Here are the must watch top 5 british thriller films. You should must watch these British Thriller Films
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Must Watch Top 5 British Thriller Films |
#5 Catch Me Daddy (2014)
a fiery and hard-hitting directorial debut from Daniel wolf based on the script by him and his brother Matthew. Catch me daddy is a grim and unforgettable thriller set in the British countryside. When a Muslim girl falls in love with a Scottish boy and decides to run away with him. She encouraged the wrath and for a heavily dogmatic family who insist on tracking her down and killing her for this apparently dishonorable act. The real-life practice of revenge killing belies this brutal on the run film and makes it all the more imposing and bleakly naturalistic with unrelenting violence searing imagery and mist blanketed scenery evocatively shot by the favorites Oscar nominee and cinematographer Robbie Ryan the film is darkly riveting and powerful. In the five years since its release, director Daniel wolf is yet to follow it up. But if and when he does it'll undoubtedly be a must-see.
#4 sexy beast (2000)
walther director Jonathan Blazers debut sexy beast seems on the surface to be a traditional gangster thriller. Ray Winstone plays gal, a retired criminal living it up in Spain with his family and some a figure from his past arrives in the form of a psychotic gangster donned played by Ben Kingsley, who is hell-bent on dragging him back into another job in London. Sexy beast is a taut character driven thriller with Kingsley's gloriously against type oscar-nominated performance proven to be one of his very best. Don is deliriously unhinged and a joy to watch, a climactic underwater heist and suspenseful character twists and turns make sexy beasts as strong and iconic entry into the gangster genre that excites and thrills.
#3 locke (2013)
a unique spin on the one location thriller lock follows its titular protagonist while he drives from his work in Wales to the birth of his mistress's child in London as his life falls in around him in one of Tom Hardy's most powerful performances. The actually commands the screen and a one-man show where hands-free phone calls and motorway commuting is transformed into a race against time that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Stephen Knights terrific writing and Hardy's charismatic screen presence make Locke an unmissable film that works both is brilliantly effective character study and a breathless thriller.
#2 Dead Man's Shoes (2004)
when a traumatized soldier returns to his poverty-stricken industrial hometown he does so with the plan to enact revenge and the violent thugs who attacked his vulnerable brother years previously. Paddy Considine s breakout role in the film proved him as an exciting Talent. Shane Meadows of this is England Fame directs the film with an unflinching gaze. Tim munch uses shocking and nightmarish, a twisted and urbanized taking the revenge Western that puts you on the site of a monster's character, who hunts down his enemies one by one. Not for the faint of heart Deadman shoes is an unforgettable look at trauma and an iconic revenge tale that is essential for fans of British cinema.
#1 Shallow Grave (1994)
the third and final debut on this list is master director Danny Boyle's unpredictable nerves angler shallow grave. when three Scottish friends find their newly moved in housemate dead in his room with a suitcase full of cash it turns their comfortable lives upside down. A melee of betrayal and paranoia the character twists and turns are fantastically captured by Boyle's frenetic and chilling direction but fit with voyeurism and an omniscient camera that slowly creatures around the house. you McGregor Carey Fox and Christopher Eccleston are brilliant in the suspenseful descent into madness that still ranks among Boyle's best work. shallow grave is the perfect choice for a late-night nail-biter that will have you gripped it throughout.
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