Examples Of Crime Thrillers

Drive

'Drive' is an American crime thriller directed by Danish director Nicholas Widning Refn. It stars Hollywood actor Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Oscar Isaac and Albert Brooks.

The film is adapted from the 2005 James Sallis novel of the same name, with a screenplay by Hossein Amini. Like the book, the film is based on a Hollywood stuntman whom in unnamed in the film (Ryan Gosling) spends his nights employed as a get-away driver. Prior to its release in 2011, it was shown at many film festivals. It received a standing ovation at the Cannes 2011 film festival, and director Refn won best director at the festival for the film.

"A mysterious man who has multiple jobs as a garage mechanic, a Hollywood stuntman and a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone. Meanwhile, his garage mechanic boss is trying to set up a race team using gangland money, which implicates our driver as he is to be used as the race team's main driver. Our hero gets more than he bargained for when he meets the man who is married to the woman he loves." - Shin- IMDB