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".
A Most Wanted Man (2014)
6.8/10
Director: Anton Corbijn
Starring: Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Willem Dafoe, Rachel McAdams
It is a bitter sweet time to be a film lover as new films from the late Philip Seymour Hoffman continue to hit the screen. The latest of them is Anton... Read more
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (1979)
5.8/10
Director: Ralph Thomas
Starring: Richard Jordan, David Niven, Oliver Tobias, Elke Sommer, Gloria Grahame, Hugh Gr...
A.k.a. "The Big Scam". In this British caper film David Niven does his suave 'n' blase bit as a criminal mastermind planning a giant bank heist. Richa... Read more
A Perfect Getaway (2009)
6.5/10
Director: David Twohy
Starring: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez, Marley Shelton
Newly-weds Cydney (Milla Jovovich) and Cliff (Steve Zahn) are spending their honeymoon hiking in Hawaii. When they meet up with Nick (Timothy Olyphant... Read more
A Perfect Murder (1998)
6.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow, David Suchet, Viggo Mortensen
A psychological cat and mouse game involving a going-broke commodities trader (Michael Douglas), his rich unfaithful wife (Gwyneth Paltrow) and hippie... Read more
A Prayer For The Dying (1987)
6.4/10
Director: Mike Hodges
Starring: Mickey Rourke, Bob Hoskins, Alan Bates, Sammi Davis
Mickey Rourke, Alan Bates, Bob Hoskins and Liam Neeson bring star power to this thriller about a priest who accidentally witnesses an IRA hit, carried... Read more
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
7.1/10
Director: Richard Linklater
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Woody Harrelson, Winona Ryder, Rory Cochrane
Director Richard Linklater returns to the animation style of his earlier 'Waking Life' for this adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel. In the not-too-... Read more
A Simple Favour (2018)
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Jean Smart, Linda Cardellini, Blake Lively, Rupert Friend, Anna Kendrick, Andrew...
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. W... Read more
A Simple Favour (Blu-Ray) (2018)
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Jean Smart, Linda Cardellini, Blake Lively, Rupert Friend, Anna Kendrick, Andrew...
Stephanie is a single mother with a parenting vlog who befriends Emily, a secretive upper-class woman who has a child at the same elementary school. W... Read more
A Simple Plan (1998)
7.5/10
Director: Sam Raimi
Starring: Bridget Fonda, Billy Bob Thornton, Bill Paxton
Captivated by the lure of sudden wealth, the quiet rural lives of two brothers erupt into conflicts of greed, paranoia and distrust when over 4 millio... Read more
A Single Shot (2013)
5.8/10
Starring: Sam Rockwell, William H Macy, Ted Levine, Kelly Reilly, Jason Isaacs, Joe Anders...
The tragic death of a beautiful young girl starts a tense and atmospheric game of cat and mouse between hunter John Moon and the hardened backwater cr... Read more