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The best thrillers on Amazon Prime

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Thrillers offer the perfect balance of drama and suspense without too much gore or horror. Here, we’ve rounded up the best ones available via Amazon Prime.
Thrillers are the perfect movies to watch when you’re in the mood for some action, excitement, and suspense but you don’t want a full-blown, gory horror flick. Thankfully, there are plenty of them on Amazon Prime that you can stream. From new titles to films that date back as early as the 1940s, here are the best thrillers you can currently stream via Amazon.
With a sequel scheduled for release later this year, this post-apocalyptic thriller was a critically acclaimed box office success. Co-written, directed by, and starring John Krasinski alongside his real-life wife Emily Blunt, the movie follows a family trying to survive in a muted world where making even the slightest sound summons a creature with an acute sense of hearing that devours you alive. With a hearing-impaired teenage daughter, the family is able to communicate proficiently through sign language, but a new baby adds a tricky element to the situation. While a movie with zero dialogue sounds terribly boring, the nail-biting tension makes it edge-of-your-seat intense throughout the entire film.
Rotten Tomatoes: 95%Genre: Drama, Horror, SuspenseStars: Emily Blunt, John KrasinskiDirector: John KrasinskiRating: PG-13Runtime: 90 minutes
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A star-studded cast tackled this film’s deep dive into the investigation of and controversy around torture used by the CIA following the terrorist attacks on September 11. Examining the full 6,700-page report by Daniel Jones of the Senate Intelligence Committee, the story is based, in part, on Katherine Eban’s Vanity Fair article “Rorschach and Awe.” Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2019, the Amazon Studios movie had a brief theatrical release then went straight to the streaming service.
Rotten Tomatoes: 82%Genre: Biography, Drama, History, ThrillerStars: Adam Driver, Annette Bening, Jon Hamm, Jennifer MorrisonDirector: Scott Z. BurnsRating: RRuntime: 119 minutes
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A machinist suffers from severe insomnia and psychological problems, which eventually lead to a serious accident at the workplace involving a coworker. After being fired, he slumps into a world of paranoia and delusions while trying to deal with the guilt. With Christian Bale heading up the cast, it’s no surprise this film was well-received. His method acting and ability to fully immerse himself in roles of troubled characters like this one, including losing a serious amount of weight to play the role, create a character that is both captivating and terrifying.

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