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The Best Thriller Movies Of 2018

Updated October 9, 2019 22.1k votes 6.8k voters 1.2m views66 items

If you're a fan of suspense, gore, and action-packed cinema, this list of 2018 thrillers is for you. What movies were the best thrillers of this year? A good thriller keeps audiences engaged for the entirety of the film, and includes twists and turns that will be surprising to even the most observant of viewers. If you're in need of an immediately engaging cinematic experience, these 2018 thriller films have you covered.

Some good 2018 thrillers include A Quiet Place, You Were Never Really Here, The Commuter, and Unsane.

While all of these films certainly had great moments, what were truly the best thriller films of 2018? Vote here to help decide. Vote up the most harrowing, tense, and high-quality thrillers of the year. See anything you feel is missing? Feel free to add it below!

Want more thriller films? Check out The Best Thriller Movies of 2019 list, as well as the best mystery suspense movies.

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Searching
John Cho, Debra Messing
Released: 2018
Directed by: Aneesh Chaganty
Searching is a 2018 American thriller film directed by Aneesh Chaganty, shot from the... more on Wikipedia
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A Quiet Place
John Krasinski, Emily Blunt
Released: 2018
Directed by: John Krasinski
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Bad Times at the El Royale
Jeff Bridges, Cynthia Erivo
Released: 2018
Directed by: Drew Goddard
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The Equalizer 2
Denzel Washington, Ashton Sanders
Released: 2018
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
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Den Of Thieves
Gerard Butler, Curtis Jackson
Released: 2018
Directed by: Christian Gudegast
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Bad Samaritan
David Tennant, Robert Sheehan
Released: 2018
Directed by: Dean Devlin
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Peppermint
Jennifer Garner, John Gallagher Jr.
Released: 2018
Directed by: Pierre Morel
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The Commuter
Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga
Released: 2018
Directed by: Jaume Collet-Serra
The Commuter is a 2018 psychological thriller-horror film directed by Jaume Collet-Serra.... more on Wikipedia
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Mission: Impossible - Fallout
Tom Cruise, Rebecca Ferguson
Released: 2018
Directed by: Christopher McQuarrie
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Unsane
Claire Foy, Joshua Leonard
Released: 2018
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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Game Night
Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams
Released: 2018
Directed by: John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
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Sicario: Day Of The Soldado
Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin
Released: 2018
Directed by: Stefano Sollima
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Bird Box
Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson
Released: 2018
Directed by: Susanne Bier
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You Were Never Really Here
Joaquin Phoenix, Ekaterina Samsonov
Released: 2017
Directed by: Lynne Ramsay
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The Clovehitch Killer
Dylan McDermott, Charlie Plummer
Released: 2018
Directed by: Duncan Skiles
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Acrimony
Taraji P. Henson, Lyriq Bent
Released: 2018
Directed by: Tyler Perry
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Revenge
Matilda Lutz, Kevin Janssens
Released: 2018
Directed by: Coralie Fargeat
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The Hurricane Heist
Toby Kebbell, Maggie Grace
Released: 2018
Directed by: Rob Cohen
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Red Sparrow
Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton
Released: 2018
Directed by: Francis Lawrence
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Breaking In
Gabrielle Union, Billy Burke
Released: 2018
Directed by: James McTeigue
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The Hate U Give
Amandla Stenberg, Regina Hall
Released: 2018
Directed by: George Tillman Jr.
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Thoroughbreds
Olivia Cooke, Anya Taylor-Joy
Released: 2018
Directed by: Cory Finley
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The Guilty
Jakob Cedergren, Jessica Dinnage
Released: 2018
Directed by: Gustav Möller
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Black Mirror: Bandersnatch
Fionn Whitehead, Will Poulter
Released: 2018
Directed by: David Slade
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Destroyer
Nicole Kidman, Toby Kebbell
Released: 2018
Directed by: Karyn Kusama
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