12 major thrillers of 2021

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

New paintings by Martin Scorsese and the Russo brothers, as well as fresh roles of Ben Affleck, Nicolas Cage and Amy Adams.

1. The devil is in the details

• USA, 2021.
• Thriller, detective.
• Premiere: January 28.

Three Oscar winners Denzel Washington, Jared Leto and Rami Malek have teamed up in a new film by John Lee Hancock. The plot tells about a policeman who, during a business trip, joins the search for a maniac. This investigation awakens secrets from the hero's past.

2. Intercessor

• USA, 2021.
• Crime, thriller, action.
• Premiere: February 4.

Liam Neeson will star in the thriller by Robert Lorenz (Million Dollar Baby, The Mysterious River). He will play professional sniper Jim, who has retired from military activities and leads a quiet life. One day he tries to protect the boy, but is drawn into a showdown of criminals.

3. Without pity

• USA, 2020.
• Thriller, drama, crime.
• Premiere: February 25.

The film is based on the novel of the same name by Tom Clancy, the author of books about Jack Ryan. In the center of the plot is special forces soldier John Kelly, who has lost his wife. He manages to find a new love, but it turns out that the drug mafia is after her. And then Kelly decides to protect the girl with all her might.

John Kelly is the second most popular hero of Clancy's books after Jack Ryan, so if successful, the authors have a lot of material for sequels. Moreover, the leading role is played by the very popular Michael B. Jordan.

4. Slant

• USA, 2021.
• Drama, thriller, crime.
• Premiere: March 12.

The Russo brothers, who directed the movie "Avengers: Endgame", are releasing a new picture with Tom Holland. Now in a more serious genre. The plot will tell about the army medic Niko Walker, who returned from Iraq with PTSD. He becomes addicted to opiates and starts robbing banks.

5. Last night in Soho

• UK, USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: November 11.

Edgar Wright, famous for his comedy films, makes his first dark film. The action will take place in London in the 60s, where a young girl (Anya Taylor-Joy), who is fond of design, falls. She meets her idol, but soon things take a terrible turn.

6. Saw: Spiral

• USA, Canada, 2021.
• Horror, thriller.
• Premiere: May 20.

The famous comedian and actor Chris Rock relaunches the legendary franchise. The plot tells about the police who follow the trail of the maniac. He, with the help of cruel tests, makes people prove their right to life.

7. Judgment night - 5

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller, action.
• Premiere: 8 July.

The famous franchise tells the story of a world where any crime is allowed in the United States for one night a year. The plot of the new part is still unknown, but according to plans, it should complete the story of "Doomsday".

8. The woman in the window

• USA, 2021.
• Detective, thriller, crime.

Amy Adams will play a woman who suffers from agoraphobia in the film by Joe Wright. Through the window, she watches her neighbors and witnesses a crime.

The film was planned to be released, but after numerous transfers, "The Woman in the Window" will be released immediately on the streaming service Netflix.

9. Don't breathe - 2

• USA, 2020.
• Horror, thriller, crime.
• Premiere: 12 August.

The painting of 2016 introduced viewers to a blind hero whose house was broken into by robbers. In the sequel, he settles with an orphaned girl in a secluded hut. But then the hero's pupil is kidnapped by criminals.

10. Deep waters

• USA, Australia, 2021.
• Thriller.
• Premiere: 12 August.

The adaptation of the famous book by Patricia Highsmith tells about the spouses Vick and Melinda Van Allen. They support falling apart marriages by reaching out to lovers. But soon people die because of their actions.

The book was already screened in 1981. But this time the author of "Fatal Attraction" and "Jacob's Ladder" Adrian Lyne took on the production. And the main roles will be played by Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.

11. Killers of the flower moon

• USA, 2021.
• Thriller, drama, crime.

Martin Scorsese is filming the book of the same name by David Grann. The action will unfold on the territory of an Indian tribe from Oklahoma, whose members begin to kill when oil is found nearby.

The main roles in the film will be played by the director's favorites Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio.

12. Prisoners of the land of ghosts

• USA, 2021.
• Horror, thriller, action.

Nicolas Cage will play a dangerous criminal who must rescue the kidnapped daughter of a politician. The problem is that the girl was taken from a place where ghosts live.