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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 Negotiator (1998)

7.3/10
Director: F Gary Gray
Starring: Samuel L Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, Ron Rifkin, John Spencer, J T Walsh

When Chicago police hostage negotiator Samuel L. Jackson is framed for his partner's murder, he takes over the department Internal Affairs division an... Read more

The Neon Demon (2016)

6.2/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves, Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Bella Heathcote, K...

17 year old Jesse heads to Hollywood to try and make it in the modelling business. Arriving at an agency with a set of portraits taken by her boyfrien... Read more

The Neon Demon ( Blu-ray ) (2016)

6.2/10
Director: Nicolas Winding Refn
Starring: Jena Malone, Keanu Reeves, Elle Fanning, Christina Hendricks, Bella Heathcote, K...

17 year old Jesse heads to Hollywood to try and make it in the modelling business. Arriving at an agency with a set of portraits taken by her boyfrien... Read more

The Nest (2020)

6.3/10
Starring: Christine Bottomley, Martin Compston, David Hayman, Katie Leung

A teenage girl in Glasgow agrees to carry a baby for couple Dan and Emily. Read more

The Net (1995)

5.9/10
Director: Irwin Winkler
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Jeremy Northam, Dennis Miller

Sleek suspenser with Sandra Bullock as a lonely computer wizard whose Mexican vacation turns dangerous when she meets a British hacker in search of a... Read more

The New Daughter (2009)

5.3/10
Director: Luis Berdejo
Starring: Kevin Costner, Noah Taylor, Samantha Mathis, Ivana Baquero

Kevin Costner stars as a newly divorced father who moves into a rural South Carolina home with his adolescent daughter (Ivana Baquero of 'Pan's Labyri... Read more

The New Mutants (2020)

5.5/10
Director: Josh Boone
Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save them... Read more

The New Mutants (Blu-ray) (2020)

5.5/10
Director: Josh Boone
Starring: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save them... Read more

The Next Three Days (2010)

7.4/10
Director: Paul Haggis
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Liam Neeson, Russell Crowe, Olivia Wilde

Convinced that wife Elizabeth Banks is innocent of the murder for which she was convicted and jailed, Pittsburgh college instructor Russell Crowe figh... Read more

The Nice Guys (2016)

7.4/10
Director: Shane Black
Starring: Kim Basinger, Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Matt Bomer, Angourie Rice, Margaret Q...

Holland March (Ryan Gosling) is a down-on-his-luck private eye in 1977 Los Angeles. Jackson Healy (Russell Crowe) is a hired enforcer who hurts people... Read more