not going to be easy because Capone has the police in his pocket. Ness meets Jimmy Malone, a veteran patrolman and probably the most honorable one on the force. He asks Malone to help him get Capone, but Malone warns him that if he goes after Capone, he is going to war.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                CountryUSA, Netherlands
                Duration01:38

                  The New York club scene of the 80s and 90s was a world like no other. Into this candy-colored, mirror ball playground stepped Michael Alig, a wannabe from nowhere special. Under the watchful eye of veteran club kid James St. James, Alig quickly rose to the top... and there was no place to go but down.

                  Markimdb: 7.3
                  Genrethriller, melodrama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:49

                  Corky, a tough female ex-convict working on an apartment renovation in a Chicago building, meets a couple living next door, Caesar, a paranoid mobster, and Violet, his seductive girlfriend, who is immediately attracted to her.

                  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: 6.9
                    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: 8
                      Genrethriller, drama, history
                      CountryUSA, France
                      Duration03:01

                      New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:59

                      A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

                      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: 8.4
                      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration02:24

                      Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.

                      Markimdb: 6.5
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:24

                      While undergoing heart surgery, a man experiences a phenomenon called ‘anesthetic awareness’, which leaves him awake but paralyzed throughout the operation. As various obstacles present themselves, his wife must make life-altering decisions while wrestling with her own personal drama.

                      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: 7.2
                      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA, Canada
                      Duration01:26

                      Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

                      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: 6.4
                        Genrethriller, adventure, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:51

                        While on a family vacation, rafting expert Gail takes on a pair of armed killers while navigating a spectacularly violent river.

                        Markimdb: 7.7
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:57

                        Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

                        Markimdb: 7.1
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:37

                        A convert to Islam sends the U.S. government a tape showing him in three nondescript storage rooms, each of which may contain a nuclear bomb set to detonate in less than a week. Helen Brody, an FBI agent in L.A., is tasked with finding the bombs while a CIA "consultant", known as H, interrogates the suspect who has allowed himself to be caught. The suspect, whose wife and children have left him and disappeared, seems to know exactly what the interrogation will entail. Even as H ratchets up the pressure, using torture over Brody's objection, the suspect doesn't crack. Should H do the unthinkable, and will Brody acquiesce? Is any Constitutional principle worth possible loss of life?

                        Markimdb: 6.5
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:35

                        Naomi Watts stars as Susan, a single mother of two, working as a waitress in a small town. Her son, Henry, is an 11-year-old genius who not only manages the family finances but acts as emotional support for his mother and younger brother. When Henry discovers that the girl next door has a terrible secret, he implores Susan to take matters into her own hands in this imaginative and emotional drama.

                        Markimdb: 7.8
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:58

                          When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.

                          Markimdb: 7.9
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA, Australia
                          Duration02:18

                          A story about friendship and loyalty, guilt and vengeance, and the fateful affect the past has on the present.

                          Markimdb: 6.8
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:44

                          Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.

                          Markimdb: 7.5
                          Genrethriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration02:39

                          After Dr. Bill Hartford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

                          Markimdb: 7.5
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA
                          Duration02:10

                          A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

                          Markimdb: 7.9
                          Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, France
                          Duration02:01

                          Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.

                          Markimdb: 7.4
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA
                          Duration02:19

                          Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.

                          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.




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