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 Liability (2012)
5.9/10
Starring: Tim Roth, Jack O'Connell, Peter Mullan
When 19-year-old Adam agrees to do a day's driving for his mum's gangster boyfriend Peter, it takes him on a 24-hour journey into a nightmarish world... Read more
The Life Before This (1999)
6.4/10
Director: Gerard Ciccoritti
Starring: Catherine O'Hara, Joe Pantoliano, Sarah Polley, David Hewlett, Stephen Rea, Emil...
Exploring concepts of fate and free will, this contemplative drama brings a handful of random people together during the 12 hours leading up to a bloo... Read more
The Limehouse Golem (2016)
6.3/10
Director: Juan Carlos Medina
Starring: Bill Nighy, Daniel Mays, Maria Valverde, Douglas Booth, Sam Reid, Olivia Cooke
A series of murders has shaken the community to the point where people believe that only a legendary creature from dark times - the mythical so-called... Read more
The Limey (1999)
7.1/10
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzman, Peter Fonda, Barry Newman
A riveting performance by Terence Stamp as an aging British crook newly released from prison who comes to Los Angeles looking for revenge on the recor... Read more
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
7.3/10
Director: Brad Furman
Starring: John Leguizamo, Marisa Tomei, Matthew McConaughey, Josh Lucas
Based on the novel by Michael Connelly, this exciting thriller stars Matthew McConaughey as a charismatic Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who wo... Read more
The Line (2007)
7.5/10
Director: Michael Adante
Starring: Peter Phelps, Andy McPhee, David Barry, Christopher Elliott
The lines between good and bad, right and wrong, and cop and criminal are blurred in this violent Australian thriller. A hardened undercover cop is te... Read more
The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)
7/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: George C Scott, Dana Wynter, Clive Brook, Tony Curtis, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancas...
A brilliant ensemble murder mystery directed by John Huston, and headed by George C Scott as British Colonel Gethryn, asked by his good friend, Adrian... Read more
The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
7.1/10
Director: Nicholas Gessner
Starring: Jodie Foster, Martin Sheen, Alexis Smith
Thirteen-year-old Rynn (Jodie Foster) is a gifted prodigy who lives in a big old house with her reclusive father... all alone. Or does she? When Rynn'... Read more
The Little Stranger (2018)
5.5/10
Director: Lenny Abrahamson
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Ruth Wilson, Charlotte Rampling
THE LITTLE STRANGER tells the story of Dr. Faraday, the son of a housemaid, who has built a life of quiet respectability as a country doctor. During t... Read more
The Little Things (2021)
6.3/10
Director: John Lee Hancock
Starring: Denzel Washington, Rami Malek, Jared Leto, Chris Bauer
Kern County Deputy Sheriff Joe Deacon is sent to Los Angeles for what should have been a quick evidence-gathering assignment. Instead, he becomes embr... Read more