Films based on thriller novels

Shutter Island is a 2010 American neo-noir psychological thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese. The screenplay was adapted by Laeta Kalogridis from the 2003 novel by Dennis Lehane. It follows Deputy U.S. Marshal Edward "Teddy" Daniels and his partner Chuck, who come to the fictional Shutter Island in Boston Harbor to investigate its criminal psychiatric facility after one of its patients goes missing; Daniels has his own ulterior motives for taking the case. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo, with Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow and Michelle Williams in supporting roles.

1982 film directed by Ted Kotcheff

2014 film directed by David Fincher

2006 film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

2000 film directed by Kinji Fukasaku

1967 James Bond spy comedy film

1999 film directed by Roman Polanski

1945 film directed by Alfred Hitchcock

2024 film by Edward Berger

2010 film directed by Nimród Antal

1953 film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot

2012 film by Christopher McQuarrie

1993 film by Sydney Pollack

2016 film directed by Tate Taylor

2015 film directed by Daniel Espinosa

1985 film by John Huston

2016 film directed by Edward Zwick

1976 film by Alfred Hitchcock

1962 film directed by J. Lee Thompson

2013 film directed by Denis Villeneuve

1972 film by Ronald Neame

1970 film directed by George Seaton

1973 film directed by Robin Hardy

1964 film directed by Jules Dassin

1950 film by Alfred Hitchcock

1976 film by John Sturges

2016 film directed by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

1974 film by Joseph Sargent

2009 film directed by Niels Arden Oplev

1964 film directed by Sidney Lumet

1992 film directed by Barbet Schroeder

1998 film directed by Gus Van Sant

2018 film directed by Donovan Marsh

Baazigar () is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language psychological thriller film directed by Abbas–Mustan and produced by Venus Movies. It stars Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Shilpa Shetty (in her acting debut), Dalip Tahil, and Raakhee. The film follows a young man seeking to avenge the fall of his family by going on a murderous rampage. It is loosely based on the 1991 film A Kiss Before Dying which was adapted from Ira Levin's 1953 novel of the same. The soundtrack was composed by Anu Malik.

2009 film directed by Daniel Alfredson

2006 film directed by Guillaume Canet

2000 South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook

2017 film directed by Martin Campbell

2008 film by Álex de la Iglesia

2005 film by Mikael Håfström

1974 film by Ronald Neame

2017 film directed by Cédric Jimenez

2001 film directed by Michael Apted

1976 film by Nicolas Gessner

1997 film directed by Bille August

Baise-moi is a 2000 French erotic crime thriller film written and directed by Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi and starring Karen Lancaume and Raffaëla Anderson. It is based on the novel by Despentes, first published in 1993. The film received intense media coverage because of its graphic mix of violence and explicit sex scenes. Consequently, it is sometimes considered an example of the "New French Extremity".

1978 film by Michael Crichton

2009 film directed by Daniel Alfredson

1974 film directed by Don Siegel

1971 film by Sidney Lumet

1964 film directed by John Frankenheimer

1987 film by John Mackenzie

1979 film by Irwin Allen

1956 American film by Mervyn LeRoy

1952 film by David Miller

1973 film by John Huston

1974 film by Blake Edwards

2025 film by Edward Berger

Raazi () is a 2018 Indian Hindi-language spy thriller film directed by Meghna Gulzar and produced by Vineet Jain, Karan Johar, Hiroo Yash Johar and Apoorva Mehta under the banners of Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions. It stars Alia Bhatt, alongside Vicky Kaushal, Rajit Kapur, Shishir Sharma, and Jaideep Ahlawat. The film is an adaptation of Harinder Sikka's 2008 novel Calling Sehmat, a true account of an Indian Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) agent who, upon her father's request, is married into a family of military officers in Pakistan to relay information to India, prior to the Indo-P

2005 film directed by Chris Nahon