Thriller movies about snipers

List of the best thriller movies about snipers according to visitors: Phone Booth, The Negotiator, The Hurt Locker, Safe Haven, The Devil All the Time, Nightmare Alley, Captain Phillips, Stonehearst Asylum, Sneaky Pete, Nefarious.

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

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrethriller, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:21

A slick New York publicist who picks up a ringing receiver in a phone booth is told that if he hangs up, he'll be killed... and the little red light from a laser rifle sight is proof that the caller isn't kidding.

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, 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: 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: 7.1
    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.

    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: 7.8
    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: 6.8
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      A Harvard Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying staffing change.

      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: 6.3
      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: 7.4
      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: 6.7
      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: 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: 7.6
      Genrethriller, drama, crime
      CountrySpain, USA
      Duration02:00

      A brilliant plastic surgeon creates a synthetic skin that withstands any kind of damage. His guinea pig: a mysterious and volatile woman who holds the key to his obsession.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA, United Arab Emirates
      Duration02:18

      Commercial airline pilot Whip Whitaker has a problem with drugs and alcohol, though so far he's managed to complete his flights safely. His luck runs out when a disastrous mechanical malfunction sends his plane hurtling toward the ground. Whip pulls off a miraculous crash-landing that results in only six lives lost. Shaken to the core, Whip vows to get sober -- but when the crash investigation exposes his addiction, he finds himself in an even worse situation.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrethriller, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

        Disconnect interweaves multiple storylines about people searching for human connection in today’s wired world. Through poignant turns that are both harrowing and touching, the stories intersect with surprising twists that expose a shocking reality into our daily use of technology that mediates and defines our relationships and ultimately our lives.

        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: 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: 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: 7.1
          Genrethriller, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:41

            Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.

            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: 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: 7.1
              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: 7.3
              Genrethriller, drama, crime
              CountryUSA, France
              Duration02:02

              Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.

              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: 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: 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, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:44

                Kale is a 17-year-old placed under house arrest after punching his teacher. He is confined to his house, and decides to use his free time spying on his neighbors. Things start to get weird when guests enter the Turner's house and don't come back out. Kale and his friends, Ronnie and Ashley, start to grow more and more interested in what is actually happening within the house of Robert Turner.

                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: 7.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration02:38

                The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are built and destroyed by the endless trail of clues.

                Markimdb: 6.3
                Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
                CountryUSA
                Duration01:55

                A female attorney learns that her husband is really a marine officer awol for fifteen years and accused of murdering fifteen civilians in El Salvador. Believing her husband when he tells her that he's being framed as part of a U.S. Military cover-up, the attorney defends him in a military court.

                Markimdb: 7
                Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime, biography
                CountryUSA, Germany, Canada
                Duration01:53

                Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his TV career and trained to become a covert operative. Or so Barris said.

                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: 7.7
                Genrethriller, drama, crime
                CountryUSA, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany
                Duration01:50

                Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to get killed by an infamous assassin and come up with an idea of how to get out of his current dilemma. A film with many twists and turns.

                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: 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: 6.2
                  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: 7.7
                  Genrethriller, drama, crime
                  CountryUSA, Germany, Australia
                  Duration01:48

                  Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.

                  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: 7.1
                  Genrethriller, drama
                  CountryUSA
                  Duration01:32

                  A young writer is interrogated by a sadistic secret policeman. She is accused of embedding political messages in her children's stories. The entire movie takes place in one room, with only the two actors. The movie is set in an unidentified, modern police state.

                  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: 7.3
                    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, comedy, melodrama, drama, crime
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration02:04

                    A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?

                    Markimdb: 7.1
                    Genrethriller, drama, military, biography
                    CountryUnited Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, USA
                    Duration02:13

                    Michael Collins plays a crucial role in the establishment of the Irish Free State in the 1920s, but becomes vilified by those hoping to create a completely independent Irish republic.

                    Markimdb: 7.9
                    Genrethriller, comedy, melodrama, detective
                    CountryUSA
                    Duration01:53

                    After Regina Lampert falls for the dashing Peter Joshua on a skiing holiday in the French Alps, she discovers upon her return to Paris that her husband has been murdered. Soon, she and Peter are giving chase to three of her late husband's World War II cronies, Tex, Scobie and Gideon, who are after a quarter of a million dollars the quartet stole while behind enemy lines. But why does Peter keep changing his name?

                    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: 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: 7.4
                      Genrethriller, drama, crime
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
                      Duration01:53

                      David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate, and two of the locals rape Amy. This sexual assault awakes a shockingly violent side of David.

                      Markimdb: 6.7
                      Genrethriller, melodrama, drama
                      CountryUnited Kingdom, Spain, USA
                      Duration01:32

                      Young lovers in London are wrapped up in a love triangle that may not be exactly what it seems. Carmen, a beautiful Spanish woman with a tendency to lose her temper at the drop of a hat, is about to be married to Barnaby, a caring, wealthy, but slightly boring Englishman. While out with friends on her 'hen night' she encounters a stranger who suddenly sparks a passion that has been sleeping within her. As her wedding date approaches, she finds herself struggling to put this newcomer out of her mind, but his effect on her keeps growing stronger. What is it that he sees in her, and why does she feel like she's being pushed inevitably into his arms?

                      Markimdb: 8.4
                      Genrehorror, thriller, drama, detective
                      CountryUSA, United Kingdom
                      Duration02:24

                      Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.




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