Thrillers & Suspense
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".
The Crazies (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker
In this suspenseful re-imagining of George A. Romero's 1973 classic, an unexplainable phenomenon has taken over the citizens of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. One... Read more
The Crazies ( Blu-ray ) (2010)
6.5/10
Director: Breck Eisner
Starring: Radha Mitchell, Timothy Olyphant, Joe Anderson, Danielle Panabaker
In this suspenseful re-imagining of George A. Romero's 1973 classic, an unexplainable phenomenon has taken over the citizens of Ogden Marsh, Iowa. One... Read more
The Crimson Kimono (Blu-ray) (1959)
6.9/10
Director: Samuel Fuller
Starring: Victoria Shaw, James Shigeta, Glenn Corbett, Anna Lee
Classic, hard-to-find Sam Fuller pic is intriguing noir about two detective partners, one caucasian and one Japanese, who try to solve a complicated m... Read more
The Cry (2018)
7.3/10
Starring: Jenna Coleman, Ewen Leslie, Asher Keddie
Nominated for an International Emmy® for Best Actress, Jenna Coleman (Victoria, Doctor Who) mesmerizes as young mother Joanna in this intense psycholo... Read more
The Cry of the Owl (1987)
6.5/10
Director: Claude Chabrol
Starring: Christophe Malavoy, Mathilda May, Virginie Thevenet, Jean-Pierre Kalfon, Jacques...
Following a divorce that has left him feeling depressed, Robert (Christophe Malavoy) moves into a quiet neighbourhood in the hopes of finding some pea... Read more
The Cry of the Owl (2009)
6/10
Director: Jamie Thraves
Starring: Julia Stiles, Paddy Considine, Caroline Dhavernas, James Gilbert, Gord Rand
Taut psychological thriller based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith ('The Talented Mr. Ripley'). Paddy Considine stars as Robert, a troubled young ma... Read more
The Crying Game (1992)
7.3/10
Director: Neil Jordan
Starring: Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson
Stephen Rea finds out that love is a strange game indeed when he flees to London, from a botched I.R.A. mission in Northern Ireland, and meets the dec... Read more
The Curse Of Frankenstein (1957)
7.1/10
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended. Read more
The Curse Of Frankenstein (Blu-ray) (1957)
7.1/10
Director: Terence Fisher
Starring: Peter Cushing, Hazel Court, Robert Urquhart
Victor Frankenstein builds a creature and brings it to life, but it behaves not as he intended. Read more
The Da Vinci Code (2006)
6.6/10
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, Jean Reno, Paul Bettany, Alfred Molina,...
Ron Howard's blockbuster interpretation of Dan Brown's best-selling book stars Tom Hanks as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon who finds himself summo... Read more