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 Getaway ( Blu-ray ) (1972)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson, Al Lettieri, Sally Struthers
Steve McQueen plays a bank robber whose wife (Ali MacGraw) makes a deal with a Texas politician to have her husband released from prison in return for... Read more
The Ghost (2001)
4/10
Starring: Michael Madsen, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Richard Hatch, Michael Paul Chan, James Ho...
A feared Chinese Tong soldier goes undercover in America as an Asian Internet bride. Read more
The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
6.8/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson
This intense adventure drama based on a true story and set in 1890s East Africa stars Val Kilmer as an engineer sent to build a bridge but the campsit... Read more
The Ghost Writer (2010)
7.2/10
Director: Roman Polanski
Starring: David Rintoul, Eli Wallach, Ewan McGregor, Kim Cattrall, Olivia Williams, Pierce...
Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in this thriller that was co-written and directed by Roman Polanski. The film is based on Robert Harris' novel T... Read more
The Gift (2000)
6.7/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Katie Holmes, Greg Kinnear, Hilar...
Directed by Sam Raimi and co-written by Billy Bob Thornton, this chiller stars Cate Blanchett as a poor psychic who tells fortunes to get by in a back... Read more
The Gift (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Joel Edgerton
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin
Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged.... chances are... Read more
The Gift (Blu-ray) (2015)
7/10
Director: Joel Edgerton
Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jason Bateman, Allison Tolman, Tim Griffin
Can you really go through life having never wronged anyone? Even if you are unaware of how, or when, and even who you may have wronged.... chances are... Read more
The Gingerbread Man (1997)
5.7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Daryl Hannah, Embeth Davidtz, Kenneth Branagh, Robert Downey Jr, Robert Duvall,...
A southern lawyer's (Kenneth Branagh, with a terrific accent) entanglement with a young waitress leads to disaster in this thriller based on an origin... Read more
The Girl in the Spider's Web (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant,...
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for... Read more
The Girl in the Spider's Web (Blu-Ray) (2018)
6.1/10
Director: Fede Alvarez
Starring: Claire Foy, Sverrir Gudnason, Lakeith Stanfield, Sylvia Hoeks, Stephen Merchant,...
Fired from the National Security Agency, Frans Balder recruits hacker Lisbeth Salander to steal FireWall, a computer program that can access codes for... Read more