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 Disappointments Room (2016)
3.9/10
Director: D J Caruso
Starring: Kate Beckinsale, Mel Raido, Lucas Till, Michaela Conlin, Michael Landes, Celia W...
The architect Dana, her husband David and their son Lucas move to an isolated manor in the countryside seeking a restart of their lives after the deat... Read more
The Dissident (2020)
7.9/10
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world piece together the clues to a murd... Read more
The Domino Principle (1976)
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Gene Hackman, Candice Bergen, Richard Widmark, Mickey Rooney, Edward Albert, Eli...
Stanley Kramer directed this paranoid thriller involving a murderer who is inexplicably released from prison by a mysterious organization. Gene Hackma... Read more
The Don is Dead (1973)
6.4/10
Director: Richard Fleischer
Starring: Charles Cioffi, Frederic Forrest, Robert Forster, Al Lettieri, Anthony Quinn, An...
Released one year after 'The Godfather', this mafia family epic stars Anthony Quinn as Don Angelo, a notorious crime czar set to take over the Syndica... Read more
The Door (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Anno Saul
Starring: Jessica Schwarz, Nele Trebs, Mads Mikkelsen, Heike Makatsch
Adapted from a novel by Akif Pirrincci, "The Door" aka "Die Tur" is the tale of a formerly successful painter, David who has lost control over his lif... Read more
The Doorman (2020)
4.4/10
Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Jean Reno, Ruby Rose, Aksel Hennie
A woman returns from combat and befriends a family in NYC. A gang of thieves plot to take the family's valuables, and she is all that stands between t... Read more
The Double (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Michael Brandt
Starring: Richard Gere, Stana Katic, Tamer Hassan, Stephen Moyer, Topher Grace, Odette Yus...
A retired CIA spy and a fledgling FBI agent team up to investigate the murder of a U.S. senator and catch a notorious killer in this high-stakes polit... Read more
The Double Hour ( La doppia ora ) (2009)
6.7/10
Director: Guiseppe Capotondi
Starring: Filippo Timi, Ksenia Rappaport, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno
Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant... Read more
The Double Life Of Veronique (1991)
7.8/10
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Starring: Halina Gryglaszewska, Irene Jacob, Kalina Jedrusik
Two women with identical looks, birthdates and names unknowingly have their lives inter-connected in this beautifully crafted thriller. When one of th... Read more
The Driftless Area (2015)
5.3/10
Director: Zachary Sluser
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Frank Langella, Anton Yelchin, Zooey Deschanel, John Hawkes, Alia...
Pierre Hunter (Anton Yelchin), a bartender with unyielding optimism, returns to his tiny hometown after his parents' death. When he falls for the enig... Read more