Thriller and Suspense Films promote intense excitement, suspense, a high level of anticipation, ultra-heightened expectation, uncertainty, anxiety, and nerve-wracking tension. A genuine thriller is a film that relentlessly pursues a single-minded goal, to provide thrills and keep the audience cliff-hanging on the 'edge of their seats' as the plot builds towards a climax. Plots of thrillers often involve characters which come into conflict with each other or with outside forces - the menace is sometimes abstract or shadowy. Below is a grand line-up of the best in contemporary Thrillers & Suspense made since 1965. Following a similar theme, with generally a darker look is the "Film Noir" feature, well worth checking out. The exploits of "James Bond 007" may also be accessed stage left. Right: Frances McDormand makes an arrest in the Coen Bros "Fargo".
Liam Neeson stars in this action-thriller based on Lawrence Block's bestselling series of mystery novels. Neeson plays Matt Scudder, an ex-cop turned... Read more
It looks like a perfect plan: the affair will come to a cruel but satisfying end when a Chinese noodle shop owner plots to execute his unfaithful wife... Read more
Bo (Andy Lau) and Li (Rene Liu) play a pair of expert grifters who have just amassed a large wad of cash, prompting Li to say she wants out of the biz... Read more
While Indian rock star HR (Himesh Reshammiya) is on tour in Germany he is riding high on a wave of success and even finds true love, when he is unexpe... Read more
About a career thief and ex-con (Clint Eastwood) who says a woman's death was caused by the President of the United States. Ed Harris and Gene Hackman... Read more
The Brain (Louis Koo) is a professional assassin whose modus operandi is staging elaborate accidents to conceal his crimes. With his small, loyal team... Read more
Bullied by a particularly nasty piece of work, teens Mark and James decide to make a plan and take action. But things take a turn when they accidental... Read more
Suspicious of his fiancee (Brittany Murphy), a young man (Danny Pino) secretly trails her and finds her engaged in a hotel rendezvous with another man... Read more
This film noir double feature includes Fred Zinnemann's dark drama about a crippled G.I. stalking the commander that betrayed him in 'Act of Violence'... Read more
A fast-talking lawyer transforms his body and takes a vow of silence, not to be broken until he finds out who killed his wife and daughter and has his... Read more