thriller
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If you’re in the mood for a thriller: Hulu’s sleeper hit Furious—which just wrapped up its first season—stars a trio of knockout performances, but one of its stars towers above the rest.
From Slate ● Aug. 31, 2026
The Emmy-nominated, darkly comic thriller about a unit of disgraced British spies — starring Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden and Kristen Scott Thomas — remains sharp and propulsive, one of the best series on TV.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The U.S. team went undefeated, including an overtime thriller against Canada for the gold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
He was filled with ambition to see more of the country, write a spy thriller and literally climb more hills.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
I open up an old thriller and focus on the first line.
From "Every Day" by David Levithan
Working with cinematographer Ashley Connor, DeYoung drew from 1970s conspiracy thrillers like “The Parallax View” and “All the President’s Men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Reggie Bannister, the actor who devoted his decades-long career primarily to independent horror thrillers including all five films of the the cult “Phantasm” franchise, has died.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2026
Author of The Housemaid, Freida McFadden, recently posted on Facebook about his thriller Kill for Me, Kill for You, saying it is "one of the best thrillers I've ever read".
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
The bookshelf is full of Mom’s favorite thrillers, but I can’t seem to get into any of them.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
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Literary Genres - Introductory
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