The Foreigner

(written by David Marconi, based on the novel "The Chinaman" by Stephen Leather)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, drama, mystery, film, action, thriller, film based on novel, Michael McElhatton, Katie Leung, Jackie Chan

Deadpool 2

(written by Ryan Reynolds, Rhett Reese, & Paul Wernick)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, fantasy, action, adventure, comedy, Josh Brolin, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, comics, Rob Delaney, Eddie Marsan, Zazie Beetz

Baby Driver

(written by Edgar Wright)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, film, Kevin Spacey, action, thriller, music, Ansel Elgort, Jon Hamm, Eiza González, CJ Jones, Lily James, Edgar Wright

Legion

(created by Noah Hawley)

Highly Recommended!  |  TV series, drama, sci-fi, action, thriller, Dan Stevens, Rachel Keller, Aubrey Plaza, Bill Irwin, Jean Smart, Jemaine Clement, Mackenzie Gray, David Ferry

Dunkirk

(written by Christopher Nolan)

Highly Recommended!  |  British, drama, film, action, thriller, Tom Hardy, historical, war, Fionn Whitehead, Damien Bonnard, Barry Keoghan, Mark Rylance, Jack Lowden, Aneurin Barnard, Tom Glynn-Carney, James Bloor

Logan

(written by James Mangold, Scott Frank, & Michael Green, based on the comic book "Old Man Logan" by Mark Millar & Steven McNiven)

Highly Recommended!  |  drama, sci-fi, film, action, thriller, Stephen Merchant, Hugh Jackman, film based on comic/graphic novel, James Mangold, Scott Frank, Michael Green, Mark Millar, Steven McNiven, Dafne Keen, Patrick Stewart

"Like Cliffhanger.  More people have seen how they did the helicopter shot in that than people have seen the movie!  Magicians keep their secrets to themselves.  And they know that as soon as they tell, someone will say, 'Are you kidding me?  That's so simple."  It's horrifying to me, that they do that.  People don't realize it, but as soon as they hear or see that, something dies inside them.  They're deader than they were.  They're not, like, happy to know about this stuff.  They're happy not to know about it.  And they shouldn't know about it.  It's nothing to do with the film!  And will only ruin the film!  Why would they talk about it?"

— David Lynch

for Creatives  |  artist integrity, film, action, reaching your audience, filmmaking, value the art, magic/illusion/mentalism, David Lynch

"Thriller is its own Genre, but it came to be through a mashing up of three primal Genres that came before it: action, horror and crime."

— Shawn Coyne

for Creatives  |  crime, action, thriller, horror, genre, Shawn Coyne

Criminal

(written by Douglas Cook & David Weisberg)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, drama, mystery, sci-fi, film, action, thriller, Ryan Reynolds, Gary Oldman, Douglas Cook, David Weisberg, Kevin Costner, Gal Gadot, Tommy Lee Jones, Michael Pitt

Skyfall

(written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & John Logan, based on characters created by Ian Fleming)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, action, adventure, thriller, Judi Dench, Ian Fleming, Helen McCrory, film based on novel, Daniel Craig, Robert Wade, Neal Purvis, John Logan, Javier Bardem, Ralph Fiennes, Naomie Harris, Bérénice Marlohe, Albert Finney, Ben Whishaw, Rory Kinnear

Ip Man

(written by Edmond Wong and Tai-Li Chan)

Highly Recommended!  |  drama, film, action, historical, biography, Chinese, Wilson Yip, Edmond Wong, Tai-Li Chan, Donnie Yen, Siu-Wong Fan, Lynn Hung, Hiroyuki Ikeuchi

Casino Royale

(written by Neal Purvis, Robert Wade & Paul Haggis, based on the novel by Ian Fleming)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, action, adventure, thriller, Judi Dench, Ian Fleming, film based on novel, Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Giancarlo Giannini, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis, Neal Purvis

The Boondock Saints

(starring Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, film, action, thriller, Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Billy Connolly

Edge of Tomorrow

(written by Christopher McQuarrie, Jez Butterworth & John-Henry Butterworth, based on the novel by Hiroshi Sakurazaka)

Highly Recommended!  |  books, sci-fi, film, action, adventure, Christopher McQuarrie, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Tom Cruise, Jez Butterworth, John-Henry Butterworth, Hiroshi Sakurazaka, Doug Liman, Dion Beebe, Brendan Gleeson, Kick Gurry, Franz Drameh, Masayoshi Haneda, film based on novel

Southpaw

(written by Kurt Sutter)

Highly Recommended!  |  drama, film, action, Antoine Fuqua, Forest Whitaker, sport, Rachel McAdams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Oona Laurence, Kurt Sutter

Deadpool

(written by Rhett Reese & Paul Wernick)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, fantasy, action, adventure, comedy, Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick, Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller, comics

Boy

Tales of Childhood (written by Roald Dahl)

Highly Recommended!  |  books, British, short stories, action, adventure, literary fiction, biography, Roald Dahl

Sicario

(written by Taylor Sheridan, music by Jóhann Jóhannsson, cinematography by Roger Deakins)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, drama, film, action, Daniel Kaluuya, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt, Roger Deakins, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Denis Villeneuve, Taylor Sheridan

Justified

(written & based on the short story "Fire in the Hole" by Elmore Leonard, adapted by Graham Yost)

Highly Recommended!  |  TV series, crime, drama, action, Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Graham Yost, Elmore Leonard, film based on short story

The Equalizer

(written by Richard Wenk, based on the TV series created by Richard Lindheim & Michael Sloan)

Highly Recommended!  |  TV series, crime, film, action, thriller, Denzel Washington, Antoine Fuqua, Richard Wenk, Richard Lindheim, Michael Sloan

Rush

(written by Peter Morgan)

Highly Recommended!  |  drama, film, action, Ron Howard, Peter Morgan, Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, biography

2 Guns

(written by Blake Masters, based on the graphic novel by Steven Grant)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, film, action, comedy, Denzel Washington, Baltasar Kormákur, Blake Masters, Steven Grant, Oliver Wood, Mark Wahlberg, film based on comic/graphic novel

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

(written & directed by J.J. Abrams)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, fantasy, action, adventure, J.J. Abrams, Simon Pegg, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Anthony Daniels, Max von Sydow, Ken Leung

Man on Fire

(written by Brian Helgeland, based on novel by A.J. Quinnell, cinematography by Paul Cameron)

Highly Recommended!  |  crime, drama, film, action, Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, Tony Scott, Brian Helgeland, A.J. Quinnell, Paul Cameron, Radha Mitchell, Marc Anthony, Christopher Walken, film based on novel

Jurassic World

(written & directed by Colin Trevorrow, based on characters created by Michael Crichton)

Highly Recommended!  |  sci-fi, film, action, adventure, Colin Trevorrow, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D'Onofrio, Omar Sy, Michael Crichton

Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation

(written & directed by Christopher McQuarrie)

Highly Recommended!  |  film, action, adventure, thriller, Christopher McQuarrie, Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson, Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg, Ving Rhames, Sean Harris, Hermione Corfield