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".
Under Suspicion (1999)
5.8/10
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Starring: Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Thomas Jane, Monica Bellucci
Powerhouse performances highlight this intense thriller featuring Gene Hackman as a prominent attorney working in Puerto Rico who is interrogated by l... Read more
Undermind (2003)
6/10
Director: Nevil Dwek
Starring: Sam Trammell, Erik Jensen, Susan May Pratt
Derrick (Sam Trammell), a young lawyer, wakes up in a strange apartment next to a woman calling him "Zane." He is trapped in an eerily familiar, yet a... Read more
Underneath (1994)
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Peter Gallagher, Alison Elliott, William Fichtner, Adam Trese, Joe Don Baker, Pa...
Aka "The Underneath". A drifter returns home to attend his mother's wedding, and foolishly tries to pick up pieces of his life before he left town. So... Read more
Undertow (2004)
6.7/10
Director: David Gordon Green
Starring: Devon Alan, Jamie Bell, Robert Longstreet, Dermot Mulroney, Josh Lucas, Kristen...
You can practically feel the humidity coming off the screen in David Gordon Green's atmospheric, Southern Gothic-flavoured thriller, evoking 'The Nigh... Read more
Underwater (2020)
5.9/10
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, John Gallagher Jr.
A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater re... Read more
Underwater (2020)
5.8/10
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, John Gallagher Jr.
A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater re... Read more
Underwater (Blu-ray) (2020)
5.9/10
Director: William Eubank
Starring: Kristen Stewart, Vincent Cassel, John Gallagher Jr.
A crew of oceanic researchers working for a deep sea drilling company try to get to safety after a mysterious earthquake devastates their deepwater re... Read more
Unforgotten (2015)
8.3/10
Starring: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Nicola Walker
London detectives investigate crimes from the past, unravelling secrets left buried for years. Read more
Unhinged (2020)
6/10
Director: Derrick Borte
Starring: Russell Crowe, Gabriel Bateman
After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. Read more
Unhinged (Blu-ray) (2020)
6/10
Director: Derrick Borte
Starring: Russell Crowe, Gabriel Bateman
After a confrontation with an unstable man at an intersection, a woman becomes the target of his rage. Read more