Thriller films about engineers

List of the best thriller films about engineers according to the audience: Nightmare Alley, Unstoppable, The Skin I Live In, The Raven, The Book of Henry, The Ledge, Nocturnal Animals, Nefarious, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Safe Haven.

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

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: 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: 7.6
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: 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: 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: 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
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: 6.3
    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: 7.8
    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: 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: 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: 6.8
      Genreaction, thriller, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA
      Duration01:53

      An American biologist attending a conference in Berlin awakens from a coma after a car accident, only to discover that someone has taken his identity and that no one, not even his wife, believes him. With the help of an illegal immigrant and a former Stazi agent, he sets out to prove who he is and find out why people are trying to kill him.

      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: 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: 7.5
        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: 7.5
        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: 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, 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: 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: 6.9
            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: 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: 7.5
            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: 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: 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: 7.5
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:34

              Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan—with help from a bail bondsman—to keep the money for herself. Based on Elmore Leonard's novel “Rum Punch”.

              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: 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: 6.1
              Genrethriller, comedy, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:36

              When recently single Steven moves into his new apartment, cable guy Chip comes to hook him up -- and doesn't let go. Initially, Chip is just overzealous in his desire to be Steven's pal, but when Steven tries to end the "friendship," Chip shows his dark side. He begins stalking Steven, who's left to fend for himself because no one else can believe Chip's capable of such behavior.

              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, military, history
                CountryUSA, Germany, Italy, Spain, France, Japan, United Kingdom
                Duration02:01

                  Wounded in Africa during World War II, Nazi Col. Claus von Stauffenberg returns to his native Germany and joins the Resistance in a daring plan to create a shadow government and assassinate Adolf Hitler. When events unfold so that he becomes a central player, he finds himself tasked with both leading the coup and personally killing the Führer.

                  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: 8.3
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:53

                    A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, history
                    CountryFrance, Canada, USA
                    Duration02:44

                    During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack.

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

                    A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

                    Markimdb: 7.2
                    Genrethriller, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                    Duration01:58

                    Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen.

                    Markimdb: 7.5
                    Genrethriller, drama, crime
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, France, USA, Japan
                    Duration02:01

                    Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over $4 million in cash is discovered at the remote site of a downed small airplane. Their simple plan to retain the money while avoiding detection opens a Pandora's box when the fear of getting caught triggers panicked behavior and leads to virulent consequences

                    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
                    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: 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.

                      Markimdb: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration01:47

                        Trapped in their New York brownstone's panic room, a hidden chamber built as a sanctuary in the event of break-ins, newly divorced Meg Altman and her young daughter Sarah play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with three intruders - Burnham, Raoul and Junior - during a brutal home invasion. But the room itself is the focal point because what the intruders really want is inside it.

                        Markimdb: 7
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:33

                        When his SUV breaks down on a remote Southwestern road, Jeff Taylor lets his wife, Amy, hitch a ride with a trucker to get help. When she doesn't return, Jeff fixes his SUV and tracks down the trucker -- who tells the police he's never seen Amy. Johnathan Mostow's tense thriller then follows Jeff's desperate search for his wife, which eventually uncovers a small town's murderous secret.

                        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: 7.7
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:55

                        Set in 1929, a political boss and his advisor have a parting of the ways when they both fall for the same woman.

                        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: 7.1
                        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: 8.6
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration02:07

                        Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partner, Mills, scoffs at his efforts to unravel the case.

                        Markimdb: 6.8
                        Genrethriller, drama, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:35

                        Psychiatrist Sam Foster has a new patient, Henry Letham, who claims to be suicidal. In trying to diagnose him, Sam visits Henry's prior therapist and also finds Henry's mother -- even though Henry has said that he murdered both of his parents. As reality starts to contradict fact, Sam spirals into an unstable mental state. Then he finds a clue as to how and when Henry may try to kill himself, and races to try to stop him.

                        Markimdb: 7.1
                        Genrethriller, drama
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:32

                        A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.

                        Markimdb: 7.3
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:56

                        A psychological thriller about a man who is sometimes controlled by his murder-and-mayhem-loving alter ego.

                        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.




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