Theyve made some of the best thrillers of the past six years.
We list some of the best modern thriller directors currently working…
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The best thrillers leave us scanning the screen with anticipation.
They invite us to guess what happens next, but then delight in thwarting expectations.
Heres our pick of the filmmakers whove made some great modern thrillers between the year 2010 and the present.
In Saulniers films, grubby, unseemly locations are matched by often beautiful locked-off shots.
Familiar thriller trappings are contrasted by twists of fortune that are often shocking.
Tension bubbles even in casual conversations around the dinner table.
Miller is an eerie, cold-eyed blank.
One scene, in which Swintons mother comes home in the dead of night, is unforgettable.
Heres hoping Ramsay returns with another feature film very soon.
Morten TyldumsHeadhuntersis among the very best of them.
The world arguably needs more thrillers from Joel Edgerton.
If you havent seenThe Giftyet, wed urge you to track it down.
Inevitably, trouble eventually comes calling.
Corbijns direction remains gripping because he doesnt give us huge action scenes to puncture the tension.
Tragically, the film proved to be one of the last before Hoffmans death in 2014.
While not a huge hit,Green Zonewas an intense and intelligent thriller set in occupied Iraq.
InTriple 9,research and great filmmaking combine to make an unforgettably intense thriller.
Constantly shifting between tones, Mickles thriller refuses to stick to genre expectations.
Its touches like these that makeCold In Julyfar more than a typical thriller.
Mickles teaming up with Sylvester Stallone next; were intrigued to see what that partnership produces.
Martin Scorsese
Shutter Island
As a filmmaker, Scorsese needs no introduction.
If theres one master of the modern thriller currently working, it has to be Fincher.
