thriller

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

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Get Out

(written by Jordan Peele)

Highly Recommended! | mystery, film, thriller, horror, culture, Daniel Kaluuya, Lakeith Stanfield, Jordan Peele, Allison Williams, Catherine Keener, Bradley Whitford, Caleb Landry Jones, Marcus Henderson, Betty Gabriel, Stephen Root, LilRel Howery

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Blade Runner 2049

(written by Hampton Fancher & Michael Green, based on the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick)

Highly Recommended! | mystery, sci-fi, film, thriller, Ryan Gosling, Robin Wright, Harrison Ford, film based on novel, Michael Green, Hampton Fancher, Philip K. Dick, Ana de Armas, Edward James Olmos, Sylvia Hoeks, Sean Young, Barkhad Abdi

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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

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I Am Pilgrim

(written by Terry Hayes)

Highly Recommended! | books, thriller, suspense, Terry Hayes

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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

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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

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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

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"I now knew the reason why this very talented writer kept getting to the one-yard line and was never able to score a touchdown—a working thriller. Instead of dedicating herself to nailing the form of the thriller/Story, she decided she was above it. She wanted the fruits of the labor (bestsellerdom) more than the labor itself (writing a brilliant and innovative hero at the mercy of the villain scene no matter if the book was ever published or not)."

— Shawn Coyne

for Creatives | creating isn't easy, thriller, the successful artist, writing, reaching your audience, Shawn Coyne

Legend

(written by Brian Helgeland, based on the novel "The Profession of Violence" by John Pearson)

Highly Recommended! | British, crime, drama, film, thriller, Tom Hardy, historical, biography, Brian Helgeland, Paul Anderson, film based on novel, John Pearson, Christopher Eccleston, Emily Browning, Sam Hoare, Colin Morgan, Chris Mason

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"I had a 260-page screenplay [for Something Wicked This Way Comes]. That's six hours. [Director] Jack [Clayton] said, 'Well, now you've got to cut out forty pages.' I said, 'God, I can't.' He said, 'Go ahead, I know you can do it. I'll be behind you.' So I cut forty pages out. He said, 'Okay, now you've got to cut another forty pages out.' I got it down to 180 pages, and then Jack said, 'Thirty more.' I said, 'Impossible, impossible!' Okay, I got it down to 150 pages. And Jack said, 'Thirty more.' Well, he kept telling me I could do it, and, by God, I went through a final time and got it down to 120 pages. It was better."

— Ray Bradbury

for Creatives | mystery, film, fantasy, thriller, Ray Bradbury, film based on novel, screenwriting, Jack Clayton

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Arrival

(written by Eric Heisserer, based on the short story "Story of Your Life" by Ted Chiang)

Highly Recommended! | drama, mystery, sci-fi, film, thriller, Forest Whitaker, Jeremy Renner, Amy Adams, film based on short story, Eric Heisserer, Ted Chiang, Michael Stuhlbarg

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"I did this book Different Seasons, they were stories that I had written like I write all of them, I get this idea, and I want to write this."

— Stephen King

for Creatives | books, intuitive writing & pantsing, creative process, create for YOURSELF, short stories, thriller, suspense, horror, ideas, Stephen King

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Hackers

(written by Rafael Moreu)

Highly Recommended! | crime, drama, film, thriller, comedy, Wendell Pierce, Rafael Moreu, Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Renoly Santiago, Laurence Mason, Fisher Stevens, Lorraine Bracco

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"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

"Basically all thrillers are stories about human conflict. You remember that when writing."

— Joseph Finder

for Creatives | thriller, writing, Joseph Finder

"There is a great demand for novels that can be positioned at the top of the commercial list—thrillers and/or dramas that women will want to read. All of the big publishers (with a contracting list of exceptions) are on the hunt for a female friendly literary/commercial commodity."

— Shawn Coyne

for Creatives | novel writing, thriller, writing, reaching your audience, women's fiction, publishing, genre, Shawn Coyne, literary vs. commercial

"The thriller is the dominant Story form today because it serves the largest segment of society, those overwhelmed by the threats of modern life."

— Shawn Coyne

for Creatives | thriller, writing, reaching your audience, 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

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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

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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

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Collateral

(written by Stuart Beattie)

Highly Recommended! | crime, drama, film, thriller, Mark Ruffalo, Tom Cruise, Stuart Beattie, Jada Pinkett Smith, Barry Shabaka Henley

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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

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Reservoir Dogs

(written & directed by Quentin Tarantino)

Highly Recommended! | crime, drama, film, thriller, Quentin Tarantino, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen

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A History of Violence

(written by Josh Olson, based on the graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke)

Highly Recommended! | crime, drama, film, thriller, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, David Cronenberg, Josh Olson, John Wagner, Vince Locke, Viggo Mortensen, William Hurt, film based on comic/graphic novel

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"Even my publisher will say they just want more thrillers. That's what feeds my family. But I feel like if I did that, I wouldn't be being true to myself."

— Brad Meltzer

for Creatives | create for YOURSELF, artist integrity, thriller, writing, reaching your audience, publishing, Brad Meltzer