Thriller films about exile

List of the best thriller films about exile according to the audience: The Book of Henry, An Officer and a Spy, Room, Prisoners, Doctor Sleep, The Grey, Uncut Gems, Suite Française, The Words, Argo.

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

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: 7.2
Genrethriller, drama, history
CountryFrance, Italy

In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.

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: 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: 7.3
    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: 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: 7.4
      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
      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
      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: 7.7
        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: 7.3
        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: 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: 7.8
            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: 6.8
              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: 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: 7.8
              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: 7.5
              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.

                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: 6.3
                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: 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: 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: 7.5
                    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: 6.3
                    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: 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: 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: 6.2
                        Genrethriller, drama
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:39

                        A young woman fakes her own death in an attempt to escape her nightmarish marriage, but discovers it is impossible to elude her controlling husband.

                        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: 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: 8.5
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA, Germany
                        Duration01:46

                        Held in an L.A. interrogation room, Verbal Kint attempts to convince the feds that a mythic crime lord, Keyser Soze, not only exists, but was also responsible for drawing him and his four partners into a multi-million dollar heist that ended with an explosion in San Pedro harbor – leaving few survivors. Verbal lures his interrogators with an incredible story of the crime lord's almost supernatural prowess.

                        Markimdb: 7.2
                        Genrethriller, drama
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:57

                        Threats from sinister foreign nationals aren't the only thing to fear. Bedraggled college professor Michael Faraday has been vexed (and increasingly paranoid) since his wife's accidental death in a botched FBI operation. But all that takes a backseat when a seemingly all-American couple set up house next door.

                        Markimdb: 8.8
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA, Germany
                        Duration02:11

                        A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

                        Markimdb: 7.2
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:52

                        A small-time hood must choose from among love, friendship and the chance to rise within the mob.

                        Markimdb: 8
                        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:20

                        Two young men strangle their "inferior" classmate, hide his body in their apartment, and invite his friends and family to a dinner party as a means to challenge the "perfection" of their crime.

                        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: 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
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:56

                          John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.

                          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: 7.8
                            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective, history
                            CountryUSA
                            Duration02:08

                            Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his, former Sheriff, partner.

                            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: 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: 6.8
                            Genrethriller, drama, music
                            CountryUSA, Canada, Netherlands
                            Duration01:20

                            After falling out with his editor, a fading political journalist is forced to interview America's most popular soap actress.

                            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: 7.4
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:44

                              A family man convicted of killing an intruder must cope with life afterward in the violent penal system.

                              Markimdb: 7.5
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
                              CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                              Duration02:01

                              Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle drugs out of Turkey. The Turkish courts decide to make an example of him, sentencing him to more than 30 years in prison. Hayes has two opportunities for release: the appeals made by his lawyer, his family, and the American government, or the "Midnight Express".

                              Markimdb: 6
                              Genrethriller, drama
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration01:24

                              A bickering couple drive fast through a downpour to catch the last ferry to their island retreat. In a flash, they recognize a crumpled body laying at the side of the road and after much argument they stop, only to find a young man battered and bruised. An offer of summoning the police firmly rejected, the two help the man as best they can although it certainly means missing the ferry... and so starts this thriller: a tale of twisted sexual attraction and ulterior motives.

                              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: 7.9
                              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: 7.9
                              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: 7.1
                              Genrethriller, drama, crime
                              CountryUSA
                              Duration02:02

                              A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.

                              Markimdb: 7.4
                              Genrethriller, crime
                              CountryUSA

                              A graduate student and obsessive runner in New York is drawn into a mysterious plot involving his brother, a member of the secretive Division.




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