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 Thirteenth Floor (1999)
7/10
Director: Josef Rusnak
Starring: Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol
This thought-provoking dark thriller, in keeping with "The Matrix" and "Dark City", is set in a computer-generated parallel world like 1930s L.A. with... Read more
The Thirteenth Floor ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
7/10
Director: Josef Rusnak
Starring: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Craig Bierko, Dennis Haysbert, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onof...
This thought-provoking dark thriller, in keeping with "The Matrix" and "Dark City", is set in a computer-generated parallel world like 1930s L.A. with... Read more
The Thirty-Nine Steps ( The 39 Steps ) (1978)
6.6/10
Director: Don Sharp
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter, Karen Dotrice, John Mills
This suspenseful thriller is much closer to John Buchan's original novel than has been filmed before. With a fine cast of British character actors inc... Read more
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
7/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke, Jack Weston
A bored millionaire (Steve McQueen) masterminds the perfect bank robbery and is pursued by a dogged insurance investigator (Faye Dunaway) determined t... Read more
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
6.8/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo, Denis Leary, Faye Dunaway
This suspense-filled remake of the 1968 Steve McQueen / Faye Dunaway number stars Pierce Brosnan as the thrill-seeking billionaire who pulls off his b... Read more
The Thomas Crown Affair ( Blu-ray ) (1999)
6.8/10
Director: John McTiernan
Starring: Denis Leary, Faye Dunaway, Pierce Brosnan, Rene Russo
This suspense-filled remake of the 1968 Steve McQueen / Faye Dunaway number stars Pierce Brosnan as the thrill-seeking billionaire who pulls off his b... Read more
The Tiger Brigades (2006)
5.9/10
Director: Jerome Cornuau, Francois Cornuau
Starring: Clovis Cornillac, Diane Kruger, Edouard Baer, Olivier Gourmet, Stefano Accorsi
This film (and the popular television series it sprang from) has earned the nickname 'the French Untouchables' for its gritty story of an elite force... Read more
The Tiger's Tail (2006)
5.9/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Kim Cattrall, Sinead Cusack, Moira Deady, Brendan Gleeson
Set in Dublin, this wry thriller stars Brendan Gleeson (on top form) as Liam, a property developer who becomes completely unnerved when he discovers h... Read more
The Town (2010)
7.6/10
Director: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Chris Cooper, Pete Postlethwaite, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Titus Wel...
Ben Affleck co-wrote, directed, and stars in this crime thriller about a Boston bank robber who falls for a hostage (Rebecca Hall) he took while weari... Read more
The Translators (Les Traducteurs) (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Regis Roinsard
Starring: Lambert Wilson, Olga Kurylenko, Riccardo Scamarcio, Alex Lawther
Nine translators, hired to translate the eagerly awaited final book of a bestselling trilogy, are confined in a luxurious bunker. When the first ten p... Read more