From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishthrillerthrill‧er /ˈθrɪlə $ -ər/ ●●○ noun [countable] AMALa book or film that tells an exciting story about murder or crime► see thesaurus at movie
Examples from the Corpus
thriller• The Cowboys handed the Denver Broncos their first home defeat of the season in a 31-27 thriller.• It is most definitely a thriller, but with strong romantic undertones.• Kurt Russell and Steven Seagal team up in a thriller about a hijacked plane.• They discovered a mutual love of mysteries and thrillers.• His latest work is a legal thriller set in Boston.• Some are more thriller than romance.• A police thriller with a difference.• 'Psycho' is Hitchcock's greatest psychological thriller.• Stephen King's new psychological thriller• It was a virtual-reality thriller just perfect for computer geeks, whose numbers have probably increased tenfold since the hourlong drama crashed.• Francis retired from racing but has built a new career as a best selling thriller writer.• 'Bullet to Beijing', a spy thriller, starring Michael Caine and Michael Gambon• He has written a spy thriller that recalls Fleming's James Bond series.• Sally Fields' fighting-mom persona is dragged through the first stupid thriller of 1996. 