Thriller films about space exploration

List of the best thriller films about space exploration according to the audience: Sleuth, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, A Thursday, The Place, ...And Justice for All, Primal Fear, Gossip, If These Walls Could Talk, Red Ghost, Monster.

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, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:28

On his sprawling country estate, an aging writer matches wits with the struggling actor who has stolen his wife's heart.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, comedy, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

    A petty thief posing as an actor is brought to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation along with his high school dream girl and a detective who's been training him for his upcoming role...

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrethriller, drama
    CountryIndia

    When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrethriller, drama, detective
    CountryItaly
    Duration01:37

    The fates of an apparently random group of strangers who each come into contact with a mysterious figure who they believe possesses the power to grant any wish, in return for which they must carry out a task he assigns them.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    An ethical Baltimore defense lawyer disgusted with rampant legal corruption is asked to defend a judge he despises in a rape trial. But if he doesn't do it, the judge will have him disbarred.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:10

    An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a 3rd person in the room. The intensity builds when a surprise twist alters everyone's perception of the crime.

    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: 7
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:35

    Three stories portray women coping with unplanned pregnancies in various social climates, the 1950s, 1970s and 1990s. In 1952 the newly widowed nurse Clare goes and sees a back-street abortionist in order to put an end to her pregnancy. After giving birth to three children, Barbara at last has the realistic hope of finding a job again, but then a new pregnancy thwarts her plans. In 1974 abortion is already legal; however, this fact does not make it any easier for Barbara to take the right decision. In 1996 Christine, a student, consults an abortion clinic to get information on abortion. While doing this, she is being harassed by militant anti-abortionists.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrethriller, military, history
    CountryRussia

    December 30, 1941. Vyazma ('Vyazemsky cauldron') is a small detachment of Soviet soldiers, by fatal coincidence, in an unequal battle with a special unit of the Wehrmacht. However, none of them think about giving up. Each of them was ready to sacrifice his life in order to protect his native land. None of these brave people was born a hero. The myth of the red ghost is a heroic deed without a soldier's Soviet soldier in the Great Patriotic War who instilled in the animals, deadly fear of German soldiers. In place of one of the dead hero was inserted another, and the born myth of the invincible Soviet soldier. The film 'The Red Ghost' is about the hope that each soldier will have.

    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: 8.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama
    CountryArgentina, Spain, France, United Kingdom
    Duration02:02

    Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genreaction, thriller, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:08

    A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.

    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: 6.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:58

      Rookie cop, Amelia Donaghy reluctantly teams with Lincoln Rhyme – formerly the department's top homicide detective but now paralyzed as a result of a spinal injury – to catch a grisly serial killer dubbed 'The Bone Collector'. The murderer's special signature is to leave tantalizing clues based on the grim remains of his crimes.

      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: 7.3
      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: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:34

      Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...

      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: 7.8
      Genrethriller, drama, biography
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      A rescue mission is assembled in Thailand where a group of young boys and their soccer coach are trapped in a system of underground caves that are flooding.

      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: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:48

      After a flight back home, Sam Hendrix returns with a doll he innocently acquired along the way. As it turns out, the doll is actually stuffed with heroin, and a group of criminals led by the ruthless Roat has followed Hendrix back to his place to retrieve it. When Hendrix leaves for business, the crooks make their move -- and find his blind wife, Susy, alone in the apartment. Soon, a life-threatening game begins between Susy and the thugs.

      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: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountryGermany, USA, Mexico
      Duration02:00

      A Texas cop (Kevin Kline), whose own daughter might have been forced into sexual slavery, joins forces with a Mexican youth (Cesar Ramos) to find the boy's sister, who was abducted and forced into prostitution. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian woman who was promised a better life in America also becomes a victim.

      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: 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: 6.2
        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
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:36

        While investigating a young nun's rape, a corrupt New York City police detective, with a serious drug and gambling addiction, tries to change his ways and find forgiveness.

        Markimdb: 7.9
        Genrethriller, drama, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:18

        In the run-up to the 1972 elections, Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward covers what seems to be a minor break-in at the Democratic Party National headquarters. He is surprised to find top lawyers already on the defense case, and the discovery of names and addresses of Republican fund organizers on the accused further arouses his suspicions. The editor of the Post is prepared to run with the story and assigns Woodward and Carl Bernstein to it. They find the trail leading higher and higher in the Republican Party, and eventually into the White House itself.

        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: 6.7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, France
        Duration01:59

        When Bobby's car breaks down in the desert while on the run from some of the bookies who have already taken two of his fingers, he becomes trapped in the nearby small town where the people are stranger than anyone he's encountered. After becoming involved with a young married woman, her husband hires Bobby to kill her. Later, she hires Bobby to kill the husband.

        Markimdb: 6.9
        Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
        CountryUnited Kingdom, France
        Duration01:41

        A violent gang enlists the help of a hypnotherapist in an attempt to locate a painting which somehow vanished in the middle of a heist.

        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: 7.3
        Genrethriller, drama, history
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:20

        Dramatisation of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missle bases established on the Soviet allied island of Cuba. Shown from the perspective of the US President, John F Kennedy, his staff and advisors.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:24

        A hotshot lawyer gets more than he bargained for when he learns his new boss is Lucifer himself.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration02:03

        A small, seemingly innocuous plastic reel of film leads surveillance specialist Tom Welles down an increasingly dark and frightening path. With the help of the streetwise Max, he relentlessly follows a bizarre trail of evidence to determine the fate of a complete stranger. As his work turns into obsession, he drifts farther and farther away from his wife, family and simple life as a small-town PI.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountrySouth Korea

        LEE Kang-hee, an editorialist of the influential conservative newspaper puts a congressman, JANG Pil-woo to the position of a leading candidate for President using the power of the press. Behind this, there was his secret deal with the paper’s biggest sponsor. AHN Sang-goo, a political henchman who supported LEE and JANG gets his hand cut as the price when he gets caught pocketing the record on the sponsor’s slush fund. WOO Jang-hoon, an ambitious prosecutor starts to investigate the relationship with JANG and the sponsor believing it is the only chance he can make it to the top. While getting down to the grass roots on the case, WOO meets AHN who has been deliberately planning his revenge. Now the war among the one blind for power, the one hell bent for vengeance, and the one eager for success starts.

        Markimdb: 8.1
        Genrethriller, drama, western, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

          Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

          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: 7.2
            Genreaction, thriller, crime
            CountrySouth Korea
            Duration01:51

            On the way to his mother’s funeral, a detective accidentally hits a person with his car. He takes the body with him and puts it into his mother’s coffin. The moment he feels relieved, he receives a call. This caller insists that he saw the detective’s hit-and-run, but instead of asking for money, he wants to know about the body’s whereabouts, leading to a do-or-die showdown of the witness and detective.

            Markimdb: 7.2
            Genrethriller, comedy, crime
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:43

            A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

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