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".
Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Stellan Skarsgard and Christopher Plummer star in David Fincher's American remake of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" - th... Read more
Aka "Men Who Hate Women". Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger... Read more
Aka "Men Who Hate Women". Forty years ago, Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger... Read more
Powerful thriller about a young, idealistic black cop who gets a rude awakening about the force when he encounters racism and other forms of hatred in... Read more
LA cops Steven Segal and Keenan Ivory Wayans struggle to track down a seriel killer who may be connected to the Russian mob, but when Segal's ex-wife... Read more
A young doctor goes to unconscionable extremes in order to remain in the service of a female patient with a kidney disorder. Read more
Career con artist Roy Courtnay can hardly believe his luck when he meets well-to-do widow Betty McLeish online. As Betty opens her life and home to hi... Read more
Robert De Niro directs this intimate, cold war espionage drama exploring the origins of the CIA via the wartime agency, the Office of Strategic Servie... Read more
Macaulay Culkin stars as the diabolical child with dark secrets and a frightening sadistic streak who terrifies his cousin (Elijah Wood) when he comes... Read more
Nick Nolte delivers a riveting performance as Bob Mantagnet, a wisecracking master thief whose luck seems to have finally run out. Pursed by the polic... Read more