Thriller movies about islands

List of the best island thriller movies selected by visitors to our site: Blood Diamond, Interview, Trance, Deliverance, Fight Club, Identity, Double Jeopardy, Kiss the Girls, The Game, Fargo.

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

Markimdb: 8
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA, Germany
Duration02:23

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler. A Mende fisherman. Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman's son conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed countrywide.

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: 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: 7.7
Genrethriller, drama, adventure
CountryUSA
Duration01:49

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

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: 7.3
Genrethriller, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:31

    Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
    Duration01:45

    A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
    Duration01:56

    Forensic psychologist Alex Cross travels to North Carolina and teams with escaped kidnap victim Kate McTiernan to hunt down "Casanova," a serial killer who abducts strong-willed women and forces them to submit to his demands. The trail leads to Los Angeles, where the duo discovers that the psychopath may not be working alone.

    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: 8.1
    Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration01:38

    Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to be a snap and nobody's going to get hurt... until people start dying. Enter Police Chief Marge, a coffee-drinking, parka-wearing - and extremely pregnant - investigator who'll stop at nothing to get her man. And if you think her small-time investigative skills will give the crooks a run for their ransom... you betcha!

    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: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:51

    Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

    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: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration01:47

    During a mysterious thunderstorm, Vera, a young mother, manages to save a life in danger, but her good deed causes a disturbing chain of unexpected consequences.

    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: 8.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:53

    A mentally unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a night-time taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge for violent action, attempting to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process.

    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: 6.9
      Genreaction, thriller, crime, detective
      CountrySouth Korea
      Duration01:22

      In Cheonan, a serial murder case takes place, but the case becomes more and more of a mystery. Only Tae-suk, a cop, immediately senses that all the cases are by the same killer and starts investigation. One day, Dong-soo, a gang boss, got attacked by a suspicious man, and Tae-suk realizes that this man is the serial killer, K. Now, Dong-soo becomes the only witness and a survived victim from K.

      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: 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: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, biography
      CountryUSA, Italy
      Duration02:10

      The real-life struggle of an honest New York City cop against a corrupt system.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama, crime, history
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:57

      Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent, student at M.I.T. in Boston who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine with the desire to become a doctor, Ben learns that he cannot afford the $300,000 for the four to five years of schooling as he comes from a poor, working-class background. But one evening, Ben is introduced by his unorthodox math professor Micky Rosa into a small but secretive club of five. Students Jill, Choi, Kianna, and Fisher, who are being trained by Professor Rosa of the skill of card counting at blackjack.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUSA, France
      Duration02:27

        After a car wreck on the winding Mulholland Drive renders a woman amnesic, she and a perky Hollywood-hopeful search for clues and answers across Los Angeles in a twisting venture beyond dreams and reality.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, comedy, crime
        CountryRepublic of Ireland
        Duration01:36

        Two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang - one, an unorthodox Irish policeman and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent. Sergeant Gerry Boyle is an eccentric small-town cop with a confrontational and crass personality and a subversive sense of humor. A longtime policeman in County Galway, Boyle is a maverick with his own moral code. He has seen enough of the world to know there isn't much to it and has had plenty of time to think about it. When a fellow police officer disappears and Boyle's small town becomes key to a large drug trafficking investigation, he is forced to at least feign interest when dealing with the humorless FBI agent Wendell Everett assigned to the case.

        Markimdb: 7.3
        Genrethriller, comedy, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:56

        A phobic con artist and his protege are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the con artist's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly.

        Markimdb: 7.1
        Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
        CountryUSA, Germany
        Duration01:42

        A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.

        Markimdb: 7
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA, United Kingdom
        Duration01:35

        Four Harlem friends -- Bishop, Q, Steel and Raheem -- dabble in petty crime, but they decide to go big by knocking off a convenience store. Bishop, the magnetic leader of the group, has the gun. But Q has different aspirations. He wants to be a DJ and happens to have a gig the night of the robbery. Unfortunately for him, Bishop isn't willing to take no for answer in a game where everything's for keeps.

        Markimdb: 7.5
        Genrethriller, drama, crime
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:30

        A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

        Markimdb: 6.5
        Genrethriller, crime, detective
        CountrySouth Korea
        Duration01:48

        While investigating the kidnapping and murder of a little girl, a detective spots a piece of graffiti that depicts the crime scene perfectly—but the graffiti was drawn a month before the crime took place, and that the artist knows more than he is telling.

        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
          Genrethriller, drama, crime
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:35

          When a promised job for Texan Michael fails to materialise in Wyoming, Mike is mistaken by Wayne to be the hitman he hired to kill his unfaithful wife, Suzanne. Mike takes full advantage of the situation, collects the money and runs. During his getaway, things go wrong, and soon get worse when he runs into the real hitman, Lyle.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:59

          A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.

          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: 8
          Genrethriller, detective
          CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
          Duration02:18

          A mystery novelist devises an insurance scam with his wife’s lover – but things aren’t exactly as they seem.

          Markimdb: 7.3
          Genrethriller, drama, military, history
          CountryGermany, France, Poland, China, Portugal
          Duration01:51

          Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.

          Markimdb: 7.2
          Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective
          CountryUSA, Canada
          Duration01:26

          Tells the seemingly random yet vitally connected story of a set of incidents that all converge one evening at 11:14pm. The story follows the chain of events of five different characters and five different storylines that all converge to tell the story of murder and deceit.

          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: 6.5
          Genrethriller, detective
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

            Mort Rainey, a writer just emerging from a painful divorce with his ex-wife, is stalked at his remote lake house by a psychotic stranger and would-be scribe who claims Rainey swiped his best story idea. But as Rainey endeavors to prove his innocence, he begins to question his own sanity.

            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: 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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