Thriller
Hopscotch (1980) TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hopscotch
director: Ronald Neame actor: Walter Matthau / Glenda Jackson
other title: Due sotto il divano / Den vilde flugt
When CIA operative Miles Kendig deliberately lets KGB agent Yaskov get away, his boss threatens to retire him. Kendig beats him to it, however, destroying his own records and traveling to Austria where he begins work on a memoir that will expose all his former agency's covert practices. The CIA catches wind of the book and sends other agents after him, initiating a frenetic game of cat and mouse that spans the globe.
Black Sunday (1977) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Black Sunday
director: John Frankenheimer actor: Robert Shaw / Bruce Dern
other title: Sort søndag / Schwarzer Sonntag
An Israeli anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a Black September PLO plot to commit a terrorist attack at the Super Bowl.
The Hit (1984) NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban WikiData
The Hit
director: Stephen Frears actor: John Hurt / Terence Stamp
other title: Vendetta / O Traidor
Ten years after ratting on his old mobster friends in exchange for personal immunity, two hit men drive a hardened criminal to Paris for his execution. However, while on the way, whatever can go wrong, does go wrong.
Sept. 6, 2025 watched
Great building of tension, especially as the characters are never quite what you expect.

And beautifully shot.
Terence Stamp Thriller
The Limey (1999) NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
The Limey
director: Steven Soderbergh actor: Terence Stamp / Lesley Ann Warren
other title: L'inglese / O Falcão Inglês
The Limey follows Wilson, a tough English ex-con who travels to Los Angeles to avenge his daughter's death. Upon arrival, Wilson goes to task battling Valentine and an army of L.A.'s toughest criminals, hoping to find clues and piece together what happened. After surviving a near-death beating, getting thrown from a building and being chased down a dangerous mountain road, the Englishman decides to dole out some bodily harm of his own.