Thriller films about silence

List of the best thriller films about silence according to the audience: Marathon Man, The Negotiator, Munich, Arlington Road, Valkyrie, I Saw the Devil, A Few Good Men, Memento, Basic Instinct, Zhit.

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

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.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
CountryGermany, USA
Duration02:14

The police try to arrest expert hostage negotiator Danny Roman, who insists he's being framed for his partner's murder in what he believes is an elaborate conspiracy. Thinking there's evidence in the Internal Affairs offices that might clear him, he takes everyone in the office hostage and demands that another well-known negotiator be brought in to handle the situation and secretly investigate the conspiracy.

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: 7.2
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: 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: 7.8
    Genreaction, thriller, crime
    CountrySouth Korea
    Duration02:21

      Kyung-chul is a dangerous psychopath who kills for pleasure. He has committed infernal serial murders in diabolic ways that one cannot even imagine and his victims range from young women to even children. The police have chased him for a long time, but were unable to catch him. One day, Joo-yeon, daughter of a retired police chief becomes his prey and is found dead in a horrific state. Her fiance Soo-hyun, a top secret agent, decides to track down the murderer himself. He promises himself that he will do everything in his power to take bloody vengeance against the killer, even if it means that he must become a monster himself to get this monstrous and inhumane killer.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:18

      When cocky military lawyer Lt. Daniel Kaffee and his co-counsel, Lt. Cmdr. JoAnne Galloway, are assigned to a murder case, they uncover a hazing ritual that could implicate high-ranking officials such as shady Col. Nathan Jessep.

      Markimdb: 8.5
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:53

      Leonard Shelby is tracking down the man who raped and murdered his wife. The difficulty, however, of locating his wife's killer is compounded by the fact that he suffers from a rare, untreatable form of memory loss. Although he can recall details of life before his accident, Leonard cannot remember what happened fifteen minutes ago, where he's going, or why.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, Spain, USA, France
      Duration02:08

      A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryRussia
      Duration01:12

      Early autumn, godforsaken Russian countryside. A local hunter Michail witnesses a skirmish in the middle of the forest - three men want to kill the forth, Andrey. Kind-hearted Michail helps Andrey escape and together they run from the villains who chase them. Thus, two totally different men start a long and dangerous journey together, constantly arguing with each other regarding their ideology, morals and opinions about life. But life will put everything on its place and make the men understand who they really are.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      On a beautiful college campus, something ugly is about to be spread around. A bit of gossip that was told is starting to take a frightening turn. Who could it have offended and how far will the person on the other side of the gossip handle the embarrassing situation.

      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: 6.9
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:59

      A married man's one night stand comes back to haunt him when that lover begins to stalk him and his family.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:59

      Freddie is an inept bank clerk with no future. His only hobby is collecting butterflies, which gives him a feeling of power and control that is otherwise totally missing from his life. He comes into a large sum of money, and buys himself a country house. Still unable to make himself at ease socially, he starts to plan on acquiring a girl friend - in the same manner as he collects butterflies. He prepares the cellar of the house to be a collecting jar, and stalks his victim over several days.

      Markimdb: 8
      Genrethriller, drama, western
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

      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: 6.7
      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Germany, USA
      Duration02:04

        Connie is a wife and mother whose 11-year marriage to Edward has lost its sexual spark. When Connie literally runs into handsome book collector Paul, he sweeps her into an all-consuming affair. But Edward soon becomes suspicious and decides to confront the other man.

        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
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:14

        Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, whose career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.

        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: 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: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        A kidnapped boy strikes up a friendship with his captor: an escaped convict on the run from the law, headed by an honorable U.S. Marshal.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:08

        Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? Fourteen years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey, bibliophile Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

        Markimdb: 7.2
        Genrethriller, drama
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:10

        When Rudy Baylor, a young attorney with no clients, goes to work for a seedy ambulance chaser, he wants to help the parents of a terminally ill boy in their suit against an insurance company. But to take on corporate America, Rudy and a scrappy paralegal must open their own law firm.

        Markimdb: 8.2
        Genrethriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:10

        Private eye Jake Gittes lives off of the murky moral climate of sunbaked, pre-World War II Southern California. Hired by a beautiful socialite to investigate her husband's extra-marital affair, Gittes is swept into a maelstrom of double dealings and deadly deceits, uncovering a web of personal and political scandals that come crashing together.

        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: 7.2
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:48

          A husband is on trial for the attempted murder of his wife, in what is seemingly an open/shut case for the ambitious district attorney trying to put him away. However, there are surprises for both around every corner, and, as a suspenseful game of cat-and-mouse is played out, each must manipulate and outwit the other.

          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: 7.5
            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: 7.3
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountrySouth Korea
            Duration01:54

            A woman subject to mental, physical, and sexual abuse on a remote island seeks a way out.

            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
            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: 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: 7.9
            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: 7.5
            Genrethriller, drama, military
            CountryUSA
            Duration02:06

            Forced to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse in the chaos of war, an elite Army bomb squad unit must come together in a city where everyone is a potential enemy and every object could be a deadly bomb.

            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: 7.3
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
            CountryUSA, Germany
            Duration01:49

            Aileen Wuornos is an emotionally scarred highway hooker who shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrethriller, drama, crime
            CountryUSA, Canada
            Duration01:35

            Unable, due to the seal of the confessional, to be forthcoming with information that would serve to clear himself during a murder investigation, a priest becomes the prime suspect.

            Markimdb: 6.2
            Genrethriller, crime, detective
            CountryUSA, United Kingdom
            Duration01:49

            Recruited to assist Montreal police in their desperate search for a serial killer who assumes the identities of his victims, FBI profiler Illeana Scott knows it's only a matter of time before the killer strikes again. Her most promising lead is a museum employee who might be the killer's only eyewitness.

            Markimdb: 6.6
            Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
            CountryUnited Kingdom, Canada, USA
            Duration01:35

            A sociopathic kidnapper methodically pushes a desperate pair of parents to their absolute breaking point.

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