Category: Thriller

• The Night Porter (1974) dir. Liliana Cavani

  March 10, 2026

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  1970s, International, Thriller, Western European

  Liliana Cavani makes Luchino Visconti look like an amateur in this disturbing exploration of a sadomasochistic relationship between a concentration camp survivor and a former SS officer.

  

• The Secret Agent (2025) dir. Kleber Mendonça Filho

  January 21, 2026

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  2020s, International, Movies at the Riv, New, South American, Thriller

  Wagner Moura proves himself as one of the finest actors working today in this subversive and darkly comedic take on the 1970s Brazilian dictatorship crackdown.

  

• Marty Supreme (2025) dir. Josh Safdie

  January 12, 2026

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  2020s, Movies at the Riv, New, Oscars 2026, Thriller

  Timothée Chalamet is dynamite playing a conniving little shit table tennis player in this new thriller from Josh Safdie.

  

• City of God (2002) dir. Fernando Meirelles and Katía Lund

  December 26, 2025

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  2000s, South American, Thriller

  This shocking and engrossing film about the tragic cycle of violence is full of energy, gripping you from the start and never letting you go. Ho-ly shit. Typically, when my dad recommends a movie he watched on the plane, I tend to view it with a bit of skepticism. The last two movies he told…