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".
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
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine deliver powerhouse performances in this provocative thriller set in Apartheid South Africa, where racial tension is a... Read more
A gangster on the run sacrifices everything for his family and a woman he meets while on the lam. Read more
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
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
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 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
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
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
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