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 American software designers Sean and Ben travel to Moscow to sell their software to investors. However, their Swedish partner Skyler pulls a fast... Read more
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. One of the most powerful young peop... Read more
A researcher (George C. Scott) teaches the aquatic mammals to talk, then faces a crisis when he learns they are also being trained as assassins. Read more
A rivetting thriller of an assassin hired to kill Charles De Gaulle, juxtaposing his calm preparation for the shooting against the tense international... Read more
Based on Frederick Forsyths best-selling novel of political intrigue, The Day of the Jackal, tells of a cold, suave British assassin hired by the Fre... Read more
Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more
Keanu Reeves is apparently well-cast in the role of an emotionally bereft and expressionless alien from another planet in this remake of the 1951 clas... Read more
In his fifth and final appearance as detective Harry Callahan, Clint Eastwood finds himself hunting down the perpetrator of a hit list known as the 'd... Read more
Christopher Walken stars in this David Cronenberg film of a Stephen King thriller about a man with the ability to read the thoughts of others. A gift... Read more
Christopher Walken stars in this David Cronenberg film of a Stephen King thriller about a man with the ability to read the thoughts of others. A gift... Read more