2022 Movies : Thriller

With David Harbour • John Leguizamo • Beverly D'Angelo • Cam Gigandet • Kelly McCormick • Josh Miller • David Leitch • Alexis Louder • Annie Marter • Pat Casey • Edi Patterson • Alex Haskell

When a team of criminals breaks into a wealthy family’s mansion on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus (David Harbour) is on the grounds. And he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.

With Javier Botet • David Pareja • Oscar Martin

After a serious car accident (for which he’s responsible), David decides to care for his best friend Javi at a remote house. It doesn’t take long until the animosity insidiously builds between them. As the two of them begin arguing, the truth about their toxic, homicidal relationship bubbles to the surface, and madness soon takes hold. A journey to the heart of deep, dark, gothic Spain.

With Kellan Lutz • Nathan Scoggins • Stelio Savante • Cress Williams • Marcus Gladney Jr

Marshall Shepherd has spent five years living with the grief and loss of his wife, and the estrangement that has come from his son Samuel because he chose to forgive the man who killed her. But when Troy, the convict, returns to town, and Troy and Marshall begin an unlikely friendship, Samuel's rage is put to the test, while the town Sheriff investigates a murder that may be related.

With Will Smith • Antoine Fuqua • James Lassiter • Ben Foster • Joey McFarland • Steven Ogg • Todd Black • Grant Harvey • Mustafa Shakir • Heather Washington • Jabbar Lewis • Michael Luwoye • Aaron Moten • Jon Mone • Chris Brigham • Glen Basner • Jayson Warner Smith • William N. Collage • Gilbert Owuor • Scott Greenberg • Charmaine Bingwa • Ronnie Gene Bivens • Imani Pullum • Cliff Roberts

Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith, and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom. The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as “The Scourged Back,” which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.

With Robert De Niro • John Malkovich • Randall Emmett • Jack Huston • Willa Fitzgerald

Sheriff Church (Robert de Niro) and Detective Zeppelin strive to keep the peace in their rough town, where residents' only two interests are the church or oxycodone. Newly engaged Shelby John (Jack Huston) and Ruby Red want a fresh start. They decide to have a family together and get clean, with the support of Peter, Ruby's brother-in-law (John Malkovich). However Shelby discovers his beloved Ruby dead on their porch before she could fulfill her final wish: to be baptized in the river and washed away from her past sins. Filled with fiery rage, Shelby embarks on a vengeful killing spree to right all the wrong done to Ruby by every link in the drug dealing chain. Armed with nothing but adrenaline and a nail gun, Shelby picks off dealers and junkies one by one until he gets to the top. Sheriff Church and Detective Zeppelin must race against the clock to put an end to Shelby's vigilante justice before his fight with the crime lord Coyote (Quavo) turns the entire town into a bloodbath.

With Tilda Swinton • Joanna Hogg • Carly-Sophia Davies • Zinnia Davies-Cooke

An artist and her elderly mother confront long-buried secrets when they return to a former family home, now a hotel haunted by its mysterious past.

With Eric Newcombe • Marco Bazzi • Raphael Sikic • Sandy Mölling • Mark Vidano • Gladise Jimenez • Helen Udy

Confused and shocked, Jay has no idea why there is a dead body on the floor inside his house and the police have him surrounded. He turns to a detective and the help of a controversial psychiatrist to unlock the truth about the dark secrets of his family that lay buried inside his mind.

With Alex van Warmerdam • Jan Bijvoet • Tom Dewispelaere • Frieda Barnhard • Pierre Bokma • Hans Kesting • Anniek Pheifer

Günter was raised by foster parents after being found abandoned in the woods with no memory as a child. Years later, when a man approaches him on the street and whispers a strange word in his ear, he begins to experience visions from his fractured past that reveal a dark secret, threatening what he thinks he knows about his life and the very nature of his existence. 

With Simon Phillips • Anne-Carolyne Binette • Jamie Bailey • Marie Luciani-Grimaldi • Caylin Turner • Michael Kraetzer • Nicolas Onetti • Sayf Aram

A cheerleader is imprisoned and made to jump through social media challenges for a seemingly motivated kidnapper - but does he want more than he is saying? Things get more complicated when Kelly has to fight not only for her life, but also for lives of other young women.

With Eric Newcombe • Marco Bazzi • Raphael Sikic • Sandy Mölling • Mark Vidano • Gladise Jimenez • Helen Udy

Confused and shocked, Jay has no idea why there is a dead body on the floor inside his house and the police have him surrounded. He turns to a detective and the help of a controversial psychiatrist to unlock the truth about the dark secrets of his family that lay buried inside his mind.

With James Vanderbilt • Melissa Barrera • Karen Rosenfelt • Lori Evans Taylor • Paul Neinstein • Erik Athavale • William Sherak • Guy Burnet • Edie Inksetter • Kristen Harris • Kristen Sawatzky

After years of struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers (Barrera) is pregnant again and moving into a new home with her husband as they embrace a fresh start. Upon being ordered to mandatory bed rest, Julie begins to slowly unravel as she suffers through the monotony and anxiety of her new constraints. Soon, terrifying ghostly experiences in the home begin to close in on Julie, stirring up her past demons and causing others to question her mental stability. Trapped and forced to face her past, and the supernatural, Julie fights to protect herself and her unborn baby.

