Best Thriller Movies of 2015
2015 gave us a lot of thriller movies and not all of them were worth the ticket. These 20 are the ones that landed, ranked by the score real viewers gave them rather than by opening weekend. Room sits at the top with 8.0, and the list averages 7.2 across the board.
20 titles · average score 7.2 ·
The top 5 picks
- 1
Room (2015)
★ 8.0 · 9,789 ratingsHeld captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.
- 2
Victoria (2015)
★ 7.6 · 1,383 ratingsA young Spanish woman who has newly moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.
- 3
Drishyam (2015)
★ 7.5 · 504 ratingsWhen his family stares down the barrel of criminal charges, a commoner channels his street smarts and knowledge of action films to tie the long arm of the law into an investigative Gordian knot.
- 4
Talvar (2015)
★ 7.5 · 200 ratingsA hardened cop deals with three conflicting perspectives involving a brutal double murder. The case is complicated as the prime suspects are the parents who supposedly killed their teenage daughter.
- 5
Sicario (2015)
★ 7.4 · 9,756 ratingsAn idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S. and Mexico.
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How this list is ranked
Nothing on this page is hand-picked to hit a word count. We pull films matching this list's criteria from TMDB, require a real audience behind each score, and rank by that score — 20 titles averaging 7.2. The page rebuilds daily, so new releases appear here as soon as enough people have rated them.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best thriller movie of 2015?
Room is the highest-rated thriller film of 2015 with a 8.0 audience score from 10K ratings. Victoria and Drishyam follow closely behind.
How are these 2015 movies ranked?
By average audience score on TMDB, restricted to films with at least 150 ratings so that a handful of votes cannot push an obscure title to the top. The list averages 7.2.
Is this list updated?
Yes — it rebuilds every day from TMDB, so newly released movies appear as soon as enough people have rated them. You do not need an account to browse it, and there is no paywall on anything at MovieAI.