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".
Sylvester Stallone is an explosives expert hired by Sharon Stone to wreak havoc on the Cuban-American Mafiosi (Rod Steiger and Eric Roberts) who murde... Read more
This compelling suspenser stars Dorothy McGuire as a servant, left mute by a childhood trauma, caring for invalid Ethel Barrymore in a Victorian New E... Read more
A good-guy cop is killed in the line of duty and comes back to life as shadowy crimefighter 'The Spirit', now pitted against 'The Octopus' who wants t... Read more
A good-guy cop is killed in the line of duty and comes back to life as shadowy crimefighter 'The Spirit', now pitted against 'The Octopus' whose main... Read more
Agent 007 does battle against the arch villain Stromberg and his plans for world destruction. Spectacular underwater footage, beautiful women and the... Read more
Agent 007 does battle against the arch villain Stromberg and his plans for world destruction. Spectacular underwater footage, beautiful women and the... Read more
A beautiful spy trades sex for secrets. A reclusive explosives expert is haunted by a tragic past. When these two meet, the sparks fly... but they hav... Read more
Engrossing Aussie neo-noir about married construction worker Ray who has a torrid affair with the wife of a low-level gangster. When she tells him abo... Read more
What happens when a college psych study goes shockingly wrong? In this tense, psychological thriller based on the notorious true story, Billy Crudup s... Read more
Michael Douglas is an idealistic judge who's fed up with having to release rapists and murderers due to legal loopholes and technicalities until he di... Read more