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This month’s XXL episode covers thriller movies – everything from Blow Out to Christopher Nolan’s Insomnia gets a namecheck in this genre-centric episode. We hope you’re enjoying our pop culture-themed XXL episodes. See you next month, and thanks for your support!

Matthew

  • Blow Out (1981)
    • Da Palma (2015)
    • Body Double (1984)
  • Wild Tales (2014)
  • Intacto (2002)
  • Infernal Affairs (2002)
  • The Spanish Prisoner (1997)
    • House of Games (1987)
    • Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
  • Timecrimes (2007)
    • Triangle (2009) for time travel fun
  • The Chaser (2008)
    • The Wailing (2016)
    • The Yellow Sea (2010)
  • A Simple Plan (1998)
    • Drag Me To Hell (2009)
    • The Quick and the Dead (1995)
  • The Last of Sheila (1973)
  • No Way Out (1987)

Samuel

  • Insomnia (2002)
  • Rear Window (1954) - sweaty Jimmy Stewart sub genre
    • The Simpsons (S06E01)
    • The Voyeurs (2021)
  • The Fugitive (1993)
    • Wrongfully Accused (1998)
  • Uncut Gems (2019 / Good Time (2017) - money stress
  • Inside Man (2006)
  • Zodiac (2007)
  • Unbreakable (2000)
  • Memories of Murder (2003)
  • The Dead Zone (1983)