Getting the whole family to agree on a film is rare, these are the ones that genuinely work for everyone in the room. Thrillers with real tension, the kind that makes you hold your breath without realising it. All from the 2000s, a decade that produced some of the most ambitious and original films in recent memory. Films that rewrote the rules and influenced everything that came after them.
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These aren't just good thriller films - they're the ones that shifted what cinema could do. Specifically from the 2000s - every pick here was chosen for with the family because the craft holds up decades later. Watch them in order or pick one at random. Either way, you're watching something genuinely landmark.
Most thrillers waste the premise. These don't. These work across the room without patronising anyone in it. From the 2000s, which means some of these are overdue a rewatch. More lists by genre, mood, and occasion at Moviepiq.