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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 Shout (1978)

6.8/10
Director: Jerzy Skolimowski
Starring: Alan Bates, Susannah York, John Hurt, Tim Curry

Starring Alan Bates, Susannah York and John Hurt, this unusual film explores the meaning of reality in the setting of an insane asylum. A cricket matc... Read more

The Siege (1998)

6.3/10
Director: Edward Zwick
Starring: Denzel Washington, Annette Bening, Bruce Willis

When several terrorist actions put New York City in a panic, a police state is declared. An FBI agent (Denzel Washington) tries to track down the terr... Read more

The Signal (2014)

6.1/10
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Brenton Thwaites, Olivia Cooke, Laurence Fishburne, Beau Knapp, Lin Shaye, Rober...

Nic (Brenton Thwaites), his girlfriend, Haley (Olivia Cooke), and his buddy, Jonah (Beau Knapp), take an unexpected detour from an idyllic cross-count... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Jodie Foster, Anthony Hopkins, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more

The Silence of the Lambs ( Blu-ray ) (1990)

8.6/10
Director: Jonathan Demme
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Scott Glenn, Ted Levine

Young FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned to help find a missing woman to save her from a psychopathic serial killer who skins his victims. Clarice... Read more

The Silent Partner (1978)

7.5/10
Director: Daryl Duke
Starring: Elliott Gould, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, John Candy

Elliot Gould, Christopher Plummer and Suzannah York star in this terrifying thriller that pits a mild-mannered bank clerk against an evil and sadistic... Read more

The Sin Eater ( aka The Order ) (2003)

7/10
Director: Brian Helgeland
Starring: Heath Ledger, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Benno Furmann, Peter Weller

AKA 'The Order' Oscar-winning screenwriter Brian Helgeland writes and directs the compelling religious thriller - renegade Catholic priest Heath Ledg... Read more

The Sinner (Season Four) (2022)

7.6/10
Starring: Bill Pullman, Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, Carrie Coon, Natalie Paul

In the fourth and last season, the now-retired Ambrose travels to northern Maine to recover from the previous case. A tragedy occurs there involving t... Read more

The Sinner (Season One) (2017)

8/10
Starring: Bill Pullman, Jessica Biel, Christopher Abbott, Carrie Coon, Natalie Paul

Follows the story of a young woman who commits a horrific act of violence and rage, and to her surprise, has no idea why. The investigator who becomes... Read more

The Sixth Sense (1999)

8.1/10
Director: M Night Shyamalan
Starring: Toni Collette, Haley Joel Osment, Bruce Willis, Olivia Williams, Donnie Wahlberg

Dr. Malcolm Crowe (Bruce Willis) is a distinguished child psychologist haunted by the painful memory of a disturbed patient he was unable to help. So... Read more