techno-thriller
noun
tech·no-thrill·er
ˈtek-nō-ˌthri-lər 
-nə-
: a thriller whose plot relies on modern technology
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The project started back in 2020 with the objective of appealing beyond video game or animation fans, targeting mainstream audiences and techno-thriller enthusiasts.
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Kevin Giraud, Variety, 9 June 2025
Both involve murder and interweave a love story into the techno-thriller drama.
—Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Pascal Plante’s chilly Quebecois techno-thriller isn’t about content moderation per se, but its descent-into-hell structure is — intentionally or not — mimicked here.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Reuniting with go-to Hollywood screenwriter David Koepp, who wrote his kicky techno-thriller Kimi, the director tells a familiar haunted-house story but from the haunter’s perspective — literally, as the entire movie unfolds from a spectral first-person POV!
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
That pressure is intense, and Union, which starts in the spring of 2021, simmers like a present-day techno-thriller in which the scrappy underdogs face down a monolithic corporation.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This fresh techno-thriller plays on the fear of losing control of your online identity.
—Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The Barbie actor will next star in and executive produce (alongside James Wan) a techno-thriller series for Peacock, and he’s also racked up significant brand deals (Cheetos, Tiffany, Cadillac, McDonald’s).
—Alison Brower, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
The espionage techno-thriller hails from Universal Content Productions.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
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Kevin Giraud, Variety, 9 June 2025
Both involve murder and interweave a love story into the techno-thriller drama.
—Literary Hub, 4 June 2025
Pascal Plante’s chilly Quebecois techno-thriller isn’t about content moderation per se, but its descent-into-hell structure is — intentionally or not — mimicked here.
—Katie Rife, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
Reuniting with go-to Hollywood screenwriter David Koepp, who wrote his kicky techno-thriller Kimi, the director tells a familiar haunted-house story but from the haunter’s perspective — literally, as the entire movie unfolds from a spectral first-person POV!
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
That pressure is intense, and Union, which starts in the spring of 2021, simmers like a present-day techno-thriller in which the scrappy underdogs face down a monolithic corporation.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 18 Oct. 2024
This fresh techno-thriller plays on the fear of losing control of your online identity.
—Danny Horn, James Mercadante, Ilana Gordon, EW.com, 31 July 2024
The Barbie actor will next star in and executive produce (alongside James Wan) a techno-thriller series for Peacock, and he’s also racked up significant brand deals (Cheetos, Tiffany, Cadillac, McDonald’s).
—Alison Brower, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
The espionage techno-thriller hails from Universal Content Productions.
—Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2024
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