Classic thriller movies
# Psycho
Jahr: 1960 | Land: US
Regisseur: Alfred Hitchcock
Besetzung: Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin, Martin Balsam
Synopsis
When larcenous real estate clerk Marion Crane goes on the lam with a wad of cash and hopes of starting a new life, she ends up at the notorious Bates Motel, where manager Norman Bates cares for his housebound mother.
# Vertigo
Jahr: 1958 | Land: US
Regisseur: Alfred Hitchcock
Besetzung: James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes, Tom Helmore, Henry Jones
Synopsis
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
# North by Northwest
Jahr: 1959 | Land: US
Regisseur: Alfred Hitchcock
Besetzung: Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Synopsis
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
# Black Swan
Jahr: 2010 | Land: US
Regisseur: Darren Aronofsky
Besetzung: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
Synopsis
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica who zealously supports her daughter's professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy decides to replace prima ballerina Beth MacIntyre for the opening production of their new season, Swan Lake, Nina is his first choice.
# The Mist
Jahr: 2007 | Land: US
Regisseur: Frank Darabont
Besetzung: Thomas Jane, Laurie Holden, Toby Jones, Marcia Gay Harden, Andre Braugher
Synopsis
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other local residents. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten their lives, and worse, their sanity.
# Se7en
Jahr: 1995 | Land: United States of America
Regisseur: David Fincher
Besetzung: Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, John C. McGinley, Kevin Spacey
Synopsis
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one
# Saw
Jahr: 2004 | Land: US
Regisseur: James Wan
Besetzung: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Ken Leung
Synopsis
Two men wake up to find themselves shackled in a grimy, abandoned bathroom. As they struggle to comprehend their predicament, they discover a disturbing tape left behind by the sadistic mastermind known as Jigsaw. With a chilling voice and cryptic instructions, Jigsaw informs them that they must partake in a gruesome game in order to secure their freedom.
# The Sixth Sense
Jahr: 1999 | Land: US
Regisseur: M. Night Shyamalan
Besetzung: Bruce Willis, Haley Joel Osment, Toni Collette, Olivia Williams, Trevor Morgan
Synopsis
Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
# Mulholland Drive
Jahr: 2001 | Land: FR
Regisseur: David Lynch
Besetzung: Naomi Watts, Laura Harring, Justin Theroux, Ann Miller, Mark Pellegrino
Synopsis
Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.
# Rear Window
Jahr: 1954 | Land: US
Regisseur: Alfred Hitchcock
Besetzung: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr
Synopsis
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.