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".
Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula (2020)
A zombie virus has in the last 4 years spread to all South Korea. 4 Koreans in Hong Kong sail through the blockade to Incheon for USD20,000,000 on a t... Read more
Training Day ( Blu-ray ) (2001)
7.7/10
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Starring: Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, Scott Glenn, Tom Berenger, Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg, C...
Rookie cop Ethan Hawke, newly transferred to undercover duty in the narcotics department, is partnered with top veteran detective Denzel Washington fo... Read more
Traitor (2008)
7/10
Director: Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Starring: Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Jeff Daniels, Neal McDonough, Said Taghmaoui, Alyy Khan
Don Cheadle and Guy Pearce star in this taut international thriller set against a puzzle of covert counter-espionage operations. When straight-arrow F... Read more
Trance (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, James McAvoy
A psychological thriller helmed by Danny Boyle ("Shallow Grave", "127 Hours"), "Trance" finds an auctioneer falling foul of a gang of ruthless art thi... Read more
Trance ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
6.9/10
Director: Danny Boyle
Starring: Vincent Cassel, Rosario Dawson, James McAvoy
A psychological thriller helmed by Danny Boyle ("Shallow Grave", "127 Hours"), "Trance" finds an auctioneer falling foul of a gang of ruthless art thi... Read more
Transcendence (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Wally Pfister
Starring: Cole Hauser, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murph...
A brilliant innovator in the field of Artificial Intelligence becomes the bridge in the gap between man and machine in this sci-fi thriller starring J... Read more
Transcendence (Blu-ray) (2014)
6.3/10
Director: Wally Pfister
Starring: Cole Hauser, Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman, Paul Bettany, Kate Mara, Cillian Murph...
A brilliant innovator in the field of Artificial Intelligence becomes the bridge in the gap between man and machine in this sci-fi thriller starring J... Read more
Transit (2012)
5.8/10
Director: Antonio Negret
Starring: James Frain, Jim Caviezel, Diora Baird
This is not the perfect getaway.... To move four million dollars of stolen money past a police roadblock, the perpetrators of a deadly bank heist use... Read more
Transit ( Blu-ray ) (2012)
5.8/10
Director: Antonio Negret
Starring: James Frain, Jim Caviezel, Harold Perrineau, Diora Baird
This is not the perfect getaway.... To move four million dollars of stolen money past a police roadblock, the perpetrators of a deadly bank heist use... Read more
Transporter 2 (2005)
6.3/10
Director: Louis Leterrier
Starring: Jason Statham, Hunter Clary, Alessandro Gassman, Amber Valletta, Matthew Modine,...
Jason Statham reprises his role as Frank Martin, courier exrtraordinaire. This time he's settled in Miami and filling in for a friend as a diplomatic... Read more