The Best British Thriller Movies
If you're sick of re-watching the same American stuff, here are the best British thriller movies to get your adrenaline pumping. Whether you’re looking for thrills in the Scottish Highlands (A Lonely Place to Die), suburban terror (Cherry Tree Lane), or panic in the big city (London to Brighton), you’ll find it on this list of the greatest English thrillers. You’ll also find some major stars on this list of British thriller movies: Gillian Anderson (Closure), Daniel Craig (Layer Cake), Michael Fassbender (Eden Lake), Ewan McGregor (The Ghost Writer). Of special note is the classic A Clockwork Orange, Stanley Kubrick’s disturbing vision of a futurist and lawless London.
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- 1Cillian Murphy, Noah Huntley, Naomie Harris
- Released: 2002
- Directed by: Danny Boyle
A group of misguided animal rights activists free a caged chimp infected with the "Rage" virus from a medical research lab. When London bike courier Jim (Cillian Murphy) wakes up from a coma a month ...moreAvailable On:
- 2Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates
- 3Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine
- 4Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen
- 5Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher, Nick Moran
- Released: 1998
- Directed by: Guy Ritchie
Eddy (Nick Moran) convinces three friends to pool funds for a high-stakes poker game against local crime boss Hatchet Harry (P.H. Moriarty). Harry cheats and Eddy loses, giving him a week to pay back ...more - 6Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, Honor Blackman
