Best Thriller Movies of the 2020s

The thriller films from 2020–2029that defined the decade. Plus the ones that wasted everyone's time and money.

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$200M

Jurassic World Rebirth

2025

Gareth Edwards (Rogue One, Godzilla) brought new life to a dead franchise. $870M worldwide. Proof that the right director matters more than the right IP. The dinosaurs are back and they earned it.

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$25M

Wolf Man

2025

$25M and Leigh Whannell (The Invisible Man) proved AGAIN that horror doesn't need blockbuster money. Practical creature effects. Real tension. This is the Universal Monsters playbook.

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$40M

The Amateur

2025

Rami Malek as a CIA codebreaker going rogue. $40M. Tight, smart, original. Not a sequel. Not a franchise. Just a good thriller that respects your time.

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$100M

Oppenheimer

2023

$100M on a 3-hour biopic about a physicist. No franchise. No sequel setup. Just Nolan being Nolan. Won 7 Oscars. Proof that adults still go to theaters for real stories.

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Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning poster
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$400M

Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning

2025

FOUR HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS. The most expensive Mission Impossible ever and it lost $150M. Even Tom Cruise can't save a $400M movie in 2025. The age of the blank check action movie is over.

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$200M

Argylle

2024

$200M on a spy movie with a CGI cat. Apple spent more on this than some countries' GDP and it flopped instantly. The hubris is breathtaking.

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$110M

Kraven the Hunter

2024

Sony learned nothing from Morbius. Nothing from Madame Web. $110M on ANOTHER Spider-Man villain nobody asked for. $62M worldwide. Sony is speedrunning franchise self-destruction.

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$50M

The Crow

2024

$50M remaking a movie that's sacred to its fans. Made $24M worldwide. The original was Brandon Lee's final performance — you don't remake that. You respect it.

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