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".
From his prison cell, a man recounts the epic tale of a quest for buried treasure. Two men escape from prison in order to search for a fortune claimed... Read more
Based on an actual bank heist (and even using the St. Louis policemen who took part in thwarting the original robbery), this caper film stars Steve Mc... Read more
Aka "The First Great Train Robbery". Based-on-fact tale of the world's first moving train heist, this stylish thriller, written and directed by Michae... Read more
This top-notch thriller is set after World War II and features Glenn Ford as an ex-paratrooper hired by a church to find a bejeweled glove lifted by e... Read more
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
Action and comedy mix in this modern update of the classic crimefighter of radio, serial, comic, and TV fame. After his father's death, playboy and ne... Read more
Gripping adventure in which Liam Neeson stars as Ottway, a man haunted by his past who takes a job as a huntsman in the Alaskan wilderness. When the p... Read more
Gripping adventure in which Liam Neeson stars as Ottway, a man haunted by his past who takes a job as a huntsman in the Alaskan wilderness. When the p... Read more
The story opens with a deadly sarin attack in London. NSC counter-terrorism director Maren Jackson (Margulies) enlists FBI agent Max Canary (McDermott... Read more
A classy, suspenseful and erotic thriller acclaimed as one of the best films of the year about a mother, son (only fourteen years her junior) and son'... Read more