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 Deadly Game (2013)
7.4/10
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Rufus Sewell, Toby Stephens, Elsa Pataky, Leo Gregory, Julian San...
A thief is caught up in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse between a maverick cop and London crime boss. Read more
The Deadly Mr. Frost (Mister Frost) (1990)
6.1/10
Director: Philip Setbon
Starring: Alan Bates, Daniel Gelin, Jeff Goldblum, Kathy Baker
Aka "The Deadly Mr. Frost". After being arrested for 24 murders by detective Alan Bates, the mysterious Mr Frost, (Jeff Goldblum) after refusing to sp... Read more
The Death and Life of Bobby Z (2007)
Director: John Herzfeld
Starring: Paul Walker, Laurence Fishburne, Jason Lewis, Jason Flemyng, Keith Carradine, Ol...
Paul Walker is an ex-Marine with a knack for getting himself in trouble. Currently serving a stretch for assault, he manages to kill off a prison gan... Read more
The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)
5.6/10
Director: Dario Piana
Starring: Christina Cole, Mike Vogel, Jaime Murray
"The first day of the rest of your life" is a phrase that has special meaning for Ian Stone (Mike Vogel). Trapped in a horrifying time warp in which h... Read more
The Debt (2007)
6.9/10
Director: Assaf Bernstein
Starring: Oleg Drach, Gila Almagor
In the original Israeli thriller that inspired a 2011 Hollywood remake, three Mossad operatives track down and capture a Nazi war criminal in 1965, on... Read more
The Debt (2011)
6.9/10
Director: John Madden
Starring: Helen Mirren, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Jessica Chastain
In 1966, Israeli Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) takes part in the cover-up of a botched mission when the former Nazi surgeon she was as... Read more
The Debt ( Blu-ray ) (2011)
6.9/10
Director: John Madden
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Helen Mirren, Marton Csokas, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Jespe...
In 1966, Israeli Mossad agent Rachel Singer (Jessica Chastain) takes part in the cover-up of a botched mission when the former Nazi surgeon she was as... Read more
The Debt Collector (1999)
6.7/10
Director: Anthony Neilson
Starring: Ken Stott, Iain Robertson, Francesca Annis, Billy Connolly
A contemporary thriller which explores the duel between two men. Nickie Dryden (Billy Connolly) is a convicted murderer and former loan shark who has... Read more
The Deceived (2020)
5.7/10
A young English student called Ophelia falls in love with her married lecturer, Michael. When their affair results in a shocking and tragic death, Oph... Read more
The Deep (1977)
6.2/10
Director: Peter Yates
Starring: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte
This underwater thriller, based on Peter Benchley's novel, focuses on two lovers on a Caribbean vacation who discover a sunken wreck laden with treasu... Read more