With Alex van Warmerdam • Jan Bijvoet • Tom Dewispelaere • Frieda Barnhard • Pierre Bokma • Hans Kesting • Anniek Pheifer

Günter was raised by foster parents after being found abandoned in the woods with no memory as a child. Years later, when a man approaches him on the street and whispers a strange word in his ear, he begins to experience visions from his fractured past that reveal a dark secret, threatening what he thinks he knows about his life and the very nature of his existence. 

With Will Smith • Antoine Fuqua • James Lassiter • Ben Foster • Joey McFarland • Steven Ogg • Todd Black • Grant Harvey • Mustafa Shakir • Heather Washington • Jabbar Lewis • Michael Luwoye • Aaron Moten • Jon Mone • Chris Brigham • Glen Basner • Jayson Warner Smith • William N. Collage • Gilbert Owuor • Scott Greenberg • Charmaine Bingwa • Ronnie Gene Bivens • Imani Pullum • Cliff Roberts

Emancipation tells the triumphant story of Peter (Smith), a man who escapes from slavery, relying on his wits, unwavering faith, and deep love for his family to evade cold-blooded hunters and the unforgiving swamps of Louisiana on his quest for freedom. The film is inspired by the 1863 photos of “Whipped Peter,” taken during a Union Army medical examination, that first appeared in Harper’s Weekly. One image, known as “The Scourged Back,” which shows Peter’s bare back mutilated by a whipping delivered by his enslavers, ultimately contributed to growing public opposition to slavery.

With Martin Renner • Matt Hicks • Ben Blakely • Zoê Helen Boyle • Ashton Brown • Drew Carter • Gina Coleman • Rhys Collier • Phoenix Cross • Saul Garland • Gareth Hastie

The Hash House Harriers ("a drinking club with a running problem") are on a 25th anniversary get-together when they accidentally cross paths with a beekeeper who also happens to be a serial killer in a crazy Kiwi horror-comedy that is part Animal House and part 80's slasher movie.

With John Malkovich • Martin Lawrence • Mauro Borrelli • Aiden Turner • Robert Knepper • Jacob Grodnik • Melissa Roxburgh • Reggie Keyohara III

In this spellbinding thriller, detectives Jake Doyle (Martin Lawrence) and Mary Kelly (Melissa Roxburgh) seek the help of an incarcerated serial killer named The Artist (John Malkovich) when a copycat killer strikes.

While Mary searches for clues in The Artist’s brilliant but twisted psyche, she and Jake are lured into a diabolical game of cat and mouse, racing against time to stay one step ahead of The Artist and his copycat.

With Janeane Garofalo • Anna Gunn • Linus Roache • Alison Star Locke

In The Apology, twenty years after the disappearance of her daughter, recovering alcoholic Darlene Hagen (Anna Gunn) is preparing to host her family’s Christmas celebration with her best friend Gretchen (Janeane Garofalo). Late Christmas Eve, Darlene’s estranged ex-brother-in-law, Jack (Linus Roache) arrives unannounced, bearing nostalgic gifts and a heavy secret. Soon, Darlene finds herself caught between reason and ruthless instinct. Trapped together by a dangerous storm, a battle of wits escalates to a violent game of revenge.

With Rich Sommer • Steph Barkley • Caroline Ward • Maria Olsen • Zoe Graham • Graham Skipper • Aaron B. Koontz • Shakira Ja’nai Paye • Jeremy King • Kelli Maroney • Barbara Bingham • Chelsea Grant • Byron Brown • Jemma Moore

When horror guru Rad Chad Buckley’s funeral turns into an elaborate series of death traps centered around Chad's favorite films, the guests must band together and use the rules of horror to survive the bloody game.

With Christian Bale • Gillian Anderson • Robert Duvall • Scott Cooper • Timothy Spall • Fred Hechinger • Toby Jones • Charlie Tahan • Harry Melling • Peter Chernin • Tyler Thompson • Simon McBurney • John Lesher • Charlotte Gainsbourg • Lucy Boynton • Hadley Robinson • Joey Brooks • Harry Lawtey • Brennan Keel Cook • Gideon Glick • Matt Helm • Steven Maier

West Point, 1830. In the early hours of a gray winter morning, a cadet is found dead. But after the body arrives at the morgue, tragedy becomes savagery when it’s discovered that the young man’s heart has been skillfully removed. Fearing irreparable damage to the fledgling military academy, its leaders turn to a local detective, Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), to solve the murder. Stymied by the cadets’ code of silence, Landor enlists the help of one of their own to pursue the case, an eccentric cadet with a disdain for the rigors of the military and a penchant for poetry — a young man named Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).

With Victor Vu • Cuong Seven • Tran Thi Nha Phuong • Ngoc Anh Vu • Doan Nhat Nam • Kay Nguyen

A man dying of a terminal illness receives an experimental medical treatment and soon discovers he has superhuman powers. But the origins of the treatment are intertwined in a dark history that becomes unraveled in his life.

With Anna Kendrick • Christina Piovesan • Alanna Francis • Kaniehtiio Horn • Noah Segal • Lindsay Tapscott • Charlie Carrick • Wumni Mosaku • Mary Nighy • Katie Bird Nolan • Sam Tipper-Hale

Anna Kendrick is Alice in this taut thriller about a woman pushed to the breaking point by her psychologically abusive boyfriend, Simon. While on vacation with two close girlfriends, Alice rediscovers the essence of herself and gains some much-needed perspective. Slowly, she starts to fray the cords of codependency that bind her. But Simon’s vengeance is as inevitable as it is shattering – and, once unleashed, it tests Alice’s strength, her courage, and the bonds of her deep-rooted friendships.