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Thrillers with an unexpected denouement are considered a favorite genre of many moviegoers. The creators of the tapes do not spare investments, therefore, at the end, the films become blockbusters due to the number of special effects and the leading actors. Usually at the box office, such genres do not pay off immediately, but after the first reviews, the audience readily goes to the cinemas.
If you look at the statistics of world cinema, then there will definitely be several thrillers in the top ten. Every year, a lot of high-quality tapes of this genre are released on the screens.
Here are the top 10 highly rated thrillers: a list of the best films of 2019 – good pictures for the evening.
10 Solstice 6,7
The tense filmSolstice“From director Ari Astaire, it can scare an unprepared viewer with an abundance of bloody scenes. In the story, a married couple accepts an invitation to visit their friends in a small village in Sweden. But upon arrival, they fall into a certain sect, whose members perform terrifying rites.
There is a lot of psychologism in the tape – the main characters are experiencing a crisis in relationships due to a recent family tragedy and general “fatigue” from each other. On the trip, they hope to “reboot” their marriage, but find themselves in the epicenter of horror.
The director skillfully combines sun-drenched landscapes and images of detailed sacrifices in his work. At the same time, there is room for a mystical component in the tape.
9. Beautiful, bad, evil 6,7
Zac Efron, who previously played only heroes-lovers, decided to diversify his role in the most decisive way and played the main role in the film “Beautiful, bad, evil“. The tape paid attention to one of the most “high-profile” trials in US history, which was even covered on TV – the case of serial killer Ted Bundy.
In the film “Beautiful, Bad, Evil” the maniac’s biography begins from the moment he met his future wife Elizabeth. The best law student Ted takes care of the girl and helps her raise a small child. But in a nearby town, mysterious murders of girls are taking place, and, according to some signs, the police go to Bundy and put him under surveillance.
Critics praised the game of Efron and his partner – Lily Collins – who were able to charm the audience with their ambiguous characters.
8. I’m going to look for 6,8
The film surprises with unexpected plot twists. The bride’s first wedding night suddenly turns into a competition for her life. And it’s all about the strange family of her husband and their eccentric games.
According to tradition, people from the outside must pass certain tests in order to enter the clan. Its meaning lies in deadly hide and seek: if armed relatives find the heroine, she will die. Only the husband, who dreams of getting rid of the terrible ritual, sympathizes a little with the girl.
«I go looking“quickly headed the box office, collecting a large box office. The creators positioned it as a thriller, equally possessing elements of horror and comedy. An unusual combination of genres and persistent advertising provided him with a high rating.
7. Chasing Bonnie and Clyde 6,9
The tape about the most romanticized criminals of the twentieth century was bound to become popular. Moreover, director John Lee Hancock decided to show their story from the point of view of a couple of policemen hunting for a couple. The result is a solid western, generously sponsored by the Netflix platform.
For the main roles, the filmmakers invited the “star” cast – cops are played by Kevin Costner and Woody Harrelson. The rich dramatic experience of the actors allowed them to reveal the plot without an abundance of action and special effects, but only through logic and deduction.
It is curious that the criminal couple themselves are not shown to the viewer for most of the film, as if on purpose, allowing him to draw up a portrait of the bandits according to their actions. The authenticity of the events described in the thriller is supported by real photographs.
To the main disadvantages of the tape “Chasing Bonnie and Clyde” can be attributed to some lengthiness of the meditative narrative and a large timing – a full 2 hours.
6. Roll into asphalt 7,0
Mel Gibson had not acted in films for a long time until this year, so “Roll into asphaltworth a watch, if only for the sake of respect for the legendary action hero of the 90s. The actor and his co-star play policemen who have been suspended for being too cruel to detainees. Wanting to earn extra money, former cops decide to apply their knowledge in criminal practice.
In the running time of 2 and a half hours, the director packed both a psychological drama, a procedural detective story, and a tense thriller. Questions cause only scenes of violence, which are inscribed in the tape with particular frankness.
5. Drug courier 7,1
Another long-awaited acting return is the title role in “drug courierperformed by Clint Eastwood. From the title credits, the viewer is informed that the tape is based on real events in the life of an 80-year-old former war veteran who, at an advanced age, becomes a courier for the Mexican cartel.
The main thing in the film is not so much the tension of the thriller as the psychologism and personal drama of the hero and how difficult it is for him to fit into today’s reality. 88-year-old Eastwood also acted in the project and directed.
4. 7,1 factory
Russian film “Plant“from Yuri Bykov deservedly takes the line in the list of the highest grossing thrillers. After the film “Fool” Bykov gained fame as an honest and high-quality director, and his new creation only confirms this.
As usual, the plot has a powerful social connotation – a local oligarch decides to close his factory, where workers have been sitting without pay for many months. Six of them decided to rectify the situation and take the director hostage, get a ransom and run away. But they will have to face armed private security companies.
The tape perfectly keeps pace during the entire story, and well-known actors in the lead roles made the characters multifaceted and complex.
A powerful psychological thriller of the Italian-German production raises difficult topics. The main character has some mental problems that his aunt cultivates in him. From an early age, the boy gravitates towards drawing, and in his paintings he reflects the questions that torment him.
Aunt falls on the operating table and dies. The matured hero meets a girl whom he marries. It turns out that her father is the same doctor who once killed her aunt.
Despite the fact that the filmWork without authorship” was also created on real events, the prototype of the hero refused to agree to a biopic, so the biopic turned out to be fictitious with a large share of the author’s imagination.
2. Hotel Mumbai: Confrontation 7,7
The thriller shows the events of 2008, when terrorists carried out several bombings in Mumbai. In the center of the plot are ordinary people who are accidentally unlucky enough to be at the epicenter of events. The acting is so skillful that it simply cannot help touching the film – the script “plays” mercilessly with the emotions of the audience.
The director was not afraid to show scenes with an abundance of blood – they did not turn the film “Hotel Mumbai: Confrontation”into a violent action movie, but they added credibility to it.
1. Joker 8,3
«Jokeris destined to become perhaps the most controversial film of this year. The high expectation rating of the tape provided it with a record box office – the audience stormed the cinemas, in the dream of assessing how Joaquin Phoenix coped with the role of the villain. Prior to this, the film had already been shown to critics at the film festival, where he received a flurry of applause.
Phoenix’s hero, Arthur Fleck, mirrors the “abnormalities” of the society around him. The thriller raises deep psychological problems, turning at times into a sharp social drama.