Thrillers.

Trillers are a genre of movie that are abundant in qualities from other genres such as Horror and Action featuring fast-paced and frequent action.
They often feature an estranged but resourceful hero up against a villain with a greater amount of power, who's often better equipped.
Villains will often be at an advantage to the hero.
Example of a villain:

(Loki Laufeyson from Avengers: Assemble & Thor played by Tom Hiddleston)

Thrillers are categorized as a broad and plentiful genre, including numerous overlapping sub-genre's. As Alfred Hitchchock said, the human condition is that they like: "to put their toe in the cold water of fear and see what it's like"
There is often a Maguffin, a plot device used to move the movie along that usually no one really cares about.
And Enigma, or mystery is also often present.