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 third film in writer/director James DeMonaco's violent but potent franchise sees the annual free-for-all killing spree known as the Purge come und... Read more
Two workmen make an alarming discovery in an older Copenhagen apartment: hidden behind a false wall are three mummified corpses, sitting around a dini... Read more
Dot is a deaf/mute teen sent to live with her godparents after the death of her father, but she soon realises the happy family facade is wafer thin an... Read more
Secret agent Quiller (George Segal) is charged with tracking down the leaders of a neo-Nazi organisation in Berlin but finds he may have been set up b... Read more
A.k.a. "The Raid: Redemption". Innovative martial arts action marks this Indonesian thriller about a young SWAT recruit (Iko Uwais) fighting to stay a... Read more
A.k.a. "The Raid 2: Berandal". Kicking off straight after the end of The Raid 1.0, part two sees battered-and-bruised cop Rama (Iko Uwais) made keen... Read more
Baltimore, 1849. While investigating a horrific double murder, police detective Emmett Fields (Luke Evans) makes a startling discovery: the killer's m... Read more
Katherine Winter (Hilary Swank) is an ex-theology professor who has lost the faith and now spends her time debunking unexplained religious phenomena.... Read more
In this electrifying suspenser, Colin Farrell is a computer wizard who is enlisted into the CIA by Al Pacino, an agency veteran who knew Farrell's lat... Read more
Sun-Jae (Hye-su Kim) discovers her husband has been cheating on her and leaves him, moving into a dilapidated building with her young daughter. When... Read more