Thriller films about first love

List of the best thriller films about first love, selected by visitors to our site: Fear, Limitless, The Raven, Safe Haven, Room, Split, We Need to Talk About Kevin, Argo, The Ledge, The Town.

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

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrethriller, drama
CountryUSA, Canada
Duration01:32

A 16 year old girl takes up with a charming young man who quickly shows his colors when he beats a friend simply for walking with her and then goes totally ballistic after she tries to break up with him.

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: 6.4
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: 6.7
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: 8.1
    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: 7.3
    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: 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: 7.7
      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: 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, 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: 8.1
      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: 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
        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: 7.1
        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
        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: 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.

            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: 7.6
            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: 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: 6.7
              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: 7.8
                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: 6.7
                  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, 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: 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: 6.6
                  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: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountrySpain, France, United Kingdom, USA
                  Duration01:37

                  The Machinist is the story of Trevor Reznik, a lathe-operator who is dying of insomnia. In a machine shop, occupational hazards are bad enough under normal circumstances; yet for Trevor the risks are compounded by fatigue. Trevor has lost the ability to sleep. This is no ordinary insomnia...

                  Markimdb: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:00

                  The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of criminals who have kidnapped her child.

                  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
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration02:00

                  A college dropout gets a job as a broker for a suburban investment firm, which puts him on the fast track to success, but the job might not be as legitimate as it sounds.

                  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: 6.8
                  Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Mexico, France

                  Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona, young Vanessa Lutz decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton. During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

                  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: 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
                  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: 7.8
                    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:49

                    Aspiring comic Rupert Pupkin attempts to achieve success in show business by stalking his idol, a late night talk-show host who craves his own privacy.

                    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: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, history
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, USA
                    Duration02:42

                    Titus Andronicus returns from the wars and sees his sons and daughters taken from him, one by one. Shakespeare's goriest and earliest tragedy.

                    Markimdb: 6.6
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, adventure
                    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                    Duration01:59

                    Twenty-something Richard travels to Thailand and finds himself in possession of a strange map. Rumours state that it leads to a solitary beach paradise, a tropical bliss - excited and intrigued, he sets out to find it.

                    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: 6.4
                    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:41

                    Walter Sparrow is an animal control officer that becomes obsessed with a mysterious book that seems to be based on his own life. As soon as he opens the book, he notices strange parallels between what he reads and what he's experienced. But now he's worried that a fictional murder might materialize.

                    Markimdb: 7
                    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:54

                    Matthew, a young advertising executive in Chicago, puts his life and a business trip to China on hold when he thinks he sees Lisa, the love of his life who left him without a word two years earlier, walking out of a restaurant one day.

                    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: 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: 7.6
                      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: 7.3
                        Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
                        CountryUSA
                        Duration01:34

                        Lionel Twain invites the world's five greatest detectives to a 'dinner and murder'. Included are a blind butler, a deaf-mute maid, screams, spinning rooms, secret passages, false identities and more plot turns and twists than are decently allowed.

                        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: 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: 6.7
                        Genrethriller, drama, military, history
                        CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Canada, USA
                        Duration02:18

                        When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.




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