San Francisco thriller Movies

List of the best thriller films about San Francisco according to the audience: The Grey, Buried, 127 Hours, Unstoppable, The Words, Nocturnal Animals, Limitless, The Mule, The Town, Shutter Island.

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

Markimdb: 6.8
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:57

    An oil drilling team struggles to survive after a plane crash strands them in the wilds of Alaska. Hunting them is a pack of wolves that sees them as intruders.

    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, 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: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:34

    A runaway train, transporting deadly, toxic chemicals, is barreling down on Stanton, Pennsylvania, and only two men can stop it: a veteran engineer and a young conductor. Thousands of lives hang in the balance as these ordinary heroes attempt to chase down one million tons of hurtling steel and prevent an epic disaster.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:43

      The Words follows young writer Rory Jansen who finally achieves long sought after literary success after publishing the next great American novel. There's only one catch - he didn't write it. As the past comes back to haunt him and his literary star continues to rise, Jansen is forced to confront the steep price that must be paid for stealing another man's work, and for placing ambition and success above life's most fundamental three words.

      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: 7.4
        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: 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: 7.5
        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: 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: 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
        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: 7.8
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:53

          Surveillance expert Harry Caul is hired by a mysterious client's brusque aide to tail a young couple. Tracking the pair through San Francisco's Union Square, Caul and his associate Stan manage to record a cryptic conversation between them. Tormented by memories of a previous case that ended badly, Caul becomes obsessed with the resulting tape, trying to determine if the couple are in danger.

          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: 6.6
          Genrethriller, drama, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:03

          An agoraphobic psychologist and a female detective must work together to take down a serial killer who copies serial killers from the past.

          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: 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: 6.7
            Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:55

              A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her.

              Markimdb: 7.1
              Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:03

              Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

              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: 7.8
              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: 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: 7.1
                  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: 7.3
                  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.

                  Markimdb: 6.9
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA

                  Based on the true story of the events that led to the death of Kenneth Chamberlain Sr., an elderly African American veteran with bipolar disorder, who was killed during a conflict with police officers who were dispatched to check on him.

                  Markimdb: 7.9
                  Genrethriller, comedy, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:58

                  Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married; but when he makes a quick trip home to tell his two maiden aunts, he finds out his aunts' hobby - killing lonely old men and burying them in the cellar!

                  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: 7.3
                    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: 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: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:10

                    Marnie is a beautiful kleptomaniac who is in love with businessman Mark Rutland. Marnie who is a compulsive thief is being watched by her new boss Mark who suspects her of stealing from him and thus decides to blackmail her in the most unusual way. A psychological thriller from Alfred Hitchcock based on a novel of the same name by Winston Graham.

                    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: 5.9
                      Genrethriller, drama
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:04

                      Barr is a psychiatrist who falls in love with the sister of one of his clients. She's beautiful and married to a gangster. She hates her husband but is unable to escape from him.

                      Markimdb: 7
                      Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
                      CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
                      Duration01:53

                      Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

                      Markimdb: 6.6
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:48

                      When teen-socialite Kelly Van Ryan and troubled bad girl Suzie Toller accuse guidance counselor Sam Lombardo of rape, he's suspended by the school, rejected by the town, and fighting to get his life back. One cop suspects conspiracy, but nothing is what it seems...

                      Markimdb: 6.4
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:25

                      Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthless and finally senator Madison starts a campaign to find the truth about the alleged connections with the Mob.

                      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
                        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: 6.3
                        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: 8.2
                          Genrethriller, drama, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:28

                          Initially, "Mulholland Dr." was to mark David Lynch's return to television. It is a retooling of a script originally shot as a 94-minute pilot for a TV series (co-written with TV screenwriter Joyce Eliason) for the channel ABC, which had approved the script, but chose not even to air the pilot once it was done in 1999, despite Lynch's labours to cut the project to their liking. It was left in limbo until 18 month later French company Studio Canal Plus (also producer of 'The Straight Story') agreed to pay ABC $7 million for the pilot, and budget a few million more to turn the pilot into a two-hour, 27-minute movie. The cost of the film doubled to $14 million as sets had to be reconstructed and actors recalled.

                          Markimdb: 7.7
                          Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:01

                          Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

                          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: 6.9
                          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: 6.3
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:55

                          A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military 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?

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom, France
                            Duration02:07

                            Handsome, unflappable U.S. Congressman Stephen Collins is the future of his political party: an honorable appointee who serves as the chairman of a committee overseeing defense spending. All eyes are upon the rising star to be his party's contender for the upcoming presidential race. Until his research assistant/mistress is brutally murdered and buried secrets come tumbling out.

                            Markimdb: 6.4
                            Genreaction, thriller, crime
                            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                            Duration01:42

                            Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

                            Markimdb: 6.7
                            Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
                            CountryFrance, Spain, USA
                            Duration02:13

                            An all-expenses-paid international search for a rare copy of the book, 'The Nine Gates of the Shadow Kingdom' brings an unscrupulous book dealer deep into a world of murder, double-dealing and satanic worship.

                            Markimdb: 7.1
                            Genrethriller, drama, adventure, history
                            CountryUSA, Canada
                            Duration02:01

                            The amazing, true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.

                            Markimdb: 7.6
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration01:39

                            The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

                            Markimdb: 7.9
                            Genrethriller, drama, detective
                            CountryUSA, France
                            Duration02:27

                              After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.




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