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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 Wicker Man (2006)

3.7/10
Director: Neil LaBute
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Ellen Burstyn, Kate Beahan, Frances Conroy, Molly Parker, Leelee S...

Nic Cage plays an emotionally fragile California cop who, after receiving a distressing phonecall from his ex, ends up on a remote island, searching f... Read more

The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

6.5/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Rutger Hauer, Saeed Jaffrey, Sidney Poitier, Pr...

Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine deliver powerhouse performances in this provocative thriller set in Apartheid South Africa, where racial tension is a... Read more

The Wild Goose Lake (2019)

6.9/10
Director: Yi'nan Diao
Starring: Ge Hu

A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Read more

The Woman in Black (2012)

6.4/10
Director: James Watkins
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Daniel Radcliffe, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Roger All...

Hammer Films' moody adaptation of the Susan Hill novel follows young attorney Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) to a spooky home in Northern England, re... Read more

The Woman in Black (Blu-ray) (2012)

6.4/10
Director: James Watkins
Starring: Ciaran Hinds, Janet McTeer, Daniel Radcliffe, Liz White, Shaun Dooley, Roger All...

Hammer Films' moody adaptation of the Susan Hill novel follows young attorney Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe) to a spooky home in Northern England, re... Read more

The Woman In The Fifth (2011)

Director: Pawel Pawlikowski
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Kristin Scott Thomas, Joanna Kulig, Samir Guesmi

A college lecturer flees to Paris after a scandal costs him his job. In the City of Light, he meets a widow who might be involved in a series of murde... Read more

The Woman King (2022)

6.7/10
Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood
Starring: Viola Davis, Lashana Lynch, John Boyega

The Woman King is the remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with s... Read more

The Woods (2006)

5.7/10
Director: Lucky McKee
Starring: Agnes Bruckner, Bruce Campbell, Patricia Clarkson, Lauren Birkell

From the director of 'May', this stylish horror/thriller is set in 1965 New England where troubled teen Heather (Agnes Bruckner) has been sent to an i... Read more

The World is Not Enough (1999)

6.4/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Sophie Marceau, Desmond...

Given the task of protecting a murdered oil tycoon's beautiful daughter, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must stop a ruthless terrorist (Robert Carlyle) who's st... Read more

The World is Not Enough ( Blu-ray ) (1999)

6.4/10
Director: Michael Apted
Starring: Denise Richards, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Samant...

Given the task of protecting a murdered oil tycoon's beautiful daughter, 007 (Pierce Brosnan) must stop a ruthless terrorist (Robert Carlyle) who's st... Read more