#FridayThrillerClub

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Movies from the #FridayThrillerClub watch party on Mastodon

Every Friday (7.30pm US Eastern time), watch a thrilling movie and join in by posting on Mastodon with the #FridayThrillerClub hashtag.

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This collection is a work in progress, working backwards. Currently goes back to start of 2025.

Jaws (1975) [Movie] NeoDB Douban DeaDvey's Reviews TMDB IMDb
Jaws
7.5 (29 ratings) director: Steven Spielberg actor: Roy Scheider / Robert Shaw
other title: Lo squalo / Dødens gab
When the seaside community of Amity finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town's chief of police, a young marine biologist, and a grizzled hunter embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again.
Independence Day (1996) [Movie] Douban IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData
Independence Day
6.3 (12 ratings) director: Roland Emmerich actor: Will Smith / Bill Pullman
other title: Dia da Independência / Dia de la independencia
Strange phenomena surface around the globe. The skies ignite. Terror races through the world's major cities. As these extraordinary events unfold, it becomes increasingly clear that a force of incredible magnitude has arrived. Its mission: total annihilation over the Fourth of July weekend. The last hope to stop the destruction is an unlikely group of people united by fate and unimaginable circumstances.
52 Pick-Up (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
52 Pick-Up
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Roy Scheider / Ann-Margret
other title: 52 gioca o muori / Afpresning
Harry Mitchell is a successful Los Angeles manufacturer whose wife is running for city council. His life is turned upside down when three blackmailers confront him with a videotape of him with his young mistress and demand $100,000. Fearing that the story will hurt his wife's political campaign if he goes to the police, Harry pretends that he will pay the men, but does not follow through.
Outbreak (1995) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Outbreak
director: Wolfgang Petersen actor: Dustin Hoffman / Rene Russo
other title: Virus letale / Outbreak - Fora de Controlo
A deadly airborne virus finds its way into the USA and starts killing off people at an epidemic rate. Col. Sam Daniels' job is to stop the virus spreading from a small town, which must be quarantined, and to prevent an over reaction by the White House.
The Stepford Wives (1975) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb KevGa-NeoDB TMDB Douban
The Stepford Wives
director: Bryan Forbes actor: Katharine Ross / Paula Prentiss
other title: La fabbrica delle mogli / Dukke-kvinderne
Joanna Eberhart has come to the quaint little town of Stepford, Connecticut with her family, but soon discovers there lies a sinister truth in the all too perfect behavior of the female residents.
Falling Down (1993) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban ReviewDB WikiData
Falling Down
7.4 (7 ratings) director: Joel Schumacher actor: Michael Douglas / Robert Duvall
other title: Un giorno di ordinaria follia / Um Dia de Raiva
An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.
Assassination Tango (2003) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
Assassination Tango
director: Robert Duvall actor: Robert Duvall / Rubén Blades
other title: Killing Moves
John J. is a seasoned hit man sent on a job to Argentina. When the General he's sent to kill delays his return to the country, John passes the time with Manuela, a beautiful dancer who becomes his teacher and guide into Argentina's sensual world of the tango.
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
Gone in Sixty Seconds
director: Dominic Sena actor: Nicolas Cage / Angelina Jolie
other title: Fuori in 60 secondi / 60 sekunder
Ex-car thief Randall Raines is forced out of retirement to save his brother Kip after a boost gone wrong. With the help of allies old and new, they race to meet the demands of notorious crime boss Raymond Calitri as the police are in hot pursuit.
The Outfit (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
The Outfit
director: John Flynn actor: Robert Duvall / Karen Black
other title: Organizzazione crimini / Revolte in der Unterwelt
A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.
Secondhand Lions (2003) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Secondhand Lions
director: Tim McCanlies actor: Michael Caine / Robert Duvall
other title: Lições Para Toda Vida / Löwen aus zweiter Hand
The comedic adventures of an introverted boy left on the doorstep of a pair of reluctant, eccentric great-uncles, whose exotic remembrances stir the boy's spirit and re-ignite the men's lives.
John Q (2002) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData NeoDB
John Q
5.6 (5 ratings) director: Nick Cassavetes actor: Denzel Washington / James Woods
other title: John Q. / John Q. - Verzweifelte Wut
John Quincy Archibald is a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover it. Therefore, he decides to take a hospital full of patients hostage until the hospital puts his son's name on the donor's list.
The Killer Elite (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Killer Elite
director: Sam Peckinpah actor: James Caan / Robert Duvall
other title: Killer Elite / Assassinos de Elite
Mike Locken is one of the principal members of a group of freelance spies. A significant portion of their work is for the CIA, and while on a case for them one of his friends turns on him and shoots him in the elbow and knee. His assignment, to protect someone, goes down in flames. He is nearly crippled, but with braces is able to again become mobile. For revenge as much as anything else, Mike goes after his ex-friend.
Snakes on a Plane (2006) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Snakes on a Plane
director: David R. Ellis actor: Samuel L. Jackson / Julianna Margulies
other title: Snakes On A Plane / Serpentes a Bordo
FBI agent Neville Flynn boards a flight from Honolulu, Hawaii to Los Angeles, escorting a key witness to testify against a mob boss at an upcoming trial. An on-board assassin releases a crate full of hundreds of deadly venomous snakes in an attempt to eliminate the witness. Flynn and a host of frightened passengers and crew must band together to survive the slithery threat.
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