The end of the month is the streaming equivalent of the day before grocery day.September's new arrivals have been picked clean, October's movie refresh is still days away, and you're rummaging through the back of the pantry.And like a golden bag of unopened Oreos, Paramount+ stashes some great thrillers back there, and below are three of the best for U.S.
movie lovers.Kick things off with vintage Eastwood as he schemes his way out of America's most famous prison, or bask in Scarlett Johansson's performance in a deadly love affair film.Save my top pick for last—a Coen Brothers masterclass starring Javier Bardem in the haircut, er, role of his career.
3 Escape from Alcatraz Clint Eastwood brings the notorious prison break to life I've not had the privilege of visiting Alcatraz, the notorious San Francisco Bay island prison once considered escape-proof.But for a movie experience that comes as close as you can get to actually going there, you could do worse than this classic 1979 thriller starring Clint Eastwood, which recreates the true events outlined in J.Campbell Bruce's 1963 nonfiction book.
Directed by Don Siegel, tells the story of career criminal Frank Morris (Eastwood), a new inmate who arrives on the Rock in 1960 and is told, quite matter-of-factly, by the warden (Patrick McGoohan) that no one has ever escaped.Challenge accepted.With three fellow inmates—brothers John and Clarence Anglin (Fred Ward and Jack Thibeau), and the high-strung Charley Butts (Larry Hankin)—Morris plots the impossible.
In an elaborate, slow-burning plan that includes chipping away at the crumbling concrete around the air vents in their cells, using paper mache dummy heads (with real hair from the prison barbershop) in their beds to fool the guards, and making a raft out of stolen raincoats, the men make their escape.To this day, however, whether the three men (Butts was unfortunately left behind) actually made it to the mainland remains a mystery, keeping the prison's escape-proof record technically intact.Escape from Alcatraz PG Crime Action Biography Release Date June 22, 1979 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Roberts Blossom, Jack Thibeau, Fred Ward, Paul Benjamin, Larry Hankin, Bruce M.
Fischer, Frank Ronzio, Fred Stuthman, David Cryer, Hank Brandt, Ray K.Goman, Blair Burrows, Madison Arnold, Garry Goodrow, Ron Vernan, Ed Vasgersian, Matthew Locricchio, Bob Balhatchet, Stephen Bradley, Regina Baff, Joe Miksak Runtime 112 Minutes Director Don Siegel Writers J.Campbell Bruce, Richard Tuggle Main Genre Crime Powered by Expand Collapse 2 Match Point Woody Allen's steamy romance thriller is a deadly game Not all thrillers come wrapped in intense spy games, world-war stakes, or serial killer plots.
In the case of 2005's , which netted writer-director Woody Allen an Oscar nom, the deadly thrills are veiled in forbidden passion and the complicated pressures of high-society games.At the center of all that steamy passion is a smoldering Scarlett Johansson, who stars as Nola Rice, a struggling American actress living in London who attracts the eye of Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), a former tennis pro working as a coach at an exclusive club for the city's elite.The problem, however, is twofold—Nola is engaged to wealthy club member Tom (Matthew Goode), and Chris has just started dating Tom's sister, Chloe (Emily Mortimer), a pairing that means status and opportunity for Chris.
As Nola and Chris's attraction crosses lines, even after Chris marries Chloe, the affair threatens to destroy the charmed life Chris has built, and he must decide how far he's willing to go to protect it.Rhys Meyers is perfect as the cunning Ripley-esque Chris, and Johansson alone is enough reason to stream it this weekend.Match Point R Drama Thriller Crime Romance Release Date October 26, 2005 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Scarlett Johansson, Emily Mortimer, Brian Cox, Penelope Wilton, James Nesbitt, Ewen Bremner, Miranda Raison, Margaret Tyzack, Rupert Penry-Jones, Toby Kebbell, Alexander Armstrong, Matthew Goode, Paul Kaye, Mark Gatiss, Simon Kunz, Geoffrey Streatfeild, John Fortune, Anthony O'Donnell, Rose Keegan, Zoe Telford, Scott Handy, Selina Cadell, Georgina Chapman, Colin Salmon Runtime 124 minutes Director Woody Allen Producers Charles H.
Joffe, Gareth Wiley, Jack Rollins, Letty Aronson, Nicky Kentish Barnes Main Genre Crime Powered by Expand Collapse 1 No Country for Old Men The scariest coin toss in movie history My top pick this weekend is what I like to call a "man-in-way-over-his-head thriller," and it's one of my all-time favorites.is a four-time Oscar winner that the genius filmmaker brothers Joel and Ethan Coen brilliantly adapted from Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel of the same name, which you should definitely read, too.The story follows Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), a rugged West Texas everyman out for an early morning hunt in the vast hills when he stumbles on the aftermath of a cartel drug deal gone wrong.
Among the bodies and shot-up pickups is a case full of cash that Llewelyn sneaks home to his wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), thinking no one will be the wiser.Wrong.The money's owners send their terrifying hitman Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem, who won an Oscar for the role) to relentlessly hunt Llewelyn.
The soft-spoken, bowl-cut-sporting psychopath, who uses a cattle gun to kill and taunts his victims with a life-or-death coin toss, leaves a trail of bodies in his wake as Llewelyn runs and weary Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) tries to get to him before Chigurh does.No Country for Old Men R Thriller Drama Crime Release Date November 21, 2007 Where to watch Close WHERE TO WATCH Streaming RENT BUY Cast Kelly Macdonald, Woody Harrelson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones Runtime 122 minutes Director Joel Coen, Ethan Coen Writers Ethan Coen, Joel Coen Budget $25 million Studio(s) MiraMax Distributor(s) Universal Pictures, MiraMax Powered by Expand Collapse There are still plenty of thrills left in September Everyone in this weekend's thriller movie picks is trying to get away from something—a prison cell, a sordid affair, and a psycho killer with a strange haircut.You can't really go wrong with any of them, but we, of course, have plenty more movie recommendations for you—whether on Paramount+, Netflix, or other streaming services.
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