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 Lives of Others (2006)
8.4/10
Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Starring: Martina Gedeck, Ulrich Muhe, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Tukur, Thomas Thieme, Hans-U...
This skilfully-crafted thriller, deserving winner of the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film, is an intelligent and potent blend of polit... Read more
The Living and the Dead (2006)
6/10
Director: Simon Rumley
Starring: Roger Lloyd-Pack, Leo Bill, Kate Fahy, Sarah Ball
A grimly absorbing and genuinely terrifying thriller/drama with Leo Bill delivering a gripping performance as James, a mentally-challenged young man,... Read more
The Living Daylights (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Joe Don Baker, Maryam D'Abo, Timothy Dalton, Jeroen Krabbe, Art Malik
Once again, the tuxedo is passed on. Timothy Dalton makes a stylish debut as agent 007, in this danger-filled tale of megalomaniacal arms smugglers, S... Read more
The Living Daylights ( Blu-ray ) (1987)
6.7/10
Director: John Glen
Starring: Jeroen Krabbe, Joe Don Baker, Maryam D'Abo, Timothy Dalton, Art Malik
Once again, the tuxedo is passed on. Timothy Dalton makes a stylish debut as agent 007, in this danger-filled tale of megalomaniacal arms smugglers, S... Read more
The Lodge (Blu-ray) (2019)
6/10
Director: Severin Fiala, Veronika Franz
Starring: Riley Keough
A soon-to-be stepmom is snowed in with her fiancé's two children at a remote holiday village. Just as relations begin to thaw between the trio, some s... Read more
The Lone Gunmen: The Complete Series (2001)
7.5/10
Starring: Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, Dean Haglund, Stephen Snedden, Zuleikha Robinson,...
The popular computer-hacking geeks from the X-Files came out from behind the shadow of Mulder and Scully with this their own series. Running for just... Read more
The Long Firm (2004)
7.8/10
Director: Bille Eltringham
Starring: Mark Strong, George Costigan, Geoff Bell, Derek Jacobi, Lena Headey, Phil Daniel...
The lives of characters who live, love, and suffer through their association with the charismatic charms of gangster Harry Starks. Read more
The Long Good Friday (1980)
7.7/10
Director: John MacKenzie
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Bryan Marshall, Eddie Constantine, Helen Mirren
Bob Hoskins, in his breakthrough film role, stars as a London racketeer fast losing control of his gangland empire; Helen Mirren shines as his classy... Read more
The Long Goodbye (1973)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more
The Long Goodbye (Blu-ray) (1973)
7.6/10
Director: Robert Altman
Starring: Elliott Gould, Nina Van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden
A quirky, semi-satiric, updating of Raymond Chandler stars Elliott Gould as laid-back gumshoe Philip Marlowe, investigating the murder of his friend's... Read more