Foreign Thrillers on Netflix
Last updated May 08, 2024
A Gang Story
2011 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEdmond and Serge became friends in prison, and formed a gang of infamous bank robbers in the 1970s that disbanded in 1974 with an arrest. Retired at 60, Edmond now tends to his family and has found peace -- but then Serge comes back into the picture.
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No Mercy
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEager to spend time with his visiting daughter, forensic pathologist Kang takes one last job investigating the death of a woman found in a river. An environmentalist takes credit, but the evidence doesn't add up -- until Kang's daughter is kidnapped.
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Tell No One
2006 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsEight years ago, pediatrician Alexandre Beck (François Cluzet) was the prime suspect in his wife's murder. He's put all that behind him, but now that two dead bodies have been found near his home, he's suspected of wrongdoing once again.
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District 13: Ultimatum
2009 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsSet two years after the action in Pierre Morel and Luc Besson's District 13, this French-language sequel follows Capt. Damien Tomaso (Cyril Raffaelli) and Leito (David Belle) on their quest to clean up crime and corruption in the city. With the territory divided into five distinct neighborhoods created along ethnic lines, they have their work cut out for them. But they've also got a secret weapon: a will to defy the odds.
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The Baader Meinhof Complex
2008 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsA radical terrorist group known as the Red Army Faction uses extreme violence to combat what they perceive as a new fascist threat in 1970s Germany. The group's savagery belies its revolutionary postwar intentions in this fast-paced fact-based drama.
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Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsWhen unexplained spontaneous combustions kill a pair of dignitaries in 7th-century China, the nation's first female emperor, Wu Zetian calls upon the trusted Detective Dee to solve the mystery in this stylish action epic.
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The Secret Reunion
2010 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsYears after he got fired for botching the arrest of a North Korean hit man and his protégé, Song (Dong-won Kang), former South Korean agent Lee (Kang-ho Song) hires Song, now exiled from the North, for freelance detective work. But both men are playing an angle -- Song wants to get back home, and Lee wants another shot at nabbing Song's old boss, the ruthless assassin Shadow (Gook-hwan Jeon). Hun Jang directs this tense thriller.
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Ghost
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter wealthy CEO Nanami Hoshino is killed in an accident, she takes the form of a ghost. Soon, she realizes that her grief-stricken husband is in grave danger in this remake of the American film Ghost.
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Point Blank
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSamuel Pierret is a nurse who saves the wrong guy -- a thief whose henchmen take Samuel's pregnant wife hostage to force him to spring their boss from the hospital. Can he evade the cops and the criminal underground and deliver his beloved to safety?
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Dhoom 2
2006 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsHot on the tail of notorious globe-trotting thief who's eyeing a target in Mumbai, two cops team with a lovely expert on the crook's methods. Now, each side tries to outwit the other in a race against time.
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Private Eye
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA young student in medicine discovers the murdered body of the son of a government official. Scared of being accused, he decides to hire a detective to help him find the murderer before the police accuse him.
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Race 2
2013 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this sequel set in the world of horse racing, half-brothers Ranvir and Rajiv Singh return for another complex tale of love, greed and violence. Also returning for the second feature is Inspector Robert D'Costa, still on the brothers' case.
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Sleepless Night
2011 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsVincent is one of two French cops whose bold drug heist goes bad, leading the mobster whose cocaine they've snatched to kidnap his son. Given one night to return the drugs to their owner, Vincent desperately tries to save the boy's life.
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Raajneeti
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen the American-educated scion of a powerful Indian family returns to the subcontinent to safeguard his family's political influence, his first taste of power starts him down the corrupt path. The man's insatiable ambition devastates his family.
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Merantau
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs part of a rite of passage known as "merantau," young Yuda (Iko Uwais) leaves his tiny farming village for Jakarta. But he ends up saving orphan Astri (Sisca Jessica) from a human-trafficking ring ruled by the evil Ratger (Mads Koudal). With vengeful villains hot on their trail, Yuda must keep Astri and her little brother, Adit (Yusuf Aulia), safe in the pimp- and mob-ridden streets of the city in this fast-paced Indonesian thriller.
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Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
2002 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsRyu sells a kidney to pay for his sister's operation, but the buyer rips him off, so his anarchist girlfriend hatches an alternate plan to raise the money: kidnap the daughter of a rich executive and demand a ransom.
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Mother
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsA murder rocks a South Korean town and suspicion quickly falls on a reclusive, mentally challenged -- and alibi-free -- young man (Bin Won). When an inept public defender botches the boy's case, his mother (Hye-ja Kim) sets out to prove her son's innocence. Acclaimed director Joon-ho Bong (Memories of Murder) explores the lengths a mother will go to protect her child in this atmospheric crime thriller.
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Secret
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAs a result of the affair he's having with a colleague's wife, detective Sung-reyol loses his son in a car accident. After leaving him, his wife suddenly returns one day, and Sung-reyol finds evidence that might implicate her in a murder case.
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Bedevilled
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsSelfish clerk Hae-won agrees to visit an old friend, Bok-nam, on a remote island, where she discovers that Bok-nam serves as a slave to the other residents. But after tragedy strikes, Bok-nam seeks vengeance against all of her oppressors.
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The Sicilian Girl
2009 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this taut drama based on a true story, 17-year-old Rita (Veronica D'Agostino) is leading a privileged life when her father and brother are slain by rival Mafiosi. Bent on revenge, she turns to a sympathetic magistrate (Gérard Jugnot) and breaks the code of silence. In her journey from self-centered teenager to fearless advocate for justice, Rita enrages Sicily's most powerful men, putting her life in jeopardy.
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A Better Tomorrow
2010 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen his long-lost little brother resurfaces, a successful gangster must balance family loyalties with his complicated professional commitments. Hae-sung Song directs this Korean remake of director John Woo's Hong Kong cinema classic.
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Ek Tha Tiger
2012 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWhen elite Indian secret agent Tiger investigates a Dublin scientist who may be selling secret missile technology to Pakistan, he falls for the scientist's caretaker, and the two find themselves on an explosive journey of espionage and passion.
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Ghajini
2008 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsAfter a vicious attack claims the life of his girlfriend and leaves him with a debilitating case of short-term memory loss, mobile phone mogul Sanjay Singhania sets out on a quest to bring down the perpetrators that have ruined his life.
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Dhoom
2004 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsWith few clues to go on, no-nonsense detective Jai is tracking a gang of suave, motorbike-riding robbers who are sweeping through Mumbai. Jai's investigation leads him to a slacker mechanic whose riding skills may help bring the crooks to justice.
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The Recipe
2010 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsWhen television producer Choi Yu-Jin catches wind of a death row inmate who longs to eat a fiery Korean stew known as doenjang jjigae one last time before he dies, he sets out to find the best recipe.
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