thriller
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Having said that, for me the movie is at its best as a chase thriller — a sequence in which O’Connor escapes a remote farmhouse is particularly well-executed.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
The cinematic, seven-minute music video for both tracks is directed by Jessica Lee Gagné, who was a lead cinematographer on the psychological thriller series Severance.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
"We did a 12-hour shift or maybe more every day for 'Mrs Deshpande'," she told AFP, mentioning the 2025 crime thriller.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Tom Hanks hosts a revelatory documentary series on World War II; Leo Woodall and Dustin Hoffman lead a taut thriller; a comedy has satirical fun with FIFA; and much, much more.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026
On my father’s is a spy thriller that he must have been reading.
From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson
Vocabulary lists containing thriller
Literary Genres - Introductory
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Reading: Literature - Literary Genres - Middle School
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