Thriller movies about brothers

List of the best thriller movies about brothers selected by visitors to our site: Trade, Unknown, Bad Times at the El Royale, The Prestige, Sneaky Pete, The Book of Henry, Safe Haven, The Town, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Dear John.

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

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: 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: 7.1
Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:03

Lake Tahoe, 1969. Seven strangers, each one with a secret to bury, meet at El Royale, a decadent motel with a dark past. In the course of a fateful night, everyone will have one last shot at redemption.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration02:05

    A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly consequences.

    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: 6.5
    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: 6.7
    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: 7.5
      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: 6.9
      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: 6.3
      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
        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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 7.7
              Genrethriller, drama, adventure, detective
              CountryUSA
              Duration02:09

              In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a coldhearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad -- a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nearly a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.

              Markimdb: 6.7
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:35

              Jordan Turner is an experienced 911 operator but when she makes an error in judgment and a call ends badly, Jordan is rattled and unsure if she can continue. But when teenager Casey Welson is abducted in the back of a man's car and calls 911, Jordan is the one called upon to use all of her experience, insights and quick thinking to help Casey escape, and not just to save her, but to make sure the man is brought to justice.

              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: 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
                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: 7.4
                  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.

                  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: 7.5
                  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: 6.4
                    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: 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: 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: 6.8
                    Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                    CountryGermany, USA
                    Duration01:50

                    Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

                    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: 7.5
                      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: 6.8
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA, Canada
                      Duration01:53

                      Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.

                      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: 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: 7.2
                      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.

                      Markimdb: 7.9
                      Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUSA
                      Duration02:24

                      A Puerto-Rican ex-con, just released from prison, pledges to stay away from drugs and violence despite the pressure around him and lead on to a better life outside of NYC.

                      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: 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: 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: 7.9
                          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: 6.1
                          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: 7.7
                          Genrethriller, drama, adventure
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration02:01

                          Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.

                          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: 6.4
                          Genreaction, thriller, crime
                          CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                          Duration01:42

                          Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning an ordinary day's work for dispatcher Walter Garber into a face-off with the mastermind behind the crime.

                          Markimdb: 8.5
                          Genrethriller, drama, crime
                          CountryUSA, Hong Kong
                          Duration02:31

                          To take down South Boston's Irish Mafia, the police send in one of their own to infiltrate the underworld, not realizing the syndicate has done likewise. While an undercover cop curries favor with the mob kingpin, a career criminal rises through the police ranks. But both sides soon discover there's a mole among them.

                          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: 6.6
                          Genrethriller, drama
                          CountryUSA
                          Duration01:54

                          After surviving a stabbing by a student, teacher Trevor Garfield moves from New York to Los Angeles. There, he resumes teaching as a substitute teacher. The education system, where violent bullies control the classrooms and the administration is afraid of lawsuits, slowly drives Garfield mad.

                          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: 6.6
                          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: 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: 7.2
                          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: 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.




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