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 Comfort of Strangers (1990)
6.4/10
Director: Paul Schrader
Starring: Rupert Everett, Helen Mirren, Christopher Walken, Natasha Richardson
A creepy and darkly erotic tale, set within mysterious yet alluring Venice. Two lovers on vacation are wooed by a bizarre married couple with strange... Read more
Public Access (1993)
5.3/10
Director: Bryan Singer
Starring: Ron Marquette, Dina Brooks, Burt Williams
The first film from director Bryan Singer ('The Usual Suspects') is a creepy, award-winning account of life in small town America. A public access TV... Read more
Collateral Damage (2002)
5.5/10
Director: Andrew Davis
Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John Leguizamo, John Turturro, Cliff Curtis, Elias Koteas
When his wife and child are killed in a bombing by a terrorist known as "The Wolf," Los Angeles fire-fighter Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take mat... Read more
Assassination Tango (2002)
5.9/10
Director: Robert Duvall
Starring: Robert Duvall, Ruben Blades, Kathy Baker
Veteran hitman John J. (Robert Duvall) has just received the toughest assignment of his career. Travel to Buenos Aires, take down a corrupt General an... Read more
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
5.7/10
Director: Radley Metzger
Starring: Wilfrid Hyde-White, Edward Fox, Honor Blackman, Olivia Hussey, Carol Lynley, Wen...
"A dangerous criminal has escaped. He is described as a man with sharp teeth, nails resembling claws, who imagines himself to be a cat and tears his v... Read more
Shock (1946)
6.3/10
Director: Alfred L Werker
Starring: Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Anabel Shaw
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross (Vincent Price) kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was o... Read more
Resurrection of Golden Wolf (1979)
Director: Toru Murakawa
Starring: Jun Fubuki, Kei Sato, Yusaku Matsuda, Sonny Chiba
This thrill-packed Japanese noir follows the exploits of misleadingly mild-mannered Asakura (Yusaku Matsuda), an accountant by day and a ruthless kill... Read more
Kaa Fila (2006)
Director: Ammtoje Mann
Starring: Sunny Deol, Ammtoje Mann, Sudesh Berry, Sumeep Kang, Sachin Parekh
This touching Bollywood feature from director Ammtoje Mann tells the story of a group of people travelling illegally to the UK in search of a better l... Read more
Stringer (2007)
4.5/10
Director: Steve Morrison
Starring: Matthew Sunderland, Paul Glover, Josephine Davison, Danielle Cormack
Jake Stringer (Matthew Sunderland) is a journalist researching cases of organ trafficking when he is attacked. He wakes to find he has a huge scar on... Read more
Broken (2006)
4.9/10
Director: Alan White
Starring: Heather Graham, Linda Hamilton, Tess Harper, Jake Busey, Michael Goorjian, Jerem...
A waitress, looking to make good on a series of bad life choices, finds her noble quest for redemption stifled when a deeply disturbed ex-boyfriend co... Read more