The Very Best European Thriller Movies
My list of my favourite European thriller movies. Check also my list of European thriller movies that I haven't seen yet: European thriller movies that I want to watch
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- DirectorJustine TrietStarsSandra HüllerSwann ArlaudMilo Machado-GranerA woman is suspected of murder after her husband's death; their half-blind son faces a moral dilemma as the main witness.France
- DirectorPhilip BarantiniStarsChaneil KularLauryn AjufoNitin GanatraAfter a revenge obsessed society incorrectly selects its next target, a young man must survive the night as the online witch-hunt arrives at his front door.United Kingdom
- DirectorDominik MollStarsBastien BouillonBouli LannersThéo CholbiIt is said that every investigator has a crime that haunts them, a case that hurts him more than the others, without him necessarily knowing why. For Yohan that case is the murder of Clara.France
- DirectorBarbara Topsøe-RothenborgStarsDar SalimSonja RichterSus WilkinsThe thin line between love and hate turns deadly when a wife discovers her husband's affair - and they both take extreme measures to get what they want.Denmark
- DirectorOriol PauloStarsBárbara LennieEduard FernándezLoreto MauleónFollows a woman checking into a psychiatric ward to investigate a homicide.Spain
- DirectorAnders Rønnow KlarlundStarsSigne Egholm OlsenAnton HjejleDan ZahleThe intense relationship between a psychotherapist and her dangerous new client.Denmark
- DirectorChristian TafdrupStarsMorten BurianSidsel Siem KochFedja van HuêtA Danish family visits a Dutch family they met on a holiday. What was supposed to be an idyllic weekend slowly starts unraveling as the Danes try to stay polite in the face of unpleasantness.Denmark
- DirectorIgnacio TatayStarsElena AnayaPablo MolineroEva TennearA couple temporarily adopts a young girl that they found wandering around alone in the high road.Spain
- DirectorEskil VogtStarsRakel Lenora Petersen FløttumAlva Brynsmo RamstadSam AshrafDuring the bright Nordic summer, a group of children reveal their dark and mysterious powers when the adults aren't looking. In this original and gripping supernatural thriller, playtime takes a dangerous turn.Norway
- DirectorFranziska StünkelStarsLars EidingerDevid StriesowLuise HeyerLife of Werner Teske, the last man to be executed in former East Germany in 1981 before the death penalty was finally abolished in 1987.Germany
- DirectorPiotr DomalewskiStarsTomasz ZietekHubert MilkowskiMarek KalitaPoland, 1985: Not satisfied with the result of a murder investigation, a young officer in communist Warsaw sets out on his own to discover the truth.Poland
- DirectorChristian CarionStarsJames McAvoyClaire FoyTom CullenEdmond Murray searches for answers deep in the Highlands after receiving a frantic call from his ex-wife that their seven-year-old son went missing from a campsite.United Kingdom
- DirectorAlain DarborgStarsNanna BlondellAnastasios SoulisThomas HanzonWhen Nadja becomes pregnant, she and David make an attempt to rekindle their relationship by traveling to the north of Sweden for a hiking trip, but soon their romantic trip turns into a nightmare.Sweden
- DirectorJeanette NordahlStarsSandra Guldberg KamppSidse Babett KnudsenJoachim FjelstrupIda moves in with her aunt and cousins after the tragic death of her mother in a car accident. The home is filled with love, but outside of the home, the family leads a violent and criminal life.Denmark
- DirectorCarles TorrasStarsMario CasasDéborah FrançoisGuillermo PfeningAngel works in an ambulance service. After a tragic accident, his personal life begins to deteriorate as he becomes more and more suspicious of his partner Vane.Spain
- DirectorDavid PastorÀlex PastorStarsJavier GutiérrezMario CasasBruna CusíJavier Muñoz, once a successful executive, makes the fateful decision to leave his home, which he and his family can no longer afford.Spain
- DirectorJoachim HedénStarsMoa GammelMadeleine MartinTrine WiggenA winter diving trip in Norway turns into a desperate race against time for two sisters when one of them becomes trapped at the bottom of the ocean by falling rocks.Norway
- DirectorMathieu TuriStarsGaia WeissPeter FranzénRomane LibertA woman finds herself locked in a series of strange tunnels full of deadly traps.France
- DirectorDominik MollStarsDenis MénochetLaure CalamyDamien BonnardA woman disappeared. After a snowstorm, her car is discovered on a road to a small remote village. While the police don't know where to start, five people are linked to the disappearance. Each one with his or her own secret.France
- DirectorDonato CarrisiStarsDustin HoffmanToni ServilloValentina BellèSamantha, a young girl who was kidnapped, resurfaces in shock after being imprisoned and hospitalized.Italy
- DirectorRoman PolanskiStarsLouis GarrelChristophe MaratierPierre PoirotIn 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's island.France
- DirectorFatih AkinStarsJonas DasslerVasiliki Georgina PseimadaChristine JensenA serial killer strikes fear in the hearts of residents of Hamburg during the early 1970s.Germany
- DirectorJesper W. NielsenStarsDanica CurcicAmanda CollinSidse Babett KnudsenFour women work together at a small NGO in Copenhagen that specialises in genocide. When two of them receive death threats, they suspect a Serbian war criminal; but then they start suspecting and turning against each other.Denmark
- DirectorMarco KreuzpaintnerStarsElyas M'BarekAlexandra Maria LaraHeiner LauterbachA young lawyer stumbles upon a vast conspiracy while investigating a brutal murder case.Germany
- DirectorGalder Gaztelu-UrrutiaStarsIvan MassaguéZorion EguileorAntonia San JuanA vertical prison with one cell per level. Two people per cell. Only one food platform and two minutes per day to feed. An endless nightmare trapped in The Hole.Spain