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".
A battle of gigantic proportions is looming in the neon underground of New York City. The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the polic... Read more
After failing to stop serial killer Keanu Reeves from preying on Los Angeles women, burned out FBI agent James Spader moves from California to Chicago... Read more
As unenthused as his class at having to teach the evils of facism, popular teacher Rainer Wagner attempts to make things more interesting with a hasti... Read more
Kristian, an experienced geologist has accepted a job offer out of town. He is getting ready to move with his family, when he and his colleagues measu... Read more
In this intense action-suspenser, Ryan Phillippe and Benicio Del Toro are two down and out criminals who kidnap Juliette Lewis, a pregnant woman about... Read more
The true-life story of Paul Ferris. Read more
The lives of a 19th-century Norwegian immigrant (Sarah Polley) and a modern-day photographer (Catherine McCormack) become entwined when McCormack beco... Read more
A tense thriller of espionage, spies and counterspies, in which one man's search leads him to the top levels of government intelligence where things a... Read more
Based on actual events, this dramatic thriller follows Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) as she accepts a United Nations peaceke... Read more
Based on actual events, this dramatic thriller follows Nebraska police officer Kathryn Bolkovac (Rachel Weisz) as she accepts a United Nations peaceke... Read